The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commercial upper-middle class Forsyte family between 1886 and 1920. Soames Forsyte is the brilliantly portrayed central figure, a Victorian who outlives the age, and whose baffled passion for his beautiful but unresponsive wife Irene reverberates throughout the saga. Written with both compassion and ironic detachment, Galsworthy`s masterly narrative examines not only their fortunes but also the wider developments within society, particularly the changing position of women in an intensely competitive male world. Above all, Gallsworthy is concerned with the conflict at the heart of English culture between the soulless materialism of wealth and property...
ISBN: 978-5-521-06248-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Most of us grow up having always known to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy pulls a sword from a stone, yet sadly some of these things are now beginning to be forgotten. Legends, myths, fairy tales: our world is made up of the stories we told ourselves about where we came from and how we got there. It is the same on Discworld, except that beings which on Earth are creatures of the imagination - like vampires, trolls, witches and, possibly, gods - are real, alive and in some cases kicking. In "The Folklore of Discworld", Terry Pratchett teams up with leading British folklorist Jacqueline Simpson to take an irreverent yet illuminating look at the living myths and folklore that are...
ISBN: 978-0-55215-493-2
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2010
Шарль Бодлер - легендарный французский поэт XIX века, ярчайший представитель символизма и декаданса, чьи произведения оказали самое большое влияние на развитие европейской поэзии. "Цветы зла" - это один из самых известных сборников стихотворений Бодлева, в котором лирический герой безгранично печален и несчастен. Чёрные, тоскливые, торжественные и мрачные стихи прекрасны в своей ужасающей красоте. Они...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05715-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2017
William Sydney Porter, known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His wit and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by the critics. The Four Million is his second collection of short stories published in 1906. The title refers to the population of New York City at that time; it is where all of the stories in this volume are set.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07668-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
"The "Fountainhead" has become an enduring piece of literature, more popular now than when published in 1943. On the surface, it is a story of one man, Howard Roark, and his struggles as an architect in the face of a successful rival, Peter Keating, and a newspaper columnist, Ellsworth Toohey. But the book addresses a number of universal themes: the strength of the individual, the tug between good and evil, the threat of fascism. The confrontation of those themes, along with the amazing stroke of Rand`s writing, combine to give this book its enduring influence. Формат: 10,5 см x 17,5 см.
ISBN: 978-0-451-19115-1
Издательство:
Penguin USA
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Джон Голсуорси - признанный английский писатель XIX века, лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе. «Сага о Форсайтах» - одно из самых известных произведений автора, которое заслуженно принесло ему Нобелевскую премию. Воздушный роман-сага представляет собой портрет английского общества на стыке веков, а история целой семьи на протяжении многих лет оставит неизгладимый след в душе каждого читателя....
ISBN: 978-5-521-05453-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
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 Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth" is a science fiction novel, first published in 1904. Hoping to create a new growth agent for food with beneficial uses to mankind, two scientists find that the spread of the material is uncontrollable. Giant chickens, rats, and insects run amok, and children given the foodstuffs experience incredible growth and serious illnesses.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08233-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
Happy with her husband-to-be and beloved son, Isabel Dalhousie has feelings about parenthood that grow more tender daily. So when Jane, a visiting academic adopted and sent to Australia as a baby, asks for help in tracing her Scottish origins, she cannot refuse. However, habitually upright Isabel finds herself beset by temptation - for instance, to be suspicious of Professor Lettuce`s latest subterfuge, and of her niece Cat`s weakness for the wrong man. And when the search for Jane`s parents turns troubling, she can hardly prevent herself from interfering too forcefully in family secrets. As she steers a course between love and laissez-faire, our philosopher heroine succeeds in resisting all temptations but those which must be answered,...
ISBN: 978-0-349-12387-5
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: январь 2013
The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and go. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.
ISBN: 0-8125-5030-7
Издательство:
Holtzbrink
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
The Family is the belated fruit of Mario Puzo`s life-long obsession with the Borgias, whom the creator of Don Corleone saw as just another family whose family business happened to involve killing people. He never got round to writing the book until his last months, when he was old and tired and made some unfortunate artistic decisions. This is the sort of old-fashioned historical novel in which the likes of Machiavelli, Da Vinci and Savonarola make momentary walks-on and in which people regularly spend half a page explaining international politics to each other--nonetheless, much of it has an intensity that compels in spite of the stiltedness of much of the dialogue. Puzo and his editor feel that the interesting story is how Rodrigo...
ISBN: 0-09-946474-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was an English novelist, dramatist, and short story writer, universally known for her Gothic novel "Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus". "The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck" is a historical novel about the life of Perkin Warbeck, claimed to be Richard of Shrewsbury, the second son of King Edward IV. The book takes a point of view that Perkin Warbeck died in childhood and the supposed impostor was Richard indeed. The book also contains the message that an ideal political system is impossible without significant changes in human nature.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07527-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
О. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter. He wrote 381 short while living there. He wrote a story a week for over a year for the New York World Sunday Magazine. The Four Million is the second collection of short stories by 0. Henry that was published in 1906. The title refers to the population of New York City at that time and is where all the stories are based.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06158-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the first part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring an exclusive cover image from the film, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power – the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring – the ring that rules them all – which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the...
Книга полностью на английском языке. It's 1922 and Fleur Forsyte is now married to Michael Mont. Fleur throws herself into the roaring 20s with the rest of London, taking life as it comes. But the marriage is haunted by the ghost of a past love affair, and however vibrant Fleur appears, those closest to her sense her unhappiness. Michael, devoted to Fleur but not blind to her faults, is determined to stand by her through anything. He also finds himself caught up in the tragic and poignant story of a young couple struggling for survival in an age of unemployment and extreme poverty.
ISBN: 978-0-7553-4088-0
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: январь 2013
`Well, he thought, so this is diplomacy. It`s lying, only for a better class of people.`Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is a long way from home.Sent as reluctant ambassador to Uberwald, a mysterious region inhabited by dwarfs, vampires and werewolves, Vimes must learn the art of diplomacy. Fast. But when he uncovers a mystery with ties back home, the policeman in him can`t help but investigate. What could possibly go wrong?Well, quite a lot actually. Vimes finds himself on the run through the frozen forests of Uberwald, armed with only his wits and the trousers of Uncle Vanya (don`t ask). And if he doesn`t make it, there`s going to be a terrible war.But there are monsters on his trail. They`re smart. They`re fast....
Begin your journey into Middle-earth.A New Legend Begins on Prime Video, in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.The first part of J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS.In a quiet village in the Shire, young Frodo is about to receive a gift that will change his life forever.Thought lost centuries ago, it is the One Ring, an object of terrifying power once used by the Dark Lord to enslave Middle-earth. Now darkness is rising, and Frodo must travel deep into the Dark Lord’s realm, to the one place the Ring can be destroyed: Mount Doom.The journey will test Frodo’s courage, his friendships and his heart. Because the ring corrupts all who bear it – can Frodo destroy it, or will it destroy him?
Джон Голсуорси - признанный английский писатель XIX века, лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе. «Сага о Форсайтах» - одно из самых известных произведений автора, которое заслуженно принесло ему Нобелевскую премию. Воздушный роман-сага представляет собой портрет английского общества на стыке веков, а история целой семьи на протяжении многих лет оставит неизгладимый след в душе каждого читателя....
ISBN: 978-5-521-05454-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
