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Over Seventy (Everyman)
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When is an autobiography not an autobiography? When the author is P. G. Wodehouse.
Over Seventy purports to be a series of answers to stray questions about ageing given by a rambling old gentleman full of irrelevant anecdote and wise saws, but when the rambling old gentleman in question happens to be P. G. Wodehouse we know that this persona is a shrewd literary strategy. Underneath the strategy, Wodehouse's feeling for literary form and his nose for comedy are as strong as ever.
Presenting himself as a traditional Englishman who deplores the baring of souls - and doubts if he has a soul of his own to bare - Wodehouse neatly sidesteps difficult biographical questions in favour of self deprecating humour and comic vignette. But if Over Seventy is deliberately evasive, its very discretion tells us a lot more about one of the most celebrated twentieth-century writers. A charming and very funny book which reveals more than it tells.
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The Luck of the Bodkins (Everyman)
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Monty Bodkin's pursuit of Gertude Butterwick is temporarily interrupted by his encounter with silver-screen siren Miss Lotus Blossom, who sees in him a means of restoring relations with her idol, the novelist Ambrose Tennyson. But Monty is not the only one with problems. Ambrose's brother Reggie has money troubles and Ikey Llewellyn is struggling with difficulties which would tax anyone's ingenuity, let alone his limited brain power. When the paths of these men collide, the ensuing plot complications produce a vintage Wodehouse farce involving London, New York, Hollywood and translatlantic liners. A delicious period piece from 1935.
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Hot Water (Everyman)
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J. Wellington Gedge seems to have everything a man could desire: a rich wife, a chateau, a life of ease in the south of France. But all he really wants is to return to California, not least because Mrs Gedge, who holds the purse-strings, is scheming to have him appointed as American ambassador in Paris, which means he will have to wear a sissy uniform. Fortunately, her plans are thwarted by a complicated series of events which involves French aristocrats, American crooks, an English novelist and the appalling Senator Opal, whose daughter, Jane, has a mind of her own.
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Piccadilly Jim (Everyman)
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This sparkling story of transatlantic manners follows the fortunes of playboy Jimmy Crocker in England and America. When Jimmy falls for a girl in London and vows to reform himself as a result, the quest for love leads him to his Aunt Nesta’s house in New York, where his escapades involve impersonating himself and attempting to kidnap Nesta’s odious son Ogden – with the boy demanding a cut of the ransom money. A full flush of minor characters – pretentious poets, butlers, boxers, put-upon husbands and Wall Street businessmen – make the comedy crackle as only Wodehouse knew how.
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A Prefect's Uncle (Everyman)
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The uncle of the title is a mysterious stranger who arrives at Beckford College and turns out to be younger than his nephew, already a prefect at the school. Thus the scene is set for comic confusion and misunderstanding. But the plot is the least interesting part of this charming early book which turns more impressively on a series of sporting events which Wodehouse describes with the perception and panache of an afficionado. An amusing variation on the traditional school story in which the youthful uncle foreshadows both Psmith and Ukridge.
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Sunset at Blandings (Everyman)
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In Wodehouse's final novel, unfinished at his death, the author returns to his favourite part of England. In a classic plot, Vicky Underwood is parted from her fiance, Jeff Bennison, and her uncle, Galahad Threepwood, gamely undertakes to bring them back together.
Many old friends reappear to take their last bow: the Earl of Emsworth, Dame Daphne Winkworth, Beach the butler, the Empress of Blandings (Lord Emsworth's prize pig), Freddie Threepwood (his son), G. Ovens, innkeeper, and an array of the earl's formidable sisters, including newcomers Florence and Diana.
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Mulliner Nights (Everyman)
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Always to be found in the bar-parlour of the Angler's Rest where he is a favourite with the accomplished barmaid, Miss Postlethwaite, Mr Mulliner, the narrator of Meet Mr Mulliner, returns for another series of stories about his extraordinary relations, including Lancelot, Adrian, Cyril, Sacheverell, Eustace, Egbert and Augustine Mulliner. In a text teeming with tipsy bishops, angry baronets, lady novelists and haughty dowagers, the Mulliner boys always manage to come out on top.
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Uncle Fred in the Springtime (Everyman)
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‘I don’t know if you happen to know what the word “excesses” means, but these are what Pongo’s Uncle Fred, when in London, invariably commits.’ When the dastardly Duke of Dunstable plots to steal Lord Emsworth’s pig, Empress of Blandings, the wily Uncle Fred - aka the Earl of Ickenham – is called in to thwart him. To that end, the Earl arrives at Blandings Castle under false pretences, posing as pompous 'loony-doctor’ Sir Roderick Glossop, accompanied by two other imposters, one of them the unfortunate Pongo; a bookie turned private detective; an angry sixteen-stone poet; a suspicious dancing secretary, and Lord Emsworth’s pink-faced heir who will keep pointing his gun in the wrong direction. In other words: business as usual in Wodehouse’s enchanted England.
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Bill the Conqueror (Everyman)
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When Bill West of New York falls in love with the statuesque Alice Coker, his promise to look after her dissipated brother Judson has unexpected results. With Judson under his wing, Bill makes for London where he meets Flick Sheridan who, unknown to him, has been in love with Bill for years. But Flick is already promised to the unsatisfactory Roderick Pyke, under pressure from Roderick’s uncle, bullying press magnate Sir George Pyke, while Roderick himself really loves someone else. All is happily resolved in the end, but only after Judson escapes on a monumental bender, Bill and Flick are chased across country in a car by Sir George, Alice breaks the engagement, and Judson decides to give up drink.
