Great Expectations chronicles the progress of Pip from childhood through adulthood. As he moves from the marshes of Kent to London society, he encounters a variety of extraordinary characters: from Magwitch, the escaped convict, to Miss Havisham and her ward, the arrogant and beautiful Estella. In this fascinating story, Dickens shows the dangers of being driven by a desire for wealth and social status. Pip must establish a sense of self against the plans which others seem to have for him — and somehow discover a firm set of values and priorities.
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Рассказ вошёл в сборники:The Golden Apples of the Sun (Золотые яблоки солнца)The Vintage Bradbury (Классический Брэдбери)S Is For Space (К значит Космос)The Stories of Ray Bradbury (И грянул гром: 100 рассказов)
The dehumanizing effects of heavy industrialization are given form and bitter indictment in this Dickens novel. Raised by a hard, pragmatic father concerned only with sterile principles, Tom and Louisa Gradgrind grow up with little imagination, culture or concern for others. Louisa chooses Josiah Bounderby for a husband, a vulgar man who owns a bank and a mill, whom she leaves after a while and returns to her father's house. Her unscrupulous brother adds to the family crises by robbing his brother-in-law's bank. The father finally sees how his cold, principled upbringing has damaged his children's lives.
This hilarious, brilliantly inventive novel by the author of tells the story of a scroungy Moscow mongrel named Sharik. Thanks to the skills of a renowned Soviet scientist and the transplanted pituitary gland and testes of a petty criminal, Sharik is transformed into a lecherous, vulgar man who spouts Engels and inevitably finds his niche in the bureaucracy as the government official in charge of purging the city of cats.ReviewArray
Рассказ вошёл в сборники:I Sing the Body Electric (Электрическое тело пою)Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales (Сборник ста лучших рассказов)
Savinien de CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1619-1655), inmortalizado por la tragicomedia de Edmond Rostand, fue un personaje real, un escritor barroco franc?s que en su juventud ingres? en el ej?rcito, donde dej? fama de fanfarr?n, espadach?n y pendenciero. Una grave herida le anim? a abandonar el servicio de las armas. Se dedic? despu?s a la literatura. Su fantas?a desbordada y su viva inteligencia se plasmaron en obras como este VIAJE A LA LUNA, considerado por algunos como un precedente de los relatos de ciencia ficci?n, aunque ante todo constituye una audaz exposici?n de teor?as personales sobre muy diversas materias, aderezada con abundantes toques de humor y cr?tica social.
Doce relatos fantasmales: Historia de un loco. La historia de un viajante de comercio. La historia de los duendes que secuestraron a un enterrador. La historia del t?o del viajante. El bar?n de Grozwich. Una confesi?n encontrada en la prisi?n de la ?poca de Calos II. Para leer al atardecer. Juicio por asesinato. Fantasmas por Navidad. La novia del ahorcado. La visita del se?or testador. La casa hechizada.
Рассказ вошёл в сборники:Quicker Than The Eye (В мгновение ока)Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales (Сборник ста лучших рассказов)Summer Morning, Summer Night (Летнее утро, летняя ночь)
