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Von Zwanzig bis Dreißig (Ungekürzt)

Theodor Fontane

Von Zwanzig bis Dreißig (Ungekürzt)

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Theodor Fontane

The Sign of the Four - A Sherlock H...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Sign of the Four - A Sherlock Holmes Novel (Unabridged)

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

War and Peace (Volume 2 of 2)

Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace (Volume 2 of 2)

Considered one of the best books ever written, «War and Peace» has remained in the upper echelon of world literature because it masterfully captures an intimate view of humanity on an epic scale. Through the use of fictional narrative, Tolstoy utilizes a huge cast of characters, centering on five aristocratic Russian families in 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars. These characters, particularly Pierre, Prince Andrei, and the beautiful Natasha, demonstrate different human struggles that are...

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Leo Tolstoy

Washington Square

Генри Джеймс

Washington Square

A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Retold for Learners of English by Kieran McGovern. When a handsome young man begins to court Catherine Sloper, she feels she is very lucky. She is a quiet, gentle girl, but neither beautiful nor clever; no one had ever admired her before, or come to the front parlour of her home in Washington Square to whisper soft words of love to her. But in New York in the 1840s young ladies are not free to marry where they please. Catherine must have her...

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Генри Джеймс

Washington Square

Генри Джеймс

Washington Square

Originally published serially in 1880 and named for the upscale area in New York where the novel is set, “Washington Square” is Henry James’s classic story of familial conflicts and social class in mid-19th century America. It is the tale of Catherine Sloper, a naïve, kind, and plain heiress who has lived a sheltered life, raised by her stubborn and wealthy father and flighty aunt in a grand house. Much to her father’s disapproval, she is wooed by Morris Townsend, a handsome and sophisticated...

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Генри Джеймс

Washington Square

Генри Джеймс

Washington Square

Set in New York City in the 1840s, this celebrated novel tells the story of Catherine Sloper, the docile and affectionate daughter of a well-to-do physician, who appears destined for a lifetime of spinsterhood with only the companionship of her sardonic father and fatuous aunt.When a flurry of attention from an attractive suitor causes the plain and unremarkable Catherine to fall deeply in love, the stage is set for a struggle of opposing wills between Catherine and her adored father. Dismayed...

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Генри Джеймс

Über die Dummheit (Ungekürzt)

Robert Musil

Über die Dummheit (Ungekürzt)

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Robert Musil

The Crooked Man (Unabridged)

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Crooked Man (Unabridged)

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Boscombe Valley Mystery - The A...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Boscombe Valley Mystery - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Unabridged)

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Bartleby, the Scrivener (Unabridged...

Herman Melville

Bartleby, the Scrivener (Unabridged)

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Herman Melville

The Man with the Twisted Lip - The...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Man with the Twisted Lip - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Unabridged)

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Waverley

Sir Walter Scott

Waverley

First published anonymously in 1814, “Waverley” was Sir Walter Scott’s first novel and one of his most popular. The story is set in the Scotland of 1745 amidst the Jacobite uprising and follows the young Edward Waverley, an English officer in the Hanoverian army. He is sent to Scotland and while on leave from training he visits friends of his family in the Lowlands and the Highlands. Waverley meets lairds and chieftains, and he is soon caught up in the Jacobite cause and develops romantic...

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Sir Walter Scott

Waverley

Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott

Waverley

First published with great success in 1814, Scott’s first novel is set in the Scotland of 1745, amidst the Jacobite uprising. Widely considered the first English historical novel, this story of self-discovery follows the young Edward Waverley, an English soldier in the Hanoverian army. He is sent to Scotland, and there he visits both the Lowlands and the Highlands. Waverley meets both lairds and chieftains, and he is soon caught up in both the Jacobite cause and in romantic feelings for the...

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Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott

What Maisie Knew

Генри Джеймс

What Maisie Knew

First published serially in 1897, Henry James’s novel “What Maisie Knew” is the story of Beale and Ida Farange and their young daughter, Maisie. When Maisie is very young, Beale and Ida divorce and the court orders that the custody of Maisie be split between the two. Spending six months with each, Maisie finds herself in an unstable position as her immoral and frivolous parents use Maisie to intensify their animosity for each other. The novel follows Maisie from her earliest years through her...

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Генри Джеймс

Where Angels Fear to Tread

E. M. Forster

Where Angels Fear to Tread

“Where Angels Fear to Tread” is the impassioned novel by E. M. Forster, the acclaimed English novelist and essayist. Published in 1905, the title was inspired by a quote from Alexander Pope: “For fools rush in where angels fear to tread”. This affecting and thought-provoking novel is the story of Lilia Herriton, an English widow, who while traveling with her friend Caroline Abbott in Italy, falls in love with Gino, a much younger Italian man. This puts Lilia at odds with her dead husband’s...

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E. M. Forster

Merhameh (Ungekürzt)

Karl May

Merhameh (Ungekürzt)

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Karl May

Schamah (Ungekürzt)

Karl May

Schamah (Ungekürzt)

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Karl May

The Disappearance of Lady Frances C...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (Unabridged)

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Hound of the Baskervilles - A S...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Hound of the Baskervilles - A Sherlock Holmes Novel (Unabridged)

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Where Angels Fear to Tread

E. M. Forster

Where Angels Fear to Tread

"Where Angels Fear to Tread" by E. M. Forster. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and...

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E. M. Forster

Where Angels Fear to Tread

E. M. Forster

Where Angels Fear to Tread

Like his novel A Room with a View, E. M. Forster's Where Angels Fear to Tread focuses on a group of English men and women living and traveling in Italy. A young Englishman journeys to Tuscany to rescue his late brother's wife from what appears to be an unsuitable romance with an Italian of little fortune. In the events surrounding that match and its fateful consequences, Forster weaves an exciting and eventful tale that intriguingly contrasts English and Italian lives and...

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E. M. Forster

White Fang

Джек Лондон, Jack London и др.

White Fang

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on…‘Set in the frozen forests of the Yukon Territory, Canada, during the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s, ‘White Fang’ tells the story of a young wolf-dog’s journey from the wild into human territory. As White Fang learns that civilisation is every bit as vicious and violent as nature – and that survival is only awarded to the fittest – we too see how instinct,...

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Джек Лондон, Jack London и др.

White Fang

Jack London

White Fang

When White Fang was first published in 1906, Jack London was well on his way to becoming one of the most famous, popular, and highly paid writers in the world. White Fang stands out as one of his finest achievements, a spellbinding novel of life in the northern wilds.In gripping detail, London bares the savage realities of the battle for survival among all species in a harsh, unyielding environment. White Fang is part wolf, part dog, a ferocious and magnificent creature through whose experiences...

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Jack London

Whose Body?

Dorothy L. Sayers

Whose Body?

Renowned English novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic, Dorothy L. Sayers’s “Whose Body?” was first published in 1923. In this novel we are introduced to her most famous character, the aristocratic amateur detective Lord Peter Wimsey. Lord Wimsey has developed an interest in solving crimes and joins in to help his friend Inspector Charles Parker and the official investigation into the disappearance of a famous financier. A naked body is discovered in the bathtub of a nearby flat and it...

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Dorothy L. Sayers

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