A confessional narrative from a mad scientist Dr. Therne obsessed with one of the great issues of his day… in this case, vaccination against epidemic diseases like smallpox. His personal fears meet the tragic legacy of other doctors’ careless ignorance and spawn a malignant crusade against vaccination that will ultimately create many more victims. Henry Rider Haggard writes to alarm and educate his public, and creates a very engaging villain to carry his message.

Книга «Литературные воспоминания». Издательство: RUGRAM_Public Domain. Год выпуска: 2020. Серия: World Classics Books. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 472. Автор: Панаев И.И. Стандарт: 12.

Henry James (1843—1916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism. «The Spoils of Poynton» describes the struggle between Mrs. Gereth, a widow of impeccable taste and iron will, and her son Owen over a houseful of precious antique furniture. The story is largely told from the viewpoint of Fleda Vetch, a young woman in love with Owen but sympathetic to Mrs. Gereth’s anguish over losing the antiques she patiently collected. Henry James created a work of exquisite ambiguity in his depiction of three women fighting for the allegiance of one weak-willed man.

Пьеса «Океан» — одна из наиболее сложных драм писателя. Противопоставление инфернального образа океана-«бездны» и земли-«точки опоры», конфликт стихийного и рационального невольно погружают читателя в глубокие философские размышления.

Rudyard Kipling (1865—1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. «The Naulahka» is a remarkable work of fiction by Rudyard Kipling and Wolcott Balestier, came under severe criticism by a section of the society for its alleged anti-feminist contents when it was first published in 1892.

In this sequel to Marie, Allan Quatermain helps his Zulu friend Saduko in a crazy battle to win 100 cattle for the dowry of his love Mameena. However, the beautiful and mysterious Mameena, known as the «Child of Storm,» seduces Allan and tries to engage him in marriage. This edition also includes Magepa the Buck (1887).

Лев Давидович Троцкий прогрессивный революционный деятель, одна из самых ярких политических фигур XX века. Автор теории перманентной революции, практик и теоретик марксизма Л.Д. Троцкий стал создателем капитальных исторических трудов по революции 1917 года, множества критических статей и автобиографий. В книге «Перед историческим рубежом. Балканы и балканская война» чётко и лаконично представлена история событий, более известных под названием «Восточный вопрос». Материалы, составляющие данный сборник, представляют собой статьи и очерки, написанные Троцким в период с 1912 по 1913 гг., когда в качестве корреспондента он жил на Балканах. Книга даёт не только общие представления о балканском вопросе, но и рассказывает о всём социалистическом движении балканского пролетариата.

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 — 1896) was an American abolitionist and a writer. She is best known for her novel «Uncle Tom’s Cabin,» which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. Following its remarkable success, the author made three tours to England and Europe, which inspired the two-volume set, «Sunny Memories in Foreign Lands.» Both volumes are a series of letters, some written on the spot — some after the author’s return home — of impressions as they arose, of her most agreeable visits to England, France, Switzerland, Germany, and Belgium during the first half of the nineteenth century.

The House by the Churchyard is a novel by Sheridan Le Fanu published in 1863 that combines elements of the mystery novel and the historical novel. Set in the village of Chapelizod, near Dublin, in the 1760s the story opens with the accidental disinterment of an old skull in the churchyard, and an eerie late-night funeral. This discovery relates to murders, both recent and historical whose repercussions disrupt the complacent pace of village affairs and change the lives of many of its notable characters forever. Charm and chilling darkness abound in equal measure in one of the greatest novels of a Victorian master of mystery.

Автор: Соловьев Всеволод, «Волтерьянец»: 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 Александра Карловича Беггрова «Утром на Невском проспекте», 1886, частная коллекция.

Set against the backdrop of the Salem witch hunts, Elizabeth Gaskell’s somber novella reveals much about the complicity of mankind. Recently orphaned, Lois is forced to leave the English parsonage that had been her home and sail to America. When the girl joins her distant family, she finds jealousy and dissension are rife, and her cousins quick to point the finger at the «imposter.» With the whole of Salem gripped by a fear of the supernatural, it seems her new home is where she is in most danger. Lonely and afraid, the words of an old curse return to haunt her.

Nada the Lily is the thrilling story of the brave Zulu warrior Umslopogaas and his love for the most beautiful of Zulu women, Nada the Lily. Young Umslopogaas, son of the bloodthirsty Zulu king Chaka, is forced to flee when Chaka orders his death. In the adventures that ensue, Umslopogaas is carried away by a lion and then rescued by Galazi, king of an army of ghost-wolves. Together, Umslopogaas and Galazi fight for glory and honour and to avenge their wrongs. With their fabled weapons, an axe called Groan-Maker and the club Watcher of the Woods, the two men become legendary warriors.

