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В романе «Дядюшка Коси-Коса» американской писательницы Джин Уэбстер главная героиня — молодая девушка, воспитанница приюта; в письмах к опекуну она рассказывает о своей жизни, мечтах, горестях и радостях, дружбе и любви. Писательница перенесла на страницы книги многое из своей жизни. Текст неоднократно экранизировавшегося романа дан в переводе Елены Беляковой. Книгу украшают забавные рисунки самой писательницы, а также иллюстрации американского художника Джона Ри Нилла, оформлявшего первые книги Фрэнка Баума о волшебной стране Оз.

Салли Макбрайд очень любит писать письма. Одни из них адресованы ее лучшей подруге, другие - ее высокопоставленному поклоннику, а третьи - ее дорогому врагу. С первыми двумя все более-менее понятно. Но кто же третий?! И каким образом враг может быть дорогим? Не пытайтесь ломать себе голову, а лучше прочтите эту необыкновенную книгу. Откроем вам маленький секрет - повесть "Дорогой враг" - это продолжение всеми любимого "Длинноногого дядюшки"!

Excerpt from The Wheat Princess

The lower slopes of the hill on which the village stands are well wooded and green with stone-pines and cypresses, olive orchards and vineyards. Here the princes built their villas when the wars with the mm were safely at an end and they could risk coming down from their stronghold on the mountain. The old villa was built about a mile below the town, and the gardens were laid out in terraces and parterres along the slope of the bill. It has long been in ruin, but its foundations still stand, and the plan of the gardens may easily be traced. You will see the entrance at the left of the road - a massive stone gateway topped with moss-covered urns and a double row of cone-shaped cy presses bordering a once stately avenue now grown over with weeds. If you pause for a moment - and you cannot help doing so - you will see, between the portals at the end of the avenue, some crumbling arches, and even, if your, eyes are good, the fountain itself.

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In The Four Pools Mystery the tyrannical plantation owner is deemed responsible for his own murder because of his mistreatment of the former slaves who continued in his employment after the war.

Peter and Billy, the two upper grooms at Willowbrook, were polishing the sides of the tall mail phaeton with chamois-skin rubbers and whistling, each a different tune, as they worked. So intent were they upon this musical controversy that they were not aware of Mrs. Carter's approach until her shadow darkened the carriage-house doorway. She gathered up her skirts in both hands and gingerly stepped inside. Peter had been swashing water about with a liberal hand, and the carriage-house floor was damp. "Where is Joe?" she inquired. "He's out in the runway, ma'am, jumpin' Blue Gipsy. Shall I call him, ma'am?" Billy answered, as the question appeared to be addressed to him. "No matter," said Mrs. Carter, "one of you will do as well." She advanced into the room, walking as nearly as possible on her heels. It was something of a feat; Mrs. Carter was not so light as she had been twenty-five years before. Peter followed her movements with a shade of speculative wonder in his eye; should she slip it would be an undignified exhibition. There was even a shade of hope beneath his respectful gaze. "Why do you use so much water, Peter? Is it necessary to get the floor so wet?"