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An Enemy of the people is an 1882 play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen wrote it in response to the public outcry against his play Ghosts, which at that time was considered scandalous. Ghosts had challenged the hypocrisy of Victorian morality and was deemed indecent for its veiled references to syphilis. Henrik Johan Ibsen (1828 – 1906) was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as «the father of realism» and is one of the...
| Автор | Henrik Ibsen |
Oscar Wilde's classic drama, «An Ideal Husband,» is the story of an up-and-coming politician with a secret past and the blackmail scheme to keep that secret quiet. Wilde's play is a first-rate comedy that challenges its audience with the basic theme of morality and the greater standard that seems to fall upon those individuals in the public eye.
| Автор | Oscar Wilde |
Oscar Wilde's classic drama, «An Ideal Husband,» is the story of an up-and-coming politician with a secret past and the blackmail scheme to keep that secret quiet. Wilde's play is a first-rate comedy that challenges its audience with the basic theme of morality and the greater standard that seems to fall upon those individuals in the public eye.
| Автор | Oscar Wilde |
Oscar Wilde's classic drama, «An Ideal Husband,» is the story of an up-and-coming politician with a secret past and the blackmail scheme to keep that secret quiet. Wilde's play is a first-rate comedy that challenges its audience with the basic theme of morality and the greater standard that seems to fall upon those individuals in the public eye.
| Автор | Oscar Wilde |
An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry by Robert Browning and Hiram Corson libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!
| Автор | Robert Browning |
An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry by Robert Browning and Hiram Corson libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!
| Автор | Robert Browning |
An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes was written by Conan Doyle for the January 15, 1918 issue of Detective Story Magazine. It is an interesting insight into Conan Doyle's thinking and his reactions to the fame that Sherlock Holmes gained. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known...
| Автор | Arthur Conan Doyle |
An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes was written by Conan Doyle for the January 15, 1918 issue of Detective Story Magazine. It is an interesting insight into Conan Doyle's thinking and his reactions to the fame that Sherlock Holmes gained. Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. He is also known...
| Автор | Arthur Conan Doyle |
Thoroughly updated and revised, An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, 7th Edition presents a comprehensive and fully updated introduction to the study of the relationship between language and society. Building on Ronald Wardhaugh’s classic text, co-author Janet Fuller has updated this seventh edition throughout with new discussions exploring language and communities, language and interaction, and sociolinguistic variation, as well as incorporating numerous new exercises and research ideas for...
| Автор | Ronald Wardhaugh |
Thoroughly updated and revised, An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, 7th Edition presents a comprehensive and fully updated introduction to the study of the relationship between language and society. Building on Ronald Wardhaugh’s classic text, co-author Janet Fuller has updated this seventh edition throughout with new discussions exploring language and communities, language and interaction, and sociolinguistic variation, as well as incorporating numerous new exercises and research ideas for...
| Автор | Ronald Wardhaugh |
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!
| Автор | Ambrose Bierce |
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!
| Автор | Ambrose Bierce |
"The author of «Little Women» seeks, and not without success, to draw from her «Old-Fashioned Girl» a contrast and a moral. She presents to our view two young ladies of opposite «styles.» One is fresh and rural: the other isn't. The difference is about as great as that between the warbling of woodside birds and the jingle of one of Offenbach's tunes on a corner barrel-organ."—Book Notice from Punchinello, April 30,1870.
| Автор | Louisa May Alcott |
"The author of «Little Women» seeks, and not without success, to draw from her «Old-Fashioned Girl» a contrast and a moral. She presents to our view two young ladies of opposite «styles.» One is fresh and rural: the other isn't. The difference is about as great as that between the warbling of woodside birds and the jingle of one of Offenbach's tunes on a corner barrel-organ."—Book Notice from Punchinello, April 30,1870.
| Автор | Луиза Мэй Олкотт |
Луиза Мэй Олкотт – известная американская писательница XIX века, чьи романы читаемы и любимы до сих пор.
«Старомодная девушка» – это не просто история о кроткой девушке, которая стыдится своей внешности и невежественности. На примере главной героини романа автор показывает, что на самом деле делает девушку по-настоящему прекрасной, почему не стоит искать идеалы в мире внешнем, а пытаться их обрести внутри.
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| Автор | Луиза Мэй Олкотт |