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George Orwell’s 1984, which tells us about the dangers of totalitarianism, has become one of the most famous dystopias of the 20th century, along with Mikhail Zamyatin’s Us, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. What would happen if the establishment became obsessed with ideas of fascism and dictatorship? What would society look like if the government demanded absolute submission from its citizens? What disaster could unfold in a world like this?
The fable-parable Animal Farm is full of bitter sarcasm and political satire. Those living on the farm represent the worst human vices, and the farm itself becomes the symbol of totalitarian society. How will they survive — the animals, being prepared for the slaughter?

Роман «1984» об опасности тоталитаризма стал одной из самых известных антиутопий XX века, которая стоит в одном ряду с «Мы» Замятина, «О дивный новый мир» Хаксли и «451° по Фаренгейту» Брэдбери.
Что будет, если в правящих кругах распространятся идеи фашизма и диктатуры? Каким станет общественный уклад, если власть потребует неуклонного подчинения? К какой катастрофе приведет подобный режим?
Повесть-притча «Скотный двор» полна острого сарказма и политической сатиры. Обитатели фермы олицетворяют самые ужасные людские пороки, а сама ферма становится символом тоталитарного общества. Как будут существовать в таком обществе его обитатели — животные, которых поведут на бойню?

George Orwell’s 1984, which tells us about the dangers of totalitarianism, has become one of the most famous dystopias of the 20th century, along with Mikhail Zamyatin’s Us,…

"Маленькие женщины" — феномен, повлиявший не только на американскую культуру, но и невероятно актуальная книга сегодня. Роман воспитания, семейные мемуары, сложная социальная хроника, а также один из первых образцов литературы young adult.

Трогательная история о взрослении четырех сестер. Роман принес автору небывалую славу, коммерческий успех и любовь читателей. Проблемы, с которыми сталкиваются девушки, актуальны как никогда: первая любовь, горькое разочарование, томительная разлука и непростые поиски себя и своего места в жизни. Героини очень разные и неповторимые. Они сообща справляются с трудностями, испытывают радости, мечтают о будущем.

Little Women is one of the best-loved children’s stories of all time, based on the author’s own youthful experiences. It describes the family of the four March sisters living in a small New England community. Meg, the eldest, is pretty and wishes to be a lady; Jo, at fifteen is ungainly and unconventional with an ambition to be an author; Beth is a delicate child of thirteen with a taste for music and Amy is a blonde beauty of twelve. The story of their domestic adventures, their attempts to increase the family income, their friendship with the neighbouring Laurence family, and their later love affairs remains as fresh and beguiling as ever.

"Маленькие женщины" — феномен, повлиявший не только на американскую культуру, но и невероятно актуальная книга сегодня. Роман воспитания, семейные мемуары, сложная социальная…

Captivating and intriguing story of a man who wished to keep his youthful looks and made his portrait age in his stead. To make his wish come true Dorian Gray, an astonishingly hsndsome aristocrat, sold his soul. Little did he know that the price would prove to be too high. He would no longer be able to tell good from evil, he would break hearts, betray people, and even push them towards ending their life. Dorian never could have imagined just how destructive art can be. Oscar Wilde’s only novel was very controversial in his lifetime, but nowadays it is seen as an unparalleled masterpiece of world literature.

Captivating and intriguing story of a man who wished to keep his youthful looks and made his portrait age in his stead. To make his wish come true Dorian Gray, an astonishingly…

Jane Eyre’s childhood and youth, spent in a charity school for poor girls, were hard and full of sorrow. Life has not been kind to her. When she takes on a job as a governess, working in the mansion of the mysterious Mr. Rochester, she finally finds love. But a terrible and shocking secret stands in the way of her happiness. Jane Eyre is one of the most renowned British novels, one about deep feelings and staying true to one’s ideals, about ruined expectations, about mercy; it is a deeply touching story with a happy ending.

Jane Eyre’s childhood and youth, spent in a charity school for poor girls, were hard and full of sorrow. Life has not been kind to her. When she takes on a job as a governess,…

Martin Eden is one of Jack London’s greatest works, a novel about a man of humble origin, a sailor who worked hard for his place under the sun. The novel shows his journey in finding success and his throes of creativity – and of love. The main character of this semi-autobiographical novel deals with though challenges and through hard work and bounds of energy he surpasses his teachers and turns his life around. Martin’s gift of creativity becomes his ticket to the life of high society. From now on, his dreams of being a famous writer and having the woman he loves are within his reach. But dreams can be unpredictable and treacherous – one can never know when they might come true, and if they even bring the long-awaited happiness in the end.

