Скачать книгу (размер 5 976 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1173) Аннотация: Convenient and inexpensive, this box set features a dozen of the Bard's most popular dramas. Unabridged texts of Hamlet, Richard III, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, Othello, King Lear, Julius Caesar, and Much Ado About Nothing.
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Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Extravagant in concept, exuberant in spirit, elaborate in design, Baroque art and architecture flourished in 17th-century Europe. These engravings by a noted French artist perfectly embody the Baroque sensibility through architectural ornaments, decorative motifs, lush florals and foliates, borders, and other striking design elements. 46 illustrations.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: This intriguing combination of fantasy thriller and moral allegory depicts the gripping struggle of two opposing personalities — one essentially good, the other evil — for the soul of one man. Its tingling suspense and intelligent and sensitive portrayal of man's dual nature reveal Stevenson as a novelist of great skill and originality.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Wilde's scintillating drawing-room comedy revolves around a blackmail scheme that forces a married couple to reexamine their moral standards. A supporting cast of young lovers, society matrons, and a formidable femme fatale exchange sparkling repartee, keeping the action of the play at a lively pace.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Witty and buoyant comedy of manners is brilliantly plotted from its effervescent first act to its hilarious denouement, and filled with some of literature's most famous epigrams. Widely considered Wilde's most perfect work, the play is reprinted here from an authoritative early British edition. Note to the Dover Edition.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: When two sisters appear to be deserted by the young men they had intended to marry, the stage is set for a delicious comedy of manners that not only showcases Austen's perception, humor and incomparable prose, but offers a splendid glimpse of upper and middle-class English society of the early 19th century.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: A kind-hearted and idealistic youth enters the grasping Parisian society of the 1820s, where his education in the realities and costs of city life begin among the residents of a shabby but respectable boardinghouse. Acclaimed by Leslie Stephen as «the modern King Lear,» it offers a timeless view of the tragedies behind the prosaic details of everyday life.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Nine memorable classics, characterized by ironic twists of plot, include «Ball of Fat,» regarded by many as technically one of the finest short stories ever written, «The Necklace,» «A Piece of String,» «Mme. Tellier's Establishment,» «Mademoiselle Fifi,» «Miss Harriet,» «A Way to Wealth,» «My Uncle Jules» and «The Horla.»
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Humorous gems by one of the masters of modern drama, including The Anniversary, a frenetic, behind-the-scenes look at the goings-on in a bank; An Unwilling Martyr, a humorous recital of an overburdened man's chores and obligations; as well as The Wedding, The Bear, and The Proposal.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Supreme masterpiece recounts in feverish, compelling tones the story of Raskolnikov, an impoverished student tormented by his own thoughts after he brutally murders an old woman. Overwhelmed afterwards by guilt and terror, Raskolnikov confesses and goes to prison. There he realizes that happiness and redemption can only be achieved through suffering.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: A teenage girl without money or connections leaves her small town in search of a better life in Dreiser's revolutionary first novel. The chronicle of Carrie Meeber's rise from obscurity to fame — and the effects of her progress on the men who use her and are used in turn — aroused much controversy upon its debut in 1900.
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Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Declared by their author to be a chapter in the moral history of Ireland, this collection of 15 tales offers vivid, tightly focused observations of the lives of Dublin's poorer classes. A fine and accessible introduction to the work of one of the 20th century's most influential writers, it includes a masterpiece of the short-story genre, «The Dead.»
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Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Among the most popular of all Shakespeare's comedies, this play humorously celebrates the vagaries of love. With its several pairs of lovers, on-again, off-again romances, magic spells, fairies, and a bumbling troupe of would-be actors, the play continues to enchant audiences. Unabridged reprint of an authoritative British edition, complete with explanatory footnotes.
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