Penguin Reflections on the Guillotine Камю Альбер

Основополагающая работа Эдмунда Берка "Размышления о революции во Франции" была написана в первые месяцы Французской революции, и в ней со сверхъестественной точностью были предсказаны многие из ее худших событий, включая правление террора. В этой книге Берк убедительно доказывает необходимость защиты унаследованных прав и устоявшихся обычаев, выступает за поэтапную реформу, а не за революционные изменения - и сожалеет о влиянии, которое революция может оказать на Британию. Размышления о революции во Франции в настоящее время широко рассматриваются как классическое изложение консервативной политической мысли и являются одним из величайших произведений политической риторики XVIII века • Книга на английском языке • Burke's seminal work was written during the early months of the French Revolution, and it predicted with uncanny accuracy many of its worst excesses, including the Reign of Terror

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith • Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil • Jean-Baptiste Clamence - refined, handsome, forty, a former successful lawyer - is in turmoil. Over several drunken nights he regales a chance acquaintance with his story. He talks of parties and his debauchery, of Parisian nights and the Aegean sea, and, ultimately, of his self-loathing

«Утром 16 апреля доктор Риэ вышел из своего кабинета и наткнулся посреди лестничной площадки на дохлую крысу» • Все начинается с крыс. Их рвет кровью, они умирают сотнями, затем тысячами. Когда крысы исчезли, жители начали болеть. Как и крысы, они тоже умирают во все большем количестве • Власти изолируют город. Отрезанные, напуганные горожане должны столкнуться с этим ужасом в одиночку. Некоторые смиряются со смертью или капризами судьбы. Другие ищут виноватых или мечтают о мести. Один полон решимости сбежать • Но некоторые, такие как стойкий доктор Риэ, объединяются, чтобы бороться с террором. Чудовищное зло вошло в их жизнь, но они никогда не сдадутся ему • Они будут противостоять чуме • язык издания: Английский • 'On the morning of April 16, Dr Rieux emerged from his consulting-room and came across a dead rat in the middle of the landing

This is Mark Twain's description of life on the Mississippi River, with observations and anecdotes about the culture and society along the river valley. It includes character sketches, historical facts, information and reminiscences of Twain's boyhood and experiences as a steam-boat pilot. Part travel book, part autobiography, and part social commentary, Life on the Mississippi is a memoir of the cub pilot's apprenticeship, a record of Twain's return to the river and to Hannibal as an adult, a meditation on the harsh vagaries of nature, and a study of the varied and sometimes violent activities engaged in by those who live on the river's shores

Eugenia Malmains is one of the richest girls in England and an ardent supporter of Captain Jack and the Union Jackshirts; Noel and Jasper are both in search of an heiress (so much easier than trying to work for the money); Poppy and Marjorie are nursing lovelorn hearts; and the beautiful bourgeois Mrs Lace is on the prowl for someone to lighten the boredom of her life. They all congregate near Eugenia's fabulous country home at Chalford, and much farce ensues • One of Nancy Mitford's earliest novels, Wigs on the Green has been out of print for nearly seventy-five years. Nancy's sisters Unity and Diana were furious with her for making fun of Diana's husband, Oswald Mosley, and his politics, and the book caused a rift between them all that endured for years

The Plague is Albert Camus's world-renowned fable of fear and courage • The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr Rieux, resist the terror • An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence

«Посторонний» – ставший классикой роман Альбера Камю, впервые опубликованный в 1942 году. Всемирно известный философ-экзистенциалист мастерски описывает атмосферу отчуждения и духовного истощения, характерную для середины двадцатого века • Протагонист романа, антигерой Мерсо, не похож на других людей. Он отказывается лгать и притворяться. Даже после смерти матери Мерсо не хочет выказывать чуждые ему чувства лишь потому, что этого от него требует общество. Отказывается он и проявлять раскаяние после убийства, совершенного им на солнечном пляже недалеко от Алжира. В глазах общества и закона такая позиция лишь усугубляет его вину • Но, по правде, Мерсо не только преступник, но и жертва. Ведь он не смог найти своё место в обществе, и на скамью подсудимых он попал во многом за то, что для ближнего своего он был, есть и будет незнакомцем… • Этот шедевральный роман считается одной из самых значимых книг XX века

Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a soul in turmoil. Over several drunken nights in an Amsterdam bar, he regales a chance acquaintance with his story. From this successful former lawyer and seemingly model citizen a compelling, self-loathing catalogue of guilt, hypocrisy and alienation pours forth. The Fall (1956) is a brilliant portrayal of a man who has glimpsed the hollowness of his existence. But beyond depicting one man's disillusionment, Camus's novel exposes the universal human condition and its absurdities - for our innocence that, once lost, can never be recaptured

When Ellen finished the Vendee Globe, yachting's toughest race aged just 24 the nation took her to it's heart. The depth of the affection for Ellen is extraordinary - she makes people feel like they can do anything! • This is her story, written intrue Ellen style, in her own words, without the help of a ghost writer • Passionate, dramatic and and deeply affecting, her story will move and inspire all who read it

Described as 'Britain's greatest living nature writer', Richard Mabey has revealed his passion for the natural world in eloquent stories for BBC Wildlife Magazine. This volume features his favourite pieces and presents a fascinating and inspiring view of the changing natural landscape in which we live • Peppered throughout with references to the heritage of nature writing, and great writers from Richard Jefferies and John Clare to Roger Deakin and Robert MacFarlane, A Brush With Nature is part memoir, part nature journal, part social history, giving us a unique insight into a nature lover's reflections over a quarter of a century

Albert Camus’ laconic masterpiece about a Frenchman who murders an Arab in colonial Algeria is famous for diagnosing a state of alienation and spiritual exhaustion which summed up the mood of the mid-twentieth century. Today, more than fifty years after its first appearance, we can see that the success of this Existentialist classic was no passing fashion. One of the most influential books of the century, The Outsider continues to speak to us of ultimate things with the force of a parable and the excitement of a thriller

'To create today means to create dangerously' • This new collection contains some of Camus' most brilliant political writing as he reflects on moral responsibility and the role of the artist in the world. Letters to a German Friend, written and published underground during the Nazi occupation of France, was born out of Camus' experience in the Resistance and explores what it truly means to love your country. Reflections on the Guillotine, his impassioned polemic against the death penalty, became a touchstone for the movement to abolish capital punishment, while in his Nobel speeches Camus argues that the artist must engage with dangerous times. Together these powerful pieces express Camus' mistrust of rigid ideologies, and his commitment to human solidarity