With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Preston, University of Nottingham.Illustrations by S.L. Fildes and Hablot K. Browne (Phiz).Dickens`s final novel, left unfinished at his death, is a tale of mystery whose fast-paced action takes place in an ancient cathedral city and in some of the darkest places in nineteenth-century London. Drugs, sexual obsession, colonial adventuring and puzzles about identity are among the novel`s themes. At the centre of the plot lie the baffling disappearance of Edwin Drood and the many explanations of his whereabouts. A sombre and menacing atmosphere, a fascinating range of characters and Dickens`s usual superb command of language combine to make this an exciting and tantalising story.Also included in this...
ISBN: 9781853267291
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: октябрь 2022
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 Maracot Deep" is an amazing fantasy-fiction novel about Professor Maracot and his team of explorers discovering a sunken city of Atlantis. There, scientists are trying to study the culture and life of the inhabitants of the depths, incidentally encountering unimaginable dangers.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08074-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
In The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury, America’s preeminent storyteller, imagines a place of hope, dreams, and metaphor— of crystal pillars and fossil seas—where a fine dust settles on the great empty cities of a vanished, devastated civilization. Earth
ISBN: 978-1-4516-7819-2
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
A mysterious stranger appears in a Moscow park. Soon he and his retinue have astonished the locals with the magic show to end all magic shows. But why are they really here, and what has it got to do with the beautiful Margarita, or her lover, the Master, a silenced writer? A carnival for the senses and a diabolical extravaganza.
ISBN: 978-1-84749-014-8
Издательство:
Alma Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Classic / British English Michael Henchard is a wealthy and respected man, but he has a terrible secret. Twenty years ago, when he was unemployed and penniless, he sold his wife to a sailor. Now she is looking for him again. Why? And what will happen when she finds him?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-6249-3
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
на англ.яз."WE COULD NEVER HAVE LOVED I HK EARTH SO WELL I EWE HAD HAD NO CHILDHOOD IN IT.— IF IT WERE NOT THE EARTH \VHERi SAME ELOWERS COME UP AGAIN EVERY SPRING THAT WE USED TO GATHER WITH OUR TINY FINGERS AS WE SAT LISTENING TO OURSELVES ON THE GRASS —THE SAME HIPS AND HAWS ON THE AUTUMN HEDGEROWS — THE SAME REDBREASTS." GEORGE ELIOT`S MASTERLY TALK OK THE CHILDHOOD JOYS AND WOES AND THE ADULT TR14LS OF MAGGIE AND Том TULLIVER.
ISBN: 5-17-028803-4
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: октябрь 2005
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, considered by many as the greatest English writer. Hundreds of specialists were able to translate his works into every major language, and most of the plays are performed more often than those of any other author. "The Merchant of Venice" is one of Shakespeares most famous plays. The action takes place partly in Venice and Belmonte. Young Bassanio, who is in debt, decided to marry rich beauty Portia and asks his friend, merchant Antonio, for help. Antonio decides to help him and takes money from a local usurer Shylock. Under the terms of the bill, if he does not return the debt on time, Shylock has the right to cut a pound of meat from the merchants body.
ISBN: 978-5-517-00389-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2019
The sequel to The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. Rick and Evelyn O’Connell answer a new call to adventure— as an ancient evil rises to threaten the world. When dashing adventurer Alex O’Connell is tricked into awakening China’s ruthless Dragon Emperor from eternal slumber, the reckless young archaeologist must seek the help of the only people who know more than he does about taking down the undead: his parents—Rick and Evelyn O’Connell.
ISBN: 978-0-425-22313-0
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
These works are unique in Conrad`s oeuvre in being openly autobiographical — but in scope and literary form they differ widely. In The Mirror Conrad explores his vast knowledge of the sea in an era when the sailing ship gave way, after thousands of years, to steam. A Personal Record is Conrad`s account of himself, his cultural background, and the central motives in his life as a seaman and a writer separated from the country where he was born.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06679-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
When Miss Marple complains of feeling old and helpless, her doctor jokingly suggests that she needs a murder to solve. Then there is a death in the village. Is it murder? Did the right person die? Suddenly, Jane Marple has a new interest in life. And then there are more deaths
ISBN: 978-1-4082-6130-9
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: март 2011
The devil with his retinue, a poet incarcerated in a mental institution for speaking the truth, and a recreation of the story of Pontius Pilate, constitute the elements out of which Mikhail Bulgakov wove "The Master and Margarita".
Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. The Mudfog Papers is his collection of" sketches that describes the local politics of the fictional town of Mudfog. It also describes the delusions of its mayor Nicholas Tulrumble, his disastrous attempts at putting on a public show and the meetings of its Society for the Advancement of Everything, during which the town is overrun by illustrious scientists and professors conducting ostensibly pointless research.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07942-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Ardent, impulsive, thirsty for knowledge, Maggie Tulliver is one of the great heroines of literature. George Eliot drew on her own anguished childhood when she depicted the stormy relationship between Maggie and Tom Tulliver. Maggie\'s often tormented battle to do her duty and belong on the one hand, and to be herself, wild and natural on the other, propels her from one crisis to another- As the Tulliver fortunes decline and fall, the rift between Maggie and her family becomes almost irreconcilable. But Maggie\'s biggest mistake of all is to fall in love with Stephen Guest who is engaged to another woman. Both a sharp and observant picture of English rural life and a profoundly convincing analysis of a woman\'s psychology, The Mill...
ISBN: 0140620273
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2001
For five hundred years, the survivors of the Great Wars lived peacefully in a valley sanctuary shielded by powerful magic from the dangerous outside world. But the enchanted barriers have crumbled, and the threat of annihilation looms large once more. As he lay dying, Sider Ament, bearer of the last black staff and protector of the valley, gave stewardship of the powerful talisman to the young Tracker Panterra Qu. Now the newly anointed Knight of the Word must take up the battle against evil wherever it threatens: from without, where an army of bloodthirsty Trolls is massing for invasion; and from within, where the Elf king of Arborlon has been murdered, his daughter stands accused, and a heinous conspiracy is poised to subjugate the...
ISBN: 978-0-345-48422-2
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012