Set in 1482. "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" (Notre-Dame the Paris) is a compelling story of love and betrayal, brutal deeds and one of the most famous acts of revenge in world literature. Quasimodo, the hunchback of the title, is one of fiction`smost extreme characters - beneath his monstrous disfigurement, his love for the beautiful Esmeralda reveals a heart full of intense emotion. The novel is set in the Gothic splendour of the great cathedral of Notre-Dame and had a profound influence on the Romantic Movement.
ISBN: 1-85326-068-1 Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd. Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Чарльз Диккенс - знаменитый писатель викторианской Англии. Мастерство владения языком, умение строить сюжет и наполнять его незабываемыми персонажами принесли автору заслуженное звание классика. "Одержимый, или Сделка с призраком" - это одно из самых известных произведений Диккенса. В увлекательной повести рассказана история учёного Редлоу, повстречавшего накануне Рождества своего зловещего двойника,...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05716-0 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: июль 2017
Join in with the Highway Rat`s fun in this fabulous sticker activity book based on the bestselling book THE HIGHWAY RAT, by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Jam-packed with sticker activities themed around the book, this is the perfect activity book for fans of THE HIGHWAY RAT. Included in the book: over 400 stickers, colouring in, dot to dots, spot the difference, mazes, simple word searches and more!
ISBN: 9781407191515 Дата выхода: январь 2020
This work features a young woman`s dream, an old man`s gift, and the surprises that await us behind every closed house on the hill outside San Francisco was magnificent, built in 1923 by a wealthy man for the woman he adored. When Sarah, a perfectly sensible lawyer, walks through its empty rooms, she is drawn to the once-grand mansion in a way she cannot explain - to a drama that first unfolded in war-torn France, and to a history she never knew she had. Using an unexpected legacy, Sarah takes on the dilapidated house and its mysteries. With the help of architect Jeff Parker Sarah brings the exquisite house back to life, and as one relationship shatters and another begins, she discovers a whole new future. This is a novel of daring and...
ISBN: 978-0-552-15180-1 Издательство: Random House Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
The unforgettable story of Bilbo, a peace-loving hobbit, who embarks on a strange and magical adventure. A timeless classic now available as a two-part boxed set. Bilbo Baggins enjoys a quiet and contented life, with no desire to travel far from the comforts of home; then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services - as a burglar - on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo`s life is never to be the same again. Seldom has any book been so widely read and loved as Tolkien`s classic tale, `The Hobbit`. Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of readers all over the world, and its hero, Bilbo Baggins, has...
ISBN: 978-0-00-748851-3 Дата выхода: декабрь 2012
ISBN: 9780241284650 Издательство: Ladybird Дата выхода: январь 2016
ISBN: 9780007552283 Дата выхода: январь 2015
ISBN: 9780755334452 Издательство: Headline Publ. Дата выхода: январь 2006
They say Black Dow`s killed more men than winter, and clawed his way to the throne of the North up a hill of skulls. The King of the Union, ever a jealous neighbour, is not about to stand smiling by while he claws his way any higher. The orders have been given and the armies are toiling through the northern mud. Thousands of men are converging on a forgotten ring of stones, on a worthless hill, in an unimportant valley, and they`ve brought a lot of sharpened metal with them. Bremer dan Gorst, disgraced master swordsman, has sworn to reclaim his stolen honour on the battlefield. Obsessed with redemption and addicted to violence, he`s far past caring how much blood gets spilled in the attempt. Even if it`s his own. Prince Calder isn`t...
ISBN: 978-0-575-12776-0 Дата выхода: январь 2013
ISBN: 9780007141784 Издательство: HarperCollins Publishers Дата выхода: январь 2005
ISBN: 9780241349076 Дата выхода: январь 2018
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811—1863) was a British author and novelist mostly known for his satirical works such as "Vanity Fair" that showed an ironic representation of the British society of those times. "The History of Pendennis" is a novel set in nineteenth-century England, mostly in London. The book tells the story of a young gentleman Arthur Pendennis from a countryside, who travels to London to find his place in society. In line with other Thackeray`s works, the novel is a satiric picture of the English aristocratic society, which includes all sorts of snobbish and sometimes detestable characters.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07823-3 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
ISBN: 9780099585183 Дата выхода: январь 2016
ISBN: 9780140187298 Издательство: Penguin Books Дата выхода: январь 1993
ISBN: 9780007419494 Дата выхода: январь 2011
Brother John, who has been living in Africa for many years, gives Allan Quatermain the largest orchid he has ever seen. Later, in England, he has a meeting with Mr. Somers, an orchid collector who is prepaired to finance an expedition to search for the plant Join Allan as he sets out to find this rare and finds something more.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06437-3 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: январь 2018
ISBN: 9781408892718 Издательство: Bloomsbury Дата выхода: август 2024
ISBN: 9781471510229 Издательство: Express Publishing Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
Oscar Wilde is remembered today primarily as a brilliant and witty playwright and the author of the novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. As a result, his shorter pieces of fiction have tended to be neglected, which is a shame for they not only display the same kind of scathing wit, imaginative flourish and engaging narratives as his other work, but present a wider range of subjects and ideas. As well as such comic tales as The Canterville Ghost and Lord Arthur Savile`s Crime, there are the marvellous fairy stories and fantasies such as The Selfish Giant, The Happy Prince and The Star Child. The challenge and pleasure of these stories is the simultaneous appeal to both child and adult with their themes of love, truth and sacrifice which are...
ISBN: 978-1-905716-62-3 Издательство: CRW Publishing Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. This volume includes amazing short stories and sketches like "Small-Boat Sailing", "Four Horses and a Sailor", "Nothing That Ever Came To Anything" and "The".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07513-3 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: июль 2018
In The House of the Dead, Dostoevsky gives vent to his perceptions of prison life, writing from his grueling experience in a Siberian camp. Poor Folk was his first major literary success. Written in the form of letters, it shows his versatility as a stylist and highlights the early sparks of his genius.
ISBN: 978-1-59308-194-2 Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
ISBN: 9781472258502 Дата выхода: январь 2022
ISBN: 9780140437867 Дата выхода: январь 2001
ISBN: 9781852864231 Дата выхода: октябрь 2004
A novel of childhood and family feuding, set in the Maltese community of Cardiff`s Tiger Bay. Seen through the eyes of Dolores, it tells the story of her compulsive gambling father, Frankie, who loses everything to his rival Joe Medora, head of the Maltese Mafia.
ISBN: 0-330-48779-5 Издательство: Pan Macmillan Дата выхода: апрель 2004
