Все книги издательства «Wordsworth»
The Complete Poems
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Wordsworth
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Автор: Walt Whitman Издательство: Wordsworth, 1995 |
DjVu, 592 страницы, 23.68 МБ
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This collection contains the poetic works of Walt Whitman. These poems reflect the vitality of a new nation and the vastness of its lands. They combine autobiographical, sociological and religious themes but did not conform to previous genres.
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erdik
28 марта 2009
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Devils
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Wordsworth
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Автор: Dostoevsky Fyodor Издательство: Wordsworth, 2010 |
PDF, 720 страниц, 21.60 МБ
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«This title includes an introduction by A.D.P. Briggs and translated by Constance Garnett. In 1869 a young Russian was strangled, shot through the head and thrown into a pond. His crime? A wish to leave small group of violent revolutionaries, from which he had become alienated. Dostoevsky takes this real-life catastrophe as the subject and culmination of «Devils», a title that refers the young radicals themselves and also to the materialistic ideas that possessed the minds of many thinking people Russian society at the time. The satirical portraits of the revolutionaries, with their naivety, ludicrous single-mindedness and readiness for murder and destruction, might seem exaggerated — until we consider their all-too-recognisable descendants in the real world ever since. The key figure in the novel, however, is beyond politics. Nikolay Stavrogin, another product of rationalism run wild, exercises his charisma with ruthless authority and total amorality. His unhappiness is accounted for when he confesses to a ghastly sexual crime — in a chapter long suppressed by the censor. This prophetic account of modern morals and politics, with its fifty-odd characters, amazing events and challenging ideas, is seen by some critics as Dostoevsky's masterpiece.»
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admin
07 апреля 2014
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Dombey and Son
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Wordsworth
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Автор: Charles Dickens Издательство: Wordsworth, 1995 |
PDF, 848 страниц, 25.44 МБ
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This novel comes with an introduction and notes by Karl Ashley Smith, University of St Andrews and illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz). Mr Dombey is a man obsessed with his firm. His son is groomed from birth to take his place within it, despite his visionary eccentricity and declining health. But Dombey also has a daughter, whose unfailing love for her father goes unreturned. 'Girls' said Mr Dombey, 'have nothing to do with Dombey and Son'. When Walter Gay, a young clerk in her father's office, rescues her from a bewildering experience in the streets of London, his unforgettable friends believe he is well on his way to receiving her hand in marriage and inheriting the company. It is to be a very different type of story.
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marina_abcd
16 марта 2009
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Dracula: and Dracula's Guest
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Wordsworth
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Автор: Bram Stoker Издательство: Wordsworth, 2009 |
DjVu, 576 страниц, 23.04 МБ
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«Dracula Introduction and Notes» by Dr David Rogers, Kingston University — 'There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and mustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood, which trickled from the corners of the mouth and ran over the chin and neck. Even the deep, burning eyes seemed set amongst the swollen flesh, for the lids and pouches underneath were bloated. It seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion'. Thus Bram Stoker, one of the greatest exponents of the supernatural narrative, describes the demonic subject of his chilling masterpiece «Dracula» — a truly iconic and unsettling tale of vampirism. «Dracula's Guest & Other Stories» is edited and introduced by David Stuart Davies. The above is followed with a rich collection of Stoker's macabre tales including «Dracula's Guest» (which was omitted from the final version of Dracula); a devilishly dangerous haunted room in The Judge's House; a fatalistic tragedy in The Burial of the Rats; a terror of revenge from beyond the grave in The Secret of Growing Gold, and a surprising twist in the tail in The Gypsy's Prophecy. Other strange and frightening episodes provide a feast of terror for those readers who like to be unnerved as well as entertained.»
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nergon
28 июня 2011
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The Karamazov Brothers
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Wordsworth
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Автор: Fyodor Dostoevsky Издательство: Wordsworth, 2010 |
PDF, 896 страниц, 26.88 МБ
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«This is translated by Constance Garnett, with an introduction by A. D. P. Briggs. As Fyodor Karamazov awaits an amorous encounter, he is violently done to death. The three sons of the old debauchee are forced to confront their own guilt or complicity. Who will own to parricide? The reckless and passionate Dmitri? The corrosive intellectual Ivan? Surely not the chaste novice monk Alyosha? The search reveals the divisions which rack the brothers, yet paradoxically unite them. Around the writings of this one dysfunctional family Dostoevsky weaves a dense network of social, psychological and philosophical relationships. At the same time he shows — from the opening 'scandal' scene in the monastery to a personal appearance by an eccentric Devil — that his dramatic skills have lost nothing of their edge. «The Karamazov Brothers», completed a few months before Dostoevsky's death in 1881, remains for many the high point of his genius as novelist and chronicler of the modern malaise. It cast a long shadow over D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Mann, Albert Camus, and other giants of twentieth-century European literature.»
