The Bravo / Браво. James Fenimore Cooper The Bravo was inspired by a James Fenimore Cooper’s trip to Europe where he traveled through much of Italy. This novel set in Venice and it is the first of Cooper’s three novels to be set in Europe. The book largely focuses on political themes ecially the tension between the social elite and
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The Princess Casamassima. Henry James Henry James was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism. "The Princess Casamassima" is the wonderful story of an intelligent but confused young London bookbinder, Hyacinth Robinson, who becomes involved in radical politics and a
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The Treasure of the Lake. Haggard Henry Rider Treasure and the occult are vividly blended in this stirring tale of Africa. Allan Quatermain finds a village in the middle of the Dark Continent ruled by a huge, pale man with a strange knowledge of future
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The Moorland Cottage. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Maggie Browne, the daughter of a deceased clergyman, is encouraged to give up her own life and passions and devote herself to her brother Edward. Through the example and guidance of her mother, who dotes on Edward constantly, a ypung woman learns that self-sacrifice is the key to living a fulfilled
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The Sacred Fount. Henry James Henry James was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism. In "The Sacred Fount" an unnamed narrator attempts to discover the truth about the love lives of his fellow guests at a weekend party in the English countryside. He spurns the
The Beautiful and Damned. Francis S.Fitzgerald Творчество Фрэнсиса Скотта Фицджеральда, одного из самых известных и блистательных авторов "эпохи джаза", остаётся актуальным и интересным и по сей день. Его роман
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall/Незнакомка из Уайлдфелл-Холл. Anne Bronte Gilbert Markham is deeply intrigued by Helen Graham, a beautiful and secretive young widow who has moved into nearby Wildfell Hall with her young son. He is quick to offer Helen his friendship, but when her reclusive behavior becomes the subject of local gossip and speculation, Gilbert begins to
The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish. J. F. Cooper Set in the seventeenth century on frontier land later to become part of Connecticut, The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish is a fairly realistic story of the early American wilderness experience. Captain Mark Heathcote, a widower now for more than twenty years, decides to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony and
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Micah Clarke I. Doyle A.C. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "Micah Clarke" is a historical adventure novel set in the times of Monmouth Rebellion in England. The book follows the story of an extraordinary man, who starts as a romantic
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The Lake Gun and Other Stories. James Cooper The Lake Gun is a satirical short story by James Fenimore Cooper fi rst published in 1850. The title of the story comes from a mysterious loud exploding sound coming from Seneca Lake, called "The Lake Gun" by European American settlers to the area, and known today as the Seneca Guns. These sounds
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The People of the Mist. H. R. Haggard The People of the Mist is a classic lost race fantasy novel. It is the tale of a British adventurer seeking wealth in the wilds of Africa, finding romance, and discovering a lost race and its monstrous god. In the novel Penniless Leonard Outram attempts to redress the undeserved loss of his family
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Child of Storm & Magepa the Buck. Haggard Henry Rider In this sequel to Marie, Allan Quatermain helps his Zulu friend Saduko in a crazy battle to win 100 cattle for the dowry of his love Mameena. However, the beautiful and mysterious Mameena, known as the "Child of Storm," seduces Allan and tries to engage him in marriage. This edition also includes
A Study in Scarlet. Дойл Артур Конан В хорошем детективе важно не упустить ни одной детали! Поэтому мы сделали адаптацию знаменитой повести Арутра Конан Дойля – для тех, кто уверенно читает
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Кэрри = Carrie. Стивен Кинг Серия Легко читаем по-английски" - это самые лучшие произведения самых лучших авторов, адаптированные для разных уровней знания английского языка. Наши адаптации
Гордость и предубеждение (+CD). Джейн Остин Серия «Я читаю, слушаю и понимаю по-английски» — это серия адаптированных книг для чтения на английском языке с аудиодиском.В книгу вошел сокращенный (с
The Chainbearer or The Littlepage Manuscripts / Землемер. James Fenimore Cooper James Fenimore Cooper was a prolifi c and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature.The Chainbearer is the second book in a trilogy starting with
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Последняя камелия. The Last Camellia. Сара Джио Эддисон считала, что только в ее прошлом скрывается мрачная тайна. Но когда они с мужем переехали в старинное поместье, выяснилось, что секреты есть и у старого
