Slagar the fox hated Redwall Abbey--its peaceable creatures, its fearless mouse warrior Matthias. And now, he is embarking on a terrible quest for vengeance, cunningly stealing away what the Redwallers most cherish: their young. And the greatest prize of all would be Matthias`s headstrong son, Mattimeo...
ISBN: 0-441-00610-8
Издательство:
Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
The stories in this collection move from Malaya to America and England, and include some of Maugham`s most famous tales; `Flotsam and Jetsam`, the story of an old woman trapped for years in a loveless marriage in the remote rubber plantations; `The Man with the Scar`, and notably the opening story `The Vessel of Wrath`, a tale of the unexpected love that grows between a devout missionary nurse and a drunken reprobate. In this second volume of his collected stories, Maugham illustrates his characteristic wry perception of human foibles and his genius for evoking compelling drama from an acute sense of time and place.
ISBN: 978-0-09-942884-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2012
This collection of Somerset Maugham`s short stories includes stories based in England, France and Spain, as well as the South Pacific. It includes Rain, the tradgedy of a missionary and a prostitute and The Three Fat Women of Antibes, a sardonic tale of abstention and greed.
ISBN: 978-0-09-928739-1
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The third volume of Somerset Maugham`s Collected Short Stories, introduced by the author, contains the celebrated series about Ashenden, a secret service agent in World War I. Based on Maugham`s own experiences with the British Intelligence service in Switzerland, the stories are vignettes in which he dramatizes both the romance and absurdity of espionage as well as its ruthlessness and brutality. Accountable only to `R`, Ashenden travels all over the Continent on assignments which entangle him with such characters as the traitor Grantley Caypor, the passionate Guilia Lazzari, and the sinister `hairless Mexican`.
ISBN: 978-0-09-942885-5
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
China has been a wellspring of storytelling for over 2,000 years. Sadly, this fantastic literature is little known in the west outside the halls of academia, though a handful of recent 20th century authors have attained a respectable following. The stories in this volume date from the sixth century to the early part of the 20th century, and will give the listener a good feel for the subject. Astonishingly, the Chinese enjoyed from the earliest times many of the genres we take for granted today, from romance and love to adventure and satire.
ISBN: 978-0-14-018589-8
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
This final classic collection of stories reveals Somerset Maugham`s unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships. Brilliant tales of love, infidelity, passion and prejudice, the stories range from `The Lotus Eater` in which a man has a vision of a life of bliss in the Mediterranean, to the astringent tales of `The Outstation` and `The Back of Beyond` in Malaya and South East Asia. Largely set in favourite Maugham country, this colourful collection brilliantly evokes the numbered days of the British Empire.
ISBN: 978-0-09-942886-2
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
