ISBN: 9780099458340 Издательство: Random House Дата выхода: январь 2007
`I am not an angel nor a genie nor a I am Erik`! A mysterious Phantom haunts the depths of the Paris Opera House where he has fallen passionately in love with the beautiful singer Christine Daae. Under his guidance her singing rises to new heights and she is triumphantly acclaimed. But Christine is also loved by Raoul de Chagny, and by returning his love she makes the fiend she knows as the Angel of Music mad with jealousy. When the Phantom is finally unmasked, will Christine see beyond his hideous disfigurement? The twists and turns of Leroux`s thrilling story have captivated readers since its very first appearance in 1910, and its outlines are known to many more who have seen it on stage or film. This new translation is as full-blooded...
ISBN: 978-0-19-969457-0 Дата выхода: декабрь 2012
Classic / British English (Available April 2008) Rudolf Rassendyll, a daring young Englishman looking for adventure, arrives in Ruritania for the new king`s coronation. The two men meet by chance the day before and are shocked to find that they look exactly the same! A trick leaves Rudolf in the king`s place while the king becomes the Prisoner of Zenda.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-6520-3 Издательство: Pearson Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
ISBN: 9780141186030 Издательство: Penguin Books Дата выхода: январь 2006
When the exquisitely handsome Dorian Gray sees his portrait he dreams of remaining young forever while his painted image grows old and, in a sudden moment, he offers his soul in return for perpetual youth. While his beauty remains unblemished, the porrrair begins to reflect the wildness and degradation of his soul as he surrenders to a worship of pleasure and infinite passion. The Picture of Dorian Gray caused outrage when it was first published in 1890 and marked the onset of Oscar Wilde\'s own fatal reputation and eventual downfall. An evocative portrayal of London life and a powerful blast against the hypocrisies of Victorian polite society it has become one of Oscar Wilde\'s most celebrated works, full of the flamboyant wit for...
ISBN: 0-14-062033-8 Издательство: Penguin Books Дата выхода: декабрь 2002
ISBN: 9781509834587 Дата выхода: январь 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
ISBN: 9780141442150 Дата выхода: январь 2007
ISBN: 978-5-8112-2640-5 Издательство: Айрис-пресс Дата выхода: апрель 2007
The third in the cycle of novels that began with THE SHADOW OF THE WIND and THE ANGEL`S GAME. THE PRISONER OF HEAVEN returns to the world of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. It begins just before Christmas in Barcelona in 1957, one year after Daniel and Bea from THE SHADOW OF THE WIND have married. They now have a son, Julian, and are living with Daniel`s father at Sempere & Sons. Fermin still works with them and is busy preparing for his wedding to Bernarda in the New Year. However something appears to be bothering him. Daniel is alone in the shop one morning when a mysterious figure with a pronounced limp enters. He spots one of their most precious volumes that is kept locked in a glass cabinet, a beautiful and unique illustrated...
ISBN: 978-0-297-86810-1 Дата выхода: июнь 2012
Настоящее издание представлено известным произведением О.Уайлда на английском языке. В книге реализован оригинальный метод адаптации, сочетающий купирование, пересказ купюр, комментарии страноведческих реалий, сложных для понимания лексики и грамматики. В ряде случаев произведение содержит комментарии литературоведческого характера. Рекомендуется учащимся школ, лицеев и колледжей, а также...
ISBN: 985-13-7838-0 Издательство: Харвест Дата выхода: август 2006
The People of the Mist is a classic lost race fantasy novel. It is the tale of a British adventurer seeking wealth in the wilds of Africa, finding romance, and discovering a lost race and its monstrous god. In the novel Penniless Leonard Outram attempts to redress the undeserved loss of his family estates and fiancee by seeking his fortune in Africa. In the course of his adventures he and his Zulu companion Otter save a young Portuguese woman, Juanna Rodd, together with her nursemaid Soa, from slavery. Leonard and Juanna are plainly attracted to each other, but prone to bickering, and their romance is impeded by the watchful and jealous Soa. The protagonists seek the legendary People of the Mist, said to possess a fabulous hoard of jewels.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06604-9 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: январь 2018
ISBN: 978-5-521-06822-7 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: апрель 2018
Flowers and birds are integral elements in the original culture of Peterhof. They thrived, and survive to this day, in the palace interiors and the paintings, sculpture, furniture, porcelain and glass ornaments, and bronze statuary that fill the rooms. The palaces at Peterhof demonstrate how representations of birds and flowers have evolved in Oriental, European and Russian art.
