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In scene after memorable scene of Sarah Orne Jewett's fictional masterpiece, The Country of Pointed Firs, the Maine-born author recorded what she felt were the rapidly disappearing traditions, manners, and dialect of Maine coast natives at the turn of the twentieth century. In luminous evocations of their lives — a happy family reunion, an old seaman's ghostly vision, a disappointed lover's self-imposed exile, and more — Jewett created startlingly real...
| Автор | Sarah Orne Jewett |
Edward Estlin Cummings (1894-1962), famously known as E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, essayist, painter, author, and playwright. His body of work encompasses 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays and several essays, as well as numerous paintings and drawings. He is remembered as an unsurpassed voice of 20th century poetry, as well as one of the most popular, even today. Cummings attended Harvard, receiving both his bachelor's and master's by 1916. A year later, he...
| Автор | E. E. Cummings, E.E. Cummings |
"The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain" is Charles Dickens 19th century novella that concludes his series of five Christmas books written between 1843 and 1848. It is the story of Professor Redlaw, a chemistry teacher who is constantly brooding over the grief caused by past wrongs done to him. Redlaw is haunted by a spirit who takes from him these painful memories, which leaves him unexpectedly bitter. Ultimately the conflict of the novella is resolved in an uplifting way which...
| Автор | Charles Dickens, Чарльз Диккенс |
A gloomy New England mansion provides the setting for this classic exploration of ancestral guilt and its expiation through the love and goodwill of succeeding generations.Nathaniel Hawthorne drew inspiration for this story of an immorally obtained property from the role his forebears played in the 17th-century Salem witch trials. Built over an unquiet grave, the House of the Seven Gables carries a dying man's curse that blights the lives of its residents for over two centuries. Now Judge...
| Автор | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Probably composed in the eighth century B.C. and based on an actual historical event of the thirteenth century B.C., Homer's Iliad is one of the great epics of the Western world. The poem unfolds near the end of the ten-year-long Trojan War, detailing the quarrel between the great warrior-hero Achilles and King Agamemnon, the battle between Paris and Menelaus for Helen of Troy, the Greek assault on the city and the Trojan counterattacks, the intervention of the gods on the...
| Автор | Homer |
Murder and romance, innocence and experience dominate this masterfully constructed novel set in Rome during the mid-19th century.Three young American artists and their friend, an Italian count, find their lives irrevocably linked when one of them commits a murder. Nathaniel Hawthorne's final novel symbolizing the Fall of Man is a captivating tale concerned as much with the power and beauty of art as with the striking, intimate details of the historic sites visited by the travelers.A...
| Автор | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.'The quality of mercy is not strain'd,It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven’Bassiano, a noble Venetian, hopes to woo the beautiful heiress Portia. However, he requires financial assistance from his friend Antonio. Antonio agrees, but he, in turn, must borrow from the Jewish moneylender Shylock. As recourse for past ills, Shylock stipulates that the forfeit on the loan must be a pound of Antonio’s flesh....
| Автор | Уильям Шекспир, William Shakespeare |
"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.
| Автор | Эдгар По |
Sheriff Reese McMurray didn't believe in the supernatural—until his father went missing twelve years go.Evidence indicated that Summer White-Cloud, Reese's high school sweetheart, had somehow conjured the wendigo responsible for his death…so Reese deserted her. Now the pattern of disappearances have returned, forcing Reese to work with Summer to stop the evil threatening their community.Even Reese can't deny there is still a sizzling chemistry between them. But will their...
| Автор | Connie Hall |
Summerset Plantation owner Jeffrey Carter may be scarred, but he still possesses a startling sensual allure.So Lily Running Doe discovers when she becomes his housekeeper and feels an unexpected sexual connection to him. She thought Summerset's infamous reputation as a haunted house would be her biggest challenge, not resisting her attraction to Jeffrey.Lilly doesn't know that evil does lurk within the house…and it will soon claim Jeffrey. Before then, he wants to enjoy his final...
| Автор | Connie Hall |
"The Open Boat and Other Stories" by Stephen Crane. 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...
| Автор | Stephen Crane |
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.’Isabel Archer is a beautiful, intelligent and independent young woman. Brought from America to England by her wealthy Aunt who seeks to further her education and find her niece a husband, Isabel is determined to shape her own future – one that does not necessarily entail becoming a wife. Isabel inherits a fortune when her rich uncle dies and feels...
| Автор | Генри Джеймс |
"The Queen Of Spades" by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin (translated by H. Twitchell). 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...
| Автор | Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin, Alexander Pushkin |
"The Story of an African Farm" by Olive Schreiner. 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...
| Автор | Olive Schreiner |
Three musketeers. Two enemies. One major battle.’‘All for one and one for all!’Country boy d'Artagnan is desperate to join the King's elite band of bodyguards, the Musketeers. And when his fiery loyalties (which often get him into trouble) and incredible sword skill (which get him out again) manages to impress brash Porthos, foppish Aramis and melancholy Athos, the three musketeers and d'Artagnan become friends for life.When they discover that the King they protect is under threat, the...
| Автор | Александр Дюма |
Генри Джеймс, Henry Foss James и др.
