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Àííîòàöèÿ: Designed as a series to provide a comprehensive introductionto nglish, American and European literature, each title examies one particular form and period, discussing in detail the important writers andtheir major works in the contextto their times.

Àííîòàöèÿ: When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic. Stripped of the British society of her youth and the small but effective society she fought so hard to attain in Hong Kong, she is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life and learn how to love.The Painted Veil is a beautifully written affirmation of the human capacity to grow, to change, and to forgive.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Êíèãà ñîñòîèò èç ðàññêàçîâ èçâåñòíûõ àâñòðàëèéñêèõ, àíãëèéñêèõ è àìåðèêàíñêèõ ïèñàòåëåé XIX-XX ââ. Ðàññêàçû àäàïòèðîâàíû. Ëåêñèêî-ãðàììàòè÷åñêèå òðóäíîñòè îáúÿñíÿþòñÿ â ïîñòðàíè÷íûõ êîììåíòàðèÿõ.

Àííîòàöèÿ: In Theatre, W. Somerset Maugham—the author of the classic novels Of Human Bondage and Up at the Villa—introduces us to Julia Lambert, a woman of breathtaking poise and talent whose looks have stood by her forty-six years. She is one of the greatest actresses England—so good, in fact, that perhaps she never stops acting.It seems that noting can ruffle her satin feathers, until a quiet stranger who challenges Julia's very sense of self. As a result, she will endure rejection for the first time, her capacity as a mother will be affronted, and her ability to put on whatever face she desired for her public will prove limited. In Theatre, Maugham subtly exposes the tensions and triumphs that occur when acting and reality blend together, and—for Julia—ultimately reverse.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Cakes and Ale is a satire of London literary society between the Wars. Social climber Alroy Kear is flattered when he is selected by Edward Driffield's wife to pen the official biography of her lionized novelist husband, and determined to write a bestseller. But then Kear discovers the great novelist's voluptuous muse (and unlikely first wife), Rosie. The lively, loving heroine once gave Driffield enough material to last a lifetime, but now her memory casts an embarrassing shadow over his career and respectable image. Wise, witty, deeply satisfying, Cakes and Ale is Maugham at his best.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Ñáîðíèê ñòàâèò ñâîåé öåëüþ ïîçíàêîìèòü ÷èòàòåëÿ ñ ëó÷øèìè îáðàçöàìè òâîð÷åñòâà àíãëèéñêèõ íîâåëèñòîâ 50-õ - 60-õ ãã.  íåì ïðåäñòàâëåíû ïèñàòåëè íåñêîëüêèõ ïîêîëåíèé, ñîçäàâàÿ êðàñî÷íóþ, ìíîãîëèêóþ êàðòèíó ñåãîäíÿøíåé Àíãëèè. Êíèãè ïðåäñòàâëÿåò ðàçíîîáðàçíûå òåìàòèêè è ñòèëèñòèêè ñîâðåìåííîãî àíãëèéñêîãî ðàññêàçà.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of his spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brilliant characters - his fiancée Isabel whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliott Templeton, her uncle, a classic expatriate American snob. Maugham himself wanders in and out of the story, to observe his characters struggling with their fates. Larry Darrell, Isabel's ex-fiance who, after searching from the stockbroking life of Chicago to a guru's ashrama in Southern India, finally finds spiritual peace.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Somerset Maugham was one of the world's most prolific and popular authors. He wrote with great facility and at one time had four plays running simultaneously in four different London theaters. He was trained as a doctor, and he must have been good: his observations are truthful and free of sentiment. His books are a tonic. The merry-go-round was his term for London at the turn of the century. His narrator, Miss Ley, is a shrewd and amusing elderly spinster, something like Maugham in drag. A born commentator, she acts like a Greek chorus. The world may be mad, she seems to say, but it is amusing.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Filled with adventure, passion, and intrigue, The Narrow Corner is a classic tale of the sea by one of the twentieth-century's finest writers. Island hoping across the South Pacific, the esteemed Dr. Saunders is offered passage by Captain Nichols and his companion Fred Blake, two men who appear unsavory, yet any means of transportation is hard to resist. The trip turns turbulent, however, when a vicious storm forces them to seek shelter on the remote island of Kanda. There these three men fall under the spell of the sultry and stunningly beautiful Louise, and their story spirals into a wicked tale of love, murder, jealousy, and suicide

Àííîòàöèÿ: This classic collection reveals Somerset Maugham s unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships in tales of love, infidelity, passion and prejudice.

