Alma Books Is Shakespeare Dead? Твен Марк

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

One of Twain’s most celebrated novellas, ‘The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg’ is a satirical retelling of the Garden of Eden story in the Bible, in which the author, mocking the supposed honesty and incorruptibility of the inhabitants of an imaginary American town, shows how man is fundamentally bad and cannot resist the temptations of gold • This collection also includes another acclaimed novella, ‘A Double-Barrelled Detective Story’, a spoof of the mystery genre featuring Sherlock Holmes in the American West, as well as lesser-known narratives such as ‘The Belated Russian Passport’ and ‘The Death Disk’. Together, these tales are a testament to Twain’s inexhaustible gift for invention and his skills as a storyteller • Contains: ‘The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg’, ‘The Eskimo Maiden’s Romance’, ‘The Belated Russian Passport’, ‘Two Little Tales’, ‘Is He Living or Is He Dead?’, ‘The Death Disc’, ‘A Double-Barrelled Detective Story’

Марк Твен (1835–1910) — писатель, сатирик, журналист, чье творчество и масштаб личности оказали наиболее значительное влияние на становление американской литературы. Уильям Фолкнер писал, что Марк Твен был «первым по-настоящему американским писателем, и все мы с тех пор — его наследники», а Эрнест Хемингуэй утверждал, что вся современная американская литература вышла из романа «Приключения Гекльберри Финна». В настоящее издание вошли самые знаменитые произведения Марка Твена, дающие наиболее полное представление о творчестве писателя: «Приключения Тома Сойера» и «Приключения Гекльберри Финна», «Принц и нищий», «Янки из Коннектикута при дворе короля Артура» и лучшие юмористические рассказы

Марк Твен - признанный классик американской литературы, писатель, журналист, публицист, известный в первую очередь как автор полу-биографических "Приключений Тома Сойера". Перевод К.И. Чуковского. Впервые в России эта книга выходит в оформлении и с иллюстрациями современного американского художника К.Ф. Пэйна

Alma Classics edition of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer contains 3,000 notes and 30 pages extra material • "And specially from every shires ende • Of Engelond to Caunterbury they wende, • The hooly blisful martir for to seke, • That hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke." • Assembling at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, a group of pilgrims begin their journey to Canterbury Cathedral. To entertain themselves on the long road, their host suggests that they regale each other with stories, with the teller of the best tale set to earn a free supper • The pilgrims correspond to all sections of medieval society, from the crusading knight to the drunken cook, and their tales span a range of genres, including the comic ribaldry and deception of 'The Miller's Tale' and the story of chivalry and courtly romance told by the Franklin

This major critical work by the great French novelist reveals Stendhal’s decisive role in the literary renaissance called Romanticism. Written sixteen years before The Charterhouse of Parma, it marked the beginning of his illustrious career and established him at the forefront of the French Romantic movement. The first part of Racine and Shakespeare appeared as a pamphlet in 1823, when Waterloo was still bitterly alive in the French mind. In it, Stendhal vigorously championed the spontaneous vitality of Shakespeare while condemning the rigid imitators of Corneille and Racine. The second half of Racine and Shakespeare appeared two years later in answer to a speech against Romanticism by the secretary of the Academie Francaise • It is a brilliant tour de force, an exchange of letters between an old classicist and a young Romanticist, in which Stendhal defined Romanticism not only for his age but for all time

A mysterious stranger named Chichikov arrives in a small provincial Russian town and proceeds to visit a succession of landowners, making each of them an unusual and somewhat macabre proposition. He offers to buy the rights to the dead serfs who are still registered on the landowner's estate, thus reducing their liability for taxes. It is not clear what Chichikov's intentions are with the dead serfs he is purchasing, and despite his attempts to ingratiate himself, his strange behaviour arouses the suspicions of everyone in the town • A biting satire of social pretensions and pomposity, Dead Souls has been revered • since its original publication in 1842 as one of the funniest and most brilliant novels of nineteenth-century Russia. Its unflinching and remorseless depiction of venality in Russian society is a lasting tribute to Gogol's comic genius

First published in 1963 and representing Burroughs’s literary breakthrough in the UK, Dead Fingers Talk is, in the words of Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris, “a prophetic work of haunting power,” a unique experiment in writing that has for too long been overlooked. Combining new material with rearranged selections from Naked Lunch and his cut-up novels The Soft Machine and The Ticket That Exploded, the book is a fascinating precursor to remix and mash-up forms in art and music, which owe much to Burroughs’s influence • This newly restored edition of Dead Fingers Talk, based on the novel’s archival manuscripts, will delight all Burroughs fans and lovers of experimental literature, and offer a new insight into the artistic process of one of the most original and influential writers of the twentieth century

Повесть «Приключения Тома Сойера» рассказывает о славных похождениях тринадцатилетнего мальчугана, живущего на берегу реки Миссисипи. Дерзкий и смекалистый Том Сойер испытывает на прочность терпение тётушки Полли, прогуливая школу в поисках развлечений. Вместе со своим другом Гекльбери Финном он ввязывается в одну авантюру за другой. Обычно это задорные и невинные розыгрыши, но однажды они становятся свидетелями настоящего убийства • Одно из самых популярных и значимых произведений американской литературы, повесть Марка Твена является срезом эпохи, прославляющим детскую непосредственность и тягу к свободе, затрагивая темы рабства, мести и расовых взаимоотношений • В издание также входит продолжение, повесть 1896 года «Том Сойер – сыщик», которая шуточно имитирует детективный жанр

Гекльберри Финн и его компаньон, беглый раб по имени Джим, плывут вниз по реке Миссисипи на плоте. Гекльберри сбежал от пьющего отца, а Джим – от хозяев. На своём пути они встречают плавучий дом, скандалящие семьи и коварных мошенников. Но что куда важнее – путешествие учит Гекльберри воспринимать Джима как друга, как равного, и освобождает его от расовых предрассудков, свойственных людям той эпохи • «Приключения Гекльберри Финна», роман одного из классиков американской литературы Марка Твена, затрагивает темы взросления и поисков свободы, и станет замечательным подарком для детей • Книга на английском языке • Widely considered one of the greatest American novels, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn tells the story of Huck Finn and his companion, the slave Jim, as they journey down the Mississippi river after running away from Huck’s alcoholic father and Jim’s owners

Written in the form of a diary, The House of the Dead recounts the story of Alexander Goryanchikov, a gentleman who is condemned to ten years hard labour for killing his wife in a fi t of rage. Initially the target of the other inmates malice, he gradually settles in and becomes an avid observer of the new world around him - watching his fellow prisoners being brutally and cruelly punished by the guards, listening to their past stories of blood and murder and learning that even convicts are capable of acts of pure generosity, as when they sacrifice their own meal to feed a stray dog that wanders around the camp. Based on Dostoevsky's own autobiographical experiences during a four year internment in a prison colony in Siberia, this genre-defying novel is not only an unflinching expose of the conditions of Russian prisoners during the Tsarist period, but also a call to see the human side in criminals and rediscover the values of forgiveness and brotherly love

An English aristocrat, Lord Montbarry, abandons his fiancee for an enigmatic countess with a dark past, before moving with her and her brother, Baron Rivar - who is rumoured to be her lover, and is fond of gambling and alchemy - into a decayed Venetian palazzo. An Italian servant disappears, and his wife receives a note containing one thousand pounds • As the palazzo is transformed into a luxury hotel, all these strands begin to come together, yet strange and macabre events are occurring, and the dead seem unable to rest • Contains notes on the text, Wilkie Collins's life and works and a select bibliography