Martin Eden is one of Jack London’s greatest works, a novel about a man of humble origin, a sailor who worked hard for his place under the sun. The novel shows his journey in…

Роман-загадка, опрокидывающий все привычные представления о добре и зле, любви и ненависти - "Грозовой перевал", одно из самых уникальных произведений мировой литературы. Эмили Бронте была вынуждена опубликовать его за свой счет и под мужским псевдонимом. Пока одни рецензенты восхищались оригинальностью автора, другие пришли в ужас от того, что происходит на вересковых пустошах Йоркшира, где бушуют демонические страсти сильных личностей, не желающих идти на уступки друг другу, и разворачивается история роковой любви Хитклифа, приемного сына владельца отдаленного поместья, к Кэтрин, дочери своего хозяина. Общество того времени было поражено необычайной эмоциональной силой романа и потрясено смелостью моральных концепций. "Грозовой перевал" завораживает своей красотой даже современного читателя.
Mysterious novel that turns everything on its head – good and evil, love and hate; this is Wuthering Heights, one of the most exceptional novels ever written. Emily Brontë had to publish it using her own money, as well as a masculine pseudonym. While some critics praised author’s distinctive voice, others were horrified by what was happening on the Yorkshire moors, where the demonic passions of strong-willed and stubborn people rule, and where the tragic love story between Heathcliff, whom the Earnshaws took in as a boy, and Catherine Earnshaw, whose father owns the remote Wuthering Heights, takes place. The Victorian society was shocked by the novel’s incredible emotional power and by its outrageous depiction of morality. The beauty of Wuthering Heights captivates even modern readers.

Роман-загадка, опрокидывающий все привычные представления о добре и зле, любви и ненависти - "Грозовой перевал", одно из самых уникальных произведений мировой литературы. Эмили…

ЗНАМЕНИТАЯ КЛАССИКА НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ.
'There was music from my neighbour's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.'
Enigmatic, intriguing and fabulously wealthy, Jay Gatsby throws lavish parties at his West Egg mansion to impress Daisy Buchanan, the object of his obsession, now married to bullish Tom Buchanan. Over a Long Island summer, his neighbour Nick Carraway, a writer and a cousin to Daisy, looks on as Gatsby and Daisy's affair deepens. Tragedy looms in Francis Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece third novel, frequently named among the best novels of the twentieth century.
Фрэнсис Скотт Фицджеральд — американский классик мировой литературы. Писатель, ярко и беспристрастно отразивший безумную жизнь 20-х годов. Он и сам был плотью от плоти той легендарной эпохи. Но эксцентричность и внешняя позолота канули в прошлое, и в настоящем остались его бессмертные книги.
«Великий Гэтсби» — самый известный роман Фрэнсиса Фицджеральда, ставший символом «века джаза».

Америка, 1925 г., время «сухого закона» и гангстерских разборок, ярких огней и яркой жизни. Но для Джея Гэтсби воплощение американской мечты обернулось настоящей трагедией. А путь наверх, несмотря на славу и богатство, привел к тотальному крушению. Ведь каждый из нас в первую очередь стремится не к материальным благам, а к любви, истинной и вечной…

ЗНАМЕНИТАЯ КЛАССИКА НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ.
'There was music from my neighbour's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among…

Sensual, dark and thrilling, Bram Stoker's Dracula remains the seminal work of Gothic fiction, and in this elegant Macmillan Collector's Library edition, which includes an illuminating afterword by Jonty Claypole, readers can experience the horror and excitement as never before. When Jonathan Harker is summoned to Transylvania to finalize a property deal for the mysterious Count Dracula, he stumbles upon an ancient evil he is unprepared to face. When that evil escapes to England, the entire nation is suddenly under threat and only an aged vampire hunter, Professor Abraham Van Helsing, can put a stop to the bloodshed.
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Sensual, dark and thrilling, Bram Stoker's Dracula remains the seminal work of Gothic fiction, and in this elegant Macmillan Collector's Library edition, which includes an…

Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. Parts of it were first serialized in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and the entire work was published in Paris by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, Joyce's fortieth birthday. It is considered one of the most important works of modernist literature and has been called "a demonstration and summation of the entire movement." According to Declan Kiberd, "Before Joyce, no writer of fiction had so foregrounded the process of thinking."
Ulysses chronicles the appointments and encounters of the itinerant Leopold Bloom in Dublin in the course of an ordinary day, 16 June 1904.
Ulysses is the Latinised name of Odysseus, the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey, and the novel establishes a series of parallels between the poem and the novel, with structural correspondences between the characters and experiences of Bloom and Odysseus, Molly Bloom and Penelope, and Stephen Dedalus and Telemachus, in addition to events and themes of the early 20th-century context of modernism, Dublin, and Ireland's relationship to Britain. The novel is highly allusive and its prose imitates the styles of different periods of English literature.

Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. Parts of it were first serialized in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and the…