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘The place, with its grey sky and withered garlands, its bared spaces and scattered dead leaves, was like a theatre after the performance-all strewn with crumpled playbills.’Revered as one of the greatest ghost stories ever told, James’s The Turn of the Screw is an eerie Victorian masterpiece.When an inexperienced governess goes to work at Bly, a country house in Essex to look after a young boy Miles and his sister...
| Автор | Генри Джеймс, Henry Foss James и др. |
Widely recognized as one of literature's most gripping ghost stories, this classic tale of moral degradation concerns the sinister transformation of two innocent children into flagrant liars and hypocrites. The story begins when a governess arrives at an English country estate to look after Miles, aged ten, and Flora, eight. At first, everything appears normal but then events gradually begin to weave a spell of psychological terror.One night a ghost appears before the governess. It is the...
| Автор | Генри Джеймс |
Rich with wisdom and gentle irony, Oliver Goldsmith's only novel is a charming comedy that tells of an unworldly and generous vicar who lives contentedly with his large family until disaster strikes. When his idyllic life is brutally interrupted by bankruptcy and his daughter's abduction, he lands in prison. Yet these misfortunes fail to conquer the vicar's spirit or cause him to lose sight of Christian morality.A delightful lampoon of such literary conventions of the day as...
| Автор | Оливер Голдсмит |
Fitzgerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise (1920) was an immediate, spectacular success and established his literary reputation. Perhaps the definitive novel of that «Lost Generation,» it tells the story of Amory Blaine, a handsome, wealthy Princeton student who halfheartedly involves himself in literary cults, «liberal» student activities, and a series of empty flirtations with young women. When he finally does fall truly in love, however, the young woman rejects him for another....
| Автор | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
Создательницу муми-троллей Туве Янссон по праву можно назвать одной из самых загадочных писательниц прошлого столетия. Лаконично и честно рассказывая о повседневном, Янссон словно составляла инструкцию своей жизни, не забывая наполнять произведения автобиографическими деталями. Она росла в творческой семье: ее мать была иллюстратором, а отец – скульптором. Сама Туве начала рисовать в пятнадцать лет и мечтала стать художником, а не писателем. Ей удалось и то и другое. В книгу вошли повести...
| Автор | Туве Янссон |
В этот сборник вошли два наиболее знаковых произведения Бротигана 1960-х гг. – «В арбузном сахаре» и «Рыбалка в Америке». Очаровательно безумный сюрреалистический роман «В арбузном сахаре», – странная сказка для взрослых, в которой действие происходит в причудливо-игрушечном «арбузном мире», где ставят памятники травам и тучам, обитают разумные и очень вежливые (но от того не менее плотоядные) тигры, а от цвета выращиваемых арбузов зависит очень и очень многое. «Рыбалка в Америке», которая...
| Автор | Ричард Бротиган |
Роман Герберта Уэллса (1866–1946) «Война миров» давно и прочно вошел в сокровищницу мировой литературы, выдержав массу переизданий, кино- и телеэкранизаций, породив тысячи подражателей в разных жанрах. Вместе с тем роман далеко выходит за рамки научной фантастики, став для поколений читателей романом-предупреждением. Повествование ведется от первого лица, что создает эффект присутствия и неизмеримо усиливает впечатление от страшных картин порабощения Земли механизированными существами. Вполне...
| Автор | Герберт Уэллс |
«Загадочная история Бенджамиина Баттона» – рассказ американского писателя Фрэнсиса Скотта Фицджеральда, часть антологии писателя «Рассказы о веке джаза».
В основе сюжета – фантастическая идея «жизни, повернутой вспять». Главный герой рождается стариком и в процессе жизни молодеет.
Но такая сумасшедшинка позволяет вскрыть необычные и нестандартные стороны человеческих отношений и раскрытия личности в необычайных обстоятельствах.
| Автор | Фрэнсис Скотт Фицджеральд |
Трумен Капоте, автор таких бестселлеров, как «Хладнокровное убийство», «Летний круиз», «Другие голоса, другие комнаты» и «Музыка для хамелеонов», входит в число крупнейших американских прозаиков ХХ века. Вниманию читателя предлагаются две его классические повести: лирическая «Голоса травы», публикующаяся в новом переводе, а также самое знаменитое произведение Капоте, прославленное в 1961 году экранизацией с Одри Хепберн в главной роли, сыгравшей главную героиню повести Холли Голайтли, одну из...
| Автор | Трумен Капоте |