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Примечание: Избранные произведения А. Коули. Полный вариант заголовка: «Select works of Mr. A. Cowley : Vol. 2 : in 2 volumes / with a preface and notes by the editor».

Примечание: Избранные произведения А. Коули. Полный вариант заголовка: «Select works of Mr. A. Cowley : Vol. 1 : in 2 volumes / with a preface and notes by the editor».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Rural architecture, or a series of designs for ornamental cottages / by P.F. Robinson».

"Through the Magic Door" is an essay by Arthur Conan Doyle: his subject is the charisma and charm of books. Doyle invites readers to enjoy the greatest minds of all times through what they have left behind and argues that, when we read, the selfishne…

In "The New Revelation" the first dawn of the coming change has been described. In "The Vital Message" the sun has risen higher, and one sees more clearly and broadly what our new relations with the Unseen may be.

Полный вариант заголовка: «The Asiatic annual register : or a view of the history of Hindustan, and of the politics, commerce and literature of Asia, for the year 1801».

Примечание: Проповеди. Полный вариант заголовка: «Sermons : Vol. 3 : in 5 volumes / by Hugh Blair, one of the ministers of the High Church, and professor of rhetoric and belles lettres in the University of Edinburgh».

This volume collects a wide array of the author's short works of fiction, spanning virtually every literary genre. Detective stories are featured, but genres such as historical fiction, romance, and even nautical adventure are represented, as well. T…

"Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow" is a collection of humorous and entertaining essays written by popular English humorist Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author’s second published book and it helped establish him as a leading English humorist.

Примечание: Проповеди. Полный вариант заголовка: «Sermons : Vol. 4 : in 5 volumes / by Hugh Blair, one of the ministers of the High Church, and professor of rhetoric and belles lettres in the University of Edinburgh».

The classic comic travelogue about an ill-fated boating holiday on the River Thames" Three Men in a Boat "is the irreverent tale of a group of friends who, along with a fox terrier named Montmorency, embark on a two-week boating journey up the Thames…

"Three Men on the Bummel" is a humorous novel by Jerome K. Jerome. The sequel brings back the three companions who figured in "Three Men in a Boat". Their lives are too stressful and they need a break from the daily mundane, so they put their heads t…

Примечание: Проповеди. Полный вариант заголовка: «Sermons : Vol. 5 : in 5 volumes / by Hugh Blair, one of the ministers of the High Church, and professor of rhetoric and belles lettres in the University of Edinburgh».

In 'Beyond the City', the desire for money and romance drives the characters beyond the typical boundaries of their middle class Victorian lives. Lust, deceit, and financial scandals rock their placid world. The girl next door is much more than ordin…

Полный вариант заголовка: «The works of Alexander Pope. Vol. 4. Miscellaneous pieces in verse and prose».

"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…

As the title reveals, these stories are a collection of some of Mark Twain's more fanciful and eccentric works. They run the gamut from political commentary to our species' need to "be remembered" somehow. Taken as a whole the stories are "whimsical"…

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 …

"Round the Red Lamp" features realistic stories and episodes of medical life, sketches of old-fashioned doctors, medical students and their pranks.