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Soon to be a major TV series, airing in 2016.‘War & Peace’ is a masterpiece – an epic portrait of Russian society and its descent into the Napoleonic Wars, which has inspired love and devotion among its readers for over a century.Focusing on the lives of five aristocratic families, ‘War & Peace’ tells the story of three young people whose lives are swept along by events and changed forever: the misfit Pierre, philosophical Andrei and romantic, impulsive Natasha.Their stories play out alongside a...
| Автор | Лев Толстой |
War and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1869. The work is epic in scale and is regarded as one of the most important works of world literature. It is considered Tolstoy's finest literary achievement, along with his other major prose work Anna Karenina. This complete english version translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude was originally published in 1922. It includes all 15 books + the first and second epilogue. The Maudes are classical translators of Leo...
| Автор | Leo Tolstoy, Лев Толстой |
An alternative version – the one Tolstoy originally intended, but has been hitherto unpublished – of Russia’s most famous novel; with a different ending, fewer digressions and an altered view of Napoleon – it’s time to look afresh at one of the world’s favourite books.‘War and Peace’ is a masterpiece – a panoramic portrait of Russian society and its descent into the Napoleonic Wars which for over a century has inspired reverential devotion among its readers.This version is certain to provoke...
| Автор | Лев Толстой |
Джек Лондон, Jack London и др.
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,...
| Автор | Джек Лондон, Jack London и др. |
A little-known masterpiece, this cycle of short stories concerns life in a small town at the end of the nineteenth century and forever changed the course of American storytelling. Bittersweet and richly insightful, it reveals Sherwood Anderson's special talent for taking small moments and transforming them into timeless folk tales-a talent that inspired a generation of writers including William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, and John Steinbeck. At the center of this collection of stories...
| Автор | Sherwood Anderson |
HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Is Mr. Heathcliff a man? If so, is he mad? And if not, is he a devil?’Set on the bleak moors of Yorkshire, Lockwood is forced to seek shelter at Wuthering Heights, the home of his new landlord, Heathcliff. The intense and wildly passionate Heathcliff tells the story of his life, his all-consuming love for Catherine Earnshaw and the doomed outcome of that relationship, leading to his revenge.Poetic, complex and grand in...
| Автор | Эмили Бронте |
Io sono il Frutto della Terra che viene a presentare come sfondo principale la cultura indigena così dimenticata dalla maggior parte dei Tupiniquins. È un viaggio di conoscenza e liberazione.
| Автор | Aldivan Teixeira Torres |
Philliphe is a victorious man in every aspect of life. Nothing else can wish to be happy until something terrible happens. The new situation provokes a great revolt in your world. Lost, just stumbled onto at the thought of an innocent young man. His words are so comforting and optimistic that opens a new perspective amid so much pain. Is launched then the following challenge:Be able understand the God's will and as a consequence decipher your code?
| Автор | Aldivan Teixeira Torres |
A level 5 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West. The wind is strong on the Yorkshire moors. There are few trees, and fewer houses, to block its path. There is one house, however, that does not hide from the wind. It stands out from the hill and challenges the wind to do its worst. The house is called Wuthering Heights. When Mr Earnshaw brings a strange, small, dark child back home to Wuthering heights, it seems he has opened his doors to...
| Автор | Эмили Бронте |
«История эта давних дней – да не обделит Господь всех, кто жил в то время, и потомство их. Так вот, в те дни Америка, понимаете ли, была другой. Это была красивая страна, но если бы вы увидели ее сегодня, вы бы не поверили. Ни автобусов, ни поездов, ни штатов, ни президентов, ничего! Ничего – только колонисты, да индейцы, да дикие леса по всей стране, да дикие звери в лесах. Вы представляете, какое место? Вы, дети, теперь об этом даже не задумываетесь; вы читаете об этом в учебниках – но что...
| Автор | Стивен Бене |
«Уже пятьдесят лет в слободе находилась Миллионная улица. На ней стоял дом с деревянными ветхими воротами. Ворота были сделаны не из двух половин, а из одного дощатого настила, торцом навешенного на пару крюков. Давно умершее дерево от времени и забвения стало как бы почвой и занялось тихим мхом. Ворота открывались только водовозу – раз в неделю, – и то очень бережно, чем руководил сам хозяин. На левом столбовом упоре ворот – три железных заржавленных документа, одинаково древних…»
| Автор | Андрей Платонов |
Роман Марка Твена «Янки при дворе короля Артура» может быть с полным правом поставлен в один ряд с лучшими произведениями писателя. Эта необычная книга сочетает в себе фантастику, пародию и жизнерадостный юмор. Марк Твен просто не умел писать скучно, чему данный роман и служит прекрасным доказательством.
| Автор | Марк Твен |
