The Happy Prince and Other Stories. Оскар Уайльд, Oscar Wilde Yet, as this collection admirably shows, he was also a poet, dreamer and, above all, born storyteller. Urbane, dandyish, sardonic - the popular image of Oscar Wilde does not immediately conjure up a writer of enchanting fairy tales. Others include
Frankenstein Or, The Modern Prometheus. Мэри Шелли, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain of events that brings Victor himself to the very brink. The epic battle between man and monster reaches
Macbeth. Уильям Шекспир, William Shakespeare But in so doing, he has upset the natural order and cannot hope to prosper. Encouraged by his ambitious wife and the prophecy of the witches, Macbeth, a noble warrior, slays Duncan the king and seizes the throne for himself. Из серии:
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Selected Tales. Эдгар Аллан По, Edgar Allan Poe In "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Black Cat" he wrote the first and best tales of terror; with "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and his fictional detective M. The undisputed master of terror and mystery, Edgar Allan Рое was a unique
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Three Men On The Bummel. Klapka Jerome, Клапка Джером Джером Из серии: Penguin Popular Classics
1994. Some time after their eventful trip on the river, chronicled in "Three men in a boat", the same three men suffer a renewed attack of itchy feet and decide to take off on a "bummel".
North and South. Элизабет Гаскелл Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the industrial town of Milton, Margaret becomes aware of the poverty and suffering of the local mill workers and develops a passionate sense of social justice. When her father leaves the
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Артур Конан Дойл, Arthur Conan Doyle Aided by his faithful friend Dr Watson he uses his razor-sharp wit and remarkable powers of deduction to solve the seemingly unsolvable. What is the secret of the speckled band that brings death in its wake? What terrible villainy is going on
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A Tale of Two Cities. Чарльз Диккенс, Charles Dickens There two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the
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Moll Flanders. Daniel Defoe, Даниэль Дефо She duly embarks on a career that includes husband-hunting, incest, bigamy, prostitution and pick-pocketing, until her crimes eventually catch up with her. Born and abandoned in Newgate Prison, Moll Flanders is forced to make her own way in life.
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Heart of Darkness. Джозеф Конрад The darkness he encounters is both moral and physical: Mr Kurtz, the agent dealing in ivory whom he is to meet, is the embodiment of corruption, decay and exploitation. In this haunting tale, Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his experiences
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Fanny Hill: Or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. Джон Клеланд The moral outrage that this has always provoked has only recently been countered by serious critical appraisal. Fanny`s story, as she falls into prostitution and then rises to respectability, takes the form of a confession that is coloured by
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The Secret Garden. Фрэнсис Ходсон Бернетт Из серии: Penguin Popular Classics
2007. The story of an unhappy little girl, her invalid cousin, and the healing power of friendship and love.
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The Thirty-Nine Steps. John Buchan An obvious suspect for the police and an easy target for the killers, Hannay goes on the run in his native Scotland, where he must use all his wits to stay one step ahead of the game - and warn the government before it is too late. Adventurer
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Northanger Abbey. Джейн Остин Decrepit castles, locked rooms, mysterious chests, cryptic notes, and tyrannical fathers give the story an uncanny air, but one with a decidedly satirical twist. A wonderfully entertaining coming-of-age story, Northanger Abbey is often referred to
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Mansfield Park. Джейн Остин, Jane Austen Growing up with her cousins Tom, Edmund, Maria and Julia, she is aware that she is different from them and that her place in society cannot be taken for granted, although she is not treated unkindly. At the age of ten, shy, vulnerable Fanny Price
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The Worst Witch Strikes Again. Джилл Мерфи, Murphy Jill Из серии: The Worst Witch
2007. It`s the summer term at Miss Cackle`s Academy for Witches and disaster-prone Mildred Hubble is in deep trouble yet again - and all because of the new girl, Enid Nightshade, who isn`t nearly as angelic as she
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Smith. Leon Garfield But one day his pick-pocketing was to lead him into a sinister and dangerous web of murder, intrigue and betrayal. Young Smith was a pickpocket - a very accomplished one. 2004.
