Чарльз Диккенс - один из самых известных писателей Англии XIX века. Мастерство владения языком, умение строить сюжет и наполнять его незабываемыми персонажами принесли автору заслуженное звание классика, а роман "Посмертные записки Пиквикского клуба" - настоящую литературную славу и признание читателей во всём мире. В этом увлекательном произведении, написанном с прекрасным чувством юмора, автор...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05180-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
China`s Communist Party is the largest, most powerful political machine in the world. Here, for the first time, Richard McGregor delves deeply into its inner sanctum, revealing how this secretive cabal keeps control of every aspect of the country - its military and media, legal system and businesses, even its religious organizations. How has the Party merged Marx, Mao and the market to create a global superpower? And what does this mean for the world?
ISBN: 978-0-14-103885-8
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июнь 2011
"The prince and the pauper; a tale for young people of all ages by Mark Twain. With one hundred and ninety-two illustrations and four color illustrations by W. Hatherell".
ISBN: 978-5-519-49873-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2016
Марк Твен - один из самых известных американских писателей, чьи произведения отличает живость повествования, искромётный юмор и умение тонко поднимать философские вопросы. "Принц и нищий" - блестящее произведение автора, которое любят и взрослые, и дети, по праву стало классикой мировой литературы. Волею судеб мальчик-бедняк Том Кенти оказывается в королевском дворце и меняется одеждой с принцем...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05409-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
Sue Townsend`s The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 55?) is a wonderful collection of non-fiction pieces, giving us an insight into Sue`s hilarious world. Sue Townsend is the much-loved comic author who brought us the bestselling Adrian Mol
When young Charles Dickens was commissioned to write the text for a series of sporting illustrations in 1836, no one could have suspected that this journeyman task was to turn in to one of the great comic novels in English literature. After the premature death of the original illustrator, Dickens took charge of the project, which was published in monthly parts. The result is a brilliant panorama of English life in the 1830s, a cornucopia of stories and vignettes featuring dozens of vividly drawn characters. Chief among them are Mr Pickwick himself, a later day Don Quixote travelling about the country righting wrongs; and his Sancho Panza, Sam Weller, whose pithy sayings and bizarre anecdotes immediately became and remained part of...
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was an Irish satirist, essayist, prose writer and poet, who has found his calling as a cleric of St Patrick`s Cathedral in Dublin. This book is the second volume of the extensive collection of Swift`s best poems.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07562-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Книга знакомит читателя с творчеством знаменитого английского писателя ХIХ века Оскара Уайльда. Тексты произведений, вошедших в книгу, адаптированы с учетом уровня владения языком учащихся 7 - 9 классов. Книга снабжена комментарием, упражнениями, словарем и может быть использована как на уроках английского языка, так и в качестве увлекательного чтения.
ISBN: 5-8112-0808-1
Издательство:
Айрис-пресс
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2004
Written in his distinctively dazzling manner, Oscar Wilde`s story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is the author`s most popular work. The tale of Dorian Gray`s moral disintegration caused a scandal when it first appeared in 1890, but though Wilde was attacked for the novel`s corrupting influence, he responded that there is, in fact, "a terrible moral in Dorian Gray."
ISBN: 978-5-521-06184-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
A fast-paced historical mystery adventure for readers aged 9+ years, with gorgeous Edwardian period detail. Perfect for fans of Chris Riddell`s Goth Girl series, Enid Blyton and Robin Stevens`s Murder Most Unladylike series.When a priceless painting is stolen, our dauntless heroines Sophie and Lil find themselves faced with forgery, trickery and deceit on all sides!Be amazed as the brave duo pit their wits against this perilous puzzle! Marvel at their cunning plan to unmask the villain and prove themselves detectives to be reckoned with – no matter what dangers lie ahead …It’s their most perilous adventure yet!
ISBN: 9781405282895
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
There he is thrown into a series of adventures beyond his wildest dreams. For the King is kidnapped by his treacherous brother, the Duke of Strelsau, and only Rudolf can save him. His own life in danger, he battles to outwit not only the Duke and his evil henchmen but the ruthless young Rupert Hentzau, who `feared neither man nor devil`. At the same time he finds himself irresistibly attracted to the beautiful Princess Flavia, the betrothed of the King. Both a thrilling, swashbuckling tale and a tender love story, `The Prisoner of Zenda` is as popular now as when it was first published a hundred years ago.
ISBN: 0-14-062131-8
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2001
Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. The Pickwick Papers, written when Dickens was only 25 years old, immediately brought him immense popularity. Mr. Samuel Pickwick, retired business man and confirmed bachelor, is determined that after a quiet lite of enterprise the time has come to go out into the world. Together with the other members of the Pickwick Club: Tracy Tupman, Augustus Snodgrass and Nathaniel Winkle, he embarks on a series of hilariously comic adventures. From these reports emerge the rascal Jingle and his servant, Job Trotter, the engaging Sam Weller, the greedy drunkard Stiggins, and many more of Dickens`s best-loved characters.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07930-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
In Washington, two Supreme Court judges are murdered and only the young and beautiful law student Darby Shaw knows why. She has uncovered a deadly secret but will anyone believe her? Can she stay alive long enough to persuade them she is right?
ISBN: 978-1-4082-7646-4
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июнь 2011
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 Poison Belt" was the second story, a novella that Doyle wrote about Professor Challenger. He and his team should face the very end of the world as Earth slowly moves through a belt of poisonous ether.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08052-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Серия книг «Зарубежная классика — читай в оригинале» — это бессмертные произведения великих мастеров пера, написанные ими на их родном языке и наречии. Книги из этой серии помогут читателю углубленно изучать иностранные языки, обогатят его внутренний мир и по-новому откроют произведения известных классиков. Философский роман Оскара Уальда «Портрет Дориана Грея» на английском языке, неадаптированное...
ISBN: 978-5-519-02606-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2014
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "The Purcell Papers II" is a collection of classic short stories. The author filled the book with dark, alluring atmosphere. It immerses the reader in a world of the unknown, even supernatural.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07117-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Sequel to the New York Times bestselling "Faith of the Fallen". New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind has created his most lavish adventure yet. Tormented her entire life by inhuman voices, a young woman named Lauren seeks to end her intolerable agony. She at last discovers a way to silence the voices. For everyone else, the torment is about to begin. With winter descending and the paralyzing dread of an army of annihilation occupying their homeland, Richard Rahl and his wife Kahlan must venture deep into a strange and desolate land. Their quest turns to terror when they find themselves the helpless prey of a tireless hunter. Meanwhile, Lauren finds herself drawn into the center of a struggle for conquest and revenge. Worse...
ISBN: 0-7653-4074-7
Издательство:
Holtzbrink
Дата выхода: апрель 2004