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bablo
14 июля 2011
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Kidnapped
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Wordsworth
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Автор: Robert Louis Stevenson Издательство: Wordsworth, 1993 |
PDF, 224 страницы, 6.72 МБ
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Set in Scotland in 1751, Kidnapped tells of how young David Balfour, orphaned, and betrayed by his uncle Ebenezer who should have been his guardian, falls in with Alan Breck, the unscrupulous but heroic champion of the Jacobite cause.
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allkonekt
04 июля 2009
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Little Men: and Jo's Boys
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Wordsworth
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Автор: Louisa May Alcott Издательство: Wordsworth, 2009 |
PDF, 511 страниц, 15.33 МБ
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«The two American classics here together in one volume, «Little Men» and «Jo's Boys», are worthy sequels to «Little Women», one of the best-loved children's stories of all time, and its continuation, «Good Wives». In «Little Men», Louisa May Alcott takes up the story of the everyday dramas and exploits of the naughty but easy-going boys at Plumfield, now a boarding-school run by Professor Bhaer and his lovable madcap wife Jo, the most fiery and free-spirited of the four March sisters. «Jo's Boys» revisits the one-time members of that 'wilderness of boys' ten years later when they are making their ways in the world with varying degrees of triumph and disaster.»
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victor-cherneckiy
16 февраля 2011
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Miserables, Les
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Wordsworth
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Автор: Victor Hugo Издательство: Wordsworth, 1994 |
DOC, 512 страниц, 1.00 МБ
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This is the second volume of a novel rich in both character portrayal and historical description. Characters include the absurdly criminalized Valjean and the implacable detective Javert. It includes scenes such as the Battle of Waterloo and Valjean's flight through the Paris sewers.
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nniikk
13 февраля 2009
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The Monk
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Wordsworth
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Автор: Matthew Lewis Издательство: Wordsworth, 2009 |
PDF, 336 страниц, 10.08 МБ
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«Set in the sinister monastery of the Capuchins in Madrid, «The Monk» is a violent tale of ambition, murder and incest. The great struggle between maintaining monastic vows and fulfilling personal ambitions leads to its main character, the monk Ambrosio, to temptation and the breaking of his vows, then to sexual obsession and rape, and finally to murder to conceal his guilt.»
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phoenix7
16 мая 2012
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The Mysterious Island
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Wordsworth
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Автор: Jules Verne Издательство: Wordsworth, 2010 |
DOC, 528 страниц, 1.00 МБ
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«With an Introduction by Alex Dolby Jules Verne (1828-1905) is internationally famous as the author of a distinctive series of adventure stories describing new travel technologies which opened up the world and provided means to escape from it. The collective enthusiasm of generations of readers of his 'extraordinary voyages' was a key factor in the rise of modern science fiction. In «The Mysterious Island» a group of men escape imprisonment during the American Civil War by stealing a balloon. Blown across the world, they are air-wrecked on a remote desert island. In a manner reminiscent of Robinson Crusoe, the men apply their scientific knowledge and technical skill to exploit the island's bountiful resources, eventually constructing a sophisticated society in miniature. The book is also an intriguing mystery story, for the island has a secret.»
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carabin
12 сентября 2015
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The Rainbow
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Автор: D. H. Lawrence Издательство: Wordsworth, 1995 |
DjVu, 448 страниц, 17.92 МБ
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This novel chronicles the lives of three generations of the Brangwen family of Nottinghamshire. It is a metaphysical enquiry into the possibilities that human relationships hold amid the uncompromizing circumstances of industrial culture, which Lawrence continued in Women in Love.
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vtormai
10 декабря 2009
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Silas Marner
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Wordsworth
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Автор: George Eliot Издательство: Wordsworth, 1994 |
PDF, 176 страниц, 5.28 МБ
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This novel tells the sad story of the unjustly exiled Silas Marner, a handloom linen weaver of Raveloe in the agricultural heartland of England, and how he is restored to life by the unlikely means of the orphan child Eppie. It is a tender tale of sin and repentance set in a rural world.
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kubinec12
10 сентября 2009
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Sons and Lovers
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Wordsworth
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Автор: D. H. Lawrence Издательство: Wordsworth, 1992 |
PDF, 400 страниц, 12.00 МБ
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Lawrence's first major novel was also the first in the English language to explore ordinary working-class life from the inside. No writer before or since has written so well about the intimacies enforced by a tightly-knit mining community and by a family where feelings are never hidden forlong. Paul Morel is caught between his need for family and community and his efforts to define himself sexually and emotionally. Lawrence's powerful description of Paul's relationships makes this a novel as much for the beginning of the twenty-first century as it was for the beginning of thetwentieth.
