Повести Л. Н. Толстого «ДЕТСТВО», «ОТРОЧЕСТВО» и «ЮНОСТЬ» [1852–1864] составляют своеобразную трилогию, в которой автобиографические элементы соединяются с постановкой нравственных и социальных проблем. Отдельные эпизоды жизни Николеньки Иртенева: детские игры, первая охота и первая влюбленность, смерть матери, отношения с друзьями, балы и учеба, – составляют историю взросления и становления личности. Главная цель писателя – исследование внутреннего мира человека, поиски смысла жизни,...
Казалось бы, самое обычное уголовное дело – убийство в подвале жилого дома. Чистой воды «бытовуха». Однако копнув чуть глубже, оперативный сотрудник натыкается на целый шлейф социальных проблем, на явные дыры в российском законодательстве, создающие благоприятные условия для организации преступных групп новой формации…
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Традиции празднования Рождества складывались и хранились веками. Дети славили Христа со звездою, молодежь устраивала колядки, помогали бедным, чтобы никто не остался без праздника и рождественских подарков. Традиции передаются от поколения к поколению, у нас же распалась связь времен. С духовным возрождением утрата традиций ощущается острее, восполнить этот пробел помогают произведения русских писателей.
Жизнь взаймы. Жизнь, когда не жаль ничего, потому что терять, в сущности, уже нечего.
Это – любовь на грани обреченности.
Это – роскошь на грани разорения.
Это – веселье на грани горя и риск на грани гибели.
Будущего – нет. Смерть – не слово, а реальность.
Жизнь продолжается. Жизнь прекрасна!..
A short story by Jane Gardam from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre.In ‘It’s a Man’s Life, Ladies’, a young woman tells the story of her grandmother’s memories of married life.Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader, I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontë’s game-changing novel and its beloved narrator.
A short story by Helen Dunmore from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre.In ‘Grace Poole Her Testimony’, Grace Poole defends Bertha Mason and calls the general opinion of Jane Eyre into question.Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader, I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontë’s game-changing novel and its beloved...
A short story by Salley Vickers from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre.In ‘Reader, She Married Me’ Mr Rochester reveals a long-kept secret.Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontë’s game-changing novel and its beloved narrator.
A contemporary collection of stories by one of France’s finest writers.Revered by key literary figures including as Balzac and Mérimée, Stendhal is best known for his novels, but his shorter works were just as powerful. In this brand new translation, Susan Ashe brings his greatest Italian stories to the modern reader, whilst staying true to Stendhal’s style and brilliance.The collection includes:– The Abbess of Castro- Vittoria Accordamboni- The Cenci- Along with accompanying essays by Charles...
A wonderful comic novel from the bestselling author of ‘Eats Shoots & Leaves’.Belinda Johansson is a woman frantic, overwhelmed by the demands of work and home. Having it all? Pah. Belinda doesn't want any of it. Deep in research for her magnum opus – a definitive account of the doppelgänger in classic gothic fiction – she fails to notice the echoes of these ghoulish tales disturbingly close at hand. For not only is the cleaning lady taking over her life, but the identity of her husband, Stefan,...
A short story by Francine Prose from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre.‘The Mirror’ boldly imagines Jane Eyre’s married life after the novel ends.Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader, I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontë’s game-changing novel and its beloved narrator.
One of the great hidden gems of the past decade.Written in brief entries from ‘Ambition’ to ‘Zzzzz’ Salway's confident debut novel chronicles the existential ups and downs of British 20-something Verity Bell.The alphabetically arranged mini-chapters make for an inventive and episodic narrative, as Verity muses on her career (A is for Attitude: «I work as a secretary in the media… something I don't always talk about because some people seem to think I'm showing off»), her friendship with the...