Penguin A Little Learning. An Autobiography Во Ивлин

Артур Ивлин Сент-Джон Во (1903–1966) – выдающийся британский писатель, романист, журналист, эссеист, биограф, критик, один из тончайших стилистов в английской прозе ХХ века, признанный мастер черного юмора и остроумной, ядовитой сатиры, создатель гротескно-смешных фантазий, где причудливо преломляются жизненный уклад, психологические типы, сословные предрассудки, социальные язвы и идеологические парадоксы медленно, но верно уходящей в прошлое Британской империи • В книге представлен один из самых известных романов Ивлина Во «Пригоршня праха». Любовная интрижка со светским бездельником Джоном Бивером, затеянная от скуки леди Брендой Ласт, вскоре превращается в безрассудную страсть, которая приводит к драматичным последствиям: ее муж Тони, наивный идеалист и романтик, спрятавшийся от городской суеты в идиллическом поместье Хеттон и воображавший себя средневековым лендлордом, столкнувшись с изменой, внезапно обнаруживает, что его гармоничный и рационально устроенный мир обратился в «пригоршню праха»

Upper-class rogues, bohemians, dowagers, socialites, bureaucrats and delinquent evacuees prepare for England to change forever, in this hilarious and deadly serious 1942 satire on the 'phoney war' • The hideous, then unfamiliar shriek of the air-raid sirens sang out over London • What happened to the characters of Decline and Fall and Vile Bodies when the war broke out? Put Out More Flags shows them adjusting to the changing social pattern of the times. Some of them play a valorous part; others, like the scapegrace Basil Sea, disclose their incorrigible habit of self-preservation in all circumstances. Basil's contribution to the war effort involves the use of his peculiar talents in such spheres of opportunity as the Ministry of Information and an obscure section of Military Security - adventures which incite Evelyn Waugh to another pungent satire upon the coteries of Mayfair

Evelyn Waugh's celebrated tale of decadence and social disintegration, now in a beautiful hardback edition with a new Introduction by Philip Eade • After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony for the Belgravia set. Brilliantly combining tragedy, comedy and savage irony, A Handful of Dust captures the irresponsible mood of the 'crazy and sterile generation' between the wars. This breakdown of the Last marriage is a painful, comic re-working of Waugh's own divorce, and a symbol of the disintegration of society

В книге представлен один из самых известных романов Ивлина Во «Пригоршня праха» (1934). Любовная интрижка со светским бездельником Джоном Бивером, затеянная от скуки леди Брендой Ласт, вскоре превращается в безрассудную страсть, которая приводит к драматичным последствиям: ее муж Тони, наивный идеалист и романтик, спрятавшийся от городской суеты в идиллическом поместье Хеттон и воображавший себя средневековым лендлордом, столкнувшись с изменой, внезапно обнаруживает, что его гармоничный и рационально устроенный мир обратился в «пригоршню праха» • Книга на английском языке • 'It would be a dull world if we all thought alike.' • After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony

Milligan's Meaning of Life is a glorious celebration of the legendary Spike Milligan. Here you will find his most intimate and hilarious reflections on life • With his lightning-quick wit, unbridled creativity and his ear for the absurd, Milligan revolutionised British comedy. Throughout his life, Milligan also wrote prolifically - scripts, poetry, fiction, as well as several volumes of memoir, in which he took an entirely idiosyncratic approach to the truth. In this ground-breaking work, Norma Farnes, his long-time manager, companion, counsellor and confidante, gathers together the loose threads, reads between the lines and draws on the full breadth of his writing to present his life in his own words: an autobiography - of sorts • From his childhood in India, through his early career as a jazz musician and sketch-show entertainer, his spells in North Africa and Italy with the Royal Artillery, to that fateful first broadcast of The Goon Show and beyond into the annals of comedy history, this is the autobiography Milligan never wrote

Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself. He feared the enthusiasm for his ideas tended to exceed a deeper understanding of his quest for truth rooted in devotion to God. His attempts to get closer to this divine power led him to seek purity through simple living, dietary practices, celibacy, and a life without violence. This is not a straightforward narrative biography, in The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Gandhi offers his life story as a reference for those who would follow in his footsteps

These pieces show the range of Waugh's skills: Mr Loveday's Little Outing; Cruise; Period Piece; On Guard; An Englishman's Home; Excursion in Reality; Bella Fleace Gave a Party; Winner Takes All; Work Suspended; Scott-King's Modern Europe; Basil Seal Rides Again; and Charles Ryder's Schooldays

Guy Crouchback, determined to get into the war, takes a commission in the Royal Corps of Halberdiers. His spirits high, he sees all the trimmings but none of the action. And his first campaign, an abortive affair on the West African coastline, ends with an escapade which seriously blots his Halberdier copybook. Men at Arms is the first book in Waugh's brilliant trilogy, Sword of Honour, which chronicles the fortunes of Guy Crouchback. The second and third volumes, Officers and Gentlemen and Unconditional Surrender, are also published in Penguin Modern Classics

Собственный печальный опыт солдата Во великолепно воспроизведен в этой истории о Гае Краучбеке, католике и джентльмене, зачисленном в Королевский корпус алебардистов во время войны 1939-45 годов. Высокая комедия - в компании бригадира Ричи-Хука или обитателей клуба Беллами - это только часть заварухи войны Краучбека. Когда действие разворачивается на Крите и в Югославии, он обнаруживает не героизм, а человечность. "Меч чести" объединяет три тома: "Офицеры и джентльмены", "Люди с оружием в руках" и "Безоговорочная капитуляция", которые первоначально были опубликованы отдельно • Книга на английском языке • Fictionalising his experience of service during the Second World War, Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour is the complete one-volume edition of his masterful trilogy, edited with an introduction by Angus Calder in Penguin Modern Classics

The bestselling autobiography of the greatest rugby player of our time: Brian O'Driscoll • Since 1999, when he made his international debut, there has been no greater player in world rugby than Brian O'Driscoll. In 2010 Rugby World magazine named him its world player of the decade - and since then the legend has only grown • Now, at the end of his amazing career - which culminated in fairy-tale fashion with Ireland's victory in the 2014 Six Nations championship - he tells his own story. Honest, gritty and thoughtful, Brian O'Driscoll's Autobiography is not just an essential sports book. It is an essential book about family, friends, hard work, courage and imagination

"Маленькие женщины" - ставший классическим роман американской писательницы Луизы Мэй Олкотт о четырех сестрах Марч, которые вместе переживают нелегкие времена. Обратившись к воспоминаниям детства, писательница, выросшая в дружной, но небогатой семье, показывает читателю жизнь таких разных и все же близких друг другу девушек - Мег, Джо, Бесс и Эми. Каждая из них идет своим путем, но и в радостях, и в ссорах не забывает о том, что по-настоящему важно: о семье, любви и дружбе • Книга на английском языке • This Penguin Classics edition of Louisa May Alcott's inspiring tale of sisterhood, Little Women, is edited with an introduction by Elaine Showalter • The charming story of four 'little women' - Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth - and their wise and patient mother Marmee, was an instant success when first published in 1868

In 1581 Edmund Campion, a Jesuit priest working underground in Protestant England, was found guilty of treason and hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. Years later he would be beatified. Evelyn Waugh's compelling and elegant narrative is a homage to the man he revered as a poet, scholar, hero and martyr. He tells Campion's story with a novelist's eye for detail, from his success as an Oxford scholar, through his travels around Europe, his doomed secret mission to England and on to his capture and dramatic trial • Vividly re-creating a time of persecution and surveillance, Evelyn Waugh - author of A Handful of Dust, Scoop, Vile Bodies, Brideshead Revisited and the Sword of Honour trilogy - writes that 'the hunted, trapped murdered priest is our contemporary and Campion's voice sounds to us across the centuries'