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 three famous novels by Haggard. The Wizard is a book about adventures and the nature of miracles that could be enjoyed by both adults and children alike. In Elissa Haggard takes his readers to the Phoenician city in South Central Africa, a trading town that was built by civilized men. And in Black Heart and White Heart, the author mounts once more those trusty steeds of his, the nobility of the savage and the rascality of the civilized white.

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Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, pamphleteer and journalist. He is most famous for his novel «Robinson Crusoe», which is second only to the Bible in its number of translations. This volume contains some of his less famous novels. Colonel Jack is the supposed autobiography of an English gentleman who begins life as a child of the London streets. He and his brothers are brought up as pickpockets and highwaymen, but Jack seeks to improve himself. Kidnapped and taken to America, he becomes first a slave, then an overseer on plantations in Maryland. Also, following the success of Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe composed a further tale of high adventure at sea, The King of Pirates, a story of pirate life.

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Оскар Уайльд (1854—1900) — английский писатель, досконально изучивший все подводные камни семейной жизни. В трех самых известных своих пьесах («Веер леди Уиндермир», «Как важно быть серьезным», «Идеальный муж») он предоставляет читателю право самому ответить на животрепещущие вопросы: следует ли безоговорочно доверять своей второй половине? Надо ли идеализировать спутника жизни или лучше принимать его со всеми недостатками? Прощать за ошибки, совершенные в прошлом, или безжалостно осуждать, сокрушая то, что строилось годами? Красивый язык, парадоксальные, но и логичные высказывания, мягкий юмор, запутанность положений заставят читателя вновь и вновь обращаться к этой книге, а комментарии и словарик помогут ему в полной мере оценить прелесть и афористичность языка. В книге приводится неадаптированный текст на языке оригинала с комментариями и словарем.

Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humourist. My Life and Times is an autobiography novel, an entertaining account of Jerome’s life including an experience of his family falling into poverty owing to bad investments. He published it in 1926 being in his late sixties.

F. S. Fitzgerald was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. A collection of incredible short stories Tales of the Jazz Age IX brings to vivid life the dazzling excesses, stunning contrasts, and simmering unrest of a glittering era.

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. «Twelve Stories and a Dream» presents the readers with a variety of classic Wells’ tales. The stories include: «Filmer», «The Magic Shop», «The Valley of Spiders» and many others, including «Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland» — the story of a man who finds his way into fairyland where a fairy queen tries to seduce him away from his human fiancee.

Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, pamphleteer and journalist. He is most famous for his novel «Robinson Crusoe», which is second only to the Bible in its number of translations. Moll Flanders details the life of the irresistible Moll and her struggles through poverty and sin in search of property and power. Born in Newgate Prison to a picaresque mother, Moll propels herself through marriages, periods of success and destitution, a trip to the New World and back, only to return to the place of her birth as a popular prostitute and brilliant thief. Daniel Defoe created a female character-narrator who recounts, from a woman’s point of view, her life and adventures, portraying critically the society in which she lived.

F. S. Fitzgerald was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. Tales of Jazz Age VIII is a collection of brilliant short stories, including Two Wrongs and an ironic The Night of Chancellorsville in which a trainload of light ladies is catapulted unawares into the realities of the Civil War.

Генри Джеймс — не только один из самых известных классиков литературы XIX-XX веков, но и ярчайший представитель модернизма, обладающий изысканным слогом. Роман «Женский портрет» по праву считается вершиной американского психологического реализма и одним из величайших произведений на английском языке. Главную героиню безумно и неистово любят, весь мир лежит у её ног. Осталось лишь выбрать достойного спутника жизни. Но что делать, если сердце ошиблось? Если мир не такой радужный, и ты рискуешь поспасть в капкан? Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. This volume contains ten short stories, including touching and emotional Lizzie Leigh — a poignant tale about illicit love. It deals with the story of a young girl Lizzie who commits a sin and has to deal with consequences. Gaskell brilliantly portraits the deep and true relations of a family.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 — 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. Serving as the successor to the stories of a world-famous detective, «Uncle Bernac» tells a murder mystery set at the end of Napoleon’s era and involves a man returning to his homeland, France, to join the Emperor’s ranks.

Herbert George Wells (1866—1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. «The War in the Air» a military science fiction novel, which is notable for its prophetic ideas, images, and concepts such as the use of the aircraft for the purpose of warfare and the coming of World War I.

Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. As an autobiographical novel adopting the name of an old English folk song, John Barleycorn tells the story of the author’s struggles with alcoholism at different stages of his life. It also includes a variety of themes like masculinity, friendship, general life experiences and the literary fame. Jerry of the Islands is a story of an Irish terrier named Jerry and his adventures on a ship Arangi, engaged in delivering slaves.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 — 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. As an adventure novel, «The Tragedy of The Korosko» tells the story of European tourists on a trip to Egypt, sailing up the River Nile in a boat called the Korosko. During a morning tour of the desert, they are taken hostage by a group of Dervish warriors. The book raises the themes of imperial sovereignty, invasive foreign policy, and even religious extremism.