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Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin (Everyman)
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Monty Bodkin has returned to London from Hollywood, leaving Sandy Miller, his secretary there, heartbroken, because Monty loves English hockey international Gertrude Butterwick instead of her. Holding down a job for a year was the condition laid down by Gertrude's father before Monty and Gertrude could be married, a condition Monty has unexpectedly fulfilled by blackmailing Hollywood movie mogul Ivor Llewellyn. Back in England, he intends to claim his bride, but the path to true love never runs smooth, as Monty is about to find out. One of Wodehouse's last novels in which we are reintroduced to a cast of familiar characters in a gentle comic romp.
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Fair Margaret & Benita (Т8)
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Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Fair Margaret tells the inspiring story of a beautiful English maiden named Margaret, who faces hardship during the opening phases of the Spanish Inquisition in the late 1400's. As Margaret and her family struggle to live in peace, they soon find themselves in the midst of a series of perilous adventures. Benita bears all the hallmarks of a classic Haggard's story. Readers will be pleased to discover an adventure of the supernatural, lost and hidden peoples and stupendous treasure that is a compelling 'page turner' to its conclusion.
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Mercedes of Castile; or The Voyage to Cathay (Т8)
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James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. Mercedes of Castile; or, The Voyage to Cathay is a historical novel by Cooper. The novel is set in 15th century Europe, and follows the preparations and expedition of Christopher Columbus westward to the new world.
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Ночь нежна (Т8)
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Роман "Ночь нежна" американского писателя Фрэнсиса Скотта Фицджеральда отражает жизнь американской элиты 20-х годов прошлого века. В то время американское общество было поражено единственной "болезнью" - герои романа больны порочными проявлениями влюблённости и ищут лекарство от любви в самих себе, исцеляя добротой и нежностью душевные раны.
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Полное собрание сочинений в одном томе (Альфа-книга)
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Настоящее издание представляет собой полное собрание художественной прозы и поэзии одного из самых гениальных и загадочных американских писателей - Эдгара Аллана По (1809 - 1849).
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Госпожа Бовари. Провинциальные нравы (Издательский дом Мещерякова)
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"Я удивляюсь, что в наши дни, в наш просвещённый век есть ещё люди, упорно возбраняющие совершенно безобидный вид умственного отдохновения. Театр благотворно действует на моральное, а иногда и на физическое состояние".
Однако не все услаждаются жизнью разума, и подобный отдых им чужд. Совсем как главной героине романа "Госпожа Бовари" - Эмме. Она лишь предаётся многочисленным грёзам о нарядных платьях и беспечности. Слишком поздно Эмма понимает, к чему приведут её мечты о сказочной жизни.
Издание выполнено с тиснением на обложке и ляссе.
Для среднего школьного возраста.
Книга вышла в серии "Переживая заново", в которой также изданы книги Жюля Верна "Дети капитана Гранта" и "Двадцать тысяч лье под водой", "Капитан Фракасс" Теофиля Готье, произведения Н. В. Гоголя и т.д.
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Joan Haste (Т8)
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The author of adventures as King Solomon's Mines and She turns to domestic drama in this romance. Joan is a shop girl of illegitimate birth a single mother at the same time. Torn from the love of country-dwelling Captain Henry Graves, Joan endures exile with a Dickensian London family, and pursuit by a Victorianera stalker.
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Дрэд, или повесть о проклятом болоте (Т8)
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В романе описан идеальный плантатор Эдвард Клейтон, который обучает рабов грамоте, хочет провести реформы в своем имении и в имении невесты, но под давлением соседей он вынужден отказаться от своих преобразований. Однако не только мирный путь предлагает писательница: негр Дрэд бежит от хозяина, скрывается на болоте, собирает вокруг себя единомышленников и возглавляет восстание беглых рабов. Писательница ищет третий путь.
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Морской волк. Мартин Иден. Время-не-ждет. Мятеж на "Эльсиноре". Сердца трех. Полное издание в 1 томе (Альфа-книга)
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В одном томе публикуются пять знаменитых романов известного американского писателя Джека Лондона(1876-1916) - "Морской волк", "Мартин Иден", "Время-не-ждет", "Мятеж на "Эльсиноре" и "Сердца трех".
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Сестра Керри. Том 2 (Т8)
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Личность писателя и классика американской литературы Теодора Драйзера, автора знаменитой трилогии "Желание", в которую вошли "Финансист", "Титан" и "Стоик", стала культовой в мировой литературе с самого первого романа "Сестра Керри". В основу произведения легла подлинная история жизни сестры Теодора Драйзера Эммы. Восемнадцатилетняя Каролина, которую все называют Керри, приезжает из маленького городка к родственникам в Чикаго. Девушка полна радужных мечтаний и надежд, но поиски счастья в большом городе сбивают девушку с истинного пути. Опубликованное в 1900 году, произведение вызвало негодование критиков, назвавших его совершенно безнравственным.
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The Golden Bowl (Т8)
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Генри Джеймс - не только один из самых известных классиков мировой литературы, но и ярчайший представитель трансатлантической культуры рубежа XIX и XX веков.
"Золотая чаша" - последний законченный роман Джеймса. Это история о двух сломленных парах. Перед читателем разворачивается драма отношений Мэгги и её овдовевшего отца, артколлекционера Адама Вервера. Красивые и обаятельные герои бросают вызов судьбе, в попытке поймать птицу счастья...
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