Художественная литература на английском языке — Twain Mark

Tom Sawyer, a shrewd and adventurous boy, is as much at home in the respectable world of his Aunt Polly as in the self-reliant and parentless world of his friend Huck Finn. The two enjoy a series of adventures, accidentally witnessing a murder, establishing the innocence of the man wrongly accused, as well as being hunted by Injun Joe, the true murderer, eventually escaping and finding the treasure that Joe had buried. Huckleberry Finn recounts the further adventures of Huck, who runs away from...

Марк Твен - один из самых известных американских писателей, чьи произведения отличает живость повествования, искромётный юмор и умение тонко поднимать философские вопросы. В замечательный сборник "Наследство в $30,000 и другие истории" вошли разнообразные увлекательные рассказы Марк Твена. Читателя ждут необычные повороты сюжета, прекрасное чувство юмора и отличное настроение... Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!

Серия English Fiction Collection состоит из лучших произведений английских и американских авторов. Читая книгу на языке оригинала, вы не только обогатите собственную лексику и научитесь чувствовать грамматический строй, но также сможете насладиться настоящим языком великих писателей и поэтов. Серия предназначена для тех, кто учит английский всерьез, кто действительно хочет знать этот красивый и многогранный язык.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. "Roughing It" is a semi-autobiographical work that describes the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during 1861-1867 along with his brother Orion Clemens. The book contains many adventures,...

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. "The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson" is a novel the story of which revolves around two boys from the fictional Missouri town of Dawson's Landing. One, born into slavery, with a small amount of black ancestry. The...

Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers. "Sketches New and Old" is a wonderful collection of short stories like "A New Crime," "The Petrified Man," "A Mysterious Visit," and "The Widow's Protest."

Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers. Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. "Sketches New and Old" is a wonderful collection of short stories like "My Watch," "The Jumping Frog," "The Story of the Bad Little Boy," and...

Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers. This volume includes four amazing works like "A Fable", "Hunting a Deceitful Turkey", "The McWilliamses and The Burglar Alarm" and the novel "The Mysterious Stranger" itself.

Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers. "A Double-Barreled Detective Story" is a somewhat unusual short story. Twain takes Sherlock Holmes, world-famous detective, the creation of Sir Arthur Doyle, and puts him in an unusual setting, a small town in the American west, where our...

Mark Twain (1835—1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. "The Innocents Abroad" is a travel book in which Twain humorously describes his journey in 1867 on board the ship Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land. This book is one of the best-selling travel books of...

Вниманию читателей предлагается сборник популярных, неадаптированных юмористических рассказов классика американской литературы Марка Твена. Книга предназначена для самостоятельного чтения и пересказа на занятиях по английскому языку.

For deft plotting, riotous inventiveness, unforgettable characters, and language that brilliantly captures the lively rhythms of American speech, no American writer comes close to Mark Twain. This sparkling anthology covers the entire span of Twain's inimitable yarn-spinning, from his early broad comedy to the biting satire of his later years. Every one of his sixty stories is here: ranging from the frontier humor of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," to the bitter vision of...

В сборник включены рассказы наиболее знаменитых мастеров американской прозы, таких, как Э. По, М. Твен, Дж. Лондон, Э. Хемингуэй, Т. Драйзер, Д. Стейнбек, У. Фолкнер, Дж. Апдайк и др. Издание ориентировано на самый широкий круг людей, изучающих английский язык и его американский вариант.

This treasured historical satire, played out in two very different socioeconomic worlds of 16th-century England, centers around the lives of two boys born in London on the same day: Edward, Prince of Wales and Tom Canty, a street beggar. During a chance encounter, the two realize they are identical and, as a lark, decide to exchange clothes and roles - a situation that briefly, but drastically, alters the lives of both youngsters. The Prince, dressed in rags, wanders about the city's boisterous...

From the father of American literature, four sparkling comic tales of extraordinary animals and parables subverted. 'Pale terror goes before him, death and devastation follow!' From the father of American literature, four sparkling comic tales of extraordinary animals and parables subverted. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and...

Mark Twain (1835—1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. "The Gilded Age" is a satirical novel co-written by Twain and Charles Dudley Warner. It extensively mocks and criticises political corruption, greed and human pettiness in America in the period after Civil War,...

Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers. This volume includes some of his amazing works: a novel about Buffalo Bill's favorite horse "A Horse's Tale", a short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", and "Letters from the Earth", the most controversial work of...

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. "The Innocents Abroad" is a travel book in which Twain humorously describes his journey in 1867 on board the ship Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land. This book is one of the best-selling travel books of...

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. "A Tramp Abroad" is a semi-autobiographical work of travel literature genre. The book tells the story of Twain's exciting journey through central and southern Europe accompanied by a fictional character named...

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. "Sketches New and Old" is a wonderful collection of short stories like "My Watch," "The Jumping Frog," "The Story of the Bad Little Boy," and "Niagara."