Agnes Grey = Агнес Грей: роман на англ.яз
Agnes Grey was an 1847 novel based on her experience. At age 19 Anne Bronte left home and worked as a governess for a few years before becoming a writer. Bronte depicts the precarious position of a governess and how...
Au Bonheur Des Dames = Дамское счастье: роман на франц.яз
Эмиль Золя - признанный классик французской литературы XIX века. В романе "Дамское счастье" писатель не прост рисует судьбу новой Золушки и ее "принца", но и размышляет на тему настоящей любви, дружбы, упрямства и...
Best Ghost Stories = Рассказы о привидениях
Interest in supernatural phenomena was high during Charles Dickens lifetime. He had always loved a good ghost story himself, particularly at Christmas time, and was open-minded, willing to accept, and indeed put to...
Best Short Stories (Мопассан. Лучшие рассказы)
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...
Bestsellers 1: Happy Prince SB
The eyes of The Happy Prince were full of tears. He was so sad and beautiful that the little swallow was sad, too. `Who are you?` asked the little swallow. `I am the Happy Prince`, the statue answered. `But you aren`t...
In a unique creative experiment, Dickens divides the narrative between his heroine, Esther Summerson, who is psychologically interesting in her own right, and an unnamed narrator whose perspective both complements and...
Джейн Эйр воспитывалась в сиротском приюте. И это закалило ее характер. Она знает, что должна рассчитывать только на себя, если хочет чего-то добиться в этой жизни. Девушка устраивается гувернанткой в семью богатого и...
Canterville Ghost, the (Level 1) +audio
Penguin Readers is a graded reading series for English Language Teaching (ELT) markets, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign or second language.With carefully adapted text, new...
Оскар Фингал О`Флаэрти Уиллс Уайльд (1854-1900) - выдающийся английский писатель ирландского происхождения, крупнейшая фигура европейского декаданса. Снискал мировую известность как драматург, прозаик, поэт и критик....
Christmas Stories = Рождественские истории
Чарльз Диккенс - один из самых известных писателей Англии XIX века. "Рождественские истории" неспроста полюбились и взрослым, и юным читателям во всём мире. Уютные, поучительные рассказы о добре и зле, о встречах с...
Christmas Stories II = Рождественские истории II: на англ.яз
Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. The Chimes is his novella that concerns the disillusionment of Toby "Trotty" Veck, a poor working-class man. Trotty has lost his faith in humanity and believes...
Christmas Stories. The Cricket on the Hearth
It is the story of John Peerybingle and his family who are visited by a guardian angel in the form of a cricket who is constantly chirping on their hearth. A delightfully fantastic story, The Cricket on the Hearth was...
Christmas Stories IV = Рождественские истории IV: на англ.яз
Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. The setting of The Rattle of Life is an English village that stands on the site of a historic battle. Some characters refer to the battle as a metaphor for the...
Christmas Carols = Рождественские колядки. (Рождественские истории). (пер.)
Including the most popular in the west of England, and the airs to which they are sung. Also specimens of French provincial carols.
