Все книги издательства «Wordsworth»

The Waves	Wordsworth
Автор: Virginia Woolf Издательство: Wordsworth, 2000	PDF, 192 страницы, 5.76 МБ 5 Оценка:
«'I am writing to a rhythm and not to a plot', Virginia Woolf stated of her eighth novel, «The Waves». Widely regarded as one of her greatest and most original works, it conveys the rhythms of life in synchrony with the cycle of nature and the passage of time. Six children — Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny and Louis — meet in a garden close to the sea, their voices sounding over the constant echo of the waves that roll back and forth from the shore. The subsequent continuity of these six main characters, as they develop from childhood to maturity and follow different passions and ambitions, is interspersed with interludes from the timeless and unifying chorus of nature.In pure stream-of-consciousness style, Woolf presents a cross-section of multiple yet parallel lives, each marked by the disintegrating force of a mutual tragedy. «The Waves» is her searching exploration of individual and collective identity, and the observations and emotions of life, from the simplicity and surging optimism of youth to the vacancy and despair of middle-age.»
692 zorkuzz 15 октрября 2009	Скачать книгу

The Way We Live Now	Wordsworth
Автор: Anthony Trollope Издательство: Wordsworth, 1995	PDF, 800 страниц, 24.00 МБ 8 Оценка:
The tough-mindedness of the social satire in and its air of palpable integrity give this novel a special place in Anthony Trollope's Literary career. Trollope paints a picture as panoramic as his title promises, of the life of 1870s London, the loves of those drawn to and through the city, and the career of Augustus Melmotte. Melmotte is one of the Victorian novel’s greatest and strangest creations, and is an achievement undimmed by the passage of time. Trollope's 'Now' might, in the twenty-first century, look like some distant disenchanted 'Then', but this is still the yesterday which we must understand in order to make proper sense of our today.
2880 admin 25 июня 2009	Скачать книгу

The Well of Loneliness	Wordsworth
Автор: Radclyffe Hall Издательство: Wordsworth, 2006	DjVu, 448 страниц, 17.92 МБ 7 Оценка:
«'As a man loved a woman, that was how I loved...It was good, good, good...' Stephen is an ideal child of aristocratic parents — a fencer, a horse rider and a keen scholar. Stephen grows to be a war hero, a bestselling writer and a loyal, protective lover. But Stephen is a woman, and her lovers are women. As her ambitions drive her, and society confines her, Stephen is forced into desperate actions. «The Well of Loneliness» was banned for obscenity when published in 1928. It became an international bestseller, and for decades was the single most famous lesbian novel. It has influenced how love between women is understood, for the twentieth century and beyond.»
1621 vtormai 19 февраля 2008	Скачать книгу

The Well-Beloved	Wordsworth
Автор: Thomas Hardy Издательство: Wordsworth, 2000	DOC, 368 страниц, 1.00 МБ 7 Оценка:
«The Well-Beloved» completes the cycle of Hardy's great novels, reiterating his favourite themes of man's eternal quest for perfection in both love and art, and the suffering that ensues. Jocelyn Pierston, celebrated sculptor, tries to create an image of his ideal woman — his imaginary «Well-Beloved» — in stone, just as he tries to find her in the flesh. Powerful symbolism marks this romantic fantasy that Hardy has grounded firmly in reality with a characteristically authentic rendering of location, the Isle of Slingers, or Portland as we know it. Overt exploration of the relationship between erotic fascination and creativity makes this novel a nineteenth-century landmark in the persistent debate about art, aesthetics and gender.»
1328 lubacha 26 мая 2009	Скачать книгу

The Werewolf Pack	Wordsworth
Автор: Mark Valentine Издательство: Wordsworth, 2008	PDF, 224 страницы, 6.72 МБ 0 Оценка:
«The wolf has always been a creature of legend and romance, while kings, sorcerers and outlaws have been proud to be called by the name of the wolf, it’s no wonder, then, that tales of transformation between man and wolf are so powerful and persistent. This original collection offers some of the greatest, rarest and most unusual werewolf stories ever. From the forests of Transylvania to the ordered lawns of an English country estate, here are all the classic aspects of the tale. You will encounter shadows that lope under the moon, chilling howls, family curses, crimson feasts, the desperate chase and the deathly duel. But you will also find the werewolf in less expected guises – as an adversary for Sherlock Holmes, as a myth of the Wild West, and as a figure restored to its origins in folk and fairy tales. With an informative introduction by Mark Valentine that follows the traces of the werewolf in literature, and its links to «Dracula», «Jekyll & Hyde», and «The Hound of the Baskervilles», this superb collection will make you fear the full moon.»
811 allkonekt 10 декабря 2010	Скачать книгу

