Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Virgil's epic tale tells the story of Aeneas, a Trojan hero, who abandons his city after its fall, taking with him his father Anchises and his little son Ascanius, for Aeneas is destined to found Rome and father the Roman race. On his journey Aeneas must prove his worth and attain the maturity necessary for such an illustrious task. He battles terrifying storms, encounters the fearsome Cyclops,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 911 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 376) Аннотация: As the scion of one of New York's leading families, Newland Archer has been born into a life of sumptuous privilege and strict duty. Sensitive and intelligent, he respects the rigid social codes of his class, and is thankful that his forthcoming marriage to May Welland is to 'one of his own kind'. But the arrival of the Countess Olenska, a free spirit who breathes clouds of European…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 911 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 376) Аннотация: Presented together in one volume, here are two of the greatest and most popular animal stories ever written. Even to designate them 'animal stories' seems to undervalue them since these tremendous works are so much more than mere children's tales. The Call of the Wild tells how Buck, a domestic dog, is kidnapped from California to pull sleds in the Arctic wastes. In the second story, White Fang,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: A Christmas Carol was an overnight success when first published in 1843, and was followed by two further Christmas books, The Chimes and The Cricket on the Hearth, also included in this volume. But A Christmas Carols Ebenezer Scooge is one of Dickenss most unforgettable characters, a miserable skinflint without equal. Even he, however, can be redeemed by the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and…
Скачать книгу (размер 6 440 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1264) Аннотация: Dicken's tale of David Copperfield follows him from birth through to his successful career as a novelist. The novel boasts a famously rich cast of outlandish characters: the glamorous Steerforth, the cheerful Mr Micawber, the villainous Uriah Heep and David's eccentric aunt Betsy Trotwood, among others. Dickens described this energetic and enjoyable novel as his 'favourite child' and it is easy…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 580 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 311) Аннотация: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a masterpiece of Victorian literature and one of the most potent and enduring of modern myths. Why has Dr Jekyll begun to associate with the ugly and violent Mr Hyde? When Jekyll's friend Utterson tries to solve this mystery he uncovers a horrific story of murder and suffering which leads eventually to the terrible revelation of Mr Hyde's true…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 280) Аннотация: Frankenstein is the most famous novel by Mary Shelley: a dark Faustian parable of science misused that was an immediate success on its publication in 1818. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but wayward scientist, builds a human from dead flesh and then, horrified at what he has done, abandons his creation. The creature, an outcast because of his appearance, learns language and becomes civilized,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 993 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 392) Аннотация: Grimms' Fairy Tales have entertained children and adults for the past two centuries, and have become part of our common heritage. These stories about Tom Thumb, Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin and the Frog Prince stimulate the imagination and the heart and linger at the back of our minds for a lifetime. They are funny, disturbing, wise and compassionate; they speak of joy and terror, happiness and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Jonathan Swift's masterpiece is the finest satire in the English language. Lemuel Gulliver's adventures with the tiny inhabitants of Lilliput and the giants of Brobdingnag are familiar from modern abridged adaptations, but the scientists and philosophers of Laputa, the intelligent, horselike Houyhnhnms and the bestial Yahoos provide further opportunities for Swift to satirise society in a manner…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 156 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 424) Аннотация: The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of Doyle's best-known Holmes novels, frequently adapted for film and television, which is not surprising given the highly dramatic scenes of mist-wrapped moors echoing to the horrific howls of a supernatural hound. Is this a genuinely devilish apparition or is there a cunning murderer at work? Only Sherlock Holmes can solve the mystery. This volume also…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 824 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 359) Аннотация: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn began life as a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer but is now seen in its own right as one of the most important of all American novels. Rather than be 'sivilized' by the Widow Douglas, Huckleberry Finn and Jim, an escaped slave, set off to find freedom on the Mississippi. Their adventures teach them much about the society in which they live, and the book…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 380 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 664) Аннотация: A tremendous, emotionally stirring tragedy, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame features one of literature's most striking creations Quasimodo, the hideously deformed bellringer of Notre-Dame de Paris during the turbulent final years of the fifteenth century. Rejected by all but the priest Claude Frollo, Quasimodo rescues the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, condemned for a crime she did not commit, and brings…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 758 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 542) Аннотация: The Iliad narrates the events of the siege of Troy, prompted by Greek outrage at the abduction by Paris of Helen from her Greek husband. It describes the anger of Achilles which results in the death of Patroclus, and Achilles' quest for brutal vengeance on Hector. Even though it was composed more than two thousand years ago The Iliad remains both powerful and enthralling.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 461 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 680) Аннотация: Ivanhoe, first published in 1819, is a spellbinding tale of adventure, chivalry and romance set in twelfth-century England where the Saxons are in conflict with the occupying Normans. Young Wilfred of Ivanhoe, disinherited by his father for wanting to marry his father's ward Rowena, is wounded in a tournament and nursed back to health by the beautiful Rebeccca, who is later accused of being a…
Скачать книгу (размер 881 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 174) Аннотация: These twelve magical tales tell, among other things, how the camel got his hump, the leopard his spots, the elephant his trunk, how the alphabet was made and how a butterfly caused mayhem at the court of King Solomon when he stamped. The Just So Stories are one of the enduring classics of children's literature, not only for their wit, enchantment and language but also for Kipling's own…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 681 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 527) Аннотация: This epic tale of American frontier life is set in the period when the French and the British fought for control of the continent and while native American tribes still had considerable power and influence. En route to their father's fort, Cora and Alice Munro are betrayed by their Iroquois guide. Their companion Duncan Heyward enlists the support of the scout Hawkeye and his friends, who attempt…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 661 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 327) Аннотация: One of the best loved classic children's stories, Little Women is a robust evocation of family life whose appeal transcends boundaries of time and age, making it as popular with adults as it is with younger readers.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 972 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 584) Аннотация: Mansfield Park is a novel about town and country, surface dazzle and lasting values. Fanny Price, a poor relation, is brought up at the wealthy Bertrams' country house and fallls for Edmund, the younger son. Their lives are disrupted, however, by the arrival of the worldly Mary Crawford and her brother Henry. With her usual psychological insight and attention to detail, Jane Austen paints an…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 910 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 768) Аннотация: On board the whaling ship Pequod a crew of wise men and fools, renegades and seeming phantoms is hurled through treacherous seas by a crazed captain hell-bent on hunting down the mythic White Whale. Melville transforms the little world of the whale-ship into a crucible where mankind's fears, faith and frailties are pitted against a relentless fate. Teeming with ideas and imagery, and with its…
Скачать книгу (размер 6 236 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1224) Аннотация: Nicholas Nickleby is one of Dickens's early novels, a popular melodrama with a rich list of characters. When his father dies penniless, Nicholas Nickleby, his mother and his sister Kate are thrown on the mercy of his corrupt uncle Ralph Nickleby. Sent away to teach at the infamous Dotheboys Hall, run by the sadistic Wackford Squeers, Nicholas eventually absconds, but not before rescuing the poor…