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CONAN DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR
The Complete Sherlock Holmes [Text] Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur ; introduction and notes by Kyle Freeman, consulting editorial director George Stade .- New York, NY : Barnes and Noble Classics , 2003. – 978-1-59308-040-2 2 .– 709 p. : 1379 tg.
UDC:
821.111-3
Shelf code:
Л 2011/30081
Subject headings
- Fiction. Prose
Annotation
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle narrates about adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The book contains the following novels: "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes", "His Last Bow", "The Case book of Sherlock Holmes"
Keywords
story, Sherlock Holmes, novel, prose, fiction, classics, english classics, english prose, english novels, english stories, english fiction
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WHITMAN, WALT
Leaves of Grass : First and "Death-bed" Editions. Additional Poems / Whitman, Walt ; with an introduction and notes by Karen Karbiener, consulting editorial director George Stade... – New York : Barnes and Noble Classics, 2004. - 914 p., index, photo; . . – 978-1-59308-083-9, 1-59308-083-2 : 1379 tg.
UDC:
821.111(73)-1
Shelf code:
Л 2011/30026
Subject headings
- Fiction of America. Poetry
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Now the original 1855 version and the "Death-bed Edition" of 1892 have been brought together in a single volume, with additional poems written throughout Whitman`s life, allowing the reader to experience the total scope of Whitman`s genius, which produced love lyrics, visionary musings, glimpses of nightmare and ecstasy, celebrations of the human body and spirit, and poems of loneliness, loss, and mourning.
Keywords
fiction, noble classics, poetry, poetry of America, english poetry, poetry in english, poet, american form
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SLOCUM, CAPTAIN JOSHUA
Sailing Alone Around the World / Slocum, Captain Joshua ; introduction and notes by Dennis A. Berthold, illustrated by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian, consulting editorial director George Stade... – New York : Barnes and Noble Classics, 2005. - 268 p., glossary, ill.; . . – 978-1-59308-303-8 : 1379 tg.
UDC:
821.111-3
Shelf code:
Л 2011/30025
Subject headings
- Fiction. Prose
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In April 1895, at the age of fifty-one, Joshua Slocum departed Boston in his thirty-six-foot sloopy Spray, a derelict boat he had rebuilt himself. Three years and 46,000 miles later, he returned, and wrote this remarkable account of his voyage. An instant besy-seller, Sailing Alone Around the World is now regarded as one of the literature`s greatest voyage narratives.
Keywords
fiction, classics, voyage narratives, english fiction, english classics, story, english stories, writers, prose, english prose
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EMERSON, RALPH WALDO
Essays and Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson / Emerson, Ralph Waldo ; introduction and notes by Peter Norberg, consulting editorial director George Stade... – New York : Barnes and Noble Classics, 2004. - 522 p., glossary; . . – 978-1-59308-076-1, 1-59308-076-X : 1379 tg.
UDC:
821.111
Shelf code:
Л 2011/30079
Subject headings
- Fiction
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As an adolescent America searched for its unique identity, a number of thinkers and writers emerged eager to share their vision of what the American character could be. A leader among them was Ralph Waldo Emerson, whose essays, lectures, and poems defined the American transcendentalist movement, through he himself disliked the term
Keywords
classics, poems, essays, poetry, writers, poet, english stories, english poems, prose, english prose
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TWAIN, MARK
Pudd`nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary twins / Twain, Mark ; introduction and notes by Darryl Pinckney, consulting editorial director George Stade... – New York : Barnes and Noble Classics, 2005. - 215 p. . . – 978-1-59308-255-0, 1-59308-255-X : 1379 tg.
UDC:
821.111-3
Shelf code:
Л 2011/30084
Subject headings
- Fiction. Prose
Annotation
Written during Mark Twain`s so-called pessimistic period, Pudd`nhead Wilson is darkly comic masterpiece that exposes the wounds of racism in America and the absurdity of judging character based upon class or skin color
Keywords
fiction, novel, civil war, story, english stories, stories in english, english novels, prose, english books, novels in english
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HARDY, THOMAS
Tess of the D`Urbervilles / Hardy, Thomas ; introduction and notes by David Galef, consulting editorial director George Stade... – New York : Barnes and Noble Classics, 2005. - 506 p., ill., map; . . – 978-1-59308-228-4 : 1379 tg.
UDC:
821.111-3
Shelf code:
Л 2011/30085
Subject headings
- Fiction. Prose
Annotation
Highly controversial because of its frank look at the sexual hypocrisy of Victorian society, Thomas Hardy`s Tess of the d`Urbervilles was nonetheless a great commercial success when it appeared in 1891. It is now considered one of the finest novels in English
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fiction, novel, classics, prose, story, english stories, english fiction, english classics, english novels, english prose
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BEECHER STOWE, HARRIET
Uncle Tom`s Cabin / Beecher Stowe, Harriet ; introduction and notes by Amanda Claybaugh, consulting editorial director George Stade... – New York : Barnes and Noble Classics, 2003. - 454 p. . . – 978-1-59308-121-8 : 1379 tg.
UDC:
821.111-3
Shelf code:
Л 2011/30016
Subject headings
- Fiction. Prose
Annotation
Uncle Tom`s Cabin is a living relevant story, passionate in its vivid depiction of the cruelest forms of injustice and inhumanity - and the courage it takes to fight against them
Keywords
fiction, novel, classics, prose, story, english stories, english prose, english fiction, english novels, english classics
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FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT
The Beautiful and Damned / Fitzgerald, F. Scott ; introduction and notes by Pagan Harleman, consulting editorial director George Stade... – New York : Barnes and Noble Classics, 2005. - 378 p. . . – 978-1-59308-245-2, 1-59308-245-2 : 1379 tg.
UDC:
821.111-3
Shelf code:
Л 2011/30054
Subject headings
- Fiction. Prose
Annotation
Mainly this book is about what wealth can do with people. Young couple, parties, dying marriage and millions after death of Anthony`s grandfather
Keywords
fiction, novel, classics, prose, story, english stories, stories in english, english novels, novels in english
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FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT
The Side of Paradise / Fitzgerald, F. Scott ; with an introduction and notes by Sharon G. Carson, consulting editorial director George Stade... – New York : Barnes and Noble Classics, 2005. - 277 p. . . – 978-1-59308-243-7, 1-59308-243-6 : 1379 tg.
UDC:
821.111(73)-3
Shelf code:
Л 2011/30055
Subject headings
- Fiction of America. Prose
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This Side of Paradise, became an instant best seller and estalished the image of seemingly carefree, party-mad young men and woman out to create a new morality for a new, postwar America. The story traces the early life of Amory Blaine from the end of prep school through Princeton University to the start of an uncertain career in New York City
Keywords
fiction, novel, postwar America, english story, stories in english, english novels, novels in english, prose
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HARDY, THOMAS
The Return of the Native / Hardy, Thomas ; introduction and notes by Lauren Walsh, consulting editorial director George Stade... – New York : Barnes and Noble Classics, 2005. - 432 p., ill.; . . – 978-1-59308-220-8 : 1379 tg.
UDC:
821.111-3
Shelf code:
Л 2011/30088
Subject headings
- Fiction. Prose
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A haunting tale of romantic self-deception, The Return of the Native focuses on mismatched lovers see in each other only what they want to see, and ignore what is actually there
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fiction, novel, story, prose, classics, english classics, english prose, english fiction, english novels, english stories
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EMERSON, RALPH WALDO
ESSAYS AND POEMS BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON (2004)
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TWAIN, MARK
PUDD`NHEAD WILSON AND THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS (2005)
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