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POE, EDGAR ALLAN
Tales of Mystery and Imagination : Level 5 / Poe, Edgar Allan ... – Essex : Pearson Education Limited, 2001. - 103, [1] p.– (Penguin readers. / series Editors : Andy Hopkins , Jocelyn Potter . . – [N. c.] – 0-582-49805-8 : 1670-35 tg.
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821.111-3
Shelf code:
Л 2013/41901
Subject headings
- American fiction. Prose
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A man haunted by his own imagination, hidden writing that leads to buried treasure, a fisherman fighting for his life in a powerful whirlpool. In these short stories by Edgar Allan Poe we meet people struggling with death. Others are trying to solve the darkest of mysteries
Keywords
american prose, adventure storyies, american writers
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BABBITT, NATALIE
Tuck Everlasting / Babbitt, Natalie . – 1st Square Fish ed. .. – New York : Square Fish, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. - 148 p.– (Square Fish. . . – [N. c.] – 978-0-312-36981-1 : 917 tg.
UDC:
821.111-93(73)
Shelf code:
Л 2013/41897
Subject headings
- American novels for children and young readers
Annotation
Tuck Everlasting is a fantasy children's novel by Natalie Babbitt. The book explores the concept of immortality and the reasons why it might not be as desirable as it appears to be
Keywords
american literature for children, american writers, family stories
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LOWRY, LOIS
The Giver / Lowry, Lois . – The Gift Edition .. – Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. - 197, [12] p. il . . – [N. c.] – 978-0-547-42477-4 (в пер.) : 2624 tg.
UDC:
821.111-31(73)
Shelf code:
Л 2013/41905
Subject headings
- American novels
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The Giver is a dystopian children"s novel by Lois Lowry. It is set in a society which is at first presented as a utopian society and gradually appears more and more dystopian. The novel follows a boy named Jonas through the twelfth year of his life. The society has eliminated pain and strife by converting to "Sameness," a plan that has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives
Keywords
science fiction, american fiction, society problems
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CURTIS, CHRISTOPHER PAUL
The Watsons go to Birmingham - 1963 / Curtis, Christopher Paul ... – New York : Delacorte Press, 1995. - 210, [1] p. . . – [N. c.] – 0-385-32175-9 (в пер.), 978-0-385-32175-4 : 2303 tg.
UDC:
821.111-31(73)
Shelf code:
Л 2013/41906
Subject headings
- American novels
Annotation
The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963
Keywords
Afro-Americans - fiction, family life - fiction, prejudices - fiction, brothers and sisters - fiction, flint (Mich.) - fiction
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SOPHOCLES
Three Theban Plays : Oedipus the King. Oedipus at Colonus. Antigone / Sophocles ; translated by Peter Constantine... – New York : Barnes & Noble Classics, 2007. - 231 p.– (Barnes and Noble Classics. . . – 978-1-59308-235-2 : 1379 tg.
UDC:
821.111-2
Shelf code:
Л 2011/30049
Subject headings
- English fiction. Drama
Annotation
The pinnacle of classical drama in Greece, the three-part, 2,500-year-old Oedipus cycle remains a touchstone of Western culture. Near perfect technically, the plays feature headstrong heroes, intense plots, and breathtaking imagery that have influenced generations of artists, philosophers, and statesmen. These fresh, historically faithful renditions by renowned translator Peter Constantine bring new life to civilization`s most meaningful dramas
Keywords
drama, plays, poems
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ORCZY, BARONESS
The Scarlet Pimpernel / Orczy, Baroness ... – New York : Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005. - 271 p.– (Barnes and Noble Classics. . . – 978-1-59308-234-7 : 1379 tg.
UDC:
821.111-3
Shelf code:
Л 2011/30002
Subject headings
- English fiction
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In the year 1792, Sir Percy and Lady Marguerite Blakeney are the darlings of British society - he is known as one of the wealthiest men in England and dimwit; she is a French, a stunning former actress, and "the cleverest woman in Europe."
Keywords
classic novels, fiction, novels
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IRVING, WASHINGTON
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow / Irving, Washington ... – New York : Barnes & Noble Classics, 2006. - 494 p. . . – 978-1-59308-225-3 : 1379 tg.
UDC:
821.111-3
Shelf code:
Л 2011/30001
Subject headings
- English fiction. Prose
Annotation
The first great American man of letters, Washington Irving became an international celebrity almost overnight upon publication of The Sketch-Book in 1820, which included the short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". These tales remain his two most popular works
Keywords
American literature, short stories, fiction
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MASON, A. E. W.
The Four Feathers / Mason, A. E. W. ... – New York, 2005. - 306 p.– (Barnes and Noble Classics. . . – 978-1-59308-313-7 : 1379 tg.
UDC:
821.111-3
Shelf code:
Л 2011/30004
Subject headings
- English fiction
Annotation
English officer and gentlemen Harry Feversham has wealth, social position, a beautiful feancee, Ethne Eustace, and a brotherly bond with three close friends. But he also harbors a dark secret. Though he is expected to continue his family`s proud tradition of military service, he cannot forget the shameful stories he heard as a child: tales of men who shirked their duty and disgraced themeselves in battle
Keywords
fiction, novels, stories, english fiction
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WHARTON, EDITH
The House of Mirth / Wharton, Edith ... – New York, 2004. - 360 p.– (Barnes and Noble Classics. . . – 978-1-59308-153-9 : 1379 tg.
UDC:
821.111-3
Shelf code:
Л 2011/30003
Subject headings
- English fiction
Annotation
Edith Wharton`s dark view of society, the somber economics of marriage, and the powerlessness of the unwedded woman at the turn of the twentieth century emerge dramatically in the tragic novel The House of Mirth
Keywords
tragic novel, fiction, love stories, novels
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HERODOTUS
The Histories / Herodotus ... – New York : Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004. - 584 p.– (Barnes and Noble Classics. . . – 978-1-59308-102-7 : 1379 tg.
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94
Shelf code:
Л 2011/30014
Subject headings
- History
Annotation
The world`s first great narrative history, Herodotus`s The Histories vividly describes how the Greeks - few in number, poor, and disunited - managed to repulse a massive invasion by the powerful Persian army in the 5th century B.C.
Keywords
Greeks, ancient history, Persian history
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CURTIS, CHRISTOPHER PAUL
THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM - 1963 (1995)
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