Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. The Holy Flower is another story of Allan Quatermain. Brother John, who has been living in Africa for many years, gives Allan the largest orchid he has ever seen. Later, in England, he has a meeting with Mr. Somers, an orchid collector who is prepared to finance an expedition in search for the rare plant.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07723-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811—1863) was a British author and novelist mostly known for his satir-ical works such as "Vanity Fair" that showed an ironic representation of the British society of those times. "The History of Henry Esmond" is a historical novel that tells the story of Henry Esmond, a colonel in the service of Queen Anne of England. Most of the major events of the book happen between the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, specifically English Restoration, the Glorious Revolution, the War of the Spanish Succession, the Hamilton—Mohun Duel and the Hanoverian Succession. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-07825-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. One of the Cooper`s European trilogy, The Headsman is set in Switzerland. The novel was inspired by one of Cooper`s trips during his European travels in 1832. It explores a number of themes related to how society structures itself, including justice, authority, friendship, parental relationships, love and marriage.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07968-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Edith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt. "The House of Mirth" is a novel that tells the story of Lily Bart, an impoverished woman from the high society of New York City. While raised with expensive tastes, is reaching thirty, an age when her youthful appearance is almost gone, and her finances are limited. Now she needs to find a husband who can keep her in luxury to which she is accustomed.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07834-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Представьте, что вы невидимы. О чем вы думаете в первую очередь? О возможностях? О безнаказанности? О свободе? Подумайте теперь вот о чем: одежда вас выдает, люди боятся и не доверяют, да и вы сами начинаете их бояться, потому что не знаете, кто вас предаст. Именно такую мрачную и вовсе не сказочную историю человека-невидимки придумал и записал отец научной фантастики Герберт Джордж Уэллс. Хотите узнать, чем...
ISBN: 9785171612146
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: февраль 2024
The Ickabog is coming… A mythical monster, a kingdom in peril, an adventure that will test two children’s bravery to the limit. Discover a brilliantly original fairy tale about the power of hope and friendship to triumph against all odds, from one of the world’s best storytellers. The kingdom of Cornucopia was once the happiest in the world. It had plenty of gold, a king with the finest moustaches you could possibly imagine, and butchers, bakers and cheesemongers whose exquisite foods made a person dance with delight when they ate them. Everything was perfect – except for the misty Marshlands to the north which, according to legend, were home to the monstrous Ickabog. Anyone sensible knew that the Ickabog was just a myth, to...
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. This volume contains two stories of Allan Quotermain`s series. The Ivory Child is a story of evil spirit, which Allan have to destroy before it kills every one of the White Kendah People. The Ancient Allan is a gripping novel which takes us and adventurer Allan Ouatermain, back in time. It relates to several exciting adventures like a lion hunt, wrestling with a crocodile, and a large-scale battle between several armies.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07724-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
The Idiot tells the story of Prince Myshkin, a man of pure innocence, whose kindness and open-hearted simplicity make many of the more earthy characters he encounters mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence and insight.
ISBN: 978-5-517-07541-3
Издательство:
Рипол Классик
Дата выхода: август 2022
Читателям предлагается полный, неадаптированный текст популярного научно-фантастического романа Герберта Уэллса "Человек-невидимка". Рекомендуется в качестве пособия для домашнего чтения.
ISBN: 9785797404842
Издательство:
Икар
Дата выхода: январь 2015
Страшитесь непроходимых джунглей английского? Вам на помощь придет "Книга джунглей"! Знакомые с детства тексты без труда читаются даже в оригинале.Редьяьрд Киплинг - писатель, поэт, путешественник и лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе. Он родился в Индии и много путешествовал по ней, когда стал старше, изучая жизнь простых людей. "Книга джунглей" рассказывает о разных героях: мальчике Маугли,...
