Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Love Eternal is a story of young Godfrey Knight, the son of a puritanical parson, who lives in the Essex countryside. From childhood on, he and his neighbor, Isobel Blake, the daughter of a wealthy shipping magnate, have been strangely drawn to one another, although their natures are wholly dissimilar. Despite their fathers\' many attempts to keep them apart, the two do unite in matrimony, but unfortunately, their earthly happiness is a short-lived one.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07753-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. Written mostly during author`s "Klondike" period, "Love of Life" consists of eight wonderful short stories like "The Story of Keesh", "A Day`s Lodging," and "Negore, The Coward".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07499-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Mitch is a 25-year-old with commitment issues. Leonard is a five-year-old kid with asthma and vision problems, who captivates everyone he meets. Pearl is Leonard`s teenage mother, who`s trying to hide a violent secret from her past. Life has given Pearl every reason to mistrust people, but circumstances force her to trust her neighbour, Mitch. Then one day, with a heart full of agony, Pearl drops Leonard off with Mitch and never returns. Pearl, Leonard and Mitch each have a story to tell and as their lives unfold, profound questions arise about the nature of love and family. How do you go on loving someone who isn`t there? With Leonard`s absolute conviction in `forever love` always present, Leonard and Mitch grow up side by side and...
ISBN: 978-0-552-77364-5
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
Fifty-one years, nine months and four days have passed since Fermina Daza rebuffed hopeless romantic Florentino Arizo`s impassioned advances and married Dr. Juvenal Urbino instead. During that half century, Florentino has fallen into the arms of many delighted women, but has loved none but Fermina. Having sworn his eternal love to her, he lives for the day when he can court her again. When Fermina`s husband is killed trying to retrieve his pet parrot from a mango tree, Florentino seizes his chance to declare his enduring love. But can young love find new life in the twilight of their lives?
ISBN: 978-0-14-103242-9
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
"История любви", роман современного американского писателя Эрика Сегала, стал бестселлером в 70-х гг. ХХ в. Рассказывая самую обычную историю, автор заставляет читателя задуматься о важных вещах: о любви и людях, которых любишь. Роман написан простым, современным языком. Издание сопровождается подробным комментарием.
ISBN: 978-5-8112-3960-3
Издательство:
Айрис-пресс
Дата выхода: май 2010
Fern is glaring thirty in the face and can`t ignore the love lies any longer. Life with Adam was amazing once - although these days swinging from the chandeliers means DIY not SEX. She believes a romantic wedding should be the next step but Adam just won`t go down on one knee.
ISBN: 978-0-14-103557-4
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