Wessex Tales	Wordsworth
Автор: Thomas Hardy Издательство: Wordsworth, 1995	PDF, 224 страницы, 6.72 МБ 0 Оценка:
«Wessex Tales» was the first collection of Hardy's short stories, and they reflect the experience of a novelist at the height of his powers. These seven tales, in which characters and scenes are imbued with a haunting realism, show considerable diversity of content, form and style, and range from fantasy to realism and from tragedy to comedy.»
806 allkonekt 05 июня 2009	Скачать книгу

What Maisie Knew	Wordsworth
Автор: Henry James Издательство: Wordsworth, 2002	PDF, 256 страниц, 7.68 МБ 0 Оценка:
The child of parents who divorce, remarry and then embark on adulterous affairs, Maisie Farange survives by her intelligence and spirit. For all its sombre theme of childhood innocence exposed to a corrupted adult world, this novel is one of James’s comic masterpieces. The outrageous behaviour of the characters on the seedy fringes of the English upper class is conveyed with wit and relish. The dual perspective of a sophisticated narrator richly appreciative of the absurdities of the adult sexual merry-go-round and the candid vision of Maisie, 'rebounding' from one parent to another like a 'shuttlecock', together create an 'associational magic'. Strangely, unexpectedly, from so much that is tawdry, comes a tale of moral energy and subtlety. James’s foresight was in understanding the modernity of his subject, which is even more relevant today in the twenty-first century.
924 lawyer_78rus 23 августа 2009	Скачать книгу

The Whisperer in Darkness: Collected Stories Vol: 1	Wordsworth
Автор: H.P. Lovecraft Издательство: Wordsworth, 2007	PDF, 384 страницы, 11.52 МБ 0 Оценка:
«Millenia ago, the Old Ones ruled our planet. Since that time, they have but slumbered. But when a massive sea tremor brings the ancient stone city of R'lyeh to the surface once more, the Old Ones awaken at last. «The Whisperer in Darkness» brings together the original Cthulhu Mythos stories of the legendary horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. Included in this volume are several early tales, along with the classics «The Call of Cthulhu», «The Dunwich Horror» and «At the Mountains of Madness». Arm yourself with a copy of Abdul Alhazred's fabled Necronomican and prepare to face terrors beyond the wildest imaginings of all save H.P. Lovecraft.»
1390 yury-m 14 марта 2010	Скачать книгу

The Winter's Tale	Wordsworth
Автор: William Shakespeare Издательство: Wordsworth, 1995	PDF, 151 страниц, 4.53 МБ 7 Оценка:
«The Winter's Tale», one of Shakespeare's later romantic comedies, offers a striking and challenging mixture of tragic and violent events, lyrical love-speeches, farcical comedy, pastoral song and dance, and, eventually, dramatic revelations and reunions. Thematically, there is a rich orchestration of the contrasts between age and youth, corruption and innocence, decline and regeneration. Both Leontes' murderous jealousy and Perdita's love-relationship with Florizel are eloquently intense. In the theatre, «The Winter's Tale» often proves to be diversely entertaining and deeply moving.»
543 fsv2000 14 сентября 2009	Скачать книгу

Wives and Daughters	Wordsworth
Автор: Elizabeth Gaskell Издательство: Wordsworth, 1999	PDF, 624 страницы, 18.72 МБ 0 Оценка:
Focusing on two families, the Gibsons and the Hamleys, this novel describes the habits, loyalties, prejudices, petty snobberies, rumours and adjustments of a whole countryside hierarchy.
2250 metroteam 15 апреля 2009	Скачать книгу

The Woman in White	Wordsworth
Автор: Wilkie Collins Издательство: Wordsworth, 2008	DOC, 528 страниц, 1.00 МБ 7 Оценка:
«Wilkie Collins is a master of mystery, and «The Woman in White» is his first excursion into the genre. When the hero, Walter Hartright, on a moonlit night in north London, encounters a solitary, terrified and beautiful woman dressed in white, he feels impelled to solve the mystery of her distress. The intricate plot is peopled with a finely characterised cast, from the peevish invalid Mr Fairlie to the corpulent villain Count Fosco and the enigmatic woman herself.»
1913 carabin 10 декабря 2010	Скачать книгу

