Anton Chekhov is the greatest master of the short story. He changed the genre itself with his spare, impressionistic depictions of Russian life and the human condition. But his stories are ostensibly about living,...
Книга продолжает знакомить читателей с творчеством О.Уайльда. В сборник включены произведения разных жанров, наиболее отражающие все многообразие творчества писателя.
Chekhov is truly the grand-master of the short story. With supreme delicacy he constructs stories where the action and drama are often Implied rather than described, and which rely on the intelligence and imagination...
Selected Works of Joseph Conrad (TPB)
Lord Jim, first published in 1900, confirmed Conrad`s place in literature as one of the first `modernists` of English letters. Set in the Malay Archipelago, not only does the novel provide a gripping account of...
Тексты не адаптированы и не сокращены, поэтому Вы сможете насладиться безукоризненным стилем Эдгара По. Серия предназначена для тех, кто учит английский всерьез, кто действительно хочет знать этот красивый и...
Сборник знакомит читателя с рассказами известного американского писателя О.Генри, написанными в разные периоды творчества. Острые ситуации, в которые попадают герои, тема судьбы "маленького человека", пытающегося...
Seven of the best Lawrence stories, each turning on some facet of sexual feeling, attitude or convention. "The Prussian Officer" focuses on an aristocratic captain’s homoerotic obsession for his young orderly. "The...
В сборник включены наиболее известные произведения представителя английского неоромантизма Р.Л.Cтивенсона: `Дом на дюнах`, `Алмаз раджи`, `Странный случай с доктором Джекилем и мистером Хайдом`, `Ночлег Франсуа...
Selected Works of Virginia Woolf (HB)
The delicate artistry and lyrical prose of Woolf`s novels have established her as a writer of sensitivity and profound talent. Virginia Woolf displays genuine humanity and concern for the experiences that enrich and...
Byron was a legend in his own lifetime and the dominant influence on the Romantic movement. The most European of the English writers in an age of revolution, Byron was deeply involved in contemporary events, and a...
Selected Detective Stories (избранные рассказы)
Рассказы выдающегося мастера детективной прозы Агаты Кристи, включенные в сборник, интригуют читателя с первой минуты. Всегда неожиданные развязки психологически убедительны. В разгадке преступлений побеждает...
The educated son of a poor cotter, Burns became known for his rustic background, his fraternity with the working man, his Jacobite loyalty and his amorous entanglements. Yet his contribution to literature is immense....
The undisputed master of terror and mystery, Edgar Allan Poe was a unique inventor in fiction. In "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Black Cat" he wrote the first and best tales of terror, with "The Murders in...
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Plutarch of Chaeronea is one of the great storytellers of antiquity, a writer whose ability to create unforgettable scenes matches the grandeur of his subject matter. The heroes of his "Lives" were the great men of...
Strenously crafted and powerfully lyrical, Dylan Thomas` poetry has bewitched generations of readers. Admired and loved for their ingenuity and potency, his poems celebrate both inner and outer landscapes in the face...
Maupassant`s keenly observed short stories reveal a world of vice and virtue, passions and obsessions. Adultery, prostitution, the Franco - Prussian War, the pleasures of river and countryside, the cunning and greed...
Издательство продолжает знакомить читателя с рассказами выдающегося мастера английской прозы XX века Уильяма Сомерсета Моэма. Философское осмысление жизни, нетрадиционный взгляд на события и поступки людей, тонкие...
The undisputed master of terror and mystery, Edgar Allan Рое was a unique inventor in fiction. In "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Black Cat" he wrote the first and best tales of terror; with "The Murders in...
