Memoir of Rev. Nathan W. Fiske ... together with selections from his sermons and other writings Fiske N W Книга по Требованию

В своем эссе "Скромное предложение" Свифт раскрывает всю мощь своего иронического арсенала и едкого остроумия, находя свои цели - британский правящий класс и алчных землевладельцев, а также озверевших ирландцев, замешанных в собственном угнетении, - со смертельной точностью • Также в книге представлена обширная подборка его других прозаических произведений • Книга на английском языке • The Penguin Classics edition of Jonathan Swift's savagely satirical A Modest Proposal and Other Writings is edited with an introduction and notes by Carol Fabricant • To ease poverty in Ireland by eating the children of the poor was the satirical 'solution' suggested by Jonathan Swift in his essay 'A Modest Proposal' (1729). Here Swift unleashes the full power of his ironic armoury and corrosive wit, finding his targets - the British ruling class and avaricious landlords, and the brutalized Irish, complicit in their own oppression - with deadly precision

A nostalgic collection on rural schools, childhood and English country life from the much-loved author of Village School • From organising the school summer fete • 'Because of our inability to recognise our climatic shortcomings from the outset, arrangements for outdoor jollities get completely out of hand' • to the sometimes rather odd passions of childhood • 'I collect stones with holes in them' • Miss Read captures the essence of rural life, and in particular of village schools, as only she can. This collection also includes extracts from her letters • 'Michael Joseph wrote after the Observer thing and is throwing out feelers for a book. I shall know if he still feels like it - me too! - after we've met' • It will also include an Introduction on how 'Miss Read' was first created • 'Miss Read was born fully clothed in sensible garments and aged about forty

In response to the dire economic conditions in eighteenth-century Ireland, A Modest Proposal ironically exhorts the poor to provide their offspring as food to the rich. Skilfully applying a wealth of classical rhetorical techniques, Swift s satirical tour de force takes a savage swipe at the selfishness of the ruling classes and the heartlessness of the various utilitarian solutions put forward by contemporary thinkers. In addition to this seminal piece, this volume includes other humorous and polemical writings which, taken together, provide an invaluable introduction to Swift as a master satirist and pamphleteer

Биография колоритной, эпатажной и амбициозной Маргарет Кавендиш уготовила ей место в списке одной из самых ярких фигур семнадцатого века. Она была женщиной, преисполненной решимости сделать себе имя в традиционно мужских сферах жизни: политике, науке, философии и литературе. "Пылающий мир" - очень оригинальное произведение. Перед вами гибрид феминистического трактата и фантастической утопии, история дамы, потерпевшей кораблекрушение и угодившей в Пылающий мир, где она становится императрицей и использует свою власть, чтобы оградить свою новую вотчину от войны, религиозной розни и несправедливой дискриминации женщин. В эту книгу также вошли и другие сочинения писательницы - романтическая история о гармонии между законом и любовью и хроника женщины, которая смогла обрести свободу и влияние, лишь притворяясь мужчиной

В книге представлены многие жанры поэтического творчества Байрона: лирика, сатира ("Бронзовый век"), поэма ("Корсар", "Шильонский узник"). Сборнику предпослана вступительная статья проф. Р.М.Самарина "Лира Байрона", содержащая общую характеристику творчества поэта и анализ произведений, вошедших в издание. Издание предназначено для студентов, изучающих английскую литературу и английский язык, а также для широкого круга читателей. Произведение на англиском языке

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Treasure Island." Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. "Lay Morals and Other Papers" is a wonderful collection of essays including works like "Father Damien", "The Pentland Rising", "The Day After To-morrow" and "The Great North Road."

With three plays focusing on the family and how it struggles to stay together by telling lies - and exposing them, Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts and Other Plays is translated with an introduction by Peter Watts in Penguin Classics • In Ghosts, Osvald Alving returns home only to discover the truth about the father he always looked up to, and learns the horrific effect his father's debauchery has had on him. It was Ibsen's most provocative drama, stripping away the surface of a middle-class family to expose layers of hypocrisy and immorality. A Public Enemy sets two brothers against each other when one wishes to make public the facts about the polluted water in the public baths of their home town. And When We Dead Wake tells of an artist meeting an old lover by chance and rejecting his wife, in a symbolic exploration of Ibsen's own literary life and the sacrifices he made in his work

From Sunday Times Bestselling author Ben Kane comes a collection of short stories • Sands of the Arena • Can a wet-behind-the-ears gladiator survive a bloody contest ordered by Emperor Caligula? • The Shrine • Centurion Tullus discovers that Fate will always hold him in her grip • The Arena • Legionary Piso's much anticipated payday plays out very differently than he expected • Eagles in the East • Caught up in a bloody rebellion, Centurion Tullus battles to keep his men alive • Eagles in the Wilderness • Bored with retirement, Centurion Tullus takes service with an amber merchant, voyaging to unknown, dangerous lands far beyond the empire • Hannibal: Good Omens • History's most famous general seeks the gods' approval before his war with Rome • The March • Romulus and Tarquinius travel to the ends of the earth, searching for their lost friend Brennus

With their penetrating psychological insight and their emphasis on human dignity, respect and forgiveness, Dostoyevsky's early short stories contain the seeds of the themes that came to his major novels. Poor Folk, the author's first great literary triumph, is the story of a tragic relationship between an impoverished copy clerk and a young seamstress, told through their passionate letters to each other. In The Landlady Dostoyevsky portrays a dreamer hero who is captivated by a curious couple and becomes their lodger. Mr Prokharchin, inspired by a true story, is a sly comedy centring on an eccentric miser, and Polzunkov is a powerful character sketch which, in common with the other tales in this volume, questions the very nature of existence