The Woodlanders	Wordsworth
Автор: Thomas Hardy Издательство: Wordsworth, 1996	PDF, 336 страниц, 10.08 МБ 0 Оценка:
Educated beyond her station, Grace Melbury returns to the woodland village of little Hintock and cannot marry her intended, Giles Winterborne. Her alternative choice proves disastrous, and in a moving tale that has vibrant characters, many humorous moments and genuine pathos coupled with tragic irony, Hardy eschews a happy ending. With characteristic derision, he exposes the cruel indifference of the archaic legal system off his day, and shows the tragic consequences of untimely adherence to futile social and religious proprieties.
1210 phoenix7 08 марта 2009	Скачать книгу

The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories	Wordsworth
Издательство: Wordsworth, 2005	PDF, 1160 страниц, 34.80 МБ 8 Оценка:
«»...it is an universal phenomenon of our nature that the mournful, the fearful, even the horrible, allures with irresistible enchantment.» — Chaucer Burr, Memoir, 1850. «The Wordsworth Book of Horror Stories» is a superb collection of some of the greatest tales of the genre, many are classics while others are lesser-known gems unearthed from this vintage era of the supernatural. From time immemorial, man the world over has drawn upon the worst fears of his conscious and subconscious mind to furnish legends of terror. In this volume, authors such as M. R. James, Le Fanu, Henry James, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Bierce, Balzac, Gaskell, and many others invite you to close the curtains, lock the doors, draw the armchair closer to the blazing fire and settle down to a spine-chilling read.»
4196 admin 15 декабря 2009	Скачать книгу

Wuthering Heights	Wordsworth
Автор: Emily Bronte Издательство: Wordsworth, 1992	PDF, 272 страницы, 8.16 МБ 8 Оценка:
«Wuthering Heights» is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine's father. After Mr Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine's brother Hindley and wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return years later as a wealthy and polished man. He proceeds to exact a terrible revenge for his former miseries. The action of the story is chaotic and unremittingly violent, but the accomplished handling of a complex structure, the evocative descriptions of the lonely moorland setting and the poetic grandeur of vision combine to make this unique novel a masterpiece of English literature.»
977 radius 25 мая 2009	Скачать книгу

The Hound of the Baskervilles and the Valley of Fear	Wordsworth
Автор: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Издательство: Wordsworth, 1999	PDF, 336 страниц, 10.08 МБ 0 Оценка:
«The Hound of the Baskervilles» is the classic detective chiller. It features the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, in his most challenging case. The Baskerville family is haunted by a phantom beast 'with blazing eyes and dripping jaws' which roams the mist-enshrouded moors around the isolated Baskerville Hall on Dartmoor. Now the hound seems to be stalking young Sir Henry, the new master of the Baskerville estate. Is this devilish spectre the manifestation of the family curse? Or is Sir Henry the victim of a vile and scheming murderer? Only Sherlock Holmes can solve this devilish affair. «The Valley of Fear» is a dark, powerful tale, which provides the great detective with a most perplexing case and opens with a vile murder. 'Lying across his chest was a most curious weapon, a shotgun with the barrel sawn off in front of the triggers. It was clear that it had been fired at close range, and that he had received the whole charge in the face, blowing his head almost to pieces'. Sherlock Holmes' arch enemy, the criminal genius Professor Moriarty, is back! But the solution to the riddle, found after many surprising twists and high dramas, lies far away, half across the world in a location known as «The Valley of Fear». This is Conan Doyle's last Holmes novel and in the opinion of many of his fans, it is the best!»
1212 phoenix7 10 декабря 2009	Скачать книгу

Madam Crowl's Ghost	Wordsworth
Автор: Sheridan Le Fanu Издательство: Wordsworth, 2008	PDF, 192 страницы, 5.76 МБ 5 Оценка:
«This title is edited by M.R. James. In 1888 Henry James wrote 'There was the customary novel by Mr Le Fanu for the bedside; the ideal reading in a country house for the hours after midnight'. «Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Stories» are tales selected from Le Fanu's stories which mostly appeared in «The Dublin University» Magazine and other periodicals, and their haunting, sinister qualities still have an enormous appeal for the modern reader. The great M.R. James, who collected and introduces the stories in this book, considered that Le Fanu 'stands absolutely in the first rank as a writer of ghost stories.'»
695 zorkuzz 15 июля 2009	Скачать книгу

