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Northanger Abbey

Джейн Остин

Northanger Abbey

"Northanger Abbey" was one of the first novels that Jane Austen wrote, however it was not published until 1818, after her death. It is the story of Catherine Morland who travels to Bath to stay with a family friend for several weeks. While there she meets the Tilney siblings who live at the estate from which the book takes its title, Northanger Abbey. Catherine's naiveté gets her into all sorts of trouble when she goes to stay with the Tilney's at their estate. «Northanger Abbey»...

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Джейн Остин

Pierre & Jean

Guy de Maupassant

Pierre & Jean

Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was an admired 19th century French writer. He became one of the leading artists since Gustave Flaubert and is considered to be one of the fathers of the modern short story. Maupassant's stories are characterized by their wealth of style, clever plotting and effortless resolutions. Considered Maupassant's greatest novel, «Pierre and Jean» is vivid, satirical, and emotionally profound. The Roland brothers, Pierre and Jean, have always been driven by...

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Guy de Maupassant

John Barleycorn

Jack London

John Barleycorn

"John Barleycorn" by Jack London. 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 accessible to everyone...

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Jack London

Pierre & Jean

Guy de Maupassant

Pierre & Jean

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Guy de Maupassant

She

H. Rider Haggard, Haggard Haggard

She

H. Rider Haggard’s “She” was wildly popular when first published in England in 1887. The novel follows Leo Vancey and Horace Holly on an expedition to Africa as they encounter many serious and dangerous trials, including shipwreck, sickness, and hostile natives, before discovering a legendary lost city in a system of underground caverns. It is here that they meet Ayesha, or She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, a white queen who is wise, beautiful, terrible in her love, and two thousand years old. Ayesha is a...

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H. Rider Haggard, Haggard Haggard

The Double

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Double

While his literary reputation rests mainly on such celebrated novels as Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and The Idiot, Dostoyevsky also wrote much superb short fiction. The Double is one of the finest of his shorter works. It appeared in 1846 (his second published work) and is by far the most significant of his early stories, not least for its successful, straight-faced treatment of a hallucinatory theme.In The Double, the protagonist, Golyadkin senior, is persecuted by his double,...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Double

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Double

First published in 1846, Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novella «The Double» is a classic doppelgänger and the second major work published by the author. It is the story of Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, a government clerk who believes that a fellow clerk has taken over his identity and is determined to bring about his ruin. Considered the most Gogolesque of Dostoyevsky's works, the novella brilliantly depicts Golyadkin's descent into madness in a way that is hauntingly poetic. «The Double»...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

A level 5 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West. In a gloomy, neglected house Miss Havisham sits, as she has sat year after year, in a wedding dress and veil that were once white, and are now faded and yellow with age. Her face is like a death’s head; her dark eyes burn with bitterness and hate. By her side sits a proud and beautiful girl, and in front of her, trembling with fear in his thick country boots, stands young Pip. Miss Havisham stares...

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Charles Dickens

Klick, Fathers and Sons

Milam Smith

Klick, Fathers and Sons

Klick just can't seem to catch a break, or when he does, it's the kind of break that could kill him. The Cowtown Texas private detective finds himself back in his shrink's office trying to figure it all out. Dealing with his divorce, old loves and new, favors for friends, Klick meanders from getting the dirt for the cheated to protecting a movie star to hunting a possible serial killer. Klick, Fathers and Sons is the second novel featuring Fort Worth private 'dick'...

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Milam Smith

Northanger Abbey

Джейн Остин

Northanger Abbey

The story's heroine, seventeen year old Catherine Morland, is invited by her neighbours, the Allens, to accompany them to visit Bath for a number of weeks. While, initially, the excitement of experiencing such a place was dampened by her lack of other acquaintances, she is soon introduced to an intriguing young gentleman named Henry Tilney, though her attention was quickly taken upon meeting a young lady named Isabella Thorpe. Isabella tries to make a match between Catherine and her brother...

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Джейн Остин

Peter Pan

J. M. Barrie

Peter Pan

Peter Pan — a little boy who doesn't want to grow up — has run off to Never-Never Land where he becomes the leader of a wild tribe of Lost Boys. This amazing fantasy land is also home to Tinker Bell the fairy, the Indian princess Tiger Lily, and a ragtag band of pirates led by Peter's longtime enemy, Captain Hook.Somewhere along the way, Peter manages to lose his shadow, and while searching for it, meets the Darling children — who immediately become his...

