Scottish World

The following works are included in the Selected of works Edward Frederic Benson: Mrs. Amworth; Negotium Perambulans…; Naboth's Vineyard; At the Farmhouse; The Wishing-Well; The Terror by Night; The Thing in the Hall; The Cat; The Sanctuary; Caterpillars.

Невидимець (англ. The Invisible Man) — роман англійського письменника Герберта Велза. Написаний в 1897 році. У своєму романі Велз виступав проти популярних у ті часи ідей надлюдини, що нібито має право управляти слабшими або менш розумними людьми й навіть знищувати їх. Українською роман переклали Микола Іванов і Дмитро Паламарчук в 1977 році.

Арчибальд Кронин — шотландский врач и писатель, пожалуй, самый успешный и высокооплачиваемый романист 1930-х годов, которому в этот период удалось по популярности превзойти саму Агату Кристи. Повесть Зачарованный снег публикуется на русском языке впервые.

It is 1813 in Northern Spain. The crew of a British warship is attempting to make contact with the local resistance fighters who are battling the French. They send a brave crewman, known as Cuba Tom, to try to make contact with the local chief of the Guerrillos, but he fails to return. So a young naval officer, Edgar Byrne, sets off to try to trace him. The trail leads him to a strange inn which is run by two very sinister old women...

Slowbridge's customs have been set in stone by Lady Theobald, who has decreed that young ladies should always wear white muslin to social events and that their only decoration should be fresh flowers - which invariably wilt by the end of the evening. Enter Octavia, bedecked in yards of lace and ribbons and with a profusion of diamond jewelry. She is soon informed that only married ladies wear diamonds in England. She makes other mistakes: Young ladies do not ask men to join them on terraces; they do not invite men to play croquet on their lawns.

The uniqueness of this book is the essays and activities that include both serious and farcical writings about Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. A travelogue that compares Reichenbach Falls and Trummelbach Falls for Professor Moriarty's demise and notes from a visit to Trinity College at Oxford to view Monsignor Knox's writings and entries in the Gryphon Club Book provide the listener with engaging insights into Sherlock Holmes' world of scholarship.

"Mi innamorai del calcio come mi sarei poi innamorato delle donne: improvvisamente, inesplicabilmente, acriticamente." La passione per il football e l'amore per la squadra del cuore possono, si sa, essere così intensi da trasformare radicalmente la vita di un uomo, e così è stato per Nick Hornby, tifoso dell'Arsenal fin da bambino. In Febbre a 90' racconta in prima persona, con tono ironico e affettuoso, appassionato e divertito, gli entusiasmi e le depressioni, le impagabili emozioni e le cocenti delusioni vissute da un "ossessionato» del pallone.

Lady Tempest Brodie is fearless, impulsive and always does exactly as she pleases—whether that be taming wild horses, riding bareback across the moors, or falling in love with the quiet yet compelling stranger sleeping in the loft above the stables. But despite the desire burning in her heart, she is coming to realize there are some conventions even she cannot flout.

A woman has been murdered and mutilated in her own home, with her liver cut out and a message left within it. Tasked with leading the case, DI Tudor Manx identifies several suspects, including the victim’s estranged husband. But all trails run cold. Then, another victim dies—and from the modus operandi. It seems that North Wales Police are dealing with a serial killer. But who would target the inhabitants of such a peaceful island?

On n'oublie jamais son premier amour... Été 97. Les frères Gallagher chantent toujours ensemble, Lady Di vit ses derniers jours et Charlie Lewis, 16 ans, vient de finir ses années lycée. Le temps s'étire lentement entre la miteuse station-service où il officie quelques heures par semaine, ses balades à vélo dans la campagne et ses soirées avec son paternel dépressif. Mais une rencontre va tout changer. Fran Fisher, une beauté céleste, incandescente ; une tornade d'énergie et de charisme, qu'il croise un beau jour, au beau milieu d'un champ où il lit distraitement.