Roads of Destiny. O. Henry William Sydney Porter known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His stories are known for their surprise endings. "Roads Of Destiny" is a story about love triangle. An inventor, is in love with a beautiful woman, but his brother also loves
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The Rescue. Conrad Joseph Civil war rages between the native tribes of the Malay straits. Captain Tim Wingard sides with the Rajah Hassim.An English yacht blunders into this confusion and runs aground. When Wingard goes aboard to offer assistance, the crew gives him insolence, not gratitude. He prepares to leave...then sees
The Country House. John Galsworthy John Galsworthy was an English novelist and playwright whose literary career spanned the Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian eras. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932 "for his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in The Forsyte
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The Black Robe. Collins W. Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. The Black Robe is an 1881 epistolary novel. In this story of relationships, psychological contortion, and deceit, a priest comes between an impressionable man and the young woman he loves. Collins is best known for
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Rolling Stones. О. Henry William Sydney Porter known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His stories are known for their surprise endings. This collections of wonderful stories includes "The Dream", "A Ruler of Men", "The Atavism of John Tom Little Bear", "Helping the Other Fellow", "The
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The White Company. Arthur Conan Doyle Arthur Conan Doyle was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "The White Company" is a huge historical novel set during the Hundred Years War. Together with the heroes of this story, you will visit England, France, and Spain, and take part in the events of one
A Clockwork Orange. Antony Burgess Энтони Берджесса - английского прозаика, поэта, литературоведа, лингвиста и композитора - по праву называют одним из величайших интеллектуалов своего времени.
Lysbeth. Haggard H.R. Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Lysbeth 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
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Fraternity. John Galsworthy John Galsworthy was an English novelist and playwright. "Fraternity" is his early satire of middleclass complacency and artistic aspiration. This work stands as one of his best novels outside "The Forsyte Saga". It is the story of a bohemian upper-class love triangle, and of a mystic
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The Observations of Henry. Jerome K. Jerome Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humourist. "The Observations of Henry" is the collection of wonderful tales told by the waiter Henry to the author, mostly about people he has known and how they managed to solve their romantic
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Mary of Marion Isle. Haggard H.R. Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. In Mary of Marion Isle we make the acquaintance of Andrew West, a young doctor who enters into a loveless marriage with Clara, his first cousin. With Clara pushing
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Vivian Grey. B. Disraeli Бенджамин Дизраэли - это не только известный английский писатель, представитель "социального романа", но и важный государственный деятель Великобритании XIX века.
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Чудеса страны Оз / The Magic of Oz. Л. Фрэнк Баум Книга представляет собой две адаптированные части знаменитого сказочного цикла американского детского писателя Лаймена Фрэнка Баума о Волшебной стране Оз. Эта
Tales of the Jazz Age VIII. F. S. Fitzgerald F. S. Fitzgerald was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. Tales of Jazz Age VIII is a collection of brilliant short stories, including Two Wrongs and an ironic The Night of Chancellorsville in which a trainload of light ladies is catapulted unawares into the realities of the
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The Freelands. John Galsworthy John Galsworthy was an English novelist and playwright. "Love moves the world." And this statement was reflected on the pages of the novel "Freeland". And no matter where the love storyset - in bright living room or in a solitary mansion - feelings and experiences of Galsworthy characters are
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Colonel Quaritch,V.C.. Haggard H.R. Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Colonel Quaritch is a story of an impoverished nobleman, who is looking for the family jewels of his bride - the "treasure de la Moley". He moves to the house of
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Tales of Mystery. Doyle A.C. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This volume includes short mystery stories like "The Lost Special," "The Beetle-Hunter" and "The Man with the Watches," filled to the brim with suspense, wild twists, and
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The Speckled Band and Other Plays. Doyle A.C. Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This volume is a collection of plays about a world-famous detective, and his assistant Dr. Watson, investigating the cases of The Speckled Band, and The Crown Diamond. The book also