A dark, gothic tale of romance... and murder. In the right dose, everything is a poison. Jessamine has spent her whole life in a cottage close to her father`s apothecary garden, surrounded by medicinal plants and herbs that could kill her -- although her father has never allowed her into the most dangerous part of the grounds... the poison garden. And so she`s never had reason to be afraid -- until now. Because now a newcomer has come to live with the family, a quiet but strangely attractive orphan boy named Weed. Though Weed doesn`t say much in words, he has an instant talent for the apothecary`s trade, seeming to possess a close bond with the plants of the garden. Soon, he and Jessamine also share a close bond. But little does...
ISBN: 978-0-00-735443-6
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011
In this disturbing late novel. Lawrence`s pagan side finds full expression. Kate Leslie, an Irish widow visiting Mexico, finds herself equally repelled and fascinated by what she sees as the primitive cruelty of the country. As she becomes involved with the intellectual and political leader Don Ramon, and General Cipriano, a pure-bred Indian of raw sexual energy, her perceptions change. Caught up in the plans of these two men to revive the old Aztec religion and political order, she submits tothe `blood-consciousness` and phallic power that they represent.
ISBN: 1-85326-258-7
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
Two 19th century stage illusionists, the aristocratic Rupert Angier and the working-class Alfred Borden, engage in a bitter and deadly feud; the effects are still being felt by their respective families a hundred years later. Working in the gaslight-and-velvet world of Victorian music halls, they prowl edgily in the background of each other`s shadowy life, driven to the extremes by a deadly combination of obsessive secrecy and insatiable curiosity. At the heart of the row is an amazing illusion they both perform during their stage acts. The secret of the magic is simple, and the reader is in on it almost from the start, but to the antagonists the real mystery lies deeper. Both have something more to hide than the mere workings of a trick.
ISBN: 978-0-575-07906-9
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
A string of paper dolls go on a fantastical adventure through the house and out into the garden. They soon escape the clutches of the toy dinosaur and the snapping jaws of the oven-glove crocodile, but then a very real pair of scissors threatens. A stunning, rhythmical story of childhood, memory and the power of imagination from the author of THE GRUFFALO, and new illustrating talent Rebecca Cobb.
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Pathfinder is the fourth novel Cooper wrote featuring Natty Bumppo, his fictitious frontier hero, and the third chronological episode of the Leatberstocking Tales. A fast-paced narrative full of adventure and majestic descriptions of early frontier life, Indian raiders, and defenseless outposts, The Pathfinder set the standard for epic action literature.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07951-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Элизабет Гаскелл — известная английская писательница эпохи викторианской Англии. Её произведения отличаются изящностью слога и мысли, яркими персонажами и необычными сюжетами. В данную книгу включены рассказ "Бедняжка Клэр" и повесть "Лиззи Лэй", в которых Гаскелл с тонким психологизмом рассказывает истории прекрасных, но несчастных в своей трагичной судьбе женщин. Читайте зарубежную литературу в...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05726-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2017
One of the most popular and respected series of simplified readers for English learners, with stories from contemporary and classic authors. Adapted from Mark Twain`s classic story of what happens when two boys - Edward Tudor, a prince and the future King of England, and the poor son of thief - swap lives.Retold by Chris Rose.
ISBN: 9780230436329
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: январь 2016
Charlotte Bronte was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Bronte sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels have become classics of English literature. The Professor was published only after Charlotte Brontes death and today it gives us a fascinating insight into the first stirrings of her supreme creative imagination. The book is the story of a young man, William Crimsworth, and is a first-person narrative from his perspective. It describes his maturation, his career as a teacher in Brussels, and his personal relationships. William reveals his attraction to the dominating directress of the girls` school where he teaches, played out in the school`s "secret garden".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07907-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
