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Jules Verne, 2007

At his club that day, Fogg bet half his fortune that he could travel the world in an easterly direction in eighty days; so he and Passepartout begin their voyage. But Detective Fix of Scotland Yard finds it coincidental that Fogg should want to escape England in such a hurry while there is a robber on the loose. Convinced they are one and the same person he joins them on the first leg of their epic travels. Подробнее

Fairy Tales

Andersen Hans Christian, 1994

A delightful collection of magical folk tales. Hans Andersen's evocative stories blend wit and pathos, his light but shrewd touch revealing the selfishness and stupidity of man. In 'The Emperor's New Clothes' it takes a child to point out the Emperor's foolishness and his excess of pride eventually makes him a laughing stock. His stupidity is therefore punished, just as the modesty and good nature of 'The Ugly Duckling' is justly rewarded in the end. Andersen's fresh and vivacious tone illuminates all of the old favourites in this selection — which include 'The Little Mermaid', 'The Princess on the Pea', 'The Tinderbox' and 'The Snow Queen'. These imaginative and humorous fairy tales remain as universally popular today as when they were created 150 years ago. Подробнее

Frankenstein, or The modern Prometheus

Shelly Mary, 2007

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein blends Gothic horror and romance in a story that is both world-famous and increasingly relevant. Frankenstein is a young, idealistic student of natural philosophy who, finding the secret of giving life to matter creates a living being. The monstrous creation, though tender-hearted and gentle in nature, inspires fear in those who meet him and must hide away from society. Increasingly lonely and isolated, the monster becomes embittered and cruel, taking a hideous revenge on his creator. In a dramatic denouement in which Frankenstein pursues his creation to the Arctic in order to destroy him, Mary Shelley reveals the terrifying consequences of playing God. Подробнее

The Great Gatsby

Fitzgerald F.Scott, 2007

Издание полностью на английском языке. Полный, неадаптированный текст произведения. The parties at Gatsby's Long Island mansion were legendarily glamorous affairs. Yet amid the throng of guests, starlets and champagne waiters, their host would appear oddly aloof. For there was only one person Jay Gatsby sought to impress. She was Daisy Buchanan: married, elegant, seducing men with a silken charisma and `a voice... full of money`. As Gatsby pursues shady deals and his doomed obsession with Daisy, F.Scott Fitzgerald distills the essence of the Jazz Age, and probes to the empty heart of the American Dream. Подробнее

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Bronte, 2005

Orphaned Jane Eyre grows up in the home of her heartless aunt and later attends a charity school with a harsh regime, enduring loneliness and cruelty. This troubled childhood strengthens Jane's natural independence and spirit — which prove necessary when she finds a position as governess at Thornfield Hall. However, when she finds love with her sardonic employer, Rochester, the discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a choice. Should she stay with him and live with the consequences, or follow her convictions, even if it means leaving the man she loves? A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre (1847) dazzled and shocked readers with its passionate depiction of a woman's search for equality and freedom. Подробнее

A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett, 2010

A heartwarming tale of a girl's constant affection and goodness through wealth and destitution. As a young child Sara Crewe is brought over from India by her father to join a girls' seminary in London. Her greatest joy is to «pretend» things to make life more magical, both for herself and those less fortunate than herself. She is a general favourite, but her splendid clothes, French maid and personal carriage set her apart from the rest and create jealousy in Miss Minchin, the avaricious head of the school. When she is suddenly and tragically thrown into poverty Sara must keep a strong hold on her vivid imagination and tender heart to prove to those who ill-treat her that even through hardship and want she can remain «a little princess». This timeless classic will never lose its appeal to both adults and children alike. Подробнее

Mansfield Park

Jane Austen, 2007

At the age of ten, shy, vulnerable Fanny Price leaves behind her impoverished family in Portsmouth to go and live with her rich relatives at Mansfield Park. Growing up with her cousins Tom, Edmund, Maria and Julia, she is aware that she is different from them and that her place in society cannot be taken for granted, although she is not treated unkindly. A dashing couple from London, Mary Crawford and her brother Henry, enter this stable, rural world. They succeed in dazzling everyone at Mansfield Park, except for Fanny, who sees through their shallow veneer. Throughout the dramatic events that follow it is she who is able to bring back some stability to the ruptured lives of those around her. One of the great novels of the nineteenth century, Mansfield Park echoes Jane Austen's fears and awareness of the dawn of a modern age, which was to bring about a complete break from the old country traditions and way of life. Подробнее

Persuasion

Jane Austen, 2008

В серии Penguin Popular Classics вышли все самые известные произведения Джейн Остин: Sence and Sensibility Pride and Prejudice Emma Persuasion Northange Abbey Mansfield Park. Издание полностью на английском языке. Полный, неадаптированный текст произведения. Подробнее

Peter Pan

Barrie James Matthew, 2007

J.M. Barrie's immortal story of Peter Pan, the boy who will never grow up. From the moment when Peter Pan and his irritable fairy friend Tinker Bell fly in through the nursery window, the story casts a magic spell. The Darling children are carried away to the Neverland where they meet the Lost Boys, watch shy mermaids playing in the blue lagoon and encounter Captain Hook and his wicked pirate band... Peter Pan is one of the most popular of all children's classics. It blends autobiography, fancy, Oedipal myth and fantasy so satisfyingly that, like Alice in Wonderland, its child's world appeals and intrigues on many levels. Подробнее

