По романа на Готфрид Келер, преразказан от Гудрун Гоцман. ... Kleider machen Leute ist die mit Abstand popularste Erzahlung aus Kellers Novellenzyklus "Die Leute von Seldwyla". Wenzel Strapinski - ein armer, aber gut gekleideter Scheider - ist auf der Suche nach einer neuen Arbeit. Als er in der kleinen Stadt Goldach ankommt, halten ihn alle fur einen polnischen Grafen. Was soll er tun? Sagen, wer er wirklich ist? Als er das schöne und reiche Machen Nettchen kennen lernt, wird seine Situation immer komplizierter. Kleider machen Leute ist eine klassische und immer noch aktuelle Novelle uber die Wichtigkeit ... |
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По романа на Джейн Остин, преразказан от Силвана Сарди. ... Emma Woodhouse is beautiful, rich, intelligent and a snob. She says she will never marry, but loves matchmaking and is determined to find a suitable husband for her friend Harriet Smith. However, her imagination often leads her to make mistakes, creating problems for both her and the people around her. Jane Austen describes the social values of her time and the novel is full of comical moments as Emma causes one disaster after another. Jane Austen once described Emma as a character 'whom no one but myself will much like'."You must be the best judge ... |
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По романа на Емили Бронте, преразказан от Елизабет Ферети. ... In Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte shows us the destructive power of hatred and revenge, but she also explores love in its many forms and, in the end, her story is about hope. Cathy's life is changed forever when her father brings home an abandoned child he names Heathcliff. As Cathy and Heathcliff grow up, their love for each other is as wild as the moors. But, can love overcome jealousy? Can forgiveness enter hearts filled with pain and suffering? In this reader you will find: information about Emily Bronte's life; sections focusing on ... |
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По романа на Натаниъл Хоторн, преразказан от Клеър Мур. ... Set in 17th century Puritan Boston, this is the story of Hester Prynne and her illegitimate daughter Pearl. She is condemned to wear a scarlet letter A as punishment for her adultery, but she refuses to reveal the identity of Pearl's father and they live a solitary life in a small cottage. We meet many characters, including her husband Roger Chillingworth, the young priest Arthur Dimmesdale and Mistress Hibbins. The Scarlet Letter is one of Nathaniel Hawthorne's most famous novels. Книгата е част от поредицата Young Adult Readers от издателство Клет ... |
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По романа на сър Артър Конан Дойл, преразказан от Джанет Борсби и Рут Суон. ... An old family document says that everyone who lives at Baskerville Hall is in danger from a terrifying animal which lives on Dartmoor. When Sir Charles Baskerville dies in a mysterious way, his nephew, the young Sir Henry Baskerville, comes to live on Dartmoor. Is he in danger too? Is there really a dangerous animal on the moor, or did someone murder Sir Charles? Sherlock Holmes, the world-famous detective, is the only person who can solve the case. Or can he? Even Holmes is worried. In this Reader you will find information about Sir Arthur ... |
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По романа на Чарлз Дикенс, преразказан от Елизабет Ферети. ... Dickens' favourite Christmas story shows us the difficult lives of the poor, but it is also a story of hope, where the future can be better. Ebenezer Scrooge loves only one thing - money. He has no friends, doesn't like his family and never helps anyone. But when Jacob Marley, who's been dead for seven years, arrives at his house one night, Scrooge learns that a good life is about much more than money. In this Reader you will find information about Charles Dickens' life, focus on sections: England in the 1800s, Christmas traditions and ... |
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По романа на Чарлз Дикенс, преразказан от Силвана Сарди. ... David Copperfield looks back on the first twenty-five years of his life. He is only eight years old when his mother, a young pretty widow, remarries. Unfortunately Mr Murdstone is not a good husband or father. David is sent away to school and only returns home when tragedy strikes. Unloved and unwanted, he is sent to work in a factory. But David is a resourceful boy and determines to find a better life for himself. Main themes include adventure, teamwork, growth and changes that happen on the way to becoming an adult. The stoory includes different aspects of ... |
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Although the shortest of George Eliot's novels, Silas Marner is one of her most admired and loved works. It 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. Silas Marner is a tender and moving tale of sin and repentance set in a vanished rural world and holds the reader's attention until the last page as Eppie's bonds of affection for Silas are put to the test. ... |
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The Art of War, Wuzi, Wei Liaozi, Taigong's Six Secret Teachings, The Methods of the Sima, Three Strategies of Huang Shigong, Questions and Replies Between Emperor Taizong of Tang and General Li Jing. Written between 500 BCE and 700 CE, these seven texts have inspired generals for millennia, both in China and the wider world. Featuring Sun Tzu's "The Art of War", this new translation brings to light the military masterpieces of ancient China. These seven texts display an understanding of strategy and warfare still relevant more than 2,000 years after they were originally written. Together, they ... |
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Influential and innovative, James Joyce (1882 - 1941) led the vanguard of 20th-century fiction. Sooner or later, most undergraduates encounter him, and many scholars devote their entire careers to his exuberantly eloquent prose. Joyce's experimental use of language and stream-of-consciousness techniques continues to captivate modern readers and writers, and this anthology offers a first-rate introduction to the Irish author's fiction and poetry. "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", Joyce's coming-of-age novel, appears here in its entirety. Readers will also find the complete texts of the ... |
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Heinrich Heine ist der größte Dichter deutscher Sprache. Aber zugleich auch der zerrissenste. Sein Werk ist voller Leichtigkeit und Klassizität, voller Zartheit und Härte, voller Klarheit und böser Ironie. Er hat die Dichtung der Romantik über sich selbst hinausgeführt. Er hat das Feuilleton, den Reisebericht und die politische Streitschrift zu Literatur erhoben und das bei ihm noch klassisch gereimte Gedicht zu höchster und berührendster Vollendung gebracht. Viele seiner Verse sind vertont worden. Die 'Gesammelten Werke' bringen einen Querschnitt durch alle Gattungen. ... |
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Komödien und Tragödien, dazu ein Band mit Sonetten: Das ist das reiche Schaffen von William Shakespeare, der vor rund vierhundert Jahren das großartigste Dramenwerk der Weltliteratur schuf. Dieser Band versammelt es in reicher Auswahl: Komödien wie "Ein Sommernachtstraum" und "Viel Lärm um nichts", Tragödien wie "Romeo und Julia" und "Macbeth", Königsdramen und das lyrische Schaffen. Die kongenialen Übersetzungen von Schlegel, Tieck, Wolf Graf Baudissin und Gustav Wolff gelten bis heute als Klassiker ihres Metiers und bereiten große ... |