Учебник разработан в соответствии с требованиями федерального государственного образовательного стандарта основного общего образования по иностранному языку. Содержание учебника обеспечивает обучение в контексте коммуникативно-деятельностного, социокультурного и личностно ориентированного подходов к развитию школьников; включает множество естественных ситуаций общения; создаёт мотивацию к изучению английского языка. В учебно-методический комплект входят: Примерная рабочая программа, Учебник, Рабочая тетрадь, Книга для чтения, Книга для учителя и Звуковое пособие.

Herbert George Wells (1866 — 1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. «The New Machiavelli» is a 1911 novel, the story of Richard Remington who appears to be a man to envy. But underneath his superficial contentment, he is far from happy with either his marriage or the politics of his party. The novel describes the disarray into which his life is thrown, when he meets the young and beautiful Isabel Rivers and becomes tormented by desire.

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. Jack Tier; or, the Florida Reef is a novel set during the Mexican-American war that describes an untraditional lovestory.

Один из самых значительных и самых загадочных американских писателей прошлого века. Уроженец Нью-Йорка, ярко заявивший о себе вскоре после Второй Мировой войны сборником «Девять историй» и романом «Над пропастью во ржи», автор был немедленно признан «живым классиком» и создателем «новой молодежной Библии». Оказавшись на вершине славы, Сэлинджер вдруг покинул шумный Нью-Йорк и поселился затворником в одном из крошечных городишек Новой Англии, не напечатав с тех пор ни единого слова и не дав ни одного интервью. Поклонники и знатоки его творчества утверждают, что всё им написанное — зашифрованные буддистские проповеди, и, выполнив своё земное предназначение, он, как подлинный брамин, отныне стремится лишь достичь собственной Нирваны…
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Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. «The History of Mr. Polly» is a comic novel published in 1910. It is a story of Mr. Polly, an ordinary middle-aged man who is tired of his wife’s nagging and his dreary job. Faced with the threat of bankruptcy, he concludes that the only way to escape his frustrating existence is by burning his shop to the ground and killing himself.

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. Set in the seventeenth century on frontier land, The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish is a fairly realistic story of the early American wilderness experience. Captain Mark Heathcote, a widower, decides to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony and resettle in a fertile valley of the Connecticut Territory, not far from Fort Hartford. The new settlement is called Wish-Ton-Wish, a name which, the author claims, is the Indian term for whippoorwill.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 — 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. «The Last Galley: Impressions and Tales II» is the second volume in the series, consisting of wonderful short stories like «De Profundis,» «Out of the Running,» and «The Lord of Falconbridge.»

Herbert George Wells (1866—1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. «The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth» is a science fiction novel, first published in 1904. Hoping to create a new growth agent for food with beneficial uses to mankind, two scientists find that the spread of the material is uncontrollable. Giant chickens, rats, and insects run amok, and children given the foodstuffs experience incredible growth and serious illnesses.

Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, pamphleteer and journalist. He is most famous for his novel «Robinson Crusoe», which is second only to the Bible in its number of translations. Captain Singleton recounts the tale of Bob Singleton, a man who goes to sea at the age of twelve, makes a fortune, then loses it. Defoe here offers a searching exploration of society from the point of view of its outcasts.

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 Ways of The Hour is Cooper’s last novel, published in 1850. It is a courtroom drama of a woman accused of murder and theft. Cooper used the novel, among other things, to express his discontent with changes in New York State’s judicial system during the 1840s, the corruption of courts and juries, and new ideas of women’s rights.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 — 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. «The Last Galley: Impressions and Tales I» is the first volume in the series, consisting of wonderful short stories like «The Last Galley,» «The Contest,» and «Through the Veil.»

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 Water Witch is a 1830 novel by Cooper. Set in 17th century New York and the surrounding sea, the novel depicts the abduction of a woman, Alida de Barberie, by the pirate captain of the brigantine Water Witch, and the subsequent pursuit of that elusive ship by her suitor, Captain Ludlow.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 — 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This book is one of many wonderful historical stories about Brigadier Gerard, an officer in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars, the bravest soldier, and one of the most gallant lovers in France.

Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859 —1927) was an English writer and humourist. The pilgrimage of the title is a journey to see the famous Passion Play at Oberammergau, which has been performed every ten years since 1634, the middle of the Thirty Years War. «Diary» is a typically witty account of this journey, part travelogue and part social commentary. Journalist, playwright and author, a wealth of his writing has remained just beyond the public gaze. «Diary of a Pilgrimage» is one such work.

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 Two Admirals is an 1842 nautical fiction set during the 18th century. Exploring the British Royal Navy, Cooper wrote the novel out of encouragement of his English publisher, who recommended writing another sea novel. Cooper had originally intended to write a novel where ships were the main characters, though eventually decided not to.

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 — 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. «The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales» is a volume collecting ten amazing short stories, such as «Dedication,» «The Captain of the Polestar,» and «A Literary Mosaic.»

William Sydney Porter known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His stories are known for their surprise endings. This volume includes amazing stories «Waifs and Strays» and «The Ransom of Red Chief».

Herbert George Wells (1866 — 1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. «Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story» is a novel, which describes the rebellion of a young lady named Ann Veronica Stanley against her middle-class father’s stern patriarchal rule. The novel dramatizes the contemporary problem of the New Woman. It is set in Victorian era London and environs, except for an Alpine excursion.