F.S. Fitzgerald was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. Tales of Jazz Age VI is a wonderful short-story collection showcases many of the celebrated novel\'s themes, as well as its unique writing style. The collection contains six stories, including Absolution in which a boy confesses to a priest and The Sensible Thing, where George O\'Kelly, an aspiring engineer turned insurance salesman, fights to recapture the love of Jonquil Cary.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07589-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
F. S. Fitzgerald was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. A collection of incredible short stories Tales of the Jazz Age III brings to vivid life the dazzling excesses, stunning contrasts, and simmering unrest of a glittering era. The familiar themes of aspiration and social satire already permeate his writing. For example, The Ice Palace features a Southern belle whose marriage to a Northerner finds her confronted with a cultural clash between tradition and modernity. The volume also containing The Offshore Pirate, Head and Shoulders and The Cut—Glass Bowl.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07586-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
Мастер готического ужаса, основоположник детектива, гений мрачной прозы — Эдгар Аллан По создал мир, где разум сталкивается с безумием, а страх скрывается в тенях повседневности. В этом сборнике вы найдете леденящие душу произведения: от жуткого "Падения дома Ашеров" до мрачной исповеди "Черного кота" и загадочного "Сердца-обличителя". Грань между реальностью и кошмаром размывается, а каждое слово, словно...
ISBN: 978-5-17-166363-6
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: май 2025
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an impassive, inscrutable universe.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06675-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: март 2018
Brand new edition of this collection of classic fairy tales from the wizarding world - an irresistible read for all Harry Potter fans. J.K. Rowling`s original text, with gorgeous jacket art by Jonny Duddle and line illustrations throughout by Tomislav Tomic. Published in aid of Lumos (wearelumos.org), an international children`s charity founded by J.K. Rowling.The Tales of Beedle the Bard have been favourite bedtime reading in wizarding households for centuries. Full of magic and trickery, these classic tales both entertain and instruct, and remain as captivating to young wizards today as they were when Beedle first put quill to parchment in the fifteenth century. There are five tales in all: `The Tale of the Three Brothers` Harry Potter...
ISBN: 9781408883099
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: апрель 2017
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist, a dark romantic, and short story writer. Tanglewood Tales are incomparable retellings of Greek myths. And stories in A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys are all stories within an another story. Williams College student, Eustace Bright, is telling these tales to a group of children at Tanglewood, an area in Lenox, Massachusetts. All the tales are modified from the original myths. This volume also includes such an amazing three tales as Fanshawe, The Snow-Image and The New Adam and Eve.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07769-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. Filled with supernatural events, horrific scientific experiments, and bizarre events, "Tales of Mystery" is an excellent opportunity to discover another side of author`s ability to immerse and surprise. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08099-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
F.S. Fitzgerald was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. A collection of incredible short stories Tales of the Jazz Age IV brings to vivid life the dazzling excesses, stunning contrasts, and simmering unrest of a glittering era. The familiar themes of aspiration and social satire already permeate Fitzgerald\'s writing. For example in Bernice Bobs Her Hair the fashionable Marjorie attempts to turn her dowdy cousin into a debutante, before betraying her out of jealousy. Also containing Benediction, Dalyrimple Goes Wrong and The Four Fists.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07587-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. "Tales of Adventure" is an astounding collection that anthologizes some of the best short fiction stories of the author outside of the world-famous detective`s canon including excellent tales like "The Surgeon of Gaster Fell", "The Sealed Room" and "The Great Brown-Pericord Motor".
ISBN: 978-5-521-08055-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Мастер готического ужаса, основоположник детектива, гений мрачной прозы — Эдгар Аллан По создал мир, где разум сталкивается с безумием, а страх скрывается в тенях повседневности. В этом сборнике вы найдете леденящие душу произведения: от жуткого "Падения дома Ашеров" до мрачной исповеди "Черного кота" и загадочного "Сердца-обличителя". Грань между реальностью и кошмаром размывается, а каждое слово, словно...
ISBN: 978-5-17-166362-9
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: май 2025
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. This volume includes a collection of entertaining short stories like "The Green Flag," "The Crime of the Brigadier," "The Lord of Chateau Noir," "A Shadow Before," and others.
ISBN: 978-5-517-05852-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2021
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master stylist, both lush and precise, who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. Tales of Hearsay is a posthumous collection of four stories, published in 1911, the year after Conrad died, including The Tale which is considered to be the one of his best short stories.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07568-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: май 2018
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "Tales of the Camp" is a collection of fascinating military stories, set in the prime days of the British Empire. Not surprisingly, one of the stories has a supernatural element. It is a remarkable book for those who wish to get a closer look at the army life of those times.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07153-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
F. S. Fitzgerald was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. A collection of incredible short stories Tales of the Jazz Age IX brings to vivid life the dazzling excesses, stunning contrasts, and simmering unrest of a glittering era.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07384-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. "Tales of Blue Water" is a collection of short stories about the sea. Mixing adventure, romance, and humor, these tales present an interesting view of life in the sea. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08056-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
