Грінченко Б. Д. ОПОВІДАННЯ КАТОРЖНА IКаторжна - так її всi звали.- Унеси дров у хату, чи чуєш, каторжна...
While he didn't exactly invent science, Francis Bacon is its best-known early promoter. The Advancement of Learning is his 1605 argument in favor of natural philosophy and inductive reasoning, and it...
"I was born a Victorian; and sympathise not a little with the serious Victorian Spirit." In this engaging and extremely personal account G K Chesterton expounds his views on Victorian literature....
The haunting cry of `Bring out your dead!` by a bell-ringing collector of 17th-century plague victims has filled readers across the centuries with cold terror. The chilling cry survives in historical...
In this quintessential Shakespearean tragedy, a young prince's halting pursuit of revenge for the murder of his father unfolds in a series of highly charged confrontations that have held audiences...
Полный, неадаптированный текст произведения. Moby Dick is the story of Captain Ahab's quest to avenge the whale that "reaped" his leg. The quest is an obsession and the novel is a diabolical study of...
"A Tale of Passion," as its subtitle declares, The Good Soldier relates the complex social and sexual relationships between two couples, one English, one American, and the growing awareness by the...
`What a joy it is to find World's Classics according to `new edition' status to that gentle romantic tale, A Pair of Blue Eyes, our enjoyment of which is enhanced by the editing and fine general and...
The Voyage Out is an inward journey as much as it is an outward one. On a trip to South America on her father s ship, Rachel Vinrace is tossed onto a route of self-exploration. Through the social...
Вниманию читателей предлагается полный, неадаптированный текст сборника детективных рассказов Г. Честертона "Неведение отца Брауна".
Издание на английском языке и рассчитано на лиц, владеющих...
Katharine Hilbery is beautiful and privileged but uncertain of her future. She must choose between becoming engaged to the oddly prosaic poet William, and her dangerous attraction to the lower-class...
«Сміх» Михайла Коцюбинського – психологічна новела, присвячена традиційній для творчості автора темі прав простого народу***. Найвідомішими творами автора є «Тіні забутих предків», «Intermezzo»,...
One of the classics of English children's literature, and one of the earliest books written specifically for boys, this novel's steady popularity has given it an influence well beyond the upper...
В сборник вошли адаптированные и сокращенные тексты рассказов американского писателя О. Генри (1862-1910). Рассказы сопровождаются комментариями и упражнениями, в конце книги расположен небольшой...
L'Angleterre a connu, cent quarante ans avant la France, une révolution, un parlement régicide, une république et une restauration fertile en règlements de comptes. Victor Hugo a choisi ce dernier...
Это книга того самого Роберта Луиса Стивенсона, что известен всему миру романом «Остров сокровищ», который он написал по просьбе своего пятнадцатилетнего приемного сына Ллойда Осборна. Героев повести...
Little Dorrit is a classic tale of imprisonment, both literal and metaphorical, while Dickens1 working title for the novel, Nobody's Fault, highlights its concern with personal responsibility in...
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a prolific Scots man of letters, a poet, novelist, literary critic and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. As a...
«Господину де Серненвалю было около сорока лет. Он безмятежно проживал в Париже, тратя по двенадцать-пятнадцать тысяч ливров ежегодной ренты, не интересуясь более торговыми делами, на поприще которых...
