The Hound Of The Baskervilles And Other Stories, Собака Баскервилей и Другие Рассказы

Howard Lovecraft (1890—1937) was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Despite the fact that he was virtually unknown before he died, today he is known as the most influential author in his genre. "From Beyond and Other Stories" is a collection of wonderful short stories such as "The Statement of Randolph Carter", "The Temple", "From Beyond" and others. These stories, full of mystery and fantastic creatures, have captured the minds of readers all over the world

Howard Lovecraft (1890—1937) was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Despite the fact that he was virtually unknown before he died, today he is known as the most influential author in his genre. "The Outsider and Other Stories" is a collection of wonderful short stories such as "The Book", "He, What the Moon Brings", "Hypnos" and others. These stories, full of mystery and fantastic creatures, have captured the minds of readers all over the world

The scent of almonds • A snowstorm traps a family in a hotel on a tiny island off Fjallbacka - and then a body is discovered in the library • An elegant death • Two sisters witness a murder in a fashion boutique • Dreaming of Elisabeth • Malin is trapped on a boat with a man she is beginning to fear… • The widows' cafe • Marianne is serving up a dangerous concoction at the Widows' Cafe • Showcasing Camilla's acclaimed talent for combining heart-stopping plots with heart-warming characters, this collection of tales will thrill and delight in equal measure

In The Marquise of O-, a virtuous widow finds herself unaccountably pregnant. And although the baffled Marquise has no idea when this happened, she must prove her innocence to her doubting family and discover whether the perpetrator is an assailant or lover. Michael Kohlhaas depicts an honourable man who feels compelled to violate the law in his search for justice, while other tales explore the singular realm of the uncanny, such as The Beggarwoman of Locarno, in which an old woman's ghost drives a heartless nobleman to madness, and St Cecilia, which portrays four brothers possessed by an uncontrollable religious mania. The stories collected in this volume reflect the preoccupations of Heinrich von Kleist (1777-1811) with the deceptiveness of human nature and the unpredictability of the physical world

Gilbert's libretti of the comic operas composed by Arthur Sullivan are hugely well known, and lines such as "let the punishment fit the crime" have entered the English lexicon - but his short stories also deserve to be rediscovered by the modern reader. This collection, carefully curated by the secretary of the W.S. Gilbert Society, brings together the best of these sharp, clever, comical tales - many of which are published here for the first time since their first appearance in ephemeral magazines - enriched with the author's own illustrations • The stories feature many of the powerful motifs so associated with his work - fairies, elixirs, magic - and a wide variety of characters - from burglars to barristers and shopkeepers to gentlemen. This volume is shot through with the observational wit which drove Gilbert and Sullivan's works to fame, and constitutes a hugely enjoyable companion for fans of the pair's theatrical oeuvre

This collection of Pushkin’s stories begins with ‘The Queen of Spades’, perhaps the most celebrated short story in Russian literature. The young Hermann, while watching some friends gambling, hears a rumour of how an officer’s grandmother is always able to predict the three winning cards in a game. He becomes obsessed with the woman and her seemingly mystical powers, and seeks to extract the secret from her at any cost. This volume, part of a new series of the complete works of Pushkin in English, also includes ‘Dubrovsky’, the story of a man’s desire to avenge himself after his land is unjustly taken from him by an aristocrat; ‘The Negro of Peter the Great’, a tale inspired by Pushkin’s maternal grandfather; and the unfinished story ‘Egyptian Nights’, a meditation on poetry and the poet

This collection of Pushkin’s stories begins with ‘The Queen of Spades’, perhaps the most celebrated short story in Russian literature. The young Hermann, while watching some friends gambling, hears a rumour of how an officer’s grandmother is always able to predict the three winning cards in a game. He becomes obsessed with the woman and her seemingly mystical powers, and seeks to extract the secret from her at any cost • This volume, part of a new series of the complete works of Pushkin in English, also includes ‘Dubrovsky’, the story of a man’s desire to avenge himself after his land is unjustly taken from him by an aristocrat; ‘The Negro of Peter the Great’, a tale inspired by Pushkin’s maternal grandfather; and the unfinished story ‘Egyptian Nights’, a meditation on poetry and the poet

Edgar Allan Poe was a writer of uncommon talent; in The Murders in the Rue Morgue he created the genre of detective fiction while his genius for finding the strangeness lurking within us all has been an influence on everyone from Freud to Hollywood. This complete collection of all his short stories and novellas contains well-known tales 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart' alongside hidden gems that both unsettle and enthrall the reader

Книга организована по принципу билингвы: произведения опубликованы на языке оригинала, с незначительными отступлениями от авторского текста, с параллельным переводом на русский язык. В книгу вошли рассказы Снега Килиманджаро, Игрок, монахиня и радио, Отцы и дети, В другой стране, написанные Хемингуэем с 1927 по 1936 год. Действующие лица рассказов - типичные герои своего времени: они ищут свой путь, пытаясь обнаружить смысл в череде событий, из которых сотканы их судьбы. Бесконечно задавая себе вопросы, которые принято называть вечными, они уверены, что поиски ответов на них важнее самой жизни. Изучение иностранного языка методом параллельного чтения помогает не только значительно расширить словарный запас, но и эффективно работать над усвоением грамматических конструкций и речевых оборотов

Книга организована по принципу билингвы: произведения опубликованы на языке оригинала с параллельным переводом на русский язык • В книгу вошли рассказы «Снега Килиманджаро», «Игрок, монахиня и радио», «Отцы и дети», «В другой стране», написанные Хемингуэем с 1927 по 1936 год. Действующие лица рассказов — типичные герои своего времени: они ищут свой путь, пытаясь обнаружить смысл в череде событий, из которых сотканы их судьбы. Бесконечно задавая себе вопросы, которые принято называть вечными, они уверены, что поиски ответов на них важнее самой жизни • Изучение иностранного языка методом параллельного чтения помогает не только расширять словарный запас, но и эффективно работать над усвоением грамматических конструкций и речевых оборотов

"Пиковая дама" уже давно признана одним из величайших рассказов в мире. В этом классическом литературном описании азартных игр Александр Пушкин исследует природу одержимости. Намеки на оккультизм и готику чередуются со сценами петербургского высшего общества в истории страстного стремления Германа овладеть случаем и сколотить состояние за карточным столом. В основе напряженного сюжета лежит ироническое отношение к романтическому мечтателю и • социальному изгою • В этот том вошли еще три крупных произведения пушкинской прозы, начиная от остроумных пародий на сентиментализм и высокую мелодраму в "Сказках Белкина" и заканчивая ранним экспериментом с воссозданием прошлого в "Арапе Петра Великого". Завершает его роман-шедевр "Капитанская дочка", в котором историческая фантастика в манере сэра Вальтера Скотта сочетается с колоритом и приемами русской сказки в повествовании о бунте и романтике