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полная версия"The Great Shadow and other Napoleonic Tales", is an Action & Adventure novel published in 1892. The novel takes place in the Napoleonic era on the English-Scottish border city called West Inch. The Great Shadow refers to the Napoleon’s influence and…
"The Great Shadow and other Napoleonic Tales", is an Action & Adventure novel published in 1892. The novel takes place in the Napoleonic era on the English-Scottish border city called West Inch. The Great Shadow refers to the Napoleon’s influence and…
полная версияBrigadier Gerard is an officer in Napoleon's army, recklessly brave, engagingly openhearted, and unshakable, if not a little absurd, in his devotion to the enigmatic Emperor. The Brigadier's wonderful comic adventures, long established in the affecti…
Brigadier Gerard is an officer in Napoleon's army, recklessly brave, engagingly openhearted, and unshakable, if not a little absurd, in his devotion to the enigmatic Emperor. The Brigadier's wonderful comic adventures, long established in the affecti…
полная версияThe Captain of the Pole-Star is a collection of strange mystery tales that are independent of each other, sometimes involving ship voyages, shipwrecks, amnesia, lost love, grand thefts, comedy, and fairy tales.
The Captain of the Pole-Star is a collection of strange mystery tales that are independent of each other, sometimes involving ship voyages, shipwrecks, amnesia, lost love, grand thefts, comedy, and fairy tales.
полная версияAs well as penning some of the most popular detective fiction, Conan Doyle also wrote thrilling adventure stories. 'Rodney Stone' is a combination of both. Nelson, Beau Brummell, Fox and King George III himself appear in a tale at the heart of which …
As well as penning some of the most popular detective fiction, Conan Doyle also wrote thrilling adventure stories. 'Rodney Stone' is a combination of both. Nelson, Beau Brummell, Fox and King George III himself appear in a tale at the heart of which …
полная версия"Round the Red Lamp" features realistic stories and episodes of medical life, sketches of old-fashioned doctors, medical students and their pranks.
"Round the Red Lamp" features realistic stories and episodes of medical life, sketches of old-fashioned doctors, medical students and their pranks.
полная версияA book of historical fiction representing Conan Doyle's ability to make the long-gone past come alive.
A book of historical fiction representing Conan Doyle's ability to make the long-gone past come alive.
полная версияFollowing the tremendous popular success of Jane Eyre, which earned her lifelong notoriety as a moral revolutionary, Charlotte Brontë vowed to write a sweeping social chronicle that focused on "something real and unromantic as Monday morning." Set in…
Following the tremendous popular success of Jane Eyre, which earned her lifelong notoriety as a moral revolutionary, Charlotte Brontë vowed to write a sweeping social chronicle that focused on "something real and unromantic as Monday morning." Set in…
полная версияThe Parasite was an 1894 novelette about Austin Gilroy who studied physiology and knows a professor who studies the occult. The young man is introduced to a middle-aged woman known as Miss Penclosa, who has a crippled leg and psychic powers. Gilroy b…
The Parasite was an 1894 novelette about Austin Gilroy who studied physiology and knows a professor who studies the occult. The young man is introduced to a middle-aged woman known as Miss Penclosa, who has a crippled leg and psychic powers. Gilroy b…
полная версияCharlotte Brontë's novel, Jane Eyre has been enjoyed by readers around the world for over 160 years. The eldest of the Brontë sisters, this is Charlotte's most famous and influential novel.
Written as a fictitious 'autobiography', it follows the stor…
Charlotte Brontë's novel, Jane Eyre has been enjoyed by readers around the world for over 160 years. The eldest of the Brontë sisters, this is Charlotte's most famous and influential novel.
Written as a fictitious 'autobiography', it follows the stor…
полная версияThe Professor is Charlotte Brontës first novel, in which she audaciously inhabits the voice and consciousness of a man, William Crimsworth. Like Jane Eyre he is parentless; like Lucy Snowe in Villette he leaves the certainties of England to forge a l…
The Professor is Charlotte Brontës first novel, in which she audaciously inhabits the voice and consciousness of a man, William Crimsworth. Like Jane Eyre he is parentless; like Lucy Snowe in Villette he leaves the certainties of England to forge a l…
Одно из самых очаровательных произведений английской юмористической литературы. Книга, после выхода которой молодой журналист Чарлз Диккенс стал самым популярным писателем Англии.
