Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: After his parents die, young David Balfour goes to the house of his uncle Ebenezer. But his uncle is a dangerous man. When he puts David on a ship to America, a difficult and dangerous time begins. But who is the stranger on the ship? Can he help David?
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: After his parents die, young David Balfour goes to the house of his uncle Ebenezer. But his uncle is a dangerous man. When he puts David on a ship to America, a difficult and dangerous time begins. But who is the stranger on the ship? Can he help David?
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Why is the frightening Mr Hyde a friend of the nice Dr Jekyll? Who is the evil little man? And why does he seem to have power over the doctor? After a terrible murder, everyone is looking for Mr Hyde. But he has disappeared. Or has he?
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: 'Instantly the spirit of hell awoke in me and raged...I was suddenly struck through the heart by a cold thrill of terror.' Stevenson's short novel, published in 1886, became an instant classic. It was a Gothic horror that originated in a feverish nightmare, whose hallucinatory setting in the murky back streets of London gripped a nation mesmerized by crime and violence. The respectable doctor's…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: The respectable Doctor Jekyll has written his will, leaving all his possessions to the strange Mr. Hyde. Later, when Hyde murders an innocent man, Doctor Jekyll claims that he has broken off contact with Hyde — but a secret remains that he dares not reveal. From the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: The Oxford Bookworms Library provides superb reading and student / teacher support for the classroom, and is also highly recommended for schools running Extensive Reading Programmes, offering the right range of books that encourage students to read for pleasure. You are walking through the streets of London. It is getting dark and you want to get home quickly. You enter a narrow side-street.…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: The Oxford Bookworms Library provides superb reading and student / teacher support for the classroom, and is also highly recommended for schools running Extensive Reading Programmes, offering the right range of books that encourage students to read for pleasure. 'Suddenly, there was a high voice screaming in the darkness: «Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!» It was Long John…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: When his father dies, David Balfour discovers he has inherited the family home near Edinburgh. But his Uncle Ebenezer also wants the house and puts David on a ship to America. The story follows David’s adventures across land and sea as he learns who he can trust. With the help of his new friend, Alan Breck, can David return to Edinburgh and claim what is rightfully his? An exciting adventure…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: A world-famous classic novel is the basis for this brand-new, dramatically illustrated book. Transformed from Robert Louis Stevenson's original text into a graphic novel, this, like other «Graphic Classics» editions, makes a good introduction for young readers to the imaginative riches of literature. These books contain many extra features, including brief biographies of their authors, a list of…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Young Jim Hawkins is the son of an innkeeper. When his father dies, Jim joins the crew of a sailing ship bound from the English port of Bristol to a distant island where a fabulous pirate's treasure is buried. In each of Barron's «Graphic Classics» an English literary classic is transformed into a dramatic graphic novel with superb, atmospheric color illustrations and a finely-paced narrative.…
Скачать книгу (размер 932 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 184) Аннотация: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic features: the complete tale of the classic novel, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; more than 200 vocabulary words frequently tested on the SAT highlighted throughout the text; definitions for each highlighted word on the facing page; a word-pronunciation guide; and an index for easy reference.
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: When Jim Hawkins uncovers the key to a pirate’s treasure map he sets out on a quest to find the buried treasure with the help of pirate captain Long John Silver. Artist Tim Hamilton brings the pirates and villains to life in this graphic novel adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic.
Скачать книгу (размер 4 165 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 818) Аннотация: The complexity and range of Robert Louis Stevenson's short fiction reveals his genius perhaps more than any other medium. Here, leading Stevenson scholar Barry Menikoff arranges and introduces the complete selection of Stevenson's brilliant stories, including the famed masterpiece «Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde», as well as «The Beach of Falesa» and Stevenson's previously uncollected…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate «reader friendly» type sizes have been chosen for each title — offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords. A fierce war rages between…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: The 64 poems in “A Child's Garden of Verses” are a masterly evocation of childhood from the author of “Treasure Island” and “Kidnapped”. They are full of delightful irony, wit and the fantasy worlds of childhood imagination, and introduce for the first time the Land of Nod. But they are also touched with a genuine and gentle pathos at times as they recall a world which seems so far away from us…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Classic adventure story of a perilous sea journey, a mutiny led by the infamous Long John Silver, and a lethal scramble for buried treasure — seen through the eyes of cabin boy Jim Hawkins.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: In seeking to discover his inner self, the brilliant Dr Jekyll discovers a monster. First published to critical acclaim in 1886, this mesmerising thriller is a terrifying study of the duality of man's nature. This volume also includes Stevenson's 1887 collection of short stories, «The Merry Men» and Other Tales and Fables. «The Merry Men» is a gripping Highland tale of shipwrecks and madness;…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Set in Scotland in 1751, Kidnapped tells of how young David Balfour, orphaned, and betrayed by his uncle Ebenezer who should have been his guardian, falls in with Alan Breck, the unscrupulous but heroic champion of the Jacobite cause.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 126 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 222) Аннотация: When young, innocent David Balfour leaves his father's grave site to claim his inheritance, he finds himself in a deadly nightmare that's all too real. David and his friend Alan are locked together in a desperate race toward freedom, safety--and Balfour's revenge. This exciting adventure has captivated generations of readers since its publication in 1886.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate «reader friendly» type sizes have been chosen for each title — offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords. This edition of «Strange…