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. "The Way We Live Now" is a satirical novel, published in London in 1875. The main character of the story, Augustus Melmotte, is a financier with a mysterious past. He is rumoured to have Jewish origins, and to be connected to some failed businesses in Vienna. When he moves his business and his family to London, the city`s upper crust begins buzzing with rumours about him.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08353-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2020
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. Praised by many as a potential masterpiece, "The Weir of Hermiston" tells the story of young Archie Weir from a rich Edinburgh family. Having abandoned all attempts to get along with his father, Archie is banished from his family and sent to live as the local landlord on family property in the Borders hamlet Hermiston. There Archie meets and falls in love with a young local girl named Kirstie. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-07784-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Страшила мечтает получить мозги. Дровосек — сердце. Хотите ли вы получить знание английского? Великий и ужасный волшебник страны Оз исполнит вашу мечту! Но для этого вам придется пройти длинный путь по дороге из желтого кирпича и одолеть злую ведьму. Справитесь?«Удивительный волшебник страны Оз» Лаймена Фрэнка Баума — нестареющая классика детской литературы — теперь доступен и для тех, кто еще не до...
ISBN: 9785171610753
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: январь 2024
Every land needs its own witch.There`s a monster in the river, a headless horsemen in the drive. And now Granny Aching has gone, there`s only young Tiffany Aching left to guard the boundaries.It`s her land. Her duty.But it`s amazing how useful a horde of unruly pictsies can be . . .
The first book in the incredible Tiffany Aching series. Now in a brand-new gift edition!A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality . . .Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fairyland. Luckily she has some very unusual help: the local Nac Mac Feegle - aka The Wee Free Men - a clan of fierce, sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men.Together they must face headless horsemen, ferocious grimhounds, terrifying dreams come true, and ultimately the sinister Queen of the Elves herself . . .
Julia Lambert is in her prime, the greatest actress in England. On stage she is a true professional, in full possession of her emotions. Off stage, however, she is bored with her husband, less disciplined about her behaviour. She is at first amused by the attentions of a shy but ambitious young fan, then thrilled by his persistence - and at last wildly but dangerously in love Although Maugham is most celebrated as a novelist and short-story writer, it was as a playwright that he first knew success. Theatre is both a tribute to a world from which he had retired and a persuasive testimony to his enthusiasm for drama and the stage.
ISBN: 9780099286837
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2001
`The universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew . . . The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.`Time is a resource. Everyone knows it must be managed. You can let it move fast or slowly, but what you mustn`t do is allow it to stop.On the Discworld, the History Monks have the important job of ensuring that tomorrow always comes. But the construction of the world`s first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well . . . time.Monk Lu-Tze, his apprentice Lobsang Ludd and Death`s granddaughter Susan must stop the clockmaker before he completes his task. Because a truly accurate clock will stop time completely.And then, there really will be no tomorrow . . .Thief Of Time is the fifth book in the Death series, but you can read the...
Возможно, не зря число тринадцать считается несчастливым. Лорд Эйвлинг устроил в своем загородном имении прием, пригласив на него именно такое число гостей. Увы, мероприятие завершилось трагично. В одной из комнат был обнаружен труп незнакомца. Кто этот человек? Почему он был убит? И главный вопрос: кто из присутствующих убийца — модная писательница, скандальный журналист, знаменитый художник, пожилой...
ISBN: 978-5-9925-1495-7
Издательство:
Каро
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2020
Scott Fitzgerald`s debut novel, originally published in 1920, captures the feel of its era and explores themes such as the quest for success and the power of money as it tells the story of Amory Blaine`s journey from youth to maturity.
84-year-old Florence has fallen in her flat at Cherry Tree Home for the Elderly. As she waits to be rescued, she considers the charming new resident who looks exactly like a man she once knew - a man who died sixty years ago. His arrival has stirred distant memories she and Elsie thought they`d laid to rest. Lying prone in the front room, Florence wonders if a terrible secret from her past is about to come to light…
ISBN: 9780008196943
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Benny, Bert and Boris are looking for some new grass to eat. There`s lots of new grass on the hill, across the bridge - but there`s also a hungry troll under the bridge.Includes a word list, 5 pages of activities and free online audio (British English and American English).Retold by Mairi Mackinnon.