Четверо «настоящих английских джентльменов» – милейший Сэмюел Пиквик,…
Одно из самых очаровательных произведений английской юмористической литературы. Книга, после выхода которой молодой журналист Чарлз Диккенс стал самым популярным писателем Англии.
Четверо «настоящих английских джентльменов» – милейший Сэмюел Пиквик,…
Сюжет романа несложен – встреча Энн Эллиот и Фредерика Уэнтворта в юности, любовь, разрыв и новая встреча годы спустя, уже зрелыми, много пережившими и осознавшими людьми. Однако в то же время «Доводы рассудка» представляют собой потрясающую по юмору…
Сюжет романа несложен – встреча Энн Эллиот и Фредерика Уэнтворта в юности, любовь, разрыв и новая встреча годы спустя, уже зрелыми, много пережившими и осознавшими людьми. Однако в то же время «Доводы рассудка» представляют собой потрясающую по юмору…
В романе «Мэнсфилд-Парк» Джейн Остин рисует картины жизни английских буржуа, давая представление об их взаимоотношениях, о морали и нравах, эгоизме и своекорыстии провинциального дворянства и духовенства. Цепь их нелепых поступков и действий, основан…
В романе «Мэнсфилд-Парк» Джейн Остин рисует картины жизни английских буржуа, давая представление об их взаимоотношениях, о морали и нравах, эгоизме и своекорыстии провинциального дворянства и духовенства. Цепь их нелепых поступков и действий, основан…
полная версияThree years after the events that took place in The Lost World, Professor Challenger urgently summons his fellow to a meeting. Oddly, he requires each to bring an oxygen cylinder with him. What he soon informs them is that from astronomical data and …
Three years after the events that took place in The Lost World, Professor Challenger urgently summons his fellow to a meeting. Oddly, he requires each to bring an oxygen cylinder with him. What he soon informs them is that from astronomical data and …
полная версияHolmes and Watson are faced with their most terrifying case yet. The legend of the devil-beast that haunts the moors around the Baskerville families home warns the descendants of that ancient clan never to venture out in those dark hours when the pow…
Holmes and Watson are faced with their most terrifying case yet. The legend of the devil-beast that haunts the moors around the Baskerville families home warns the descendants of that ancient clan never to venture out in those dark hours when the pow…
Сэр Артур Конан Дойль (1859–1930), шотландский и английский врач и писатель. Широкую известность получили его увлекательные детективные произведения, приключенческие и научно-фантастические, юмористические, а также исторические романы. Кроме того, он…
Сэр Артур Конан Дойль (1859–1930), шотландский и английский врач и писатель. Широкую известность получили его увлекательные детективные произведения, приключенческие и научно-фантастические, юмористические, а также исторические романы. Кроме того, он…
Необыкновенный психологический мир отличает произведение «На маяк». Автор тонко его рисует перед читателем романа в манере тайнописи души, потока сознания.
Необыкновенный психологический мир отличает произведение «На маяк». Автор тонко его рисует перед читателем романа в манере тайнописи души, потока сознания.
полная версияAt age 19 Anne Brontë left home and worked as a governess for a few years before becoming a writer. Agnes Grey was an 1847 novel based on her experience as a governess. Bronte depicts the precarious position of a governess and how that can affect a y…
At age 19 Anne Brontë left home and worked as a governess for a few years before becoming a writer. Agnes Grey was an 1847 novel based on her experience as a governess. Bronte depicts the precarious position of a governess and how that can affect a y…
полная версияEmily Brontë's only novel is famous the world over and is the favorite classic of many readers. It is easy to see why, with hardship, insanity, cruelty, frustrated love, and ghosts.
Emily Brontë's only novel is famous the world over and is the favorite classic of many readers. It is easy to see why, with hardship, insanity, cruelty, frustrated love, and ghosts.
«Вибрані твори» Джона Мілтона – добірка, яка складається з трьох поезій: «Як ніжно час, юнацьких літ крадій…», «З приводу недавньої різні в П’ємонті», «Про свою сліпоту»***. Це ліричні роздуми над минущістю всього земного і над справедливістю Божої в…
«Вибрані твори» Джона Мілтона – добірка, яка складається з трьох поезій: «Як ніжно час, юнацьких літ крадій…», «З приводу недавньої різні в П’ємонті», «Про свою сліпоту»***. Це ліричні роздуми над минущістю всього земного і над справедливістю Божої в…