`Doctor Watson, Mr Sherlock Holmes` - The most famous introduction in the history of crime fiction takes place in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle`s A Study in Scarlet, bringing together Sherlock Holmes, the master of science detection, and John H. Watson, the great detective`s faithful chronicler. This novel not only establishes the magic of the Holmes myth but also provides the reader with a dramatic adventure yarn which ranges from the foggy, gas-lit streets of London to the burning plains of Utah.The Sign of the Four, the second Holmes novel, presents the detective with one of his greatest challenges. The theft of the Agna treasure in India forms a catalyst for treachery, deceit and murder.With these two classic novels, A Study in Scarlet and...
ISBN: 9781840228090
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: декабрь 2021
Washington Irving (1783 — 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. "Astoria" is a history book which was commissioned by John Jacob Astor as an official history of his company\'s expedition to Oregon in 1810—1812. Although Washington Irving never traveled to Oregon Country, he wrote one of the most widely read and influential narratives of the region. This book introduced more readers to the Pacific Northwest than any single book up to that time.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08253-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2019
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. "Ayala`s Angel" is a novel that focuses on two orphaned sisters, Lucy and Ayala Dormer, Ayala especially, and their trials, with their relatives. It was written as a stand-alone novel rather than as part of a series, though several of the minor characters appear in other novels by Trollope.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08351-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2019
Anthony Trollope was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. "Ayala`s Angel" is a novel that focuses on two orphaned sisters, Lucy and Ayala Dormer, Ayala especially, and their trials, with their relatives. It was written as a stand-alone novel rather than as part of a series, though several of the minor characters appear in other novels by Trollope.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08352-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2019
Anthony Trollope was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. "Ayala`s Angel" is a novel that focuses on two orphaned sisters, Lucy and Ayala Dormer, Ayala especially, and their trials, with their relatives. It was written as a stand-alone novel rather than as part of a series, though several of the minor characters appear in other novels by Trollope.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08350-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2019
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Ayesha, the Return of She is a gothic-fantasy novel by Haggard, published in 1905, as a sequel to his far more popular and well known novel, She. Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey once again embark on a quest to find the mysterious woman known as Ayesha. Knowing that She is no longer in Africa, they go east, eventually reaching a lamasery in the mountains of Tibet.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07759-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Now in a new edition, "Transmetropolitan" chronicles the exploits of 21st-century outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem, who returns to The City after five years of self-imposed exile.
Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. Barnaby Rudge is a story of mystery and suspense which begins with an unsolved double murder. Barnaby Rudge is a young innocent simpleton who is devoted to his talkative raven, Grip. When he gets caught up in the mayhem of the Gordon riots and a mysterious unsolved murder, his life is put in jeopardy. And, as London erupts into riot, Barnaby himself struggles to escape the curse of his own past. Barnaby Rudge is a powerful, disturbing blend of historical realism and Gothic melodrama, it is a tale of treachery, forbidden love, abduction and the dangerous power of the mob.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07931-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Herman Melville (1819—1891) was an American poet and novelist of the American Renaissance, best known for his allusive adventure novel "Moby-Dick". "Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War" is his first book of poetry, fully dedicated to the battles of the Civil War and its aftermath. This compilation includes 72 poems about almost every major event, passed through the author\'s point of view on the war and its impact on people.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07466-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Treasure Island." Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. The story of "Beach of Falesa" told from John Wiltshire`s point of view, a British copra trader on the fictional island of Falesa in the South Sea. There he meets a trader Case, who arranges a marriage for him and a local girl Uma. After that John discovers that Uma has a taboo which makes all the other natives refuse to trade with him. Soon Wiltshire finds out that Case may have arranged the deaths of his competitors. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-07796-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Beatrice follows the story of the Welsh title character Beatrice Granger, a teacher, and the affair that takes place with an unhappily married man, Geoffrey Bingham. Trouble awaits, in the form of Bingham`s wife Honoria (who`s only interested in money and social climbing), Owen Davies (one of the richest men in Wales, who is morbidly obsessed with marrying Beatrice), and Elizabeth (Beatrice`s older sister, who will do just about anything to marry Davies herself).
ISBN: 978-5-521-07752-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