The Life of Samuel Johnson	Wordsworth
Автор: James Boswell Издательство: Wordsworth, 2008	PDF, 1024 страницы, 30.72 МБ 0 Оценка:
The 22-year old James Boswell first met Johnson, who was then aged 54, in 1763. Nine years later he wrote in his journal of his ‘constant plan to write the life of Mr Johnson’. Boswell was tireless in his search for authenticated proof, and his training as a lawyer helped him sift the evidence of friends and to operate forensically on Johnson himself. Boswell drew him out as no one else could, and although three-quarters of the book concerns the last twenty years of Johnson’s life, his skill in constructing the early years is remarkable. The text of this complete and unabridged edition is that of the 1791 first edition, and it remains, by common consent, the greatest biography in the English language. Johnson’s centrality in 18th century letters is established not only by Boswell’s record of his life and conversations, but also by the success of the work in placing him in a literary and cultural context. James Boswell (1740-95) was educated at Edinburgh and Glasgow universities as a lawyer. He moved to London in 1760, and was by turns a libertine and a Puritan. Introduced by his friends Sheridan and Garrick, Boswell met Johnson in 1763, and discovered a life’s calling.
3710 bumbaroma 04 июля 2009	Скачать книгу

Ghost Stories of Henry James	Wordsworth
Автор: Henry James Издательство: Wordsworth, 2008	DOC, 368 страниц, 1.00 МБ 7 Оценка:
With an Introduction and Notes by Martin Scofield, University of Kent at Canterbury Henry James was arguably the greatest practitioner of what has been called the psychological ghost story. His stories explore the region which lies between the supernatural or straightforwardly marvellous and the darker areas of the human psyche. This edition includes all ten of his ghost stories, and as such is the fullest collection currently available. The stories range widely in tone and type. They include 'The Jolly Corner', a compelling story of psychological doubling; 'Owen Wingrave', which is also a subtle parable of military tradition; 'The Friends of the Friends', a strange story of uncanny love; and 'The Private Life', which finds a shrewd, high comedy in its ghostly theme. The volume also includes James's great novella The Turn of the Screw, perhaps the most ambiguous and disturbing ghost story ever written.
1333 lubacha 10 октрября 2011	Скачать книгу

Tales of Mystery and Imagination	Wordsworth
Автор: Edgar Allan Poe Издательство: Wordsworth, 2008	PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ 8 Оценка:
«This book features an Introduction by John S. Whitley, University of Sussex. This collection of Poe's best stories contains all the terrifying and bewildering tales that characterize his work. As well as the Gothic horror of such famous stories as «The Pit and the Pendulum», «The Fall of the House of Usher», «The Premature Burial» and «The Tell-Tale Heart», all of Poe's Auguste Dupin stories are included. These are the first modern detective stories and include «The Murders in the Rue Morgue», «The Mystery of Marie Roget» and «The Purloined Letter».»
1159 admin 19 апреля 2012	Скачать книгу

The Phantom of the Opera	Wordsworth
Автор: Gaston Leroux Издательство: Wordsworth, 2008	PDF, 208 страниц, 6.24 МБ 7 Оценка:
With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies ‘… the shadow turned round; and I saw a terrible death’s-head, which darted a look at me from a pair of scorching eyes. I felt as if I were face to face with Satan…’ Erik, the Phantom of the Paris Opera House, is one of the great icons of horror literature. This tormented and disfigured creature has made his home in the labyrinthine cellars of this opulent building where he can indulge in his great passion for music, which is a substitute for the love and emotion denied him because of his ghastly appearance. It is in the Opera House that he encounters Christine Daaé whom he trains in secret to become a great singer. Erik’s passionate obsession with a beautiful woman beyond his reach is doomed and leads to the dramatic tragic finale. Gaston Leroux’s novel is a marvellous blend of detective story, romance and spine-tingling terror which has fascinated readers ever since the work was first published.
753 anatoly_24 17 сентября 2013	Скачать книгу

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