The Red Rover presents some of the first serious depictions of characters of African lineage in American literature. The novel follows the activities of the sailor Dick Fid, free black sailor Scipio Africanus and Royal Navy officer James Wilder as they encounter the famous pirate, «The Red Rover».

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. «Lady Anna» is a novel, written in 1871 and first published in book form in 1874. The protagonist is a young woman who, through an extraordinary set of circumstances, has fallen in love with and become engaged to a tailor. The novel describes her attempts to resolve the conflict between her duty to her social class and her duty to the man she loves.

John Harmon returns to England after years in exile to claim his inheritance: a great fortune and a beautiful young woman to whom he is betrothed, but has never met. When Harmon’s body is pulled out of the Thames, all of London is fascinated by the mystery of the murdered man and his unclaimed riches. Social-climbers, lawyers, teachers, a money-lender, men and women both honest and villainous will all become embroiled in this tale of love and obsession, death and rebirth.

James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The novel Afloat and Ashore ends abruptly part way through, and is followed by what critic Harold D. Langely called a «necessary» sequel Miles Wallingford, which resolves many thematic and plot elements.

«Воздушный корабль» — это незабываемая история о людях, сожжённых бесплодной мечтой о силе и красоте. Центральный образ произведения — стихотворение Лермонтова — рисует перед читателем силуэт корабля-призрака, дрейфующего по свету. Но кто же его пассажиры?

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. «Cousin Henry» is a novel that deals with the trouble arising from the indecision of a squire in choosing an heir to his estate. It is the most unusual and intriguing of Trollope’s shorter novels.

Thomas Love Peacock (1785—1866) was an English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company. «Headlong Hall» like most of Peacock’s novels, it assembles a group of characters Mr Cranium, Miss Poppyseed, Mr Treacle and others who, while eating and drinking to abandon, discuss topics which were then of interest to Peacock and his circle of intellectual friends. Peacock uses the work to parody contemporary thinking in a variety of disparate areas, including utilitarianism, vegetarianism, aesthetics, music, poetry, art criticism, and so on. In the meantime there is dancing and drinking and falling in love.

Книга «Против течения» — сборник статей и заметок, посвященных критике литературного декадентства. В этот сборник включены статьи о Л. Андрееве («Талант во тьме), М. Арцыбашеве («Протест В.П. Санина») и многих других известных и незаурядных деятелях литературы начала XX века.

Maiwa’s Revenge, or The War of the Little Hand is a short novel by English writer H. Rider Haggard about the hunter Allan Quartermain. The story involves Quartermain going on a hunting expedition, then taking part in an attack on a native kraal to rescue a captured English hunter, and avenge Maiwa, an African princess whose baby has been killed.

Complete in five handsome volumes, each with an introduction by a Doyle scholar, a chronology, a selected bibliography, and explanatory notes, the Oxford Sherlock Holmes series offers a definitive collection of the famous detective’s adventures. No home library is complete without it. Comprising the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand, the magazine in which they were first published, this volume won even more popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Holmes is at the height of his powers in many of his most famous cases, including The Yellow face, The Final Problem, The Crooked man and the famous The Sigh Of the Four

Книга «Экономический лексикон. Часть I». Издательство: RUGRAM_Public Domain. Год выпуска: 2021. Серия: Дореволюционные наставления. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 182. Автор: Авдеев А.В., Авдеева Е.А. Стандарт: 26.

Русская религиозная мысль всегда была одним из наиболее значимых направлений развития как общемировой религиозной философии и теологии, так и в целом российского государства на разных этапах его становления.Именно в России религиозное мышление достигало как своих наиболее значимых вершин, так и своих наиболее необычных форм.От ранних форм религиозного сознания до полного запрета на религиозную философию — в каждую эпоху находились мудрецы, которые не давали затухнуть искре религиозного сознания в России. И даже сегодня, смотря в глубины нашей истории, мы понимаем, что наибольшее влияние на нашу цивилизацию оказали именно мыслители религиозные — таков уж уклад нашей страны.Чтение трудов наших философов, оказавших наибольшее влияние на формирования и сохранение истинной морали и истинного облика благородного человека, — дело особо актуальное для сегодняшнего дня.Серия «Богословие» — наиболее полное и выверенное собрание текстов российских религиозных философов, которое не оставит пробелов в изучении столь важной темы.

Wanting to learn if he can communicate with deceased the children, adventurer Allan Quatermain seeks a meeting with the feared Zulu witch-doctor Zikali. He tells Allan he must seek out the great white sorceress who rules the Allan to take a message to her. En route, Quatermain encounters emigrant Scotsmen, cannibals, witch doctors, the beautiful Inez, and of course the mysterious She, or Ayesha. She and Allan is a novel by H. Rider Haggard, first published in 1921. It brought together his two most popular characters, Ayesha from She (to which it serves as a prequel), and Allan Quatermain from King Solomon’s Mines.

