Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination through her early deprivations. She erupts into the lives of aging brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a girl instead of the boy they had sent for. Thus begins a story of transformation for all three; indeed the whole rural community of Avonlea comes under Anne`s influence in some way. We see her grow from a girl to a young woman of sixteen, making her mistakes, and not always learning from them. Intelligent, hot-headed as her own red hair, unwilling to take a moral truth as read until she works it out for herself, she must also face grief and loss and learn the true meaning of love. Part Tom...
ISBN: 9781840227840
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: апрель 2021
Anne Shirley returns in the second book of this charming series. She`s now 16, and has delayed her dream of going to college to help Marilla on the farm. However, life at Avonlea is never dull - follow her adventures as she becomes a school teacher, helps raise a pair of mischievous twins and receives a lot more attention from her former enemy Gilbert Blythe...
Bringing together all Charles Dickens` ghost stories - twenty in all - including several longer tales. Here are chilling histories of coincidence, insanity and revenge. To paraphrase Joe in The Pickwick Papers: Charles Dickens `wants to make your flesh creep`.Part of the Macmillan Collector`s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Ghost Stories is illustrated by various artists, with an afterword by David Stuart Davies.Throughout his illustrious writing career, Dickens often turned his hand to fashioning short pieces of ghostly fiction. Even in his first successful work, The Pickwick Papers, you...
When the Cuthberts send to an orphanage for a boy to help them at Green Gables, their farm in Canada, they are astonished when a talkative little girl steps off the train. Anne, red-headed, pugnacious and incurably romantic, causes chaos at Green Gables and in the village, but her wit and good nature delight the fictional community of Prince Edward Island, Canada, and ensure that Anne of Green Gables continues to be a firm favourite with readers worldwide. Anne of Avonlea continues Anne’s story. Now half-past sixteen but as strong-headed and romantic as ever, Anne becomes a teacher at her old school and dreams of its improvement. But her responsible position and mature ambitions do not prevent her entanglement in the scrapes that still...
ISBN: 978-1-85326-139-8
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2016
M.R. James wrote his Ghost Stories to entertain friends on Christmas Eve, and they went on to both transform and modernise a genre. James harnesses the power of suggestion to move from a recognisable world to one that is indefinably strange, and then unforgettably terrifying. Sheets, pictures, carvings, a dolls house, a lonely beach, a branch tapping on a window - ordinary things take on more than a tinge of dread in the hands of the original master of suspense.
ISBN: 9781784874650
Издательство:
Vintage Classics
Дата выхода: август 2020
With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.Ghost Stories, a Level 3 Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing first conditional, past continuous and present perfect simple for general experience. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages.Retold by Kate Williams.
When Marilla and Matthew decide to adopt a boy from an orphanage they are not sure what to expect. But it`s certainly not the imaginative, red-haired little girl who arrives at Green Gables instead. Follow Anne`s adventures on Prince Edward Island in the first of L. M. Montgomery`s much-loved stories, which is guaranteed to delight readers of all ages.
The sixth book about the red-headed heroine Anne Shirley. Anne is a mother of five, with another child on the way. As she was once a headstrong child, now so are her own children... Join Anne as she navigates motherhood, whilst also dealing with problems in her own marriage with Gilbert.
In the third book of this delightful series, Anne Shirley faces new adventures and challenges and heads for a fresh start at Redmond College. There she discovers what it means to `grow up` and find love.Arcturus Essential Anne of Green Gables presents L.M. Montgomery`s best-loved series with striking contemporary cover-designs. These unique paperback editions are wonderful collectibles which celebrate this iconic red-headed heroine.
When Marilla and Matthew decide to adopt a boy from an orphanage they are not sure what to expect. But it`s certainly not the imaginative, red-haired little girl who arrives at Green Gables instead. Join Anne on her many adventures on Prince Edward Island in this much-loved story from Lucy Maud Montgomery. This classic tale of mischief, romance, and friendship is sure to delight readers of all ages.
The untold story of the most contested fixture in world footballLiverpool and Manchester. Two gloriously independent-minded, eclectic, culturally vibrant places. Yet the inhabitants dislike each other with a passion that is visceral. It is a divide that spans generations, across class, gender and ethnicity. And it has grown over the years, largely driven by one thing: football.The dark, malignant loathing shared by the followers of Liverpool and Manchester United has seeped into every aspect of life in the two cities. Football is not a barometer of disdain, as it is in places like Glasgow or Istanbul or Moscow. In northwest England, it is the engine of animosity.How did it come to this? Why did things turn so nasty? And what does it say...
The world`s most famous travelling reporter sets out in search of Red Rackham`s treasure. Determined to find the treasure of the notorious pirate Red Rackham, Tintin and Captain Haddock set sail aboard the Sirius to find the shipwreck of the Unicorn. With the help of an ingenious shark-shaped submarine, Tintin follows the clues deep down on this ocean adventure. Join the most iconic character in comics as he embarks on an extraordinary adventure spanning historical and political events, and thrilling mysteries. Still selling over 100,000 copies every year in the UK and having been adapted for the silver screen by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson in 2011. The Adventures of Tintin continue to charm more than 80 years after they first...
ISBN: 978-1-4052-0623-5
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
In Red Eve Henry Raider Haggard sets a suspenseful love story against some of the most dramatic events in history, including the devastation wrought by the Black Plague. Will dashing protagonist Hugh de Cressi survive long enough to live happily ever after with his true love?
ISBN: 978-5-521-06624-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2018
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "Dickon the Devil" is an early work by the author. It was originally published in 1872. It is a part of "Ghostly Tales" - the most extensive collection of the author`s works, containing eleven atmospheric and supernatural stories.
ISBN: 978-5-517-00238-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2019
The third of six titles, set in a thrilling world of wild cats, where epic battles for territory and honour are played out.Allegiances are shifting among the Clans of warrior cats that roam the forest. With tensions so delicately balanced, former friends can become enemies overnight, and some cats are willing to kill to get what they want.Fireheart is determined to find out the truth about the mysterious death of brave ThunderClan warrior Redtail. But as he searches for answers, he uncovers secrets that some believe would be better left hidden.
ISBN: 9780007140046
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2023
"Энн из Эвонли" — продолжение всемирно известного и любимого романа "Энн из Зеленых Мезонинов" (Anne of Green Gables) Люси Мод Монтгомери.Энн Ширли выросла — теперь ей шестнадцать, и впервые она начинает учебный год в роли учительницы. Кроме того, Энн уговаривает Мариллу взять на воспитание близнецов Дэви и Дору и основывает с друзьями: Гилбертом и Дианой — Общество Содействия Развитию Эвонли. Жители Эвонли не...
ISBN: 9785171580346
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2023
"Энн из Эвонли" — продолжение всемирно известного и любимого романа "Энн из Зеленых Мезонинов" (Anne of Green Gables) Люси Мод Монтгомери.Энн Ширли выросла — теперь ей шестнадцать, и впервые она начинает учебный год в роли учительницы. Кроме того, Энн уговаривает Мариллу взять на воспитание близнецов Дэви и Дору и основывает с друзьями: Гилбертом и Дианой — Общество Содействия Развитию Эвонли. Жители Эвонли не...
ISBN: 9785171580339
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2023
