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The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

With an Introduction by Dr. Julian Wolfreys, this edition of "The Adventures & Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" contains the earliest cases of the greatest fictional detective of all time. It comprises the complete...


The Best Short Stories

With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short story. This collection displays his lively diversity, with tales that vary in...




The Great Gatsby

Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald`s finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the "roaring twenties", and a devastating expose of the "Jazz Age". Through the narration of Nick Carraway,...



The Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book

The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between him and the tiger Shere Khan, who killed Mowgli`s parents, and of the friendship between the man-cub...



The lost world & other stories

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The Return of Sherlock Holmes

` … once again Mr Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complex life of London so plentifully presents.`Evil masterminds beware! Sherlock Holmes is back!...





The Wind in the Willows (на англ. яз. )

К. Грэм

Far from fading with time, Kenneth Grahame`s classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation. Rat, Mole, Badger and the preposterous Mr Toad, have brought delight to many through the years...



Thomas Hardy: Tess of the d’Urbervilles

Set in Hardy`s Wessex, Tess of the d`Urbervilles is a moving novel of hypocrisy and double standards. Its challenging sub-title, A Pure Woman, infuriated critics when the book was first published in 1891, and it was...


Three Men in a Boat & Three Men on a Bummel

There are four of them - George, Harris, the writer himself and that dog, .Montmorency - all participants in a boating expedition on the Thames. The difficulties and vicissitudes heaped upon these innocents develop to...


Treasure Island

"Fifteen men on the dead man`s chest - Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!" Treasure Island is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck, and is perhaps the best adventure story ever written.When young...


Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Professor Aronnax, his faithful servant, Conseil, and the Canadian harpooner, Ned Land, begin an extremely hazardous voyage to rid the seas of a little-known and terrifying sea monster. However, the "monster" turns...


Wind in the Willows

Far from fading with time, Kenneth Grahame`s classic tale of fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation. Rat, Mole, Badger and the preposterous Mr Toad (with his `Poop-poop-poop` road-hogging new...


Wives and Daughters

Gaskell's last novel, widely considered her masterpiece, follows the fortunes of two families in nineteenth century rural England. At its core are family relationships - father, daughter and step-mother, father...



WWC Alice in Wonderland (Illust. by Tenniel)

This edition contains "Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland" and its sequel "Through the Looking-Glass". It is illustrated throughout by Sir John Tenniel, whose drawings for the books add so much to the enjoyment of them....