"My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know." ... "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" first introduced Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant detective to the readers Strand Magazine. The runaway success of this series promoted a second set of stories, "The Memoirs". In these twenty three tales, collected here in one volume, you have some of the best detective yarns ever penned. In his consulting room at 221B Baker Street, the master sleuth receives a stream of clients all presenting him with baffling and bizarre mysteries to unravel. There is, for ... |
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Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to believe in 'art for art's sake', to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. Yet Wilde himself underestimated the consequences of his experiment, and its capacity to outrage the Victorian establishment. Its words returned to haunt him in his court appearances in 1895, and he ... |
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Книга от поредицата "Българска класика" ... Класическите произведения на българската литература са слънчевите стълбове, крепящи националното ни самосъзнание. Те са кристалните мостове на възторга, по които Отечеството ще премине през огън и страдание и ще пребъде в третото хилядолетие. Издателство "Захарий Стоянов" предлага специална поредица - най-доброто от високата българска класика. Всеки том е придружен от статии, анализиращи от различни гледни точки творчеството на българските класици. Изданието е насочено към ученици и студенти, както и към широката българска общественост. Томът съдържа " ... |
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Бестселър на "Ню Йорк Таймс", "Пъблишърс Уикли", "Ю Ес Ей Тудей", "Уолстрийт Джърнъл", "Инди Баунд" и "Амазон". ... Преди хиляда години ангелът Разиел смесил своята кръв с човешка и създал Нефилимите. Полухора, полуангели, те бродят в нашия свят невидими, но винаги край нас - те са нашите защитници. Наричат себе си Ловци на сенки. Ловците на сенки следват законите, записани в Сивата книга, дадена им от ангела. Тяхната мисия е да защитават нашия свят, от нашествениците идващи от други измерения и наречени демони - същества които бродят между световете и унищожават ... |
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Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the "roaring twenties", and a devastating expose of the "Jazz Age". Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him. The Great Gatsby is an undisputed classic of American literature from the period following the First World War and is one of the great ... |
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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 ... |
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Begun when the author was only eighteen and conceived from a nightmare, Frankenstein is the deeply disturbing story of a monstrous creation which has terrified and chilled readers since its first publication in 1818. The novel has thus seared its way into the popular imagination while establishing itself as one of the pioneering works of modern science fiction. ... |
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Anna Karenina is one of the most loved and memorable heroines of literature. Her overwhelming charm dominates a novel of unparalleled richness and density. Tolstoy considered this book to be his first real attempt at a novel form, and it addresses the very nature of society at all levels, of destiny, death, human relationships and the irreconcilable contradictions of existence. It ends tragically, and there is much that evokes despair, yet set beside this is an abounding joy in life's many ephemeral pleasures, and a profusion of comic relief. ... |
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Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners. In it the garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband. With its wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine, Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English language. ... |
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Der seltsame Fall des "Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde" ist eine der berühmtesten Kriminalgeschichten der Weltliteratur, eine spannende Doppelgänger-Erzählung, die bereits Oscar Wildes "Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray" und noch Bret Easton Ellis "American Psycho" inspirierte. Seit seiner Jugend weiß Doktor Jekyll um sein gespaltenes Ich, aber die dunkle Seite hat er zeitlebens verdrängt. Mit Hilfe eines geheimnisvollen Elixiers gelingt es ihm, seine Identität nach Belieben zu wechseln. Doch der mysteriöse Mr. Hyde wird immer mächtiger und droht das Gute zu ... |
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Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, she possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order. All of which circumscribe her life and position when she becomes governess to the daughter of the mysterious, sardonic and attractive Mr Rochester. However, there is great kindness and warmth in this epic love story, which is set against the magnificent backdrop of the Yorkshire ... |
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Книгата е част от колекция "Върхове" на издателство "Изток - Запад". ... Романът "Наследникът от Калкута" е приключенска история, написана по време на 10-годишна присъда в съветски трудов лагер в Сибир. Там Роберт Щилмарк попада, след като е осъден за клеветничество срещу властта. Действието в книгата се развива в края на XVIII век в Англия, Индийския океан, Северна Америка и Африка. Борбата между доброто и злото, която привлича много герои, и е в основата на сюжета. Пиратски кораб, командван от капитан Бернардито Луис Ел Гора и неговият старши помощник Джакомо "Леопарда" Грелли ... |
