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A Horse's Tale

Марк Твен

A Horse's Tale

A Horse's Tale by Mark Twain libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!

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Марк Твен

A Hospital Christmas (Unabridged)

Louisa May Alcott

A Hospital Christmas (Unabridged)

In A Hospital Christmas a Civil War-era hospital is the setting for a Christmas story about caring for others, thinking positively and how sharing can make Christmas meaningful for those who have little.

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Louisa May Alcott

A House Divided

Donna Hill

A House Divided

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Donna Hill

A Hunger Artist (Unabridged)

Franz Kafka

A Hunger Artist (Unabridged)

In the days when hunger could be cultivated and practiced as an art form, the individuals who practiced it were often put on show for all to see. One man who was so devout in his pursuit of hunger pushed against the boundaries set by the circus that housed him and strived to go longer than forty days without food. As interest in his art began to fade, he pushed the boundaries even further. In this short story about one man's plight to prove his worth, Franz Kafka illustrates the themes of...

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Franz Kafka

A ja żem jej powiedziała...

Katarzyna Nosowska

A ja żem jej powiedziała...

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Katarzyna Nosowska

A Journal of the Plague Year

Daniel Defoe

A Journal of the Plague Year

Imagine a plague so horrific, only forty percent of the population lived to tell the tale. Written as a first-person account of the world’s most dangerous pandemic, the mysterious narrator bears witness to a society that has seemingly given up hope during terrifying times. . From mounting death tolls, to horrific bodily ailments, contracting the Black Plague was considered a fate worse than death. Combining his own experiences within each of the two stories, the enigmatic narrator, known only...

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Daniel Defoe

A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EART...

Жюль Верн

A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH

Journey to the Center of the Earth is a classic 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne, first published in 1877. The story involves a professor who leads his nephew and hired guide down a volcano in Iceland to the «center of the Earth». They encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy. Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist who pioneered the genre of science fiction. A true visionary with an...

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Жюль Верн

A Kidnapped Santa Claus (Unabridged...

Лаймен Баум

A Kidnapped Santa Claus (Unabridged)

A Kidnapped Santa Claus is a short story by L. Frank Baum, author of the Oz stories. In it, The Daemons of the caves, resentful of Santa Claus, who rebuffs their attempts to subvert him by temptation, capture him in his sleigh on Christmas Eve and imprison him in their caves. Santa's helpers: a fairy, pixie, knook, and ryl, finish his deliveries with a few comical mishaps. Assembling a magical army of good beings, the queen of the fairies leads an attempt to rescue Santa Claus from the...

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Лаймен Баум

A Letter from Santa Claus (Unabridg...

Mark Twain

A Letter from Santa Claus (Unabridged)

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Mark Twain

A Little Princess (Illustrated by E...

Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Little Princess (Illustrated by Ethel Franklin Betts)

First published in 1905, “A Little Princess” is one of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s most beloved stories. Expanded from an earlier serialized short story entitled “Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin’s”, it is the story of young girl named Sara who is enrolled by her father, Captain Richard Crewe, a wealthy English widower, at Miss Minchin’s boarding school for girls in London. Because of her father’s wealth Sara enjoys a life of luxury and convenience which abruptly comes to an end when...

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Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Little Princess / Маленькая принц...

Фрэнсис Элиза Бёрнетт

A Little Princess / Маленькая принцесса. Книга для чтения на английском языке

«Маленькая принцесса» – роман английской писательницы Френсис Бёрнетт, написанный в 1905 году, в наше время входит в топ-100 детских книг, рекомендованных Национальной Ассоциацией Образования Америки для детского чтения. Главная героиня романа, Сара Кру, переживет множество невзгод, но, благодаря пытливому уму и любознательности, останется настоящей принцессой в любой жизненной ситуации и в конце концов станет счастливой. Книга позволит юным читателям задуматься о том, что такое дружба и...

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Фрэнсис Элиза Бёрнетт

A Lodge in the Wilderness

Buchan John

A Lodge in the Wilderness

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Buchan John

A Long Walk Home

Diane Amos

A Long Walk Home

DO TEENAGE GIRLS COME WITH INSTRUCTION MANUALS?The call came out of the blue–Annie's sister Dana is in rehab…can her thirteen-year-old daughter come stay in Maine with Annie? But the wild child in black and piercings is not the sweet little girl Annie remembers.So much for the new pink towels.Surly, sullen and scared, Summer puts a gigantic wedge between Annie and her lover, her friends, even her wonderful ex-motherin-law. Yet Annie has always described herself as a dandelion: not the...

