Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress. Defoe Daniel A vivid satire on a dissolute society, Roxana is a devastating evocation of the ways in which vanity and ambition can corrupt the human soul. Beautiful and proud Roxana is terrified of being poor. When her husband leaves her penniless with five
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Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow. Jerome K.Jerome Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859 —1927) was an English writer and humourist. «Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow» is a collection of humorous and entertaining essays. These are his idle and amusing thoughts on all aspects of life, from love to poverty,
A Lotus for Miss Quon. Chase James Hadley Джеймс Хедли Чейз, настоящее имя Рене Брабазон Реймонд (1906-1985) - автор всемирно известных детективных романов. "Лотос для мисс Квон" (1961) -
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The Game. London Jack Джек Лондон - классик американской литературы, автор ярких романов и рассказов, которые продолжают покорять сердца читателей по всему
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Julius Caesar. Shakespeare Willia Бесподобная история Юлия Цезаря в интерпретации бессмертного драматурга Уильяма Шекспира. После того как становится известно, что
The professor. Учитель. Бронте Ш. В книге представлен первый роман английской писательницы Шарлотты Бронте «Учитель». Произведение дано на языке оригинала. Знакомство
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Seven Scary Tales. Poe Edgar Allan Родоначальник "литературы ужасов", известнейший американский автор мистических детективов, Эдгар Аллан По широко известен именно
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The Island Pharisees. Galsworthy John John Galsworthy (1867-1933) was an English novelist and playwright. «The Island Pharisees» takes a critical look beneath the gilded veneer of Edwardian England. Dick Shelton is engaged to Antonia Dennant and his privileged middle-class life seems
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Остров Фарисеев. Голсуорси Дж. Джон Голсуорси (1867-1933) - крупнейший британский писатель, "английский Толстой". "Остров фарисеев" (1903) - первый из его наиболее известных и
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The Boy in the Bush. Lawrence David Herbert David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and literary critic, one of the key writers of the early twentieth century, most famous for his criticism of rationalism and industrialization. "The Boy in the Bush" is a
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The Night Born and Other Tales. London Jack Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. This
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Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow. Part 4. Jerome Klapka Jerome Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humourist Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow is a collection of humorous and entertaining essays. These are amusing thoughts on all aspects of life, from love to poverty, vanity to ambition, babies to cats
Возвращенный рай. Milton John Paradise Regained recalls the earlier and more famous epic poem Paradise Lost by its title, its use of blank verse, and its progression through Christian history. However, this work deals primarily with the temptation of Christ as recounted in the
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The Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne Nathaniel Натаниель Готорн - один из первых и наиболее общепризнанных мастеров американской литературы XIX века, внёсший большой вклад в
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Kim. Kipling Rudyard Two men — a boy who grows into early manhood and an old ascetic priest, the lama — are at the center of the novel. A quest faces them both. Born in India, Kim is nevertheless white, a sahib. While he wants to play the Great Game of Imperialism,
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Lysbeth. Haggard Henry Rider This is a historical novel about a Dutch woman who is caught up in the terrors of the Spanish Inquisition during the 1500s. This lively and heart-rending story by Henry Rider Haggard will remind each reader of the value of religious liberty.
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Последняя камелия. Джио Сара Читателям предлагаются неадаптированный оригинальный текст и русский перевод знаменитого романа Сары Джио "Последняя камелия".
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A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens Charles After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the ageing Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney
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The Strength of the Strong. London Jack Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. "The
The Watsons. Austen Jane Последний роман известной английской писательницы Джейн Остин был закончен посмертно её племянницей и опубликован под названием
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Mary of Marion Isle. Haggard Henry Rider When the ship that Andrew and Clara are on, en route to Oceania, founders after striking an iceberg in the south Indian Ocean, and Andrew fetches up, with his manservant, on the desolate Marion Island, around 1,500 miles southeast of the Cape of
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Haunted Lives. Fanu Joseph Sheridan 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. "Haunted Lives" follows the story of young and independent woman Laura Gray, who at one
Из любви к искусству. Генри О. О. Генри (настоящее имя Уильям Сидни Портер) - знаменитый американский писатель, непревзойденный Мастер короткого рассказа.
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Elissa: or The Doom of Zimbabwe. Haggard Henry Rider In Elissa Henry Rider Haggard takes his readers to the Phoenician city in South Central Africa the mysterious ruins of which have been the subject of so much speculation and research in the recent past. A trading town, protected by vast
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Armadale IV, V. Collins Wilkie When the elderly Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed, he has little idea of the repercussions to come, for the secret he reveals involves the mysterious Lydia Gwilt: flamed-hair temptress, bigamist, laudanum addict and
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Mad Monkton. Collins Wilkie Mad Monkton is a bizarre ghost story. It is said that a strain of hereditary madness blights the Monkton family, heirs to the huge domain of Wincot Abbey. Rumours in the neighbourhood are that Alfred, the youngest scion, has inherited this insanity.
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Sketches by Boz II. Dickens Charles This richly varied collection of observation, fancy and fiction shows the London he knew so intimately at its best and worst - its streets, theatres, inns, pawnshops, law courts, prisons, omnibuses and the river Thames — in honest and visionary
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Guy Deverell. Volume 1. Fanu Joseph Sheridan 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. As an excellent example of a Victorian mystery, "Guy Deverell" has everything you need: an
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The Pavilion on the Links and A Lodging for the Night. Stevenson Robert Louis Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist, He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Treasure Island." Now he is one of the most
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Отель. Upper-Intermediate. Хейли А. Романы Артура Хейли признаны классикой мировой беллетристики. «Отель» знакомит читателей с миром роскошного отеля в Новом Орлеане.
Ветер в ивах. Грэм К. Всемирную известность Кеннету Грэму (1859–1932) принесла сказка «Ветер в ивах» (1908). Благодаря ей автор по праву входит в число классиков
Twelfth Night. Shakespeare William Уильям Шекспир - один из самых значимых и таинственных писателей в мировой литературе, бесспорный мастер драматургии.
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Caesar and Cleopatra. Shaw George Bernard События легендарной пьесы великого Бернарда Шоу разворачиваются в 48-47 годах до н.э. в Египте, в Александрии, куда Юлий Цезарь прибыл в
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Вино из одуванчиков. Брэдбери Р. Вниманию читателя предлагается роман Рэя Брэдбери "Вино из одуванчиков", который можно назвать одним из самых "летних" произведений
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North and South. Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn When her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the north of England. Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the