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J. M. Barrie

Klick, Fathers and Sons

Milam Smith

Klick, Fathers and Sons

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Milam Smith

Peter Pan

J. M. Barrie

Peter Pan

Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A mischievous boy who can fly and never ages, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland…

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J. M. Barrie

She

Haggard Haggard

She

This adventure story, wildly popular when first published in England in 1887, follows Leo Vancey and Horace Holly on an expedition to Africa. They encounter many serious and dangerous trials, including shipwreck, sickness, and hostile natives, before discovering a legendary lost city in a system of underground caverns. It is here that they meet Ayesha, or She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, a white queen who is wise, beautiful, terrible in her love, and two thousand years old. Ayesha is a mythologically...

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Haggard Haggard

The Blithedale Romance

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Blithedale Romance

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

Клиент всегда прав, клиент всегда л...

Виктор Мельников

Клиент всегда прав, клиент всегда лох

Роман «Клиент всегда прав, клиент всегда лох» – это сага непростого человеческого бытия, в котором нет места для порядка и цензуры. Как есть. И без ответа, что будет. Ложь и правда – самые наиважнейшие на сегодняшний день темы. В мире, когда происходят информационные войны, а желание потреблять преобладает над разумом, не добро и зло, как мы привыкли, воюют между собой, – ложь и правда выходят вперёд в смертельной схватке. Они определяют будущее, за кем пойдёт общество…

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Виктор Мельников

Eight Cousins

Louisa May Alcott

Eight Cousins

When Rose Campbell, a shy orphan, arrives at «The Aunt Hill» to live with her six aunts and seven boisterous male cousins, she is quite overwhelmed. How could such a delicate young lady, used to the quiet hallways of a girls' boarding school, exist in such a spirited home? It is the arrival of Uncle Alec that changes everything. Much to the horror of her aunts, Rose's forward-thinking uncle insists that the child get out of the parlor and into the sunshine. And with a little courage...

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Louisa May Alcott

Mansfield Park

Джейн Остин

Mansfield Park

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘I pay very little regard…to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.’Humble and lowly, a young Fanny Price goes to live with her wealthy Aunt and Uncle at their grand house, Mansfield Park. Growing up with her privileged and spoilt cousins, the Bertrams, she lives in the shadows of their...

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Джейн Остин

The Blithedale Romance

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Blithedale Romance

Set on a communal farm called Blithedale, «The Blithedale Romance» is the story of four inhabitants of the commune: Hollingsworth, a misogynist philanthropist obsessed with turning Blithedale into a colony for the reformation of criminals; Zenobia, a passionate feminist; Priscilla, who turns out to be Zenobia's half-sister; and Miles Coverdale, the narrator of the story. The story concerns the freindship of the four at the commune, which starts intensely during the spring and summer but as...

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

Герой нашего времени

Михаил Лермонтов

Герой нашего времени

Роман «Герой нашего времени» – одна из вершин русской прозы первой половины XIX в. Воспринятый современниками М.Ю. Лермонтова как «странный», роман побуждает все новые и новые поколения читателей искать решения его загадкам.

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Михаил Лермонтов

Дурные дети Перестройки

Кир Шаманов

Дурные дети Перестройки

Кир Шаманов – художник, писатель, автор проектов «0 рублей», «GOP-ART», «Tadjiks-Art», представляет сборник весёлых и страшных новелл, объединённых в одном полубиографическом повествовании. Книга публикуется в авторской редакции. Издательство не несёт ответственности за информацию, публикуемую автором.

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Кир Шаманов

Герой нашего времени

Михаил Лермонтов

Герой нашего времени

“Герой нашего времени” – единственный законченный роман М.Ю. Лермонтова. Отдельные части романа были опубликованы в “Отечественных записках” в 1839, а полностью был издан в 1840 году. “Герой нашего времени” одна из вершин русской прозы первой половины XIX в. Воспринятый современниками М.Ю. Лермонтова как «странный», роман побуждает все новые и новые поколения читателей искать решения его загадкам.Kнига содержит биографию автора, предисловие к роману, список книг а также очерк “Кавказец”.Эта...

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Михаил Лермонтов

LATIN FOR BEGINNERS

BENJAMIN L. D’OOGE

LATIN FOR BEGINNERS

D'Ooge designed this beginners grammar to prepare the student for reading Caesar. The grammar consists of seventy-nine lessons divided into three parts. The lessons are very well structured, gradually introducing new vocabulary and grammar. There is plenty of acummulative knowledge, meaning that you don´t forget what you learnt in previous lessons. Things keep popping back to refresh your memory.

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BENJAMIN L. D’OOGE

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy's second to last novel, «Tess of the d'Urbervilles» is the story of Teresa «Tess» Durbeyfield. The plot of the novel is set in motion when a local parson mentions that the Durbeyfields are actually related to the noble family the d'Urbervilles. Trying to capitalize on this knowledge the Durbeyfields send a reluctant Tess to work at the d'Urbervilles estate. There the tragic fate of Tess ensues. «Tess of the d'Urbervilles» challenged the sexual mores of the...

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Thomas Hardy

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