Penguin The Scarlet Pimpernel Орци Эмма

"Смутно она начала задаваться вопросом... кто из этих светских людей, окружавших ее, был таинственным "Алым первоцветом", который держал в своих руках нити таких дерзких заговоров и судьбы ценных жизней" • В первые дни кровавой Французской революции беглых аристократов хватают и отправляют на гильотину. Но таинственный Алый Первоцвет - вместе со своей бандой английских джентльменов - перехитряет революционеров. Известный только по своей визитной карточке, он прибывает переодетым и переправляет аристократов из опасного места в безопасное для Англии. Но сможет ли он вечно скрывать свою истинную личность или отдаст свою жизнь за свое дело? • Книга на английском языке • "Vaguely she began to wonder … which of these worldly men round her was the mysterious 'Scarlet Pimpernel,' who held the threads of such daring plots, and the fate of valuable lives in his hands

«Алый Первоцвет» — классический приключенческий роман, написанный баронессой Эммой Орци в 1905 году • Французская революция в самом разгаре, и аристократию сотнями отправляют на гильотину. Оставаясь в тени, английский денди сэр Питер Блейкни, работающий под прикрытием своего альтер-эго, Алого Первоцвета, освобождает осужденного из тюрьмы и оставляет свою визитную карточку - изображение красного цветка, чтобы помучить французские власти • Мастер маскировки, печально известный мастер побега и яркий фехтовальщик, его личность настолько тщательно охраняется в секрете, что даже его жена находится в неведении. Но, учитывая, что вражеские агенты сидят у него на хвосте, его недоверие к ней может стать его гибелью • Самый первый герой с секретной личностью, Алый Первоцвет, является достойным предшественником Зорро и Бэтмена

Paris, 1792. The Terror has begun. Every day, scores of the French nobility are delivered to the guillotine. Trapped in the capital, they have no way of escape • But rumours abound of a league of young English gentlemen who are risking their lives to spirit French aristocrats away to safety across the Channel. Led by a man known only as the 'Scarlet Pimpernel', they leave no trace behind them save a single note • Determined to stop them, ruthless spymaster Chauvelin travels to England and embarks on a quest to uncover the identity of their leader, forcing the Scarlet Pimpernel and his men to summon all their courage and wits to evade capture and stay alive

Безумно романтичная и чрезвычайно влиятельная "Алая буква" Натаниэля Готорна - это история об Эстер Принн, заключенной в тюрьму, публично опозоренной и вынужденной носить алую букву "А" за прелюбодеяние и рождение внебрачного ребенка Перл • Повествование о женщине, несущей свой "позор" с высоко поднятой головой, о ее бесконечной силе духа • Книга на английском языке • The Penguin English Library Edition of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne • 'Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been her teachers, - stern and wild ones, - and they had made her strong, but taught her much amiss' • Fiercely romantic and hugely influential, The Scarlet Letter is the tale of Hester Prynne, imprisoned, publicly shamed, and forced to wear a scarlet 'A' for committing adultery and bearing an illegitimate child, Pearl

The classic American novel, rejacketed with a new foreword by Tom Perotta and introduction by Hawthorne scholar Robert Milder • Set in the harsh Puritan community of 17th century Boston, this is a tale of an adulterous entanglement that results in an illegitimate birth. The mother of the child, Hester Prynne, is publicly disgraced and ostracized but emerges as the first true heroine of American fiction

A timeless novel of adventure, intrigue, and romance is sparked by one man's defiance in the face of authority.The year is 1792. The French Revolution, driven to excess by its own triumph, has turned into a reign of terror. Daily, tumbrels bearing new victims to the guillotine roll over the cobbled streets of Paris.… Thus the stage is set for one of the most enthralling novels of historical adventure ever written.The mysterious figure known as the Scarlet Pimpernel, sworn to rescue helpless men, women, and children from their doom; his implacable foe, the French agent Chauvelin, relentlessly hunting him down; and lovely Marguerite Blakeney, a beautiful French exile married to an English lord and caught in a terrible conflict of loyalties—all play their parts in a suspenseful tale that ranges from the squalid slums of Paris to the aristocratic salons of London, from intrigue on a great English country estate to the final denouement on the cliffs of the French coast

Penguin Readers is a graded reading series for English Language Teaching (ELT) markets, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign or second language • In Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, strong sled dogs are in high demand. Buck is stolen from his comfortable home in California and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. Will he survive life in the wild? • Penguin Readers is a series of the best new fiction, essential non-fiction and popular classics written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the series introduces language learners around the world to the bestselling authors and most compelling content from Penguin Random House. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework and include language activities that help readers to develop key skills

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The Penguin English Library Edition of The Five Orange Pips and Other Cases by Arthur Conan Doyle • 'He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson ... He sits motionless, like a spider in the centre of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of each of them' • Sherlock Holmes, scourge of criminals everywhere, whether they be lurking in London's foggy backstreets or plotting behind the walls of an idyllic country mansion, and his faithful colleague Dr Watson, solve these breathtaking and perplexing mysteries. In Arthur Conan Doyle's The Five Orange Pips and Other Cases we encounter some of his most famous and devilishly difficult problems • The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War

The Penguin English Library edition of The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James • 'She knew of no wrong that he had done; he was not violent, he was not cruel; she simply believed that he hated her' • When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy her freedom, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. Then she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond. Charming and cultivated, Osmond sees Isabel as a rich prize waiting to be taken. In this portrait of a 'young woman affronting her destiny', Henry James created one of his most magnificent heroines, and a story of intense poignancy • The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War