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Скачать книгу (размер 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 156) Аннотация: The epic poem of honor and bravery written by an anonymous fourteenth-century poet, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is recognized as an equal to Chaucer's masterworks and to the great Old English poems, Beowulf included. A green-skinned knight offers the Knights of the Round Table a simple but deadly challenge a challenge taken on by the brave Sir Gawain. A challenge that will force him to choose…

Скачать книгу (размер 758 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 150) Аннотация: Beowulf is the earliest extant poem in a modern European languagea reflecting a feudal, newly Christian world of heroes and monsters, blood and victory, life and death. Its beauty, power, and artistry have kept it alive for more than thirteen centuries.

Скачать книгу (размер 3 502 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 688) Аннотация: From the early 1800s to the outbreak of World War II, this collection spans more than 100 years of literary history with 33 complete short stories by such timeless masters as Washington Irving, Mark Twain, Jack London, and William Faulkner. Reissue.