Автор: Kipling Rudyard Название: The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories ISBN: 0199536473 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199536474 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 11610.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This collection brings together seventeen of Kipling`s early stories, written between 1885 and 1888, when Kipling was working as a journalist in India. Wry comedies of British officialdom alternate with glimpses into the harsh lives of the common soldiers and the Indian poor, revealing Kipling`s legendary powers of observation and, in `Baa Baa, Black Sheep` his own miserable childhood. From Mrs Hauksbee`s Simla drawing-room to Mulvaney`s cot in barracks, to the wild hills of Kafiristan, Kipling re-creates the India he knew in stories by turns ironic and sentimental, compassionate and bitter, displaying the brilliance that has captivated readersfor over a century.
Автор: Franz Kafka Название: A Hunger Artist and Other Stories ISBN: 0199600929 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199600922 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 3360.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: This new translation includes Kafka`s two published collections, A Country Doctor and A Hunger Artist with other, uncollected stories, aphorisms, and parables that have become part of the Kafka canon. Enigmatic, satirical, often bleakly humorous, the stories meditate on art and artists and the human experience. Includes an introduction and notes.
Автор: Chekhov Anton Название: The Steppe and Other Stories ISBN: 0199555451 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199555451 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 8860.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: The fifth volume of Chekhov short stories completes the publication in the World Classics series of his entire work as a mature fiction-writer. Here are 22 stories, including The Steppe, Chekhov's first short story to be published in a serious Russian literary journal. All the texts are taken from the highly-acclaimed translation by Ronald Hingley. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Автор: Franz Kafka Название: The Metamorphosis and Other Stories ISBN: 0199238553 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199238552 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 7510.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: This new translation includes Kafka`s most famous story, The Metamorphosis, together with two other stories, The Judgement and In the Penal Colony, and Meditation and the autobiographical Letter to his Father. The edition includes a detailed introduction, notes, and other helpful items.
Автор: MacLean Norman Название: A River Runs Through It and Other Stories, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition ISBN: 0226500667 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226500669 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 8970.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: The two novellas and short story in this collection are based on his own experiences - the experiences of a young man who found that life was only a step from art in its structures and beauty.
Автор: Guy de Maupassant Название: A Day in the Country and Other Stories ISBN: 0199555788 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199555789 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 9490.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This selection of twenty-seven stories in a lively new translation shows Maupassant as his comic, cruel, and brilliant best. In addition to the poignant title story, it includes one of the most famous tales ever written, The Necklace , and Le Horla, an account of a disintegrating personality that chillingly parallels the author`s own decline into madness.
Автор: Pushkin Alexander Название: The Queen of Spades and Other Stories ISBN: 0199538654 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199538652 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 11910.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This volume contains new translations of four of Pushkin's best works of fiction. The Queen of Spades has long been acknowledged as one of the world's greatest short stories, in which Pushkin explores the nature of obsession. The Tales of Belkin are witty parodies of sentimentalism, while Peter the Great's Blackamoor is an early experiment with recreating the past. The Captain's Daughter is a novel-length masterpiece which combines historical fiction in the manner of Sir Walter Scott with the devices of the Russian fairy-tale. The introduction provides close readings of the stories and places them in their European literary context.
Автор: Chekhov Anton Название: Ward Number Six and Other Stories ISBN: 0199553890 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199553891 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 11610.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Taken from The Oxford Chekhov, the stories in this collection include The Butterfly, Ariadne, A Dreary Story, Neighbours, An Anonymous Story, and Doctor Startsev, as well as the title story. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Автор: James Henry Название: Aspern Papers and Other Stories ISBN: 0199639876 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199639878 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 9490.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: As well as `The Aspern Papers`, this selection includes `The Death of the Lion`, `The Figure in the Carpet`, and `The Birthplace`. All four stories concern the figure of the artist and the cult of celebrity. This new edition includes extracts from James`s Prefaces and Notebooks that shed light on the genesis of the stories.
Автор: Balzac, Honore de Название: The Girl with the Golden Eyes and Other Stories ISBN: 0199571287 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199571284 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 11610.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The three short fictions in this unique collection, Sarrasine, The Unknown Masterpiece, and The Girl with the Golden Eyes, deal with the relationship between artistic ideals and sexual desires. They show Balzac`s mastery of the seductions of storytelling, and are