Знак четырех = The Sign of the Four

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…

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.

ЗНАМЕНИТАЯ КЛАССИКА НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ. 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.

ЗНАМЕНИТАЯ КЛАССИКА НА АНГЛИЙСКОМ ЯЗЫКЕ. «Мартин Иден» — выдающийся роман Джека Лондона о человеке из низов, простом моряке, добившемся успеха, о поиске места в жизни, муках творчества и муках любви. Герой этого во многом автобиографичного произведения проходит через тяжелые испытания и благодаря упорному труду и необъятной энергии превосходит своих учителей и меняет свою жизнь. Творческий дар становится пропуском Мартину Идену в высший свет. Отныне две цели неотступно стоят перед ним: слава писателя и обладание любимой женщиной. Только мечты непредсказуемы и коварны: неизвестно, когда они сбудутся и принесет ли это долгожданную радость. 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.