When the elderly Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed, he has little idea of the repercussions to come, for the secret he reveals involves the mysterious Lydia Gwilt: flamed-hair temptress, bigamist, laudanum addict and husband-poisoner. This traditional melodrama also considers the modern theme of the role of women in society.

The Woodlanders, with its thematic portrayal of the role of social class, gender, and evolutionary survival, as well as its insights into the capacities and limitations of language, exhibits Hardy’s acute awareness of his era’s most troubling dilemmas.

Автор: Бердяев Николай, «Трагедия и обыденность»: В нашем новом проекте вы найдете как книги из «золотого фонда» классической литературы, так и редкие, почти забытые, произведения авторов, оставшихся в тени своих великих современников. Эти книги не утратили самобытной актуальности, сегодня, как и сто лет назад, они определяют пути русской культуры, ищут ответы на «проклятые вопросы». Без этих книг невозможно понять кто мы, кем мы были, куда движемся. Мы отобрали для вас самые важные тексты классиков, представили их в наиболее полных редакциях, без каких либо сокращений и цензурных изъятий, и составили серию RUGRAM-КЛАССИКА. Вашему вниманию представляется книга Николая Бердяева «Трагедия и обыденность».

Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. The Stark Munro Letters is an epistolary novel that takes the form of twelve long letters written by J. Stark Munro between March 1881 and November 1884 and sent to his friend Herbert Swanborough. Stark Munro is a recent graduate from medical school, and the letters detail his attempts to create a medical practice in partnership with the brilliant but unorthodox James Cullingworth.

When the elderly Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed, he has little idea of the repercussions to come, for the secret he reveals involves the mysterious Lydia Gwilt: flamed-hair temptress, bigamist, laudanum addict and husband-poisoner. This traditional melodrama also considers the modern theme of the role of women in society.

Дмитрий Андреевич Фурманов — один из самых известных писателей советской эпохи, комиссар 25-й стрелковой дивизии, которой командовал В. И. Чапаев. Будучи участником гражданской войны, Фурманов написал два документально-художественных романа: «Мятеж» и «Чапаев». В основе романа «Мятеж» лежит история ликвидации контрреволюционного мятежа в Семиречье, в котором участвовал сам автор.

Автор: Бердяев Николай, «Судьба человека в современном мире»: В нашем новом проекте вы найдете как книги из «золотого фонда» классической литературы, так и редкие, почти забытые, произведения авторов, оставшихся в тени своих великих современников. Эти книги не утратили самобытной актуальности, сегодня, как и сто лет назад, они определяют пути русской культуры, ищут ответы на «проклятые вопросы». Без этих книг невозможно понять кто мы, кем мы были, куда движемся. Мы отобрали для вас самые важные тексты классиков, представили их в наиболее полных редакциях, без каких либо сокращений и цензурных изъятий, и составили серию RUGRAM-КЛАССИКА. Вашему вниманию представляется книга Николая Бердяева «Судьба человека в современном мире».

Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. The Refugees is another vivid example of the author’s love for historical events. It revolves around two characters: Huguenot guardsman Amory de Catinat, and Amos Green, an American who comes to see France. The book also features many famous historical figures and events: the King of France Louis XIV’s and his marriage to Madame de Maintenon, the cancellation of the Edict of Nantes and the emigration of the Huguenot de Catinats to America

История развития литературы — понятие куда более обширное, чем можно предположить, и куда более сложное, чем может вообразить студент-первокурсник филологического факультета. Неизменно всякий выбор «лучших книг» и «обязательных к прочтению» писателей сопровождается беспощадным отсечением жемчужин мысли от одобренной нормы и «золотого стандарта». За бортом остается множество гениев, признанных и непризнанных, и шедевров мировой литературы. Книги серии «World Classics Books» — попытка расширить устоявшееся в умах понятие классических книг и обязательных для образованного человека авторов, предложив читателю произведения, о которых он либо совсем не слышал, либо знаком очень издалека. Однако представленные в серии труды — в некотором роде веховые этапы на сложном пути развития мировой литературы, без которых трудно составить представления о различных жанрах, литературных школах и целых эпохах развития мировой культуры.На обложке представлена репродукция картины Лежена Франсуа-Луи «Бородинское сражение 7 сентября 1812 года», 1822, Версальский дворец, Версаль, Франция.

Автор: Бердяев Николай, «Смысл истории»: В нашем новом проекте вы найдете как книги из «золотого фонда» классической литературы, так и редкие, почти забытые, произведения авторов, оставшихся в тени своих великих современников. Эти книги не утратили самобытной актуальности, сегодня, как и сто лет назад, они определяют пути русской культуры, ищут ответы на «проклятые вопросы». Без этих книг невозможно понять кто мы, кем мы были, куда движемся. Мы отобрали для вас самые важные тексты классиков, представили их в наиболее полных редакциях, без каких либо сокращений и цензурных изъятий, и составили серию RUGRAM-КЛАССИКА. Вашему вниманию представляется книга Николая Бердяева «Смысл истории».

Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. The Firm of Girdlestone is a truly fascinating novel that tells a story of a merchant John Girdlestone and his son, Ezra. Their firm is about to collapse, and if they do not do something about it, the name of Girdlestone will be tainted with disgrace.

F.S. Fitzgerald was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. Flappers and Philosophers was his first collection of short stories. The familiar themes of aspiration and social satire permeate his writing. Thus in «Bernice Bobs Her Hair» the fashionable Marjorie attempts to turn her dowdy cousin into a debutante, before betraying her out of jealousy, while «The Ice Palace» features a Southern girl whose marriage to a Northerner finds her confronted with a cultural clash between tradition and modernity. The volume also contains «The Offshore Pirate», «Head and Shoulders», «The Cut-Glass Bowl», «Benediction», «Dalyrimple Goes Wrong» and «The Four Fists».

Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. Tales of Twilight and the Unseen is a collection of short stories filled with supernatural events, horrific scientific experiments, and bizarre events. It is an excellent opportunity to discover another side of author’s ability to immerse and surprise. Danger! And Other Stories is a collection of fascinating short stories like «One Crowded Hour,» «A Point of View,» «How It Happened,» «The Prisoner’s Defence,» and others.

Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. In Mary of Marion Isle we make the acquaintance of Andrew West, a young doctor who enters into a loveless marriage with Clara, his first cousin. With Clara pushing him unwillingly into politics, he eventually becomes appointed the governor-general of the U.K. colony of Oceania. When the ship that Andrew and Clara are on strikes an iceberg in the south Indian Ocean, Andrew fetches up on the desolate Marion Island. It is there that Andrew finds the true love of his life, Mary, who had been shipwrecked on the island some 15 years before and who had been living there alone for the past nine years.

Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. Dombey and Son is a story of Paul Dombey, a heartless London merchant who runs his domestic affairs as he runs his business. In the tight orbit of his daily life there is no room for dealing with emotions because they have no market value. Dombey sees the future of his firm in his son, neglecting his affectionate daughter. He even decides to get rid of her beloved, a lowly clerk. However, Dombey’s weakness is his pride, and he falls prey to the treacherous flattery of others.

Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. Sir Nigel is a historical novel set during the early days of the Hundred Years’ War. As a background story to his book «The White Company,» it describes the early life of Sir Nigel Loring in the service of King Edward III at the start of the war.

Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. Dombey and Son is a story of Paul Dombey, a heartless London merchant who runs his domestic affairs as he runs his business. In the tight orbit of his daily life there is no room for dealing with emotions because they have no market value. Dombey sees the future of his firm in his son, neglecting his affectionate daughter. He even decides to get rid of her beloved, a lowly clerk. However, Dombey’s weakness is his pride, and he falls prey to the treacherous flattery of others.

Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Lysbeth is a historical novel about a Dutch woman who is caught up in the terrors of the Spanish Inquisition during the 1500s. This lively and heart-rending story by Haggard will remind each reader of the value of religious liberty.

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. «The Claverings» is a novel about a young man starting out in life, who must find himself a profession and a wife; and of a young woman who made a marriage of convenience and must abide the consequences. Since its first appearance in 1867, this novel has been acclaimed as one of Trollope’s most successful protrayals of mid-Victorian life.

Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. Barnaby Rudge is a story of mystery and suspense which begins with an unsolved double murder. Barnaby Rudge is a young innocent simpleton who is devoted to his talkative raven, Grip. When he gets caught up in the mayhem of the Gordon riots and a mysterious unsolved murder, his life is put in jeopardy. And, as London erupts into riot, Barnaby himself struggles to escape the curse of his own past. Barnaby Rudge is a powerful, disturbing blend of historical realism and Gothic melodrama, it is a tale of treachery, forbidden love, abduction and the dangerous power of the mob.

Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Love Eternal is a story of young Godfrey Knight, the son of a puritanical parson, who lives in the Essex countryside. From childhood on, he and his neighbor, Isobel Blake, the daughter of a wealthy shipping magnate, have been strangely drawn to one another, although their natures are wholly dissimilar. Despite their fathers’ many attempts to keep them apart, the two do unite in matrimony, but unfortunately, their earthly happiness is a short-lived one.

Ньютон Бут Таркингтон — знаменитый американский писатель первой половины XX, один из немногих авторов, удостоенный Пулитцеровской премии более одного раза. «Великолепные Эмберсоны» — это одно из самых известных произведений Таркингтона, которое было экранизировано Орсоном Уэллсом. Действие разворачивается в начале XX века на Среднем Западе в богатой семье Эмберсонов, веривших в прочность и незыблемость своего положения. Но время не стоит на месте, и привычный мир рушится до основания… Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. «The Belton Estate» is a novel about a young woman who has accepted one of two suitors, then discovered that he was unworthy of her love. First published in 1865, the novel is concerned with the plight of unmarried, impecunious women in the 19th century.

