Література із розділу Foreign Books (Зарубіжна література)
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Казочка патера Брауна / The Fairy Tale of Father Brown (Вид. з парал. текстом)
Chesterton G.K.
Гілберт Кіт Честертон (1874—1936) — англійський християнський мислитель, журналіст і письменник кінця XIX — початку XX століття. Лицар-командор із зіркою ватиканського ордену Святого Григорія Великого. Усього Честертон написав близько 80 книжок, серед яких кілька сотень віршів, 200 оповідань, 4000 есе'ш, п'єси та романи. Зажив слави як автор циклу детективних новел, головним персонажем яких був патер Браун. Цей, на перший погляд, нічим не примітний священик завдяки своїй спостережливості й вмінню зіставляти факти вмів майстерно розкривати найскладніші і найзаплутаніші злочини.
До видання увійшло 9 новел з детективним сюжетом, серед яких «Стріла небесна», «Прокляття золотого хреста», «Казочка патера Брауна» та інші.
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Frankenstein: or the Mordern Prometheus / Франкенштейн, або сучасний Прометей. (English Library)
Shelley M.
"Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus" is the first and best-known novel by the English writer Mary Shelley (1797—1851) which she wrote being 19 years old. The book quickly gained in popularity and exercised noticeable influence over the whole world art. It is a history of a scientist who decided to follow God's example and create a man... an artificial one. And his attempt turned out well. Actually, the intention, noble from the very start, having been realized in life, had pernicious consequences — the creature raised his arm against his creator aiming at punishing him and, in one go, the whole human kind.
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The legend of sleepy hollow / Легенда про сонну балку та інші історії. (American Library)
Washington I.
The proposed collection comprises the best-known works by Washington Irving (1783—1859), the founder of the American short-story prose. Being over head and ears in love with the legends about the first settlers on the shores of the Hudson, the writer takes their plots as a basis for his stories. Still, his mythical heroes are often endowed with not fairy-tale features at all. They are go-ahead, quick-witted, they objectively perceive their surroundings. That is why the author's novelle breathe humor, easiness, and irony, thrill the readers with the mixture of the serious and the ludicrous, of fiction and reality. Having united illusion and triviality, Irving determined the ways of the development of American romanticism and forever went down in history of the world writers' community as one of the first classic-romanticist in American literature.
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To the lighthouse / До маяка. (English Library)
Woolf V.
"To the Lighthouse" is one of the best-known novels by the British writer, a brilliant representative of modernistic prose Virginia Woolf (1882—1941). This work is to some degree autobiographical. The writer copied the main heroes — Mr and Mrs Ramsay — from her parents. That's just they who represent in the novel two opposite worlds: male — cold, logic, impatient one, and female — the world of warmth, understanding, comfort, sympathy. In spite of this, the role of the characters in the novel is rather relative because Virginia Wbolf's style is unusual: she portrays not so much her heroes and their deeds, as thoughts, ideas, and moods, forming in this way a new psychological manner of writing and giving orienting points for all the modern literature.
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Love of life (American Library)
Лоуренс Д.Г.
Jack London (1876—1916) — a writer whose works are enthusiastically read all over the world. His collection "Love of Life" is one of the brilliant pearls of his Northern stories cycle. Alaska is the place where each person should reveal their own real features. The North makes equal the poor and the rich; the intense cold does not take into account the infirmity; harsh, biting wind is indifferent to the social status, and a wild beast does not discriminate between social standings. In the confrontation with the severe nature, the heroes of the adducted works vanquish not only thanks to their courage, endurance, energy, but first and foremost, due to the strength of mind, an obsession with life, the capability even in the extreme situations to remain a Human.
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The Prince and the Pauper / Принц і злидар (American Library)
Twain M.
"The Prince and the Pauper" is the first and best-known novel by Mark Twain (1835—1910). The heroes of the book — an English prince and a pauper boy — exchange their roles and, to their delight, adjust themselves to new life circumstances, though not only pleasant moments fall on their lots. At the end of the novel, the main heroes realize that each man's life has attractions and difficulties of their own, and only wise and praiseworthy deeds make a man truly happy.
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The Railway Children (English Library)
Nesbit E.
Young heroes of the novel by Edith Nesbit (1858— 1924) "The Railway Children" have to move from their comfortable house in London to live in a small rural estate. There are no servants with them already, their mother is constantly at her work, so little ones, apart from their home duties, have to seek entertainments for themselves. But as to this task, they have no difficulties at all: adventures find them anywhere, and their shrewdness, inventiveness, disposition at doing good deeds help the children get out of awkward predicaments and find many true friends.
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Wuthering Heights / Буремний перевал (English Library)
Bronte E.
"Wuthering Heights" is the only novel by the well-known English writer Emily Bronte (1818—1848) written at the age of 29, which forever went down in a treasure-house of the world literature. It was more than once screened and included to almost all the lists of the best and recommended books. The history of life and love of Heathcliff and Catherine — strong in spirit and emotional personalities, capable of decisive deeds — fascinates and astonishes with a burst of passions. Nevertheless, unforgettable impressions and happy end are awaiting for the reader stirred up by the wuthering events.
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Just David / Просто Давид.. (American Library)
Porter E.H.
"Just David" is one more novel by a world-famous American writer Eleanor H. Porter (1868—1920), the author of the best-seller about Pollyanna. Unlike "Pol-lyanna" a charming tale about the girl, "Just David" is not less moving and interesting story about the unusual boy with crystal-clear soul, who so splendidly masters the art of playing violin that even the most hard-hearted and insensible people, listening to his music and communicating with him, become more kind-hearted and begin to see beauty around them.
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Sense and Sensibility / Чуття і чуттєвість (English Library)
Austen J.
The realist character of the portrayed images and th unsurpassed reproduction of the atmosphere of ol( England became the visiting card of the British write Jane Austen (1775—1817). Her work "Sense and Sensibi lity" is the histories of love of two Dashwood sisters: o reasonable Elinor who always takes into consideratioi common sense and the rules of propriety, and impulsivi Marianne who is not ashamed of the ardency of he feelings and responds to the call of her heart. Such dif ferent are the characters and so differing is the reactioi to the challenges thrown down at them by the fate. Still the hope for the better future does not die out in thi soul of each of them.
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Smoke Bellew / Смок Беллю. (American Library)
London J.
The heroes of Jack London's (1876—1916) books are always courageous, enduring, and tireless searchers of happiness. Young, vigorous Christopher Bellew, to his uncle's opinion, wastes his life among San Francisco Bohemians. But through the youth's veins there flows the blood of his grandfather, a staunch subjugator of the Wild West. That is why, having surmounted with great difficulties the Chilkoot Pass, yesterday's town-dweller becomes a new man — now he is Smoke Bellew. During his first winter on the Klondike, keeping pace with old inhabitants, he takes part in the march for gold to Squaw Creek and competes with the best drivers of the dog teams. But which is most important, in this rigorous land he finds something more precious than all the gold deposits — true friendship and genuine love.
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