ISBN: 9785171580223
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was an Irish satirist, essayist, prose writer and poet, who has found his calling as a cleric of St Patrick`s Cathedral in Dublin. "The Journal to Stella" is a collection of sixty-five letters from Jonathan Swift to his friend Esther Johnson, whom he called "Stella" and, according to some reports, was his secret wife, although there is no documentary evidence of it. Swift wrote the letters between 1710 and 1713 in England and many critics consider them as deeply personal.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07560-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Страшитесь непроходимых джунглей английского? Вам на помощь придет "Книга джунглей"! Знакомые с детства тексты без труда читаются даже в оригинале.Редьяьрд Киплинг - писатель, поэт, путешественник и лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе. Он родился в Индии и много путешествовал по ней, когда стал старше, изучая жизнь простых людей. "Книга джунглей" рассказывает о разных героях: мальчике Маугли,...
ISBN: 9785171580278
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and politician. A lot of his works contributed to the early growth of the science fiction genre. "The Last Days of Pompeii" is a novel inspired by the painting by the Russian painter Karl Briullov. It describes the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The novel uses its characters to contrast the decadent culture of 1 st-century Rome with both older cultures and coming trends.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08265-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2019
The eighth book in the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s and 70s – the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime writing.Hugely acclaimed, the Martin Beck series were the original Scandinavian crime novels and have inspired the writings of Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbo.In one part of town, a woman robs a bank. In another, a corpse is found shot through the heart in a room locked from within, with no firearm in sight. Although the two incidents appear unrelated, Detective Inspector Martin Beck believes otherwise, and solving the mystery acquires the utmost importance. Haunted by a near-fatal bullet wound and trying to recover from the break-up of his unhappy marriage, Beck throws himself into...
ISBN: 9780007439188
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and politician. A lot of his works contributed to the early growth of the science fiction genre. "The Last of the Barons" is a historical novel first published in 1843. Its plot revolves around the power struggle between the English King Edward IV and his powerful minister Earl of Warwick, known as "Warwick the kingmaker." The novel also explores the themes of romance and science in the Middle Ages.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08286-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: май 2019
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "The Last Galley: Impressions and Tales II" is the second volume in the series, consisting of wonderful short stories like "De Profundis", "Out of the Running", and "The Lord of Falconbridge".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07169-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
This is a tale of adventure and derring-do set in the time of King Henry VIII and the pilgrimage of grace. This was the period when King Henry was rebelling against Pope Clement VII, and when many Englishmen in the north, and many clergymen, were rebelling against Henry, in the so-called Pilgrimage of Grace. To raise needed funds for this rebellion against the king, the Spanish abbot Clement Maldon murders Cicely Foterells father and tries to claim all the family`s lands and jewels.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06621-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: март 2018
Honor Bright is a sheltered Quaker who has rarely ventured out of 1850s Dorset when she impulsively emigrates to America. Opposed to the slavery that defines and divides the country, she finds her principles tested to the limit when a runaway slave appears at the farm of her new family. In this tough, unsentimental place, where whisky bottles sit alongside quilts, Honor befriends two spirited women who will teach her how to turn ideas into action.
ISBN: 9780007350353
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is.`What shall we do?` said Twoflower.`Panic?` said Rincewind hopefully. He always held that panic was the best means of survival.As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, the Discworld could do with a hero.What it doesn`t need is a singularly inept and cowardly wizard, still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world, or a well-meaning tourist and his luggage which has a mind (and legs) of its own.Which is a shame, because that`s all there is…The Discworld novels can be read in any order but The Light...
ISBN: 9780552166607
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and politician. A lot of his works contributed to the early growth of the science fiction genre. "The Last of the Barons" is a historical novel first published in 1843. Its plot revolves around the power struggle between the English King Edward IV and his powerful minister Earl of Warwick, known as "Warwick the kingmaker." The novel also explores the themes of romance and science in the Middle Ages.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08287-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: май 2019
Fitzgerald was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. The Last Tycoon is a magnificent story of doomed love set against the extravagance of America`s booming film industry. The studio lot looks like `thirty acres of fairyland` the night that a mysterious woman stands and smiles at Monroe Stahr, the last of the great Hollywood princes. Enchanted by one another, they begin a passionate but hopeless love affair. The romance unfolds, frame by frame, watched by Cecilia, a thoroughly modern girl who has taken her lessons in sentiment and cynicism from all the movies she has seen. The play The Vegetable was a satirical attack on the presidency of Warren Harding. An ordinary, incompetent man, taunted for his lack of ambition by...
ISBN: 978-5-521-07706-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
