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The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin 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 | John Ruskin |
В новой редакции – классический сборник «неоспоримого лидера в новой волне современной британской словесности» (Observer), который «неизменно доказывает, что литература – лучший наркотик» (Spin). Здесь, на темной изнанке Эдинбурга, потерянные люди пытаются найти хоть какую-то опору, но жизнь каждый раз преподносит новый сюрприз: то лифт увезет на минус восемьдесят девятый этаж, то коллега-философ предложит разрешить ученую дискуссию мордобоем, а то сам Господь Бог пригрозит превратить вас в...
| Автор | Ирвин Уэлш |
| Жанр | Современная русская и зарубежная проза, Контркультура |
| Год | 2019 |
'You’ll let me do whatever I want?' How can he resist…?Why would a hot-as-hell biker put everything on the line to help the police chief's nerdy, innocent and very off-limits daughter? Simple—Summer Grant is offering Jake ‘Tiger’ Clarke something he can't refuse: her! It means playing with deliciously wicked fire, but Tiger is prepared to risk everything for what he really wants—even if it destroys them both…
| Автор | Jackie Ashenden |
Anton Chekhov, Anton Chekov и др.
In the final years of his prominent life, Chekhov moved away from the realism of his earlier tales, and developed a broader range of characters and subject matter, while forging the spare minimalist style that would inspire modern short-story writers such as Hemingway and Faulkner. The stories in this volume are indicative of this remarkable shift.
| Автор | Anton Chekhov, Anton Chekov и др. |
"The Last Trail" is the third book in Zane Grey's Ohio River Valley Trilogy, the first two being «Betty Zane» and «The Spirit of the Border» in that order. Based on historical characters «The Last Trail» is the story of Lew Wetzel and Jonathan Zane who are fast on the trail of a gang of rustlers and Ohio Valley Indians, led by Simon Girty and Bing Leggitt, to rescue a woman kidnapped from Fort Henry.
| Автор | Zane Grey |
Washington Irving,s classic tale of romantic schoolmaster Ichabod Crane and his terrifying encounter with the Headless Horseman. Author’s vivid imagery involving the wild supernatural pursuit by the Headless Horseman has sustained interest in this popular folktale through many printed editions, as well as film, stage, and musical adaptations.This book has been specially formatted for devices that support EPUB3.1.0
| Автор | Washington Irving |
"The Marble Faun", the last of the four major romances that Hawthorne wrote. It is the story of four main characters: Miriam, a beautiful painter; Hilda, an innocent copyist; Kenyon, a sculptor; and Donatello, the Count of Monti Beni. Central to the novel is a theme common to Hawthorne's work, guilt and the Fall of Man. Published in 1860, «The Marble Faun» is an unusual romance and one of the great writer's classic works.
| Автор | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
Henry James's «The Portrait of a Lady» is the story of American Isabel Archer who after inheriting a large sum of money falls victim to the scheming of two American expatriates, Gilbert Osmond and Madame Merle. Originally serialized in «The Atlantic Monthly» between 1880-1881, «The Portrait of a Lady» is the story of a free-spirited woman who affronts her destiny and in so doing ironically loses the freedom that she cherishes.
| Автор | Генри Джеймс |
Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by A. A. Milne<br><br>Belinda<br>First Plays<br>Happy Days<br>The Holiday Round<br>If I May<br>Mr. Pim Passes By<br>Not that it Matters<br>Once a Week<br>The Red House Mystery<br>Second Plays<br>The Sunny Side
| Автор | A. A. Milne |