ISBN: 978-5-91208-090-6 Издательство: Арка Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
With a will of steel, Polish immigrant Florentyna Rosnovski is indeed Abel`s daughter. She shares with her father a love of America, his ideals, and his dream for the future. But she wants more to be the first female president. Golden boy Richard Kane was born into a life of luxury. The scion of a banking magnate he is successful, handsome, and determined to carve his own path in the world-and to build a future with the woman he loves. With Florentyna`s ultimate goal only a heartbeat away, both are about to discover the shattering price of power as a titanic battle of betrayal and deception reaches out from the past-a blood feud between two generations that threatens to destroy everything Florentyna and Richard have fought to achieve.
ISBN: 978-0-312-99714-4 Издательство: Macmillan Publishers Дата выхода: январь 2013
Джек Лондон - классик американской литературы XX века, автор ярких, живых приключенческий романов и рассказов. «Люди бездны» - знаменитая книга социологических очерков, результат журналистского расследования, проведённого в Лондоне. Очерки написаны через призму взгляда человека «со дна» - городского пролетария, жившего и работавшего в кварталах Ист-Энда, чтобы показать читателю правдивую...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05757-3 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: август 2017
Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American poet and novelist of the American Renaissance, best known for his allusive adventure novel "Moby-Dick". This book includes notorious work of the great writer: collection of six great stories "The Piazza Tales".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07605-5 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: июль 2018
In The Pickwick Papers we are introduced not just to one of the greatest writers in the English language, but to some of fiction`s most endearing and memorable characters, starting with the `illustrious, immortal and colossal-minded` Samuel Pickwick himself. It is a rollicking tour de force through an England on the brink of the Victorian era. Reform of government, justice and commercial life are imminent, as are rail travel, social convulsion and the death of deference, but Pickwick sails through on a tide of delirious adventure, fortifying us for the future - whatever it might throw at us.This Macmillan Collector`s Library edition is illustrated by H. K. Browne (`Phiz`), with an afterword by Ned Halley.Designed to appeal to the book...
ISBN: 9781509825455 Дата выхода: ноябрь 2023
Written two years before `Jane Eyre`, ` The Professor` was Charlotte Bronte`s first novel and was based on her own experiences in Brussels, although it was not published until after her own death. The story is one of love and doubt, as the hero, William Crimsworth, seeks his fortune as a teacher in Brussels and finds his love for the good Anglo-Swiss girl, Frances Henri, severely tested by the sensuously beguiling and manipulative headmistress, Zoraide Reuter. The novel challenged many of the deeply held expectations of the time and is essential reading for all those seeking an understanding of the author and her work.
ISBN: 1-85326-208-0 Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd. Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
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. This volume includes the fascinating mystery novel "The Parasite" and two intriguing short stories: "The Love Affair of George Vincent Parker" and "The Cabman`s Story." .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08067-0 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Джеймс Фенимор Купер - известный американский романист и сатирик, классик приключенческой литературы. Его произведения заставляют задуматься о нашем месте в мире и месте людей нас окружающих. "Прерия" - это последний роман о Натти Бампо, главном герое историко-приключенческой пенталогии Фенимора Купера "Кожаный чулок". Читателя ждут невообразимые приключения, смелые и статные индейцы, лихой сюжет и...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05765-8 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: июль 2017
ISBN: 9780241514993 Дата выхода: январь 2000
Книги серии "Читаем на английском языке в оригинале" — это любимые всеми произведения мировых классиков, представленные на языке оригинала. Вы сможете не только по-настоящему "прочувствовать" стиль автора и познакомиться с характерными выражениями и речевыми оборотами, но и повысить свой уровень владения языком. Перед вами всемирно известный роман Оскара Уайльда "Портрет Дориана Грея", который по своей...
ISBN: 978-5-17-121597-2 Издательство: АСТ Дата выхода: март 2020
Who is the Phantom of the Opera? And who is training the young singer, Christine Daae? Gaston Leroux`s chilling tale uncovers the secrets behind the horror which haunts the Paris Opera House. Retold by Jenny Dooley.
ISBN: 9781844669585 Издательство: Express Publishing Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