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Mr Majeika. Humphrey Carpenter Mr Majeika can behave just like any ordinary teacher if he wants to, but something has to be done about Hamish Bigmore, the class nuisance, and so he uses a little magic to turn him into a frog. As a rule, magic carpets don`t turn up in schools,
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Junk. Берджес Мелвин, Melvin Burgess This tour de force by an acclaimed and provocative writer should become a definitive teenage novel on this subject. This is an uncompromising, compelling and true-to-life story of two teenagers drawn into the dangerous and destructive world of
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Playway To English 3Flash Cards. Gunter Gerngross, Herbert Puchta Pupils acquire English through play, music and Total Physical Response, providing them with a fun and dynamic language learning experience. Playway to English Second edition is a new version of the popular four-level course for teaching English to
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Playway To English 1. Pupil`s Book. Gunter Gerngross, Herbert Puchta English is acquired through play, which means children learn the language and have lots of fun at the same time. This colourful four-level course is for very young learners aged 5-7 years. At Levels 1 and 2 children learn to use English
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Playway to English. Level 1. Cards Pack. Gunter Gerngross, Herbert Puchta Pupils acquire English through play, music and Total Physical Response, providing them with a fun and dynamic language learning experience. Playway to English Second edition is a new version of the popular four-level course for teaching English to
The Prince and the Pauper. Марк Твен, Mark Twain Their birthdays and their faces match, but there the likeness stops. Tom Canty and Edward Tudor could have been identical twins. But fate intervenes, and their identities become confused. For Edward is prince, heir to King Henry VIII of England,
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The Odyssey. Гомер This book describes the epic journey of Odysseus, the hero of Ancient Greece. After ten years of war, Odysseus turns his back on Troy and sets sail for home. 1997. But his voyage takes another ten years and he must face many dangers - Polyphemus
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Green R Tale Of Troy. Roger Lancelyn Green 1994. This book tells the story of Helen and the judgement of Paris, of the gathering Heroes and the seige of Troy; of Achilles and his vulnerable heel, reared by the Centaur on wild honey and the marrow of lions; of Odysseus, the last of the
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The Extraordinary Cases of Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle In some of his best known cases including `The Speckled Band` and `The Reigate Puzzle`, Holmes brings his unique powers of deduction to bear on the most challenging mysteries. Through the foggy streets of Victoria London to the deepest countryside,
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Sindbad the Sailor and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights. N.J. Dawood Originating in Persia, India and Arabia, they were the daily entertainment of the common people. This book presents some of the best-loved stories in the world. This collection includes the voyages of "Sindbad the Sailor", "Ali Baba and the Forty
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Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights The ragamuffin Aladdin finds an old lamp which makes his fortune; a prince disappears on a flying horse; a falcon proves wiser than a king . Lively tales of magic and trickery, retold from the original Arabic. . . Complete and unabridged. These
Oxford Heroes 2 Work Book. Tamzin Thompson Every unit of Oxford Heroes is divided into three complete lessons, providing a clear progression from new language to skills work. Oxford Heroes takes students from high-starter to intermediate level. Balanced syllabus develops all four skills
Oxford Placement Test 1 . Dave Allan Key features: * A reliable and efficient means of grading and placing students into classes. Placement test pack which provides an easy, practical way of grading students. * The tests are divided into two sections: a Listening Test (ten minutes)
The Oxford Illustrated History of Opera The core of the book is a historical survey of opera, from its beginnings in Florence four hundred years ago, up to opera in the 1990s. In this lavishly illustrated volume the history and social context of opera is explored by a group of leading
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Oxford English Picture Dictionary. E.C. Parnwell 1977. Students, from beginner to intermediate level, learning English as a foreign language, will benefit from this dictionary, which contains 80 topic illustrations introducing over 2000 of the most frequently used English words.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary (+ СD). Colin McIntosh, Ben Francis Which words usually go together? This dictionary shows you the common word combinations (collocations) that are essential for natural-sounding British and American English. The dictionary that helps students write and speak natural-sounding
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The Ultimate Book of Famous People. Various Arranged in themes and chronologically, all the family will enjoy The Ultimate Book of Famous People. This riveting book tells the stories of people who have influenced the course of history over the last 2000 years: statesmen, scientists,
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The Oxford Book of Bible Stories. Berlie Doherty Their lives are played out in turbulent times against the drama of great floods, plagues, journeys, and battles. The Old Testament reveals the lives of many families across the generations and tells the stories of many unforgettable men and women.