В книге представлены широко известные «Трое в лодке» и почти неизвестные в России «Трое на велосипедах». Оба произведения даны на языке оригинала.Знакомство с оригиналами творений классиков зарубежной литературы, науки, искусства поможет сегодняшним студентам составить более точное представление о неповторимой стилистике каждого автора, а также расширит словарный запас, знания об истории языка,...
ISBN: 9785534052763
Издательство:
Юрайт
Дата выхода: октябрь 2017
Джером Клапка Джером (1859-1927) - английский писатель-юморист, драматург. Юношей он пробовал себя в актерской профессии, писал эссе, работал журналистом, учителем, упаковщиком. Успех пришел к нему в 1889 году, когда в свет вышла юмористическая повесть " Трое в лодке, не считая собаки " о путешествии трех английских джентльменов. Друзья отправляются в плавание по Темзе, чтобы отдохнуть от городской суеты. В...
ISBN: 9785604557570
Издательство:
Антология
Дата выхода: январь 2021
`One might have imagined that the British Empire was in danger. The Standard spoke of me as a menace to English letters; and the Morning Post as an example of the sad results to be expected from the over-education of the lower orders...` Jerome K. JeromeWhen Three Men in a Boat, a jaunty account of a boating trip down the Thames, was first published in 1889, it became a huge overnight success with the paying public despite the barrage of criticism in the press.It`s the knockabout story of three impressionable young clerks, J., George and Harris, who climb aboard a skiff in the company of a fox-terrier called Montmorency. Originally intended to be a travel guide, it somehow turned into an outstanding comic novel and a runaway hit that...
Недавно вернувшись из Страны Чудес, Алиса оказывается в Зазеркалье, где мир представляет собой большую шахматную доску. Неадаптированное издание на английском языке, дополненное классическими иллюстрациями Джона Тенниела.
ISBN: 978-5-517-08749-2
Издательство:
RUGRAM
Дата выхода: январь 2023
`Some people would be asking: whose side are you on? If you`re not for us, you`re against us. Huh. If you`re not an apple, you`re a banana`Koom Valley, where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls, was a long time ago.But if he doesn`t solve the murder of just one dwarf, Commander Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch is going to see it fought again, right outside his office.With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding, he must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution. And darkness is following him.Oh . . . and at six o`clock every day, without fail, with no excuses, he must go home to read `Where`s My Cow?`, with all the right farmyard noises,...
`For the enemy is not troll, nor is it dwarf, but it is the baleful, the malign, the cowardly, the vessels of hatred, those who do a bad thing and call it good ...`In the city of Ankh-Morpork, tension is rising between dwarf and troll communities.A dwarven fanatic has been stoking the flames of an old hatred born of the Battle of Koom Valley -an ancient war between the races that neither side has quite got over. When the dwarf is murdered, with a troll the only witness, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch must solve the case before history repeats itself.With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war drums sounding, Vimes must unravel every clue, outwit every assassin and brave any darkness to find the solution. But darkness is...
So, in the end, above ground you must have the Haves, pursuing pleasure and comfort and beauty, and below ground the Have-nots, the Workers getting continually adapted to the conditions of their labour.The Time Machine was H.G. Well`s debut novel - an astonishing dystopian tale which earnt Wells` his reputation as the `father of science-fiction`.When the Time Traveller travels to the year 802,701 AD, he finds a world drastically divided. Two races have descended from humans - the elven Eloi who live a peaceful but empty existence, and the mysterious subterranean Morlocks who are deeply feared by the Eloi. After losing his time machine, the traveller must journey through a network of Morlock tunnels to recover his device and return to his...
This fictionalized account of the life of Tina Modotti is a fascinating story of the complex woman caught up in the social and political turbulence of the pre-World War II era.
