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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a genius, the most brilliant musician the world will ever see. But the court of eighteenth-century Vienna doesn’t recognize his talents - only Antonio Salieri, the Court Composer, does, and he is tortured by what he hears. Seething with rage at the genius of this flippant buffoon and suddenly aware of his own mediocrity, Salieri declares war and sets out to destroy the man he sees as God’s instrument on earth. Peter Shaffer’s award-winning play is a rich, exuberant portrayal of a God-like man among mortals, and lives destroyed by envy.

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011

The Amazing Pop-up Tale of Peter Rabbit retells the much-loved story of Peter Rabbit and his adventures in Mr. McGregor`s garden. It contains Beatrix Potter`s original illustrations and text, but is brought to life through an amazing series of flaps, pull-tabs and pop-ups. It is delightful book for all ages.

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2006

Karl Rossman has been banished by his parents to America, following a family scandal. There, with unquenchable optimism, he throws himself into the strange experiences that lie before him as he slowly makes his way into the interior of the great continent. Although Kafka`s first novel (begun in 1911 and never finished), can be read as a menacing allegory of modern life, it is also infused with a quite un-Kafkaesque blitheness and sunniness, brought to life in this lyrical translation that returns to the original manuscript of the book.

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011

Arthur Dent led a perfectly ordinary, uneventful lire until "The Hitchhiker`s Guide to the Galaxy" hurled him deep into outer space. Now he`s convinced a cruelly indifferent universe is out to get him. And who can blame him? His life is about to collide with a pantheon of unemployed gods, a lovestruck green alien, a very irritating computer and at least one-very large slab of cheese. If, that is, everyone`s favourite renegade Galactic President can get him off planet Earth before it is destroyed ... again.

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2010

Outcast, mute, a lone twin cut from a drunk mother in a shack full of junk, Euchrid Eucrow of Ukulore inhabits a nightmarish Southern valley of preachers and prophets, incest and ignorance. When the God-fearing folk of the town declare a foundling child to be chosen by the Almighty, Euchrid is disturbed. He sees her very differently, and his conviction, and increasing isolation and insanity, may have terrible consequences for them both. This new edition of Cave`s cult classic has been cut down and reorganized by the author so the plot is clarified and the characters stand out more clearly. The book retains all its brilliance but is much more accessible to the general reader.

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2010

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2006

`It is the history of a revolution that went wrong - and of the excellent excuses that were forthcoming at every step for the perversion of the original doctrine`, wrote Orwell for the first edition of "Animal Farm" in 1945. Orwell wrote it at the end of 1943, but it almost remained unpublished. Its savage attack on Stalin, at that time Britain`s ally, led to it being refused by publisher after publisher. Orwell`s simple, tragic fable, telling what happens when the animals drive out Mr Jones and attempt to run the farm themselves, has since become a world-famous classic.

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2012

Penguin Student Editions are complete unabridged texts of Penguin Classics, Modern Classics and some more recent titles, packaged with reading help for the student in the form of: - accessible yet authoritative introductions - glossary of cultural references and unfamiliar words - stimulating activities and discussion points, including activities needed to prepare for essays and examinations - chapter-by-chapter summaries - plot and character outlines - chronology of the historical events of the time - overview of the ways famous critics have read the books A student-friendly approach to literature - the way students want to read. "It is the history of a revolution that went wrong - and of the excellent excuses that were forthcoming at...

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011

With Anna Karenin, the psychological novel of the nineteenth century reached its peak. Acclaimed by many as the world`s greatest novel, Anna Karenin provides a vast panorama of contemporary life in Russia and of humanity in general. In it Tolstoy uses his intense imaginative insight to create some of the most memorable characters in literature. Anna is a sophisticated woman who abandons her empty existence as the wife of Karenin and turns to Count Vronsky to fulfil her passionate nature - with tragic consequences. Levin is a reflection of Tolstoy himself, often expressing the author`s own views and convictions. Throughout, Tolstoy points no moral, merely inviting us not to judge but to watch. As Rosemary Edmonds comments: `He leaves...

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2002

‘Everything is finished. I have nothing but you now. Remember that’ Anna Karenina seems to have everything – beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike and soon brings jealously and bitterness in its wake. Contrasting with this tale of love and self-destruction is the vividly observed story of Levin, a man striving to find contentment and a meaning to his life – and also a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself. This new translation has been acclaimed as the definitive version of Tolstoy’s masterpiece. It also contains an introduction by Richard Pevear and a preface...

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2001

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 1995

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2001

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2002

"Any Human Heart" is William`s Boyd`s classic, bestselling novel - now a major Channel 4 drama. Every life is both ordinary and extraordinary, but Logan Mountstuart`s - lived from the beginning to the end of the twentieth century - contains more than its fair share of both. As a writer who finds inspiration with Hemingway in Paris and Virginia Woolf in London, as a spy recruited by Ian Fleming and betrayed in the war and as an art-dealer in `60s New York, Logan mixes with the movers and shakers of his times. But as a son, friend, lover and husband, he makes the same mistakes we all do in our search for happiness. Here, then, is the story of a life lived to the full - and a journey deep into a very human heart. "Any Human Heart" will be...

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2013

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: май 2012

Beatrix Potter is regarded as one of the world`s best-loved children`s authors of all time. From her first book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, published by Frederick Warne in 1902, she went on to create a series of stories based around animal characters inclu

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012

When a loathsome tourist is murdered in full view of her fellow sightseers, Poirot doesn`t question who did it, but rather, who wouldn`t have?

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 1999

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 1997

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2004

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2004

At his club that day, Fogg bet half his fortune that he could travel the world in an easterly direction in eighty days; so he and Passepartout begin their voyage. But Detective Fix of Scotland Yard finds it coincidental that Fogg should want to escape England in such a hurry while there is a robber on the loose. Convinced they are one and the same person he joins them on the first leg of their epic travels.

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011