If you want to see rich people act really rich, go to St. Henrys School for Boys at on any weekday. Or you could just read Holly Petersons debut novel, The Manny. The first line of this rather delicious story sets us up for what is to come: a satire of money, marriage, men and mannys. (The Manny of the title is actually a male nanny, just another parenting trend for Manhattans uber-rich).
When an unidentified body is discovered in the harbour town of Axmouth, twenty miles from Exeter, Sir John de Wolfe, the county coroner is called to investigate. The manner of the young man`s death is a matter of some dispute - but, as Sir John soon discovers, it was no accident. The victim did not drown, as the manor reeve alleges, but was strangled to death. In the ensuing murder investigation, Sir John is frustrated by what appears to be a conspiracy of silence among the seamen and townsfolk. Just what is the local population trying to hide? As Crowner John is to learn, there are those who would go to any length to ensure the shocking truth remains hidden. And the coroner must draw on all his resources of courage, cunning and...
ISBN: 978-1-4165-2594-3
Издательство:
Pocket Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
At the age of ten, Fanny Price leaves the poverty of her Portsmouth home to be brought up among the family of her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, in the chilly grandeur of Mansfield Park. She gradually falls in love with her cousin Edmund, but when the dazzling and sophisticated Crawfords arrive, and amateur theatricals unleash rivalry and sexual jealousy, Fanny has to fight to retain her independence. This new edition places Mansfield Park in its Regency context and elucidates the theatrical background that pervades the novel.
ISBN: 978-0-19-953553-8
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: август 2011
Издание на английском языке.Полный, неадаптированный текст произведения.Adultery is not a typical Jane Austen theme, but when it disturbs the relatively peaceful household .."it Mansfield Park, it has quite unexpected results. The diffident and much put-upon heroine Fanny Price has to struggle to cope with the results. re-examining her own feelings while enduring the cheerful amorality, old-fashioned indifference and priggish disapproval of those around her.
ISBN: 9781853260322
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2019
Jane Austen is one of the most enduring and skilled English novelists. A subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, Mansfield Park is one of Jane Austen`s most profound works. Taken from the poverty of her parents` home, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with only her cousin Edmund as an ally. When Fanny`s uncle is absent in Antigua, Mary Crawford and her brother Henry arrive in the neighbourhood, bringing with them London glamour and a reckless taste for flirtation. As her female cousins vie for Henry`s attention, and even Edmund falls for Mary`s dazzling charms, only Fanny remains doubtful about the Crawfords` influence and finds herself more isolated...
ISBN: 978-5-521-07627-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
"Мэнсфилд-Парк" - одно из известных произведений английской писательницы Джейн Остин. В нём рассказывается о судьбе девушки Фанни, взятой на воспитание богатыми родственникам, но высокомерно относящихся из-за её принадлежности к низшему сословию. Сможет ли главная героиня найти своё настоящее счастье в обществе с подобными нравами и доказать, чего она стоит на самом деле? Читайте зарубежную литературу в...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05177-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2017
A subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, Mansfield Park is one of Jane Austen`s most profound works. Taken from the poverty of her parents` home, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with only her cousin Edmund as an ally. When Fanny`s uncle is absent in Antigua, Mary Crawford and her brother Henry arrive in the neighbourhood, bringing with them London glamour and a reckless taste for flirtation. As her female cousins vie for Henry`s attention, and even Edmund falls for Mary`s dazzling charms, only Fanny remains doubtful about the Crawfords` influence and finds herself more isolated than ever.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06427-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
"I pay very little what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right ; Humble and lowly, a young Fanny Price goes to live with her wealthy Aunt and Uncle at their grand house, Mansfield Park. Growing up with her privileged and spoilt cousins, the Bertrams, she lives in the shadows of their glamorous lives, but manages to find an ally in her cousin, Edmund. When Henry and Mary Crawford come to visit, the house is thrown into disarray as romance flourishes between the young people, leading Fanny to finally confront the extent of her true feelings for Edmund.
ISBN: 978-0-00-742029-2
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Adultery is not a typical Jane Austen theme, but when it disturbs the relatively peaceful household at Mansfield Park, it has quite unexpected results. The diffident and much put-upon heroine Fanny Price has to struggle to cope with the results, re-examining her own feelings while enduring the cheerful amorality, old-fashioned indifference and priggish disapproval of those around her.
ISBN: 1-85326-032-0
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2002
At the age of ten, shy, vulnerable Fanny Price leaves behind her impoverished family in Portsmouth to go and live with her rich relatives at Mansfield Park. Growing up with her cousins Tom, Edmund, Maria and Julia, she is aware that she is different from them and that her place in society cannot be taken for granted, although she is not treated unkindly. A dashing couple from London, Mary Crawford and her brother Henry, enter this stable, rural world. They succeed in dazzling everyone at Mansfield Park, except for Fanny, who sees through their shallow veneer. Throughout the dramatic events that follow it is she who is able to bring back some stability to the ruptured lives of those around her. Формат издания: 11 см х 18...
ISBN: 978-0-14-062314-7
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Miles Green wakes up in a mysterious hospital with no idea of how he got there or who he is. He definitely doesn`t remember his wife, or his children`s names. An impossibly shapely specialist doctor tells him his memory nerve-center is connected to sexual activity, and calls in the even shapelier Nurse Cory to assist with the most unorthodox of hospital rooms we eavesdrop on the serious discourse, virulent abuse and hilarious mockery of the erotic guerrilla war that is Mantissa.
ISBN: 978-0-09-953028-2
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Manual del Guerrero de la Luz es uno de los libros mas esperados del autor de El Alquimista, el bestseller internacional que ha fascinado a millones de lectores en el mundo entero. Los textos que se reunen en este libro nos recuerdan que en cada uno de nosotros vive un guerrero de la luz, alguien capaz de escuchar el silencio de su corazon. Nos invitan a vivir nuestros suenos, aceptar la incertidumbre, alzarnos ante nuestro propio destino y seguir el camino del guerrero, el camino de aquel que sabe valorar el milagro de la vida, aceptar las derrotas sin dejarse abatir por ellas y cuya busqueda lo lleva a convertirse en quien quiere ser. Paulo Coelho, con mas de 47 millones de libros vendidos, no es solo uno de los autores mas leidos del...
"Manual of the Warrior of Light" is an invitation to each of us to live our dream, to embrace the uncertainty of life, and to rise to meet our own unique destiny. In his inimitable style, Paulo Coelho helps us to discover the warrior of light within each of us. With inspiring short passages, we are invited to embark upon the way of the warrior: the one who appreciates the miracle of being alive, the one who accepts failure and the one whose quest leads him to become the person he want to be. Формат издания: 13 см х 19,5 см.
ISBN: 978-0-00-715632-0
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011