The Phantom Of The Opera

Leroux Gaston, 2007

A haunting tale of suspense and intrigue set in nineteenth-century Paris. As Monsieurs Richard and Moncharmin prepare to take over as acting managers of the Opera House, they discover their predecessors have bequeathed them the 'Opera Ghost'. A separate memorandum-book has been set aside for his various whims, including extravagant financial needs. Heedless of the numerous warnings to comply with these strange demands the managers shrug it all off as a practical joke taken too far. Then a sequence of eerie coincidences and tragic events follow, culminating in the sudden disappearance of the beautiful prima donna Christine Daae in mid-performance. Tortured by the pangs of unrequited love, the mysterious figure living beneath the Opera House has been awaiting his chance to strike — and once he does, he is deadly... Подробнее

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Wilde Oscar, 2007

Издание полностью на английском языке. Полный, неадаптированный текст произведения. Подробнее

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen, 2007

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. The opening of Jane Austen's ever-popular novel sets the tone of her sparkling comedy of manners and morals. There are five daughters in the Bennet family and marriage is the only career open to them. There is naturally much excitement when two young men of good fortune move into the district. But before there can be a happy ending, the hero must conquer his overwhelming pride and Elizabeth, the spirited heroine, her prejudices against him. Only by taking the route to self-knowledge can they reach a mature understanding of each other and find lasting contentment. Подробнее

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe, 2007

Robinson Crusoe has captured the imagination of countless readers with its vivid evocation of one man's survival on a remote island, far from the civilization he knows. Thought to be one of the first English novels, Robinson Crusoe is the timeless story of a merchant's trading voyages and adventures at sea, his shipwreck and subsequent life marooned alone. Based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, it is fascinating in its descriptions of Crusoe's ingenuity and inventiveness, his ability to make and use tools, his discovery of man Friday and his treatment of him. In addition to this, Robinson Crusoe is also an exploration of the ways in which a man who had made his fortune in trade is able to survive in reasonable comfort, thanks to his resourcefulness, when goods and money can no longer be of any value to him. Подробнее

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne, 2007

Set in the harsh Puritan community of seventeenth-century Boston, this tale of an adulterous entanglement that results in an illegitimate birth reveals Nathaniel Hawthorne's concerns with the tension between the public and the private selves. Publicly disgraced and ostracized, Hester Prynne draws on her inner strength and certainty of spirit to emerge as the first true heroine of American fiction. Arthur Dimmesdale stands as a classic study of a seld divided; trapped by the rules of society, he suppresses his passion and disavows his lover, Hester, and their daughter, Pearl. As Nina Baym writes in her Introduction, The Scarlet Letter was not written as realistic, historical fiction, but as a romance, a creation of the imagination that discloses the truth of the human heart. Подробнее

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett, 2007

Left to herself there is little to do apart from explore the huge, gloomy house and its surroundings until, one sunny morning, she stumbles across a secret garden, hidden behind ivy-clad walls. For the first time in her sad short life she has found something to care for and she determines to restore the garden to its former glory. As the garden begins to bloom and is magically transformed no one is left untouched... A sensitive portrayal of the world seen through children's eyes, The Secret Garden is one of the great classics of story-telling, hugely popular with children and adults alike. Подробнее

Selected Poems

Robert Burns, 1996

The myth that has grown up around Robert Burns, Scotland's greatest popular poet, has sometimes obscured his original poetic gifts. The educated son of a poor cotter, Burns became known for his rustic background, his fraternity with the working man, his Jacobite loyalty and his amorous entanglements. Yet his contribution to literature is immense. His use of dialogue and colloquial speech is comparable to that of Chaucer and Byron, but is also uniquely his own. He liberated the language, allowing freedom to the Romantic movement, and his use of old folk tunes enormously enhanced the Scottish musical tradition. With imaginative zest he satirized the Scottish community and offered shrewd insight into human nature. Although he was supremely aware of local concerns — religion and politics in particular — his work transcends the parochial and is now admired internationally for its depth of vision. Подробнее

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy, 2007

Издание полностью на английском языке. Полный, неадаптированный текст произведения. Подробнее

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan, 2010

Adventurer Richard Hannay has just returned from South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his London life — until a murder is committed in his flat, just days after the victim had warned him of an assassination plot that could bring Britain to the brink of war. An obvious suspect for the police and an easy target for the killers, Hannay goes on the run in his native Scotland, where he must use all his wits to stay one step ahead of the game — and warn the government before it is too late. One of the most popular adventure stories ever written, The Thirty-Nine Steps established John Buchan as the original thriller writer and inspired many other novelists and filmmakers including Alfred Hitchcock. Подробнее

Wuthering Heights

Bronte Emily, 2007

One of the most passionate and heartfelt novels ever written, Wuthering Heights tells of the relationship between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, the orphan boy her father adopted and brought to Wuthering Heights when they were children. While Catherine forms a deep attachment to Heathcliff, her brother Hindley despises him as a rival. Heathcliff becomes torn between love for Catherine and the rage and humiliation he suffers. Finally he can stand it no longer and, in the violence of a summer storm, leaves the Heights for three years. During his absence Catherine has married, but her tormented heart belongs eternally to Heathcliff who is now prepared to exact his tyrannical revenge. With its freedom from social convention and its unparalleled emotional intensity, Wuthering Heights is a highly original and deeply tragic work. Подробнее

Apt Pupil: Different Seasons (movie tie in)

Stephen King, 2004

Todd Bowden is an apt pupil. Good grades, good family, a paper route. But he is about to meet a different kind of teacher: Mr. Dussander. Todd knows all about Dussander's darl past. The torture. The death. The decades-old manhunt Dussander has escaped to this day. Yet Todd doesn't want to turn him in. Todd wants to know more. Much more. He is about to learn the real meaning of power--and the seductive lure of evil. This acclaimed collection of four novellas by Stephen King also includes «Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption» (basis for the Academy Award nominated film The Shawshank Redemption), «The Body» (inspiration for the motion picture Stand By Me), and «The Breathing Method». Подробнее

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