The second book in a stunning new series from Sunday Times bestseller, Dilly Court1873. When Carrie Manning`s father dies her mother, Esther, is heartbroken. Essie leaves London to convalesce with her good friend Lady Alice, and it is down to Carrie to look after her family and take charge of the shipping company that her father has left behind.But the company is in dire straits, forcing Carrie seek work as a companion to Maria Colville. When Carrie and Maria try to track down Maria`s mother, they have no idea of the secrets that they will discover. Secrets that link the Colvilles, the Mannings and figures from the past who return to England.Carrie`s journey is as unpredictable as the waters that link the rival shipping companies, but...
ISBN: 9780008199647
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. His most famous works are "Treasure Island" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. "The Silverado Squatters" is Robert`s sweet traveling memoir about a two-month honeymoon trip with his wife, Fanny, and her son Lloyd. It extensively describes their travel to Napa Valley, California in 1880.
ISBN: 978-5-517-00202-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: декабрь 2018
«Таинственный сад» - роман англо-американской писательницы Фрэнсис Ходжсон Бернетт, впервые опубликованный отдельным изданием в 1911 году. Он рассказывает историю осиротевшей Мэри Леннокс, которая после смерти родителей переезжает из Британской Индии в Англию, в большой дом своего дяди, полный тайн. Однажды Мэри обнаруживает секретный сад, окруженный стенами и запертый на ключ. С помощью новых друзей...
ISBN: 978-5-517-10702-2
Издательство:
RUGRAM
Дата выхода: декабрь 2023
Herbert George Wells (1866—1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing doz-ens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. "The Sea Lady" is a fantasy novel that has some of the aspects of a fable. The story involves a mermaid who comes ashore on the southern coast of England. Feigning a desire to become part of noble society, the mermaid`s real design is to seduce Harry Chatteris, a man she saw some years ago in the South Seas. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08242-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
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 Struggles of Brown, Jones and Robinson" is a satire written about a clothing business that is doomed to failure from the very start due to its owner`s lack of initiative. Through his masterful narrative and subtle hints, Trollope shows us how the risks of running a business are extremely real.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08361-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2020
Издание на английском языке.Ваш английский чахнет в бетонных джунглях? Дайте ему шанс расцвести в "Таинственном саду" Фр. Бернетт! Эта проверенная временем книга познакомит вас с живым и непосредственным английским языком.Фрэнсис Ходжсон Бернетт - английская писательница, знаменитый автор книг для детей (например, "Маленького лорда Фаунтлероя"). Она хлебнула немало горя в детстве, но, благодаря...
ISBN: 9785171504854
Издательство:
Corpus
Дата выхода: октябрь 2022
Washington Irving (1783 - 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon" is a collection of essays and short stories. Stories range from the maudlin (such as "The Wife" and "The Widow and Her Son") to the picaresque ("Little Britain") and the comical ("The Mutability of Literature").
ISBN: 978-5-521-08249-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: март 2019
In the sweet shop Willy Chapman was free, absolved from all responsibility, and he ran his sweet shop like his life - quietly, steadfastly, devotedly. It was a bargain struck between Chapman and his beautiful, emotionally injured wife - a bargain based on unexpressed, inexpressible love and on a courageous acceptance of life`s threatened only by Dorry, their clever, angry, unforgiving daughter.
ISBN: 978-0-330-50787-5
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Belly has spent her summers at the beach house with Conrad and Jeremiah, who had never noticed her noticing them. Every summer Belly hoped it would be different. This time, it is. The summer that Belly turns pretty is the summer that changes everything--for better and for worse.
Джек Лондон (настоящее имя Джон Гриффит) – американский писатель. В юности он переменил множество случайных профессий, путешествовал и даже просидел месяц в тюрьме за бродяжничество.В северных рассказах Лондон противопоставляет цивилизации мир нетронутой природы, но, веря в благодетельную природу, не перестает преклоняться перед техническими и культурными достижениями цивилизации.В его...
ISBN: 978-5-7974-0478-1
Издательство:
Икар
Дата выхода: январь 2015
"How I long to sail!" said the tiny snail. One little snail longs to see the world and hitches a lift on the tail of an enormous whale. Together they go on an amazing journey, past icebergs and volcanoes, sharks and penguins, and the little snail feels so small in the vastness of the world. But when disaster strikes and the whale is beached in a bay, it`s the tiny snail`s big plan that saves the day. The Snail and the Whale is a delightful tale of adventure and friendship by the unparalleled picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. This handy board book format is perfect for younger readers. It features the classic story with a stunning redesigned cover and beautiful finish, making it a...
ISBN: 978-1-5098-3044-2
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2017
The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is . . .`A lie can run round the world before The Truth has got its boots on`William de Worde is the accidental editor of the Discworld`s first newspaper.Now he must cope with the traditional perils of a journalist`s life - people who want him dead, a recovering vampire with a suicidal fascination for flash photography, some more people who want him dead in a different way and, worst of all, the man who keeps begging him to publish pictures of his humorously shaped potatoes.William just wants to get at The Truth. Unfortunately, everyone else wants to get at William....
ISBN: 9780552167635
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023
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 Three Clerks" is a novel that draws on Trollope`s own experiences as a junior clerk in the General Post Office, and has been called the most autobiographical of Trollope`s novels. The novel exposes and probes the relationships between three clerks and the three sisters who became their wives.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08372-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2020
HG Wells`s story about a machine that allows travel back and forward in time remains one of the great science fiction adventures, but when it was published in 1895, it was also a dark warning of dangers to come.
"Незнакомка из Уайлдфелл-Холла" — роман английской писательницы Энн Бронте, впервые опубликованный в 1848 году. Книга повествует о судьбе Хелен Грэхем, загадочной женщины, которая, скрываясь от своего прошлого, поселяется в Уайлдфелл-Холле — старинном и заброшенном поместье. Её появление вызывает любопытство и сплетни среди местных жителей. Данной книгой Энн Бронте смогла вызвать резонанс, поскольку...
ISBN: 978-5-17-174860-9
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: июль 2025
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. As an adventure novel, "The Tragedy of The Korosko" tells the story of European tourists on a trip to Egypt, sailing up the River Nile in a boat called the Korosko. During a morning tour of the desert, they are taken hostage by a group of Dervish warriors. The book raises the themes of imperial sovereignty, invasive foreign policy, and even religious extremism.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07181-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers. "The Tragedy of Pudd`nhead Wilson" is a novel about two boys from the fictional Missouri town of Dawson`s Landing. One, born into slavery, with a small amount of black ancestry. The other is white, born to be the master of the house. The two boys were switched after birth, so each would grow into the other`s social role and accept many of the boundaries and stigmas of the society.
ISBN: 978-5-517-00217-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: декабрь 2018
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. "The Tragedy of The Korosko" tells the story of European tourists on a trip to Egypt, sailing up the River Nile in a boat called the Korosko. The book raises the themes of imperial sovereignty, invasive foreign policy, and even religious extremism. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08078-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
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 Three Clerks" is a novel that draws on Trollope`s own experiences as a junior clerk in the General Post Office, and has been called the most autobiographical of Trollope`s novels. The novel exposes and probes the relationships between three clerks and the three sisters who became their wives.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08373-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2020