David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and literary critic, one of the key writers of the early twentieth century, most famous for his criticism of rationalism and industrialization. Set in the Nottinghamshire, England, The Rainbow follows three generations of the Brangwens, a strong and energetic family, deeply attached to the land they own. The book focuses on the individual’s struggle against the confining rules and restrictions of social life.

Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. This volume contains two stories of Allan Quotermain’s series. In Heu-Heu, or the Monster Allan is confronted with the legend of the Heu-Heu, a monster who eats humans, while sheltering from a thunderstorm in the Drakensberg mountains. In The Treasure of the Lake Allan Quatermain finds a village in the middle of the Dark Continent ruled by a huge, pale man with a strange knowledge of future events.

Герман Мелвилл — легендарный писатель XIX века, моряк и поэт, признанный классик мировой литературы. «Искуситель» — увлекательный роман, который представляет собой, подобно «Кентерберийским рассказам» Чоссера, вереницу историй, рассказанных в группе пассажиров, плывущих на пароходе в Новый Орлеан. Мастерство повествования, неожиданные персонажи и незабываемые сюжеты оставят след в душе каждого вдумчивого читателя. Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!

Anthony Trollope (1815 — 1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of nov­els collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. «Phinea-s Redux» is the fourth of six novels in another famous series, «The Palliser Novels,» also known as the Parliamentary Novels. After the death of his Irish wife, Phineas Finn returns to London and to the House of Commons.

David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and literary critic, one of the key writers of the early twentieth century, most famous for his criticism of rationalism and industrialization. Set in the Nottinghamshire, England, The Rainbow follows three generations of the Brangwens, a strong and energetic family, deeply attached to the land they own. The book focuses on the individual’s struggle against the confining rules and restrictions of social life.

Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Heart of the World is a love-story of an extraordinarily beautiful Indian princess and a white Englishman who fall in love but suffer deeply because of their feelings.

Джин Страттон-Портер — известная американская писательница начала XX века, чьи произведения продолжают покорять читателей во всём мире. «Пчеловод» — одно из самых известных и успешно экранизированных произведений, повествующее о судьбе израненного ветерана войны Джеймса Льюиса Макфарлана. Волею судеб он становится наследником пасеки и пытается обрести мирную и тихую жизнь заново… Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. «Orley Farm» is a novel which was first published by the London publisher Chapman and Hall from March 1861 to October 1862. This story deals with the imperfect workings of the legal system in the trial and acquittal of Lady Mason.

Walter Scott (1771—1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. «The Monastery» is a historical novel that takes place during the Scottish Reformation in the middle of the sixteenth century. The wonderful love story between three heroes, Glendinning boys, and Mary Avenel, closely intersects with events in the country that threaten the very existence of the Monastery of Kennaquhair.

Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Though Finished can be read as a separate story, it is the third book of the trilogy after Marie and Child of Storm. It narrates, through the mouth of Allan Quatermain, the consummation of the vengeance of the wizard Zikali, alias The Opener of Roads, or «The-Thing-that-should-never-have-been-born,» upon the royal Zulu House of which Senzangacona was the founder and Cetewayo, our enemy in the war of 1879, the last representative who ruled as a king.

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. «Orley Farm» is a novel which was first published by the London publisher Chapman and Hall from March 1861 to October 1862. This story deals with the imperfect workings of the legal system in the trial and acquittal of Lady Mason.

Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Fair Margaret tells the inspiring story of a beautiful English maiden named Margaret, who faces hardship during the opening phases of the Spanish Inquisition in the late 1400’s. As Margaret and her family struggle to live in peace, they soon find themselves in the midst of a series of perilous adventures. Benita bears all the hallmarks of a classic Haggard’s story. Readers will be pleased to discover an adventure of the supernatural, lost and hidden peoples and stupendous treasure that is a compelling ‘page turner’ to its conclusion.

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. «Nina Balatka» is a romance about a Christian girl from Prague who falls in love with a Jewish merchant. It is one of the few novels published anonymously by Trollope, who was to disguise his style.

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811—1863) was a British author and novelist mostly known for his satirical works such as «Vanity Fair» that showed an ironic representation of the British society of those times. «The Virginians» is a historical novel, a sequel to «The History of Henry Esmond, Esq» loosely linked to «The History of Pendennis.» It tells the story of Henry Esmond’s twin grandsons, George and Henry Warrington. Henry’s romantic connection with an older woman makes him join the British army and fight under the command of General Wolfe during the capture of Quebec. During the American War of Independence, he takes the revolutionary side. This event forces George, who is also a British officer, to resign rather than go into battle against his brother.