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Полный вариант заголовка: «The works of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu : Vol. 2 : including her correspondence, poems and essays : in 5 volumes / published by permission from her genuine papers».
Полный вариант заголовка: «The works of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu : Vol. 2 : including her correspondence, poems and essays : in 5 volumes / published by permission from her genuine papers».
Полный вариант заголовка: «The works of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu : Vol. 3 : including her correspondence, poems and essays : in 5 volumes / published by pormission from her genuine papers».
Полный вариант заголовка: «The works of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu : Vol. 3 : including her correspondence, poems and essays : in 5 volumes / published by pormission from her genuine papers».
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Полный вариант заголовка: «The comicall histoire of Alphonsus King of Aragon : as it hath bene sundrie times acted / made by R.G.».
Полный вариант заголовка: «The comicall histoire of Alphonsus King of Aragon : as it hath bene sundrie times acted / made by R.G.».
Полный вариант заголовка: «Husband hunting, or The mother and daughters : a tale of fashionable life : in 3 vol. Vol. 1».
Полный вариант заголовка: «Husband hunting, or The mother and daughters : a tale of fashionable life : in 3 vol. Vol. 1».
Полный вариант заголовка: «Paul and Virginia / by Helen Maria Williams ; translated from the French of Bernardin Saint-Pierre».
Полный вариант заголовка: «Paul and Virginia / by Helen Maria Williams ; translated from the French of Bernardin Saint-Pierre».
полная версияThis novel is narrated by John Fothergill West, who tries to discover why the tenant of Cloomber Hall, General Heatherstone, is nervous to the point of being paranoid. Why are his fears becoming stronger every year at the fifth of October? And why do…
This novel is narrated by John Fothergill West, who tries to discover why the tenant of Cloomber Hall, General Heatherstone, is nervous to the point of being paranoid. Why are his fears becoming stronger every year at the fifth of October? And why do…
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…
полная версия"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity, while describing a murder he committed. (The victim was an old man with a filmy «…
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity, while describing a murder he committed. (The victim was an old man with a filmy «…
полная версияA hilarious and cutting critique of what not to do, this deliciously wicked essay lays out what writers should and must do if they want their fiction to live and breathe ― as Twain's own fiction always does. In "How to Tell a Story," the title piece,…
A hilarious and cutting critique of what not to do, this deliciously wicked essay lays out what writers should and must do if they want their fiction to live and breathe ― as Twain's own fiction always does. In "How to Tell a Story," the title piece,…
полная версияBest known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is sometimes considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emergi…
Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is sometimes considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emergi…
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.
полная версия"The American Claimant" is a comedy of mistaken identities and multiple role switches―fertile and familiar Mark Twain territory. Its cast of characters include an American enamored of British hereditary aristocracy and a British earl entranced by Ame…
"The American Claimant" is a comedy of mistaken identities and multiple role switches―fertile and familiar Mark Twain territory. Its cast of characters include an American enamored of British hereditary aristocracy and a British earl entranced by Ame…
полная версия"Eureka" (1848) is a lengthy non-fiction work by American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) which he subtitled «A Prose Poem», though it has also been subtitled as «An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe». Adapted from a lecture he had pres…
"Eureka" (1848) is a lengthy non-fiction work by American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) which he subtitled «A Prose Poem», though it has also been subtitled as «An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe». Adapted from a lecture he had pres…
полная версия«Тёмные аллеи» – это истории о любви.
О любви, что может стать грустным и горестным эпизодом прошлого. Или – минутой, переломившей, перемоловшей человеческую жизнь. Возможно – просто поэтичной легендой, которую расскажет как умеет старенькая странниц…
«Тёмные аллеи» – это истории о любви.
О любви, что может стать грустным и горестным эпизодом прошлого. Или – минутой, переломившей, перемоловшей человеческую жизнь. Возможно – просто поэтичной легендой, которую расскажет как умеет старенькая странниц…
Примечание: Кларисса, или История молодой леди.
Полный вариант заголовка: «Clarissa or a history of a young lady : Vol. 8 : comprehending the most important concerns of private life and particularly shewing the distresses that may attend the miscon…
Примечание: Кларисса, или История молодой леди.
Полный вариант заголовка: «Clarissa or a history of a young lady : Vol. 8 : comprehending the most important concerns of private life and particularly shewing the distresses that may attend the miscon…