Àííîòàöèÿ: This final classic collection reveals Somerset Maugham—s unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships in tales of love, infidelity, passion and prejudice. The stories range from —The Lotus Eater— where a man envisions a life of bliss in the Mediterranean, to the astringent tales of —The Outstation— and —The Back of Beyond— in Malaya and South East Asia.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Íàñòîÿùàÿ êíèãà ïðåäíàçíà÷åíà äëÿ ñàìîñòîÿòåëüíîé ðàáîòû è ðàññ÷èòàíà íà ó÷àùèõñÿ òåõíèêóìîâ, îâëàäåâøèõ ãðàììàòè÷åñêèì ìèíèìóìîì è èìåþùèõ ëåêñè÷åñêèé çàïàñ â îáúåìå íåïîëíîé ñðåäíåé øêîëû. Òåêñòû ïðåäíàçíà÷àþòñÿ äëÿ ðàçâèòèÿ íàâûêà ÷òåíèÿ è ïîíèìàíèÿ.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Ñáîðíèå ðàññêàçîâ ñîâðåìåííûõ àíãëèéñêèõ ïèñàòåëåé ïðåäíàçíà÷àåòñÿ äëÿ ñòóäåíòîâ ñòàðøèõ êóðñîâ ÿçûêîâûõ âóçîâ è ôàêóëüòåòîâ â êà÷åñòâå ìàòåðèàëà äëÿ ÷òåíèÿ.

Àííîòàöèÿ:  êíèãó âîøëè ðàññêàçû çíàìåíèòîãî àíãëèéñêîãî ïèñàòåëÿ Ó. Ñ. Ìîýìà. Ðàçíîîáðàçíûå óïðàæíåíèÿ ê ðàññêàçàì íàïðàâëåíû íà ðàñøèðåíèå ñëîâàðíîãî çàïàñà ó÷àùèõñÿ, ïðèîáðåòåíèå íàâûêîâ ïåðåâîäà è óìåíèå âûðàæàòü ñâîþ òî÷êó çðåíèÿ íà àíãëèéñêîì ÿçûêå. Êíèãà ïðåäíàçíà÷åíà äëÿ ñòàðøèõ êëàññîâ øêîë ñ óãëóáëåííûì èçó÷åíèåì àíãëèéñêîãî ÿçûêà, ñòóäåíòîâ è øèðîêîãî êðóãà ëþäåé, ñàìîñòîÿòåëüíî èçó÷àþùèõ àíãëèéñêèé ÿçûê.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Ëóíà è ãðîø - îäíî èç ñàìûõ ãëóáîêèõ ïðîèçâåäåíèé êëàññèêà àíãëèéñêîé ëèòåðàòóðû Óèëüÿìà Ñîìåðñåòà Ìîýìà.  ðîìàíå ðàññêàçûâàåòñÿ äðàìàòè÷åñêàÿ èñòîðèÿ î ÷åëîâåêå, êîòîðûé, â çðåëîì âîçðàñòå îùóòèâ â ñåáå äàð õóäîæíèêà, íå ïîáîÿëñÿ êðóòî èçìåíèòü ñâîþ æèçíü. Ïèñàòåëü íå ñòàíîâèòñÿ íè íà ÷üþ ñòîðîíó, íå ìîðàëèçèðóåò, íå îñóæäàåò ×àðëüçà Ñòðèêëåíäà, ïðîòîòèïîì êîòîðîãî ïîñëóæèë Ïîëü Ãîãåí, çà æåñòîêîå îáðàùåíèå ñ áëèçêèìè åìó ëþäüìè, íå âîñõâàëÿåò åãî çà ðåøèìîñòü, à äàåò ïðàâî ÷èòàòåëþ ñàìîñòîÿòåëüíî äåëàòü âûâîäû.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Walter Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter,a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. Unsatisfied by her marriage, she starts an affair with Charles Townsend, a man whom she finds charming. But when Walter discovers her deception, he exacts a strange but  terrible vengeance: Kitty must accompany him to his new posting in remote mainland China, where a cholera epidemic rages.

Àííîòàöèÿ: This classic collection reveals Somerset Maugham s unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships in tales of love, infidelity, passion and prejudice.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Based on the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is W. Somerset Maugham's ode to the powerful forces behind creative genius. Charles Strickland is a staid banker, a man of wealth and privilege. He is also a man possessed of an unquenchable desire to create art. As Strickland pursues his artistic vision, he leaves London for Paris and Tahiti, and in his quest makes sacrifices that leaves the lives of those closest to him in tatters. Through Maugham's sympathetic eye Strickland's tortured and cruel soul becomes a symbol of the blessing and the curse of transcendent artistic genius, and the cost in humans lives it sometimes demands.