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admin
11 июня 2009
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Tales from King Arthur
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Wordsworth
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Автор: C. Lang Издательство: Wordsworth, 1993 |
DOC, 144 страницы, 1.00 МБ
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The highest standards in editing and production have been applied to the Wordsworth Children's Classics, while the low price makes them affordable for everyone. Wordsworth's list covers a range of the best-loved stories for children, from nursery tales, classic fables, and fairy tales to stories that will appeal to older children and adults alike. Many of these volumes have contemporary illustrations, and while they are ideal for shared family reading, their attractive format will also encourage children to read for themselves. Like all Wordsworth Editions, these children's books represent unbeatable value.
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alex033ru
17 апреля 2009
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The Thirty-Nine Steps
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Wordsworth
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Автор: John Buchan Издательство: Wordsworth, 1993 |
PDF, 112 страниц, 3.36 МБ
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When Richard Hannay returns from a long stay in Africa, he becomes caught up in a sensational plot to precipitate a pan-European war. After a corpse is found in his flat, Hannay flees the attentions of both the conspirators and the law, and a manhunt ensues.
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dimon0
02 сентября 2009
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Tom Sawyer Abroad: and Tom Sawyer, Detective
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Wordsworth
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Автор: Mark Twain Издательство: Wordsworth, 2009 |
PDF, 188 страниц, 5.64 МБ
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«In «Tom Sawyer Abroad», Tom, Huck and Jim set sail to Africa in a futuristic hot air balloon. Where they survive encounters with lions, robbers, and fleas to see some of the world's greatest wonders. In «Tom Sawyer, Detective», Tom attempts to solve a murder.»
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lichers
26 декабря 2011
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Twenty Years After
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Wordsworth
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Автор: Alexandre Dumas Издательство: Wordsworth, 2009 |
PDF, 704 страницы, 21.12 МБ
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«This title includes an introduction by A. M. de Medeiros, University of Kent at Canterbury. A year after the publication of «The Three Musketeers», Alexandre Dumas produced a sequel worthy in every respect of the original. In «Twenty Years After» the much beloved D'Artaganan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis reunite to fight the forces of evil. In the original novel they defeated Milady, a formidable foe; now they need to face her vengeful son Mordaunt, as well as countering the machinations of the sinister Cardinal Mazarin. Their adventures also take them to England, where Cromwell is about to topple Charles I. Meanwhile, they must overcome the obstacles which the passing of time has placed between them. Rediscovering strength in unity, they fight for Queen and country. «The Musketeer» novels were a huge success in Dumas' own lifetime, and have lost none of their original appeal. Translated into many languages and adapted for cinema and television, they have helped to make Dumas arguably the most successful exporter of French culture to the wider world.»
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krot
16 марта 2012
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Ulysses
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Wordsworth
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Автор: James Joyce Издательство: Wordsworth, 2010 |
PDF, 736 страниц, 22.08 МБ
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«Complete and unabridged, this title comes with a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex. James Joyce's astonishing masterpiece, «Ulysses», tells of the diverse events which befall Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus in Dublin on 16 June 1904, during which Bloom's voluptuous wife, Molly, commits adultery. Initially deemed obscene in England and the USA, this richly-allusive novel, revolutionary in its Modernistic experimentalism, was hailed as a work of genius by W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot and Ernest Hemingway. Scandalously frank, wittily erudite, mercurially eloquent, resourcefully comic and generously humane, «Ulysses» offers the reader a life-changing experience.»
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eugeni
21 июня 2012
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Classic Short Stories
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Wordsworth
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Автор: Various Издательство: Wordsworth, 2007 |
PDF, 1408 страниц, 42.24 МБ
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Selected by Rosemary Gray, poignant, wry, chilling, challenging, amusing, thought-provoking and always intriguing, these accomplished tales from the pens of great writers are object-lessons in the art of creating a literary masterpiece on a small canvas. From the straightforwardly anecdotal to the more analytical of human behaviour, all are guaranteed to capture the imagination, stir the emotions, linger in the memory and whet the reader's appetite for more. In this book, Wordsworth Editions presents the modern reader with a rich variety of short stories by a host of towering literary figures ranging from Arnold Bennett to Virginia Woolf. This disparate and distinguished company of writers has rarely — if ever — met within the pages of one volume: the result is a positive feast.
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sierra
15 октрября 2010
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Dead Souls
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Wordsworth
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Автор: Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol Издательство: Wordsworth, 2010 |
PDF, 496 страниц, 14.88 МБ
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Chichikov is willing to relieve their owners of the tax burden by buying the titles for a song. What he does not say is that he then proposes to take out a huge mortgage against these fictitious citizens and buy himself a nice estate in Eastern Russia. Will he get away with it? Who will rumble him?
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neptun
16 мая 2013
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