The 1660s were a time of turmoil in England: Cromwell had been defeated and Charles II, who was sympathetic to the Catholics, was restored to the throne; the Dutch declared war on England; the Plague raged; and the Great Fire of London destroyed half the city! Our hero, Cyril, at the death of his father Sir Aubrey Shenstone, inherits nothing except his father's title, and works as a bookkeeper for various London tradesmen.

Funny, outrageous, sometimes touching, and perhaps a little bit naughty - in Queen Lucia, E. F. Benson has created not only a wonderful character study in Mrs. Lucas, but a whole village of memorable characters.

FEAT DESC 1617, Vardø, au nord du cercle polaire, en Norvège. Maren Magnus-datter, vingt ans, regarde depuis le village la violente tempête qui s'abat sur la mer. Quarante pêcheurs, dont son frère et son père, gisent sur les rochers en contrebas, noyés. Ce sont les hommes de Vardø qui ont été ainsi décimés, et les femmes vont désormais devoir assurer seules leur survie.

Jenny Diski was a fearless writer, for whom no subject was too difficult, even her own cancer diagnosis. Her columns in the London Review of Books - selected here by her editor and friend Mary-Kay Wilmers, on subjects as various as death, motherhood, sexual politics and the joys of solitude - have been described as ‘virtuoso performances’ and ‘small masterpieces'. Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told? is a collective interrogation of the universal experience from a very particular psyche.

Un lieu, quatre siècles, une odyssée audacieuse et irrésistible au cœur de l'histoire de la civilisation occidentale. Entre permanence de la nature, rêve et folie des hommes. Comment une petite dizaine d'individus du monde entier se sont-ils retrouvés à l'intérieur d'un minibus aux confins du Mexique, sur des routes brinquebalantes et en compagnie d'un chaman ?

His beloved wife having died in childbirth, Phineas Finn finds Irish society and his job as a poorhouse inspector dull and unsatisfying, particularly after the excitement of his former career as a Member of Parliament. Back in England, the Whigs are determined to overturn the Tory majority in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since Finn had once been considered the most promising of the younger set, he is encouraged to run for office again. Bribery, romance, and murder are peppered throughout this Trollope novel.

Wives and Daughters, Elizabeth Gaskell's last novel, is regarded by many as her masterpiece. Molly Gibson is the daughter of the doctor in the small provincial town of Hollingford. Her widowed father marries a second time to give Molly the woman's presence he feels she lacks, but until the arrival of Cynthia, her dazzling stepsister, Molly finds her situation hard to accept. Intertwined with the story of the Gibsons is that of Squire Hamley and his two sons.

Suite au décès de M. Dashwood, sa veuve et ses trois filles se voient contraintes de quitter le Sussex et le domaine familial de Norland. Elles se réfugient dans le Devon, à l'invitation d'un généreux parent, où une nouvelle vie, plus modeste les attend. Les sœurs aînées, Elinor et Maria, l'une plus raisonnable, l'autre plus sentimentale vont vivre leur premiers émois amoureux non sans quelques revers.

Now, Bram Stoker's Dracula - the pinnacle of Gothic horror for generations - rises again. When young English lawyer Jonathan Harker arrives in Transylvania on the eve of Saint George's Day, he cannot shake a strange feeling of uneasiness. The air grows colder as he arrives at his destination: the castle of Count Dracula. Jonathan has been summoned by the count for business, and while he finds his new host obliging and polite, he can't help but notice the man's pallid skin, odd lack of appetite, and long daytime absences.

Gwendolen Harleth gambles her happiness when she marries a sadistic aristocrat for his money. Beautiful, neurotic, and self-centered, Gwendolen is trapped in an increasingly destructive relationship, and only her chance encounter with the idealistic Deronda seems to offer the hope of a brighter future. Deronda is searching for a vocation, and in embracing the Jewish cause he finds one that is both visionary and life-changing.