An American Tragedy is the story of the corruption and destruction of one man, Clyde Griffiths, who forfeits his life in desperate pursuit of success. The novel represents a massive portrayal of the society whose values both shape Clyde's tawdry ambitions and seal his fate : It is an unsurpassed depiction of the harsh realities of American life and of the dark side of the American Dream. Наличные, б/н, visa, qiwi, webmoney, я.деньги.
Henry James (18431916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism Roderick Hudson, egotistical, beautiful and an exceptionally gifted sculptor...
Nathaniel Hawthorne (18041864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer He also wrote great stories for children based on Greek myth and legend...
Henry James (18431916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism "The Portrait of a Lady" is the awesome story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer...
Nathaniel Hawthorne (18041864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer "The House of the Seven Gables" is one of Hawthorne's defining works, a vivid depiction of American life and values replete with brilliantly etched characters...
Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy He is most famofor his novel Robinson Crusoe, which is second only to the Bible in its number of translations...
Maggie Browne, the daughter of a deceased clergyman, is encouraged to give up her own life and passions and devote herself to her brother Edward Through the example and guidance of her mother, who dotes on Edward constantly, a young woman learns that selfsacrifice is the key to living a fulfilled life...
William Sydney Porter known by his pen name O Henry, was an American short story writer His stories are known for their surprise endings This volume includes amazing stories like "The Rose of Dixie", "The Third Ingredient", "The Hiding of Black Bill", "Schools and Schools" and many others...
Bleak House opens in the twilight of foggy London, where fog grips the city most densely in the Court of Chancery The obscure case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce, in which an inheritance is gradually devoured by legal costs, the romance of Esther Summerson and the secrets of her origin, the sleuthing of Detective Inspector Bucket and the fate of Jo the crossingsweeper, these are some of the lives Dickens invokes to portray London society, rich and poor, as no other novelist has done...
F S Fitzgerald (18961940) was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age "The Last Tycoon" is a magnificient story of doomed love set against the extravagance of America's booming film industry...
Henry James (18431916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism Startling novel "The Other House" is the story of a struggle for possession and of its devastating consequences...
Mary Barton, the daughter of disillusioned trade unionist, rejects her workingclass lover Jem Wilson in the hope of marrying Henry Carson, the mill owner's son, and making a better life for herself and her father...
John Sheppard was a notorioEnglish robber and thief of early 18thcentury London Born into a poor family, he was apprenticed as a carpenter but took to theft and burglary in 1723...
The "Genius" is Theodore Dreiser's autobiographical novel about the turnofthecentury art scene It explores the multiple conflicts between art and business, art and marriage, and between traditional and modern views of sexual morality...
John Galsworthy (18671933) was an English novelist and playwright This volume includes some amazing stories like "Villa Rubein", "A Man of Devon", "A Knight", "Salvation of a Forsyte" and "The Silence"...
Sylvia's Lovers is set during the French Revolutionary Wars in the remote whalingport of Monkshaven in Yorkshire where the sea dominates the lives of the inhabitants The people of Monkshaven hate the French, but they live in greater and more immediate fear of the callopressgang, who snatch sailors returning from a whaling trip before they have even spoken to their friends or families...