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Diane Amos

A Lost Lady

Уилла Кэсер

A Lost Lady

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Уилла Кэсер

A Lost Lady

Уилла Кэсер

A Lost Lady

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Уилла Кэсер

A Lover's Discourse

Xiaolu Guo

A Lover's Discourse

[i]“I don’t believe in love at first sight.” I was taken aback. I thought we were definitely in love at first sight. “What do you mean? Wasn’t it clear the moment you picked the elderflowers by the park and we looked at each other? Or was it in that book club?” You gave me a damp smile, as if my confusion proved that you were right.[/i] A Chinese woman moves from Beijing to London for a doctoral program—and to begin a new life—just as the Brexit campaign reaches a fever pitch. Isolated and...

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Xiaolu Guo

A Lucky Dog

Max Brand

A Lucky Dog

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Max Brand

A Midsummer Night's Dream Thrift St...

Уильям Шекспир

A Midsummer Night's Dream Thrift Study Edition

Two pairs of young lovers fall asleep in an ancient Athenian forest and wake to find themselves in the middle of a good deed gone wrong. A Midsummer Night's Dream conjures up a fairyland inhabited by well-intentioned sprites whose magic leads to farcical confusion. The mirthful tangle of mistaken identities and misplaced affections develops and resolves in the glorious poetry of England's greatest playwright.Shakespeare's fantastical comedy has enchanted audiences since its debut...

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Уильям Шекспир

A Million Aunties

Alecia McKenzie

A Million Aunties

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Alecia McKenzie

A Nanny For Keeps

Liz Fielding

A Nanny For Keeps

Jacqui Moore is on the run–from being a nanny! She can't bear the thought of getting close to a child again, only to lose that love in the space of a heartbeat. Until she meets little orphaned Maisie, and is railroaded into becoming her nanny for the night.Nights turn into days…and weeks…and now Jacqui's emotions are in turmoil. For, along with Maisie, the master of the house–magnificent yet scarred Harry Talbot–has stolen her heart. And now there's nowhere to run and hide….

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Liz Fielding

A New Way to Spend Christmas (Unabr...

Louisa May Alcott

A New Way to Spend Christmas (Unabridged)

"A New Way to Spend Christmas" describes a Christmas visit to Randall's Island in the East River, where orphaned and sick children are looked after. A charitable woman brings gifts and spreads «sunshine in that shady place» to the unfortunate children who live there

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Louisa May Alcott

A Pair of Silk Stockings (Unabridge...

Kate Chopin

A Pair of Silk Stockings (Unabridged)

In A Pair of Silk Stockings, Mrs. Sommers, a once wealthy woman who has fallen on hard times comes into possession of a small fortune of $15. Planning to spend the money on clothing for her children, she becomes sidetracked at a shop counter, entranced by the smoothness of a pair of silk stockings. She goes on to spend the money on the stockings as well as new boots and gloves for herself. In succumbing to «mechanical impulses that direct her action», Mrs. Sommers resembles Edna Pontellier, the...

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Kate Chopin

A Passage to India

E. M. Forster

A Passage to India

First published in 1924, “A Passage to India” is E. M. Forster’s classic tale of prejudice and misunderstanding in colonial India. Widely considered to be one of the best novels of 20th century English literature, “A Passage to India” was based on Forster’s own experiences in India while it was under the rule of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement was gaining in popularity. The novel centers around the tensions between the native people of India and the prejudices of the British...

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E. M. Forster

A Perfect Cover

Maureen Tan

A Perfect Cover

Lacie Reed was the best agent to send to the Big Easy to catch a serial killer. Not just because of her stellar track record, but because the undercover operative looked exactly like the kind of woman this murderer might go for.Lacie was more than ready to play the mouse, knowing she had a big cat to catch. But once she infiltrated the small New Orleans community, befriending the very people she was trying to protect, the stakes got higher. Lacie began taking risks so big that Detective Anthony...

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Maureen Tan

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