Editorial: Charles River Editors
Eugene O’Neill was an American playwright in the 20th century. O’Neill’s works are known for their realism and he is often compared to other famous playwrights before him such as Chekhov, Ibsen, and Strindberg. This edition of The First Man includes a table of contents.
Sir Wingrave Seton allowed himself to be imprisoned for nine years rather than betray a lady's honor. Seeking revenge for his incarceration, he acquires immense wealth for the sole purpose of destroying the lives of others. A lonely Boston housewife, a young stockbroker, and an orphaned daughter of a church organist all seem to be headed for life disasters. Just in time, however, a mysterious benefactor saves each of them.Seton ultimately sets his sights on the woman who conspired with her husband to betray him. He takes great pleasure in watching the couple suffer the pain he inflicts upon them. But a new young lover slowly starts to thaw the Malefactor's icy heart, prompting him to abandon his misanthropic plans. However, is it too late?Ver libro
"The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb", one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the ninth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The story was first published in Strand Magazine in March 1892. Dr. Watson notes that this is one of only two cases which he personally brought to the attention of Sherlock Holmes. The story, set in 1889, mainly consists of a young London consultant hydraulic engineer, Mr. Victor Hatherley, recounting strange happenings of the night before, first to Dr. Watson, who dresses the stump where Mr. Hatherley's thumb has been cut off, and then to Sherlock Holmes himself.Ver libro
This 1922 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald chronicles the life of Anthony Patch, the only heir of millionaire Adam Patch, his grandfather. Anthony is young, handsome and well-educated. He marries the ravishingly beautiful Gloria, and together they plan for the day that Anthony receives his inheritance. But what will they make of themselves in the meantime as they look forward to a life of wealth and idle leisure? What is the role of purpose in a well-lived life? Fitzgerald explores these questions in a book that is at the same time humorous, sad and tragic.Ver libro
A sparkling romantic comedy that vividly evokes the lost glamour of aristocratic life in England between the wars.Polly Hampton has long been groomed for the perfect marriage by her mother, the fearsome and ambitious Lady Montdore. But Polly, with her stunning good looks and impeccable connections, is bored by the monotony of her glittering debut season in London. Having just come from India, where her father served as Viceroy, she claims to have hoped that society in a colder climate would be less obsessed with love affairs.The apparently aloof and indifferent Polly has a long-held secret, however, one that leads to the shattering of her mother’s dreams and her own disinheritance. When an elderly duke begins pursuing the disgraced Polly and a callow potential heir curries favor with her parents, nothing goes as expected, but in the end all find happiness in their own unconventional ways.Ver libro
Вниманию читателя предлагается первый англо-язычный роман Владимира Набокова, написанный в 1938—1939 годах во Франции и опубликованный в 1941 году в США. Связанная с "Даром", последним русским романом писателя, темой литературного творчества, эта книга одновременно предсказывает изощренные набоковские романы-лабиринты американского периода — "Лолиту", "Бледный огонь", "Аду". На страницах книги, повествователь которой поименован лишь инициалом В., развертывается история жизни его сводного брата, покойного писателя Севастьяна Найта, представленная в воспоминаниях, устных рассказах и отрывках из Найтовых книг. Постепенно грань, отделяющая рассказчика от объекта его повествования-расследования, размывается, заставляя читателей усомниться и в личности биографа, и в смерти главного героя книги. Ускользающая от настойчивых поисков В., истинная жизнь Севастьяна Найта оказывается непосредственно связанной с тайной его имени, с его сочинениями, с законами многоязычного словесного искусства и метафизикой Владимира Набокова. Роман публикуется в новом переводе Геннадия Барабтарло и сопровождается предисловием, примечаниями и обстоятельным заключительным очерком переводчика.Ver libro
Marley was dead, to begin with...' And yet, he manages to visit his old partner, the miser Ebenezer Scrooge, and send him on a transformative journey, led by three ghosts. First to his own past, where he sees again the love he spurned, then to the present, where he sees those around him going about their holiday preparations, and then into his own future, to see his just reward. A Christmas favorite, it will warm your heart with favorite memories, and remind you how the true Christmas spirit comes from giving with love.Ver libro
