Шарлотта Бронте

Творчество Шарлотты Бронте – явление уникальное в английской литературе XIX века, а «Шерли» – пожалуй, самый остросюжетный из ее романов. Он сочетает в себе «готические» и детективные мотивы. Однако его увлекательный сюжет является лишь обрамлением для тончайшей психологической истории непростых отношений мужчины и двух женщин, далеко выходящих за границы традиционного любовного треугольника.

В небольшом провинциальном английском городке действует жестокое тайное общество, плетутся интриги и хранятся опасные тайны самых богатых и респектабельных семейств. Но прежде всего в нем разыгрывается драма двух сильных молодых женщин – бедной сироты Каролины Хэлстоун, тайно влюбленной в состоятельного фабриканта Мура, и ее лучшей подруги – богатой наследницы Шерли Килдар, подарившей сердце младшему брату Мура – скромному молодому учителю Луи. Мур, умный и энергичный, но не отличающийся...

A level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West. Jane Eyre is alone in the world. Disliked by her aunt's family, she is sent away to school. Here she learns that a young girl, with neither money nor family to support her, can expect little from the world. She survives, but she wants more from life than simply to survive: she wants respect, and love. When she goes to work for Mr Rochester, she hopes she has found both at once. But the sound of...

A level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West. Jane Eyre is alone in the world. Disliked by her aunt's family, she is sent away to school. Here she learns that a young girl, with neither money nor family to support her, can expect little from the world. She survives, but she wants more from life than simply to survive: she wants respect, and love. When she goes to work for Mr Rochester, she hopes she has found both at once. But the sound of...

A level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West. Jane Eyre is alone in the world. Disliked by her aunt's family, she is sent away to school. Here she learns that a young girl, with neither money nor family to support her, can expect little from the world. She survives, but she wants more from life than simply to survive: she wants respect, and love. When she goes to work for Mr Rochester, she hopes she has found both at once. But the sound of...