This outstanding collection features short stories by great writers from America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Western Europe. Ranging from the 19th to the 20th centuries, writers include Poe, Chekhov, Joyce, Kafka, Faulkner, Pirandello, Mann, and other major writers of world literature. A wonderfully wide-ranging and enjoyable anthology.
ISBN: 9780486447162
Издательство:
Daedalus
Дата выхода: апрель 2006
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. The Way of the Spirit is a story of a young man named Rupert Ullershaw who falls in a love with the wife of his much older cousin, Lord Devene. The woman commits suicide, and Rupert promises his mother to henceforward "follow The Way of the Spirit, not that of the Flesh". After 11 years of soldiering in India and Egypt, Rupert returns to England, where he marries his cousin Edith, a woman who is repelled by him but agrees to matrimony only because of Rupert`s career prospects. Edith is actually in love with another of her cousins, the dastardly Dick, who arranges for Rupert to be sent back to Egypt, for...
ISBN: 978-5-521-07730-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. "The War in the Air" a military science fiction novel, which is notable for its prophetic ideas, images, and concepts such as the use of the aircraft for the purpose of warfare and the coming of World War I.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08232-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
Этель Лина Уайт – мастер психологического детектива, один из любимейших авторов у кинорежиссера Альфреда Хичкока. Роман «Колесо крутится» неоднократно экранизировался под названием «Леди исчезает». В поезде, который мчится на полном ходу, переполох: бесследно исчезла пассажирка миссис Фрой. Поверит ли кто-нибудь ее соседке по купе, утверждающей, что она ехала не одна? Почему никто не заметил...
ISBN: 978-5-9925-1492-6
Издательство:
Каро
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2020
For a time I believed that mankind had been swept out of existence, and that I stood there alone, the last man left alive.In this thrilling tale of alien invasion, H. G. Wells rewrites the science fiction genre. Following the travails of an unnamed narrator, The War of the Worlds reveals the true terror of life under an implacable and enigmatic foe. Armed with terrifying killing machines, black smoke and Heat-Rays, the Martians arrive in London and quickly subdue the resistance put up by British forces. Faced with extraordinary odds and a world changed beyond all recognition, nothing less than the survival of the human race is at stake.
Meet Jen. Flight attendant. Mum to a grown-up daughter. Permanently single.Age: Fifty (gulp)Number of children: OneNumber of husbands: Zero (it`s complicated)Number of failed first dates in the last month: Too depressing to contemplateNumber of tickets for a romantic, once-in-a-lifetime trip: TwoNumber of days left to find her Mr Right to take on holiday: Quickly running out…A heart-warming and hilarious novel that proves age is just a number and it`s never too late for a second chance. Fans of Kristen Bailey, Sophie Kinsella and Jill Mansell will be totally hooked from the very first page.
Герберт Уэллс (1866-1946) знаменит прежде всего своими фантастическими произведениями, основные темы которых (полеты в космосе, атомное оружие, применение лазера, идея невидимости) в современной литературе стали общим местом, а некоторые сменили жанровую принадлежность, обретя реалистичность не только в книгах, но и в обыденной жизни. Роман <Война миров> (1897) изображает вторжение марсиан на Землю: целью...
ISBN: 978-5-6044158-3-2
Издательство:
Банда умников
Дата выхода: июнь 2020
Издание на английском языке.Мечтаете выучить язык инопланетян? Начните с английского! "Война миров" Герберта Уэллса поможет вам, и заодно объяснит, почему стоит опасаться таинственных пришельцев.Герберт Уэллс был по-настоящему талантливым писателем, визионером. Его книги во многом предсказали будущее. "Война миров" - один из первых его романов, и один из наиболее известных. Речь в нем идет о столкновении...
ISBN: 9785171660932
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: январь 2025
Thomas Hardy (1840—1928) was an English novelist and poet. «The Well-Beloved» completes the cycle of Hardy\'s great novels, reiterating his favourite themes of man\'s eternal quest for perfection in both love and art, and the suffering that ensues. Jocelyn Pierston, celebrated sculptor, tries to create an image of his ideal woman — his imaginary Well-Beloved — in stone, just as he tries to find her in the flesh.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06912-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: апрель 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 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
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
Действие классического научно-фантастического романа "Война миров" происходит в Англии XX века, где падающие на землю метеориты оказываются космическими кораблями, а цели пришельцев являются далеко не мирными… Роман содержит одно из первых в истории литературы описание вторжения пришельцев на землю. Неадаптированное издание на английском языке.
ISBN: 978-5-517-09420-9
Издательство:
RUGRAM
Дата выхода: февраль 2023
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
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.
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
That`s Harris all over - so ready to take the burden of everything himself, and put it on the backs of other people. Three late-Victorian gentlemen, George, Harris and the writer himself, as well as their fox terrier Montmorency, take a trip in a boat along the River Thames to Oxford. What ensues is a hilarious journey through the English waterways, full of anecdotes and farcical incidents, with Montmorency wreaking havoc along the way. As amusing and evocative now as when it was first published, Three Men in a Boat remains one of the most enduring comic novels of the Victorian era.
`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...