Richard Aldington. Short Stories

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Some of GaskelPs best known novels are Cranford, North and South and Wives and Daughters. The Short Stories II is a beautiful collection of five stories, including Christmas Storms and Sunshine - beautiful and heart-warming Christmas tale

Jane Austen is one of the most enduring and skilled English novelists. With her wit, social perception and unerring ability to create some of literature's most charismatic and believable heroines, she mesmerizes her readers as much today as she did when her novels were first published. Short Stories II is the collection of Jane Austen's stories, they remained unpublished during her lifetime even though the last one was completed before she was 17

Written by authors from Quebec as well as France, the majority of these stories have been published in the last decade and reflect a rich diversity of styles and themes. From Daniel Boulanger's exploration of revenge and the desire for recognition in "The Hunter's Cafe", to Alain Gerber's brief and poetic "You Never Die", these stories make excellent reading in any language

В конце XVIII века авторы начали писать готические рассказы как способ вернуть литературе связь с иррациональным, сверхъестественным и причудливым • Этаот сборник объединяет истории первых десятилетий готической литературы с рассказами конца 19-го и начала 20-го веков, относящимися к периоду, когда готика трансформировалась в современные формы историй о привидениях и ужасах. Работы таких писателей, как Эдгар По, Диккенс, Готорн, Гаскелл и М.Р. Джеймс, появляются наряду с работами анонимных писателей начала периода и многих менее известных авторов из Великобритании и Америки • Книга на английском языке • Late in the eighteenth century authors began to write ‘Gothic’ stories as a way of putting literature back in touch with the irrational, the supernatural and the bizarre, which had been neglected in the ‘Age of Reason’

Рассказы американского писателя Генри Джеймса, включенные в насто­ящий сборник, принадлежат к лучшим образцам художественной прозы на английском языке.Внимательный и ироничный наблюдатель жизни современного ему буржуазного общества Старого и Нового света, тонкий психолог, Генри Джеймс мастерски вскрывает противоречия этого общества, рисует психо­логические конфликты, порожденные властью денег.Для студентов, изучающих английский язык, и для широкого круга лиц, читающих по-английски

Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories will both entertain you, and give you a feeling of progress when reading • What does this book give you? • Eight stories in a variety of exciting genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller - making reading fun, while you learn a wide range of new vocabulary • Controlled language at your level, including the 1000 most frequent words, to help you progress confidently • Authentic spoken dialogues, to help you learn conversational expressions and improve your speaking ability • Pleasure! It's much easier to learn a new language when you're having fun, and research shows that if you're enjoying reading in a foreign language, you won't experience the usual feelings of frustration - 'It's too hard!' 'I don't understand!' • Accessible grammar so you learn new structures naturally, in a stress-free way • Carefully curated to make learning a new language easy, these stories include key features that will support and consolidate your progress, including • A glossary for bolded words in each text • A bilingual word list • Full plot summary • Comprehension questions after each chapter

The Complete Short Stories is the most comprehensive collection of O’Brian’s short fiction ever published. An essential volume, certain to enchant O’Brian admirers as well as readers who are fortunate enough to be journeying with him for the very first time • Patrick O’Brian is acclaimed as one of the greatest historical novelists of the twentieth century, celebrated throughout the world for his masterful roman fleuve, the Aubrey?Maturin series. But he was also a prolific writer of short stories, and it is in this form that he first made his mark • Encompassing stories written in his unvarnished youth to tales told by a seasoned traveller, this is the most comprehensive collection of O’Brian’s short fiction ever published. It is a treasure chest, overflowing with riches, containing more than sixty tales, including rarities, uncollected works, and forgotten jewels that have been out of print for decades