Книга «Цель творчества: Опыты по теории творчества и эстетики». Издательство: RUGRAM_Public Domain. Год выпуска: 2021. Серия: Дореволюционные наставления. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Автор: Эрберг К. Стандарт: 18.

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. «Ayala’s Angel» is a novel that focuses on two orphaned sisters, Lucy and Ayala Dormer, Ayala especially, and their trials, with their relatives. It was written as a stand-alone novel rather than as part of a series, though several of the minor characters appear in other novels by Trollope.

Иннокентий Фёдорович Анненский (1855-1909) -крупнейший русский поэт, драматург, переводчик, исследователь литературы и языка, творчество которого отличается большой самобытностью и глубокой искренностью. «Книга отражений» — это удивительный авторский сборник в двух томах, в котором представлены лучшие статьи о творчестве Н.В. Гоголя, Ф.М. Достоевского, И.С. Тургенева, А.Ф. Писемского, Л.Н. Толстого, М. Горького, А.П. Чехова, К.Н. Бальмонта, М.Ю. Лермонтова, Л. Андреева, Г. Гейне, Г. Ибсена, У. Шекспира. Задуманные автором как отражение актуальных проблем в искусстве, очерки наполнены личными переживаниями Анненского и написаны сквозь призму собственных ощущений.

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. «An Eye for an Eye» is one of five novels which Trollope set mainly in Ireland although much of the story takes place at Scroope Manor in Dorsetshire. Fred Neville, a young officer in the Hussars, is a heir to an earldom, but before taking up his responsibilities he decides to enjoy a year of adventure in Ireland where his regiment is posted.

The youthful Allan Ouatermain is bound for strange adventures, in the company of the ill-fated Pieter Retief and the Boer Commission, on an embassy to the Zulu despot, Dingaan. Yet he is bound, too, for one of the deepest romances of his life — for in Marie he tells of his courtship and marriage to his first wife, Marie Marais.

Книга «Начальные основания нравоучения». Издательство: RUGRAM_Public Domain. Год выпуска: 2021. Серия: Дореволюционные наставления. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 88. Автор: Мабли. Стандарт: 52.

Автор: Джойс Джеймс, «A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man»: Серия книг «Зарубежная классика — читай в оригинале» — это бессмертные произведения великих мастеров пера, написанные ими на их родном языке и наречии. Книги из этой серии помогут читателю углубленно изучать иностранные языки, обогатят его внутренний мир и по-новому откроют произведения известных классиков. Неадаптированное издание на английском языке.

Автор: Дойл Артур Конан, «Rodney Stone»: 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. «Rodney Stone» is a fantastic gothic mystery novel set in the world of boxing fights in England during the Napoleonic Wars. The plot also has some attributes of an adventure genre, including a haunted house and a false murder accusation.

Whether your looking for a thought provoking adventure concerning the nature of miracles and the supernatural or simply an entertaining story about pre-colonial Africa, The Wizard will meet and exceed your expectations. Truly a rare book that could be enjoyed by both adults and children alike while teaching them valuable lessons about courage, love and magic.

Following the tremendous popular success of Jane Eyre, which earned her lifelong notoriety as a moral revolutionary, Charlotte Bronte vowed to write a sweeping social chronicle that focused on «something real and unromantic as Monday morning.» Set in the industrializing England of the Napoleonic wars and Luddite revolts of 1811-12, Shirley (1849) is the story of two contrasting heroines. One is the shy Caroline Helstone, who is trapped in the oppressive atmosphere of a Yorkshire rectory and whose bare life symbolizes the plight of single women in the nineteenth century. The other is the vivacious Shirley Keeldar, who inherits a local estate and whose wealth liberates her from convention. A work that combines social commentary with the more private preoccupations of Jane Eyre, Shirley demonstrates the full range of Bronte’s literary talent.

Автор: Авенариус В., «Школа жизни великого юмориста»: 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 Петера Мёрк Мёнстеда «Солнечный свет в лесу», 1912, частное собрание.

This 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 Henry Rider Haggard will remind each reader of the value of religious liberty.

Автор: Перельман Яков, «Веселые задачи»: «Веселые задачи» собраны, а во многом и придуманы основоположником жанра научно-занимательной литературы математиком Я. И. Перельманом (1882-1942). На первый взгляд несложные, но каверзные и от этого невероятно увлекательные задачи развивают умение логически мыслить, самостоятельно рассуждать и делать нестандартные выводы.

James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The novel that launched his career was The Spy, a tale about counterespionage set during the Revolutionary War and published in 1821. He also wrote numerous sea stories, and his best-known works are five historical novels of the frontier period known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.