In this selection of tales by the master folklorist Andrew Lang, the reader is taken into the romantic world of the gallant Knights of the Round Table and their courageous and chivalrous deeds, fair maidens, castles steeped in history, the quest for the Holy Grail, and the tragic love of King Arthur and Sir Lancelot for Guinevere, and Tristan for Iseult. The Arthurian legends are the most potent of the thrilling and mist-enshrouded tales of adventure to be passed down from prerecorded history, and they have as much appeal today as they did in the age of the troubadours.
ISBN: 1-85326-115-7
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2002
Родоначальник "литературы ужасов", известнейший американский автор мистических детективов, Эдгар Аллан По широко известен именно своими короткими рассказами, в которых проявилась вся многогранность его таланта. Увлекающие, ужасающие и неповторимые истории ждут вас на страницах этой книги! Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!
ISBN: 978-5-521-05113-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2017
This Book includes stories based on seven of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. We meet many of Shakespeare’s most famous characters – magical Prospero; Puck, the badly-behaved fairy; evil Macbeth; Shylock, the greedy moneylender, and many more. This is a wonderful first step on the journey into the world of Shakespeare.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8017-6
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
Washington Irving (1783 - 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. "Tales of the Alhambra" is a collection of essays, sketches and stories. The Alhambra is a palace located in Granada, in the south of Spain. The book consists of a collection of enchanting Spanish and Moorish legends, folktales, and myths about the palace and its surroundings, along with some more traditional travel narratives and observational essays about the country and its customs.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08252-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2019
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. This is a collection of medical and detective stories by Doyle, where he focused on the problems that present themselves to physicians and surgeons at the time. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08102-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "Tales of Adventure" is an astounding collection that anthologizes some of the best short fiction stories of the author outside of the world-famous detective`s canon, including excellent tales like "The Surgeon of Gaster Fell", "The Sealed Room", and "The Great Brown-Pericord Motor".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07159-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Six stories about a world we cannot explain. A film star discovers the dangers of dancing with a stranger. A man comes face-to-face with his father`s history. An Irish-American family cannot escape someone from the past. A woman doesn`t listen to warnings about an old tree. An English writer slowly becomes more and more Japanese. And a killer watches himself die in hospital.
ISBN: 978-0-521-54276-0
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Generations of children have been captivated by the hair-raising adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit. Come along as he sneaks into Mr. Man`s garden, persuades Brer Wolf to be burned in a hollow log, and kicks Brer Fox`s Tar Baby. Jerry Pinkney`s lively and humorous illustrations are a perfect match for Julius Lester`s contemporary approach, which expertly introduces a modern sense of humor to these forty-eight tales while paying homage to their roots as traditional American folklore.
ISBN: 978-0-14-240720-2
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. The Tales of Hearsay is a posthumous collection of four stories, published in 1911, the year after Conrad died, including The Tale, considered to be the one of his best short stories. Tales of Unrest is the collection of short stories where a reader will find many of Conrad\'s most frequently explored themes: isolation, distinctions between East and West, between colonial and native, a discernment and critique of civilization.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07641-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: май 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. "Tales of Space and Time" is a fantasy and science fiction collection of three short stories and two novellas, including "A Story of the Days To Come" — a novella which depicts two lovers in a dystopian future London of the 22nd century.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08228-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
For the first time in A-format, the definitive collection of Tolkiens four acclaimed modern classic fairie tales in the vein of The Hobbit. Farmer Giles of Ham is fat and unheroic, but - having unwittingly managed to scare off a short-sighted giant - is called upon to do battle when the dragon Chrysophylax comes to town; The Adventures of Tom Bombadil tells by way of verse of Toms many adventures with hobbits, princesses, dwarves and trolls; Leaf by Niggle recounts the strange adventures of the pater Niggle who sets out to paint the perfect tree; Smith of Wootton Major journeys to the Land of Faery thanks to the magical ingredients of the Great Cake of the Feast of Good Children. The four tales are written with the same skill, quality...
ISBN: 978-0-00-714912-4
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
More than two decades after the publication of his acclaimed classic, "Watership Down", author Richard Adams finally returns to the vivid and remarkable animal world he so masterfully imagined in his earlier work. Here again are Fiver, Bigwig, Hazel, Dandelion - all the victorious heroes of the apocalyptic battle against the evil General Woundwort - as well as a host of endearing new characters and the great champion of rabbit myth, El-ahrairah, in a wonderful collection of new adventures that will delight the millions of "Watership Down" fans, and create many more
ISBN: 978-0-380-72934-0
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
This collection of Chinese stories begins with the great legends of how Earth and Heaven came into being, and of how the archer Yi rid the Emperor Yao of the menace of the ten suns. There are folk-tales too, about ghosts and rain-makers, poor students and magicians, and the man who was nearly made into fish paste. Throughout all these stories, the author has kept the subtle oriental flavour of the originals and brings to life all the magic and mystery of China.
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. "Tales of the Ring" is a collection of brilliant short stories, united by the theme of boxing, so beloved by the author.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08063-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
`Rabbit`s feeling sleepy. She curls up in a chair. Tap! Tap! Who`s that? Oh dear! It`s Builder Bear.` Rabbit is trying to get to sleep, but everyone is being so noisy. Lift the flaps and find out who is keeping Rabbit awake! Collect all four board books in The Acorn Wood series: Postman Bear, Fox`s Socks and Hide-and-Seek Pig.
ISBN: 978-0-230-75310-5
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
If you found a tiny golden dragon with green paws, would you know what to do with it? Moomintroll thinks he does, but when he takes his new-found pet home, things don`t quite work out as planned. And suppose Too-ticky brought you an invisible child, would you know how to make her visible again?Meet new and delightful characters and re-encounter old friends, such as Snufkin and Little My in this entertaining collection of nine stories about the trials and tribulations of the inhabitants of Moominvalley. There are some new characters to meet, such as the Fillyjonk and the Hattifatteners, as well as old friends, namely Snufkin and Little My - and not to mention dear Moominpappa, Moominmamma and Moomintroll of course!
