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The Ladies' Paradise

Emile Zola

The Ladies' Paradise

Émile Zola was one of the most important, though controversial, French novelists of the late nineteenth century, and founder of the Realist movement. In 1871 Zola began to write his most notable series of novels, the “Rougon-Macquart Novels”, that relate the history of a fictional family under the Second Empire. As a strict naturalist, Zola was greatly concerned with science, especially the problems of evolution and heredity vs. environment. However, unlike Honoré de Balzac, whose works examined...

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Emile Zola

The Last Chronicle of Barset

Anthony Trollope, Anthony Trollope

The Last Chronicle of Barset

The Last Chronicle of Barset concerns an indigent but learned clergyman, the Reverend Josiah Crawley, the perpetual curate of Hogglestock, as he stands accused of stealing a cheque. The novel is notable for the non-resolution of a plot continued from the previous novel in the series, The Small House at Allington, involving Lily Dale and Johnny Eames. Its main storyline features the courtship of the Rev. Mr Crawley's daughter, Grace, and Major Henry Grantly, son of the wealthy Archdeacon...

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Anthony Trollope, Anthony Trollope

The Last Chronicle of Barset

Anthony Trollope

The Last Chronicle of Barset

The last work of Trollope's series the Chronicles of Barsetshire, this novel concludes the unfinished stories of many characters from the previous novels, all the while centering on the impoverished Mr. Crawley, educated curate of Hogglestock. His daughter Grace wishes to marry Major Henry Grantly, the son of Archdeacon Grantly, who considers her unworthy of his son, although acknowledging that she is a lady of merit. Her courtship with Henry is further jeopardized when Mr. Crawley is...

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Anthony Trollope

The Last Man

Mary Shelley

The Last Man

Mary Shelley was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer, whose gothic style and progressive ideas have had a permanent influence on literary history. Daughter of political philosopher William Godwin and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley quickly developed ideas about female independence, sexual freedom, and how to compromise in the face of nineteenth century English convention. Her 1826 novel, “The Last Man”, reflects Shelley’s fears...

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Mary Shelley

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (Un...

H. P. Lovecraft

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (Unabridged)

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H. P. Lovecraft

The Evil Clergyman (Unabridged)

H. P. Lovecraft

The Evil Clergyman (Unabridged)

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H. P. Lovecraft

Cool Air (Unabridged)

H. P. Lovecraft

Cool Air (Unabridged)

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H. P. Lovecraft

Herr und Frau Knopp (Ungekürzt)

Вильгельм Буш

Herr und Frau Knopp (Ungekürzt)

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Вильгельм Буш

The Last Man

Mary Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley и др.

The Last Man

Mary Shelley (1797-1851) was a British novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer and travel writer, whose gothic style and progressive ideas have made a permanent fixture in literary history. Daughter of political philosopher William Godwin and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley quickly developed ideas about female independence, sexual freedom and how to compromise in the face of nineteenth century English convention. Her 1826 novel, «The Last Man», reflects...

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Mary Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley и др.

The Last of the Mohicans

Джеймс Купер, James Fenimore Cooper и др.

The Last of the Mohicans

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Death and honour are thought to be the same, but today I have learned that sometimes they are not.’Set in frontier America in the midst of the French-Indian war, as the French are attempting to overthrow an English fort, Cooper’s story follows Alice and Cora Munro, pioneer sisters who are trying to find their way back to their father, an English commander. Guided by an army major and Magua, an Indian from the Huron...

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Джеймс Купер, James Fenimore Cooper и др.

The Last of the Mohicans

Джеймс Купер

The Last of the Mohicans

A massacre at a colonial garrison, the kidnapping of two pioneer sisters by Iroquois tribesmen, the treachery of a renegade brave, and the ambush of innocent settlers create an unforgettable, spine-tingling picture of American frontier life in this classic 18th-century adventure — the most popular of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales.First published in 1826, the story — set in the forests of upper New York State during the French and Indian War —...

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Джеймс Купер

The Last of the Mohicans (with and...

Джеймс Купер

The Last of the Mohicans (with and Introduction and Notes by John B. Dunbar)

One of the most popular novels of early American literature, “The Last of the Mohicans” helped to establish James Fenimore Cooper as one of the first great and world-famous American authors. The second and best known novel in the “Leatherstocking Tales” series, “The Last of the Mohicans” is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War. It concerns the rescue and transport to safety, of two sisters, Alice and Cora, daughters of British commander Colonel Munro, who are...

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Джеймс Купер

Der junge Engländer (Ungekürzt)

Вильгельм Гауф

Der junge Engländer (Ungekürzt)

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Вильгельм Гауф

Don Quijote, Buch 5 (Ungekürzt)

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quijote, Buch 5 (Ungekürzt)

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Miguel de Cervantes

The Cats of Ulthar (Unabridged)

H. P. Lovecraft

The Cats of Ulthar (Unabridged)

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H. P. Lovecraft

Die Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes (...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Die Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes (Ungekürzt)

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Der Zwerg Nase (Ungekürzt)

Вильгельм Гауф

Der Zwerg Nase (Ungekürzt)

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Вильгельм Гауф

The Last Tycoon / Последний магнат....

Фрэнсис Скотт Фицджеральд

The Last Tycoon / Последний магнат. Книга для чтения на английском языке

«Последний магнат» – неоконченный роман Ф. С. Фицджеральда (1896–1940), подготовленный к печати американским писателем и литературным критиком Эдмундом Уилсоном. Неадаптированный текст снабжен комментариями и словарем. Книга адресована студентам языковых вузов и всем любителям американской литературы.

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Фрэнсис Скотт Фицджеральд

The Last Tycoon

Фрэнсис Скотт Фицджеральд

The Last Tycoon

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘They were smiling at each other as if this was the beginning of the world.’The lights of Hollywood do little to distract Cecelia as she watches Monroe Stahr, wunderkind studio executive and object of her desire, descend into a reckless and ardent love affair with an auspicious starlet – an affair that threatens to destroy his reign as the Silver Screen’s golden boy. In this tragic tale Fitzgerald exposes the...

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Фрэнсис Скотт Фицджеральд

The Life and Adventures of Santa Cl...

L. Frank Baum, Лаймен Баум и др.

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

An imaginative work published in 1902, Baum tells the story of Claus, an orphaned human raised by various immortal creatures in an enchanted forest. When he reaches adulthood, Claus is told to live among mortals, and he is disheartened initially by poverty, war, and other negative aspects of humanity. He becomes well-known for his kindness to children, and this enthusiasm leads to the invention of the first toys. Claus eventually makes it his life's mission to bring joy to children, and...

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L. Frank Baum, Лаймен Баум и др.

The Life and Adventures of Santa Cl...

Лаймен Баум

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

An imaginative work first published in 1902, L. Frank Baum’s “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus” tells the story of Claus, an orphaned boy raised by various immortal creatures in an enchanted forest. When he reaches adulthood, Claus is told to live among mortals; he is disheartened initially by poverty, war, and other negative aspects of humanity. He becomes well-known for his kindness to children, and this enthusiasm leads to the invention of the first toys. Claus eventually makes it his...

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Лаймен Баум