Penguin The Duke's Children Троллоп Энтони

Плантагенет Паллисер, премьер-министр Англии - человек могущественный и престижный, со всем сопутствующим ему происхождением и унаследованным богатством, - потрясен неумолимым возвышением Фердинанда Лопеса. Экзотический самозванец, появившийся, казалось бы, из ниоткуда, мгновенно покорил общество. Но когда он заключает социально выгодный брак, Паллисер должен решить, поддержать ли Лопеса на дополнительных выборах или выставить его авантюристом, охотящегося за состоянием жены • Роман Энтони Троллопа "Премьер-министр" - о социальной, сексуальной и внутренней политике - поднимает один из самых насущных вопросов в правительстве: может ли высокоморальный джентльмен стать эффективным лидером • Книга на английском языке • Plantaganet Palliser, Prime Minister of England - a man of power and prestige, with all the breeding and inherited wealth that goes with it - is appalled at the inexorable rise of Ferdinand Lopez

Following the death of her husband Sir Florian, beautiful Lizzie Eustace mysteriously comes into possession of a hugely expensive diamond necklace. She maintains it was a gift from her husband, but the Eustace lawyers insist she give it up, and while her cousin Frank takes her side, her new lover Lord Fawn states that he will only marry her if the necklace is surrendered. As gossip and scandal intensify, Lizzie's truthfulness is thrown into doubt, and, in her desire to keep the jewels, she is driven to increasingly desperate acts. The third in Trollope's Palliser series, The Eustace Diamonds bears all the hallmarks of his later works, blending dark cynicism with humour and a keen perception of human nature

When Father is taken away unexpectedly, Roberta, Peter, Phyllis and their mother have to leave their comfortable life in London to go and live in a small cottage in the country • The children seek solace in the nearby railway station, and make friends with Perks the Porter and the Station Master himself • Each day, the children run down the field to the railway track and wave at the passing London train, sending their love to Father • Little do they know that the kindly old gentleman passenger who waves back holds the key to their father's disappearance • The Sisterhood collection celebrates the best-loved classics, written by some of the best female authors in history for International Women's Day

Теперь Брандо смотрел на людей уверенно и с выражением, которое можно назвать только жалостливым, как будто он пребывал в сферах просвещения, куда они, к его сожалению, не проникали • "Герцог в своих владениях" Трумена Капоте - это завораживающий портрет неуверенного в себе, ранимого молодого Марлона Брандо, размышляющего в отеле Киото во время перерыва в съемках • Книга на английском языке • Now Brando looked at people with assurance, and with what can only be called a pitying expression, as though he dwelt in spheres of enlightenment where they, to his regret, did not • This mesmerizing profile of an insecure, vulnerable young Marlon Brando, brooding in a Kyoto hotel during a break from filming, is a peerless piece of journalism

Лорда Силвербриджа только что уволили из Оксфорда, его брат Джеральд - бездельник, оба они постоянно в долгах и в беде; и даже их сестра, разумная и энергичная леди Мэри Паллисер, полна решимости выйти замуж за нищего Фрэнка Тригира. Дела идут все хуже и хуже, когда Силвербридж входит в парламент и влюбляется в первую запоминающуюся американскую девушку в британской художественной литературе, Изабель Бонкассен, очаровательную наследницу без акцента, но с явно нежелательным прошлым. Осажденный отец Плантагенет Паллисер (ныне герцог Омниумский), далекая и внушающая благоговейный трепет фигура для своих детей, наконец-то приходит в соприкосновение со своими отцовскими эмоциями и учится принимать неизбежные перемены в своей личной жизни, в то время как сами молодые люди взрослеют

This is the story of an old English manor house by the sea, with crumbling chimneys, draping ivy and a library full of dusty hardbacks. It's the story of the three children who grow up there, and the adventures they create for themselves while the grown-ups entertain endless party guests • This is the story of a whale that washes up on a beach, whose bones are claimed by a twelve-year-old girl with big ambitions and an even bigger imagination. An unwanted orphan who grows into an unmarriageable young woman, fiercely determined to do things differently • But as the children grow to adulthood, another story has been unfolding in the wings. And when the war finally takes centre stage, they find themselves cast, unrehearsed, into roles they never expected to play

The Penguin English Library Edition of The Warden by Anthony Trollope • 'It was so hard that the pleasant waters of his little stream should be disturbed and muddied ... that his quiet paths should be made a battlefield: that the unobtrusive corner of the world which been allotted to him ... made miserable and unsound' • Trollope's witty, satirical story of a quiet cathedral town shaken by scandal - as the traditional values of Septimus Harding are attacked by zealous reformers and ruthless newspapers - is a drama of conscience that pits individual integrity against worldly ambition. In The Warden Anthony Trollope brought the fictional county of Barsetshire to life, peopled by a cast of brilliantly realised characters that have made him among the supreme chroniclers of the minutiae of Victorian England

The Children Of Dynmouth - a classic prize-winning novel by William Trevor • William Trevor's The Children of Dynmouth (Winner of the Whitbread Award and shortlisted for the Booker Prize) was first published in 1976 and is a classic account of evil lurking in the most unlikely places. In it we follow awkward, lonely, curious teenager Timothy Gedge as he wanders around the bland seaside town of Dynmouth. Timothy takes a prurient interest in the lives of the adults there, who only realise the sinister purpose to which he seeks to put his knowledge too late

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online • Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content • The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers story comprehension and develop vocabulary

The international bestseller from the author of the Booker-shortlisted novel, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World, The Forty Rules of Love is part of our Penguin Essentials series which spotlights the very best of our modern classics • "Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven't loved enough..." • Ella Rubinstein has a husband, three teenage children, and a pleasant home. Everything that should make her confident and fulfilled. Yet there is an emptiness at the heart of Ella's life - an emptiness once filled by love • So when Ella reads a manuscript about the thirteenth-century Sufi poet Rumi and Shams of Tabriz, and his forty rules of life and love, her world is turned upside down

The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children's novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley. Written in 1862-1863 as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. The book was extremely popular during its day, and was a mainstay of children's literature through the 1920s

The Turn of the Screw, James's great masterpiece of haunting atmosphere and unbearable tension, tells of a young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Unsettled by a dark foreboding of menace within the house, she soon comes to believe that something, or someone, malevolent is stalking the children in her care. Is the threat to her young charges really a malign and ghostly presence, or a manifestation of something else entirely?