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The Moonstone

Уилки Коллинз

The Moonstone

Stolen from the forehead of a Hindu idol, the dazzling gem known as «The Moonstone» resurfaces at a birthday party in an English country home — with an enigmatic trio of watchful Brahmins hot on its trail. Laced with superstitions, suspicion, humor, and romance, this 1868 mystery draws readers into a compelling tale with twists and turns ranging from sleepwalking to experimentation with opium. The suspense and drama is heightened as the narrative passes from one colorful character to...

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Уилки Коллинз

The Murder on the Links

Agatha Christie

The Murder on the Links

First published in 1923, “The Murder on the Links” is Agatha Christie’s second novel featuring her most famous character, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot and his assistant, Arthur Hastings. Poirot and Hastings have traveled to France to meet Paul Renauld, who has recently requested their help. They are too late however and arrive to find him brutally murdered and buried in a newly dug grave near a local golf course. Poirot notices many things about Renauld’s death that are strange and...

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Agatha Christie

The Murder on the Links

Agatha Christie

The Murder on the Links

On a French golf course, a millionaire is found stabbed in the back…An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downwards in a shallow grave on a golf course.But why is the dead man wearing his son’s overcoat? And who was the impassioned love-letter in the pocket for? Before Poirot can answer these questions, the case is turned upside down by the discovery of a second, identically murdered corpse…

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Agatha Christie

The Battle That Ended the Century (...

H. P. Lovecraft

The Battle That Ended the Century (Unabridged)

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H. P. Lovecraft

Frankenstein (Ungekürzt)

Mary Shelley

Frankenstein (Ungekürzt)

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Mary Shelley

Der Schimmelreiter (Ungekürzt)

Theodor Storm

Der Schimmelreiter (Ungekürzt)

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Theodor Storm

The Hobo and the Fairy (Unabridged)

Jack London

The Hobo and the Fairy (Unabridged)

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Jack London

Die Barmherzigen (Ungekürzt)

Gabriele Reuter

Die Barmherzigen (Ungekürzt)

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Gabriele Reuter

Pater Brown: Der Fehler der Maschin...

Гилберт Честертон

Pater Brown: Der Fehler der Maschine (Ungekürzt)

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Гилберт Честертон

Pater Brown: Der Mann in der Passag...

Гилберт Честертон

Pater Brown: Der Mann in der Passage (Ungekürzt)

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Гилберт Честертон

The Mysteries of Udolpho

Ann Radcliffe

The Mysteries of Udolpho

First published in four volumes in 1794, Ann Radcliffe’s “The Mysteries of Udolpho” is an unparalleled example of Gothic romance and was wildly popular upon its first appearance. Often cited as the archetypal Gothic novel, the story portrays the multitude of misfortunes heaped upon the admirable French heroine, Emily St. Aubert. Losing first her mother, then her beloved father, the orphaned Emily must be separated from her newfound love Valancourt to live with her aunt and new guardian, Madame...

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Ann Radcliffe

THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO

Ann Radcliffe, Ann Radcliffe и др.

THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Mysteries of Udolpho follows the fortunes of Emily St. Aubert, who suffers, among other misadventures, the death of her father, supernatural terrors in a gloomy castle and the machinations of an Italian brigand. Often cited as the archetypal Gothic novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, along with Radcliffe's novel The Romance of the Forest, plays a prominent role in Jane Austen's...

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Ann Radcliffe, Ann Radcliffe и др.

The Mysteries of Udolpho

Анна Радклиф

The Mysteries of Udolpho

An unparalleled example of Gothic romance, Radcliffe's novel portrays the multitude of misfortunes heaped upon the admirable French heroine, Emily St. Aubert. Losing first her mother, then her beloved father, the orphaned Emily must be separated from her newfound love Valancourt to live with her aunt and new guardian, Madame Cheron. Emily then faces the evil machinations of her aunt's husband, the Italian brigand Signor Montoni, who imprisons the two women in the dismal, degenerate,...

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Анна Радклиф

The Mysterious Stranger and Other S...

Mark Twain

The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories

The author of outstanding travel books, autobiographical works and novels, including the classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835–1910) is regarded by many as America's finest humorist and a major writer of short stories.The four selections in this volume span his entire writing career and are among his best-known stories. They include: «The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,» one of Twain's most amusing pieces of folk...

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Mark Twain

Das Bild im Haus (Ungekürzt)

H. P. Lovecraft

Das Bild im Haus (Ungekürzt)

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H. P. Lovecraft

Der Tempel (Ungekürzt)

H. P. Lovecraft

Der Tempel (Ungekürzt)

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H. P. Lovecraft

Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame, Buch 1...

Victor Hugo

Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame, Buch 1 (Ungekürzt)

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Victor Hugo

Die Frau mit den Ziegenfüßen (Ungek...

Gabriele Reuter

Die Frau mit den Ziegenfüßen (Ungekürzt)

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Gabriele Reuter

Pater Brown: Der Kopf Cäsars (Ungek...

Гилберт Честертон

Pater Brown: Der Kopf Cäsars (Ungekürzt)

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Гилберт Честертон

Das Erdbeben in Chili (Ungekürzt)

Heinrich von Kleist

Das Erdbeben in Chili (Ungekürzt)

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Heinrich von Kleist

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Charles Dickens

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The final novel by Charles Dickens, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”, was unfinished at the time of his death in 1870. The novel revolves around John Jasper, choirmaster and opium addict, who is the guardian of his orphaned nephew Edwin Drood. Before the death of his parents, Edwin was promised to marry Rosa Bud, another orphan, but their affections have cooled upon reaching adulthood. Rosa has also attracted the affections of Jasper, her teacher, as well as Neville Landless, a fellow orphan and the...

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Charles Dickens

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Charles Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens и др.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

A sense of impending evil hovers over a cathedral town, where one man, an outwardly respectable opium addict, is consumed with jealousy over the engagement of his nephew, Edwin Drood, to a lovely young lady. So enraged is he, that he even plots the younger man's murder. But Drood's sudden disappearance halts further scheming and leaves only one big mystery. What happened to Edwin Drood? And what became of his body?Unfinished at the time of his death, Charles Dickens's intriguing...

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Charles Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens и др.

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym

Эдгар По

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym

The only full-length novel by Edgar Allan Poe, “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym” was first published in 1838. It is the story of a boy from Nantucket, Arthur Gordon Pym, who stows away aboard a whaling ship, the “Grampus”, with the help of his friend Augustus, the ship captain’s son. Pym and Augustus experience many unexpected adventures and misfortunes at sea, including mutiny, violent storms, cannibalism, and the destruction of the ship. Eventually, only Pym and another sailor, Dirk Peters,...

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Эдгар По

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym

Эдгар По

The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym

"The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym," the only full-length novel that Edgar Allan Poe wrote, is the story of a boy, Pym, who stows away aboard a whaling ship. Along with Augustus, the captain's son, Arthur Gordon Pym avoids discover aboard the ship while witnessing a series of incredible events. Rich with symbolism and allegory, «The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym» is an exciting gothic sea adventure that greatly influenced the genre of the maritime novel.

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