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
Utilizing material from many sources to shed real insight into the laws, whys and wherefores, of crime, the book contains fiction and non-fiction items. Contributors include: Anton Chekhov, P.D. James, Raymond Chandler, Edgar Allan Poe, Jean-Paul Satre and Barbara Vine.
ISBN: 0-330-33501-4
Издательство:
Pan Macmillan
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
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
Henri Matisse`s work, with its unmistakable grace and mastery of brilliant color, continues to command enormous popular interest, inspiring a new blockbuster exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2003. Hand-held in size, this compact collection manages to be affordable and comprehensive guide to the artist`s work. Included are all genres and periods of his work–from the early Fauvist explosions of color and fluid-lined portraits, to the graphic cut-paper collages. Introducing the paintings is an insightful essay by celebrated art critic Robert Hughes. This book is an essential resource for students as well as for all art lovers, and represents an extraordinarily good value. No other book on the artist offers as many...
ISBN: 978-0-7893-0843-6
Издательство:
Rizzolli
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
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
War threatens to take all she has loved and lived for… On the outbreak of war, Belle Reilly`s husband Jimmy enlists and heads for the deadly trenches of northern France. But Belle knows she cannot stand idly by when so many are sacrificing their lives.
ISBN: 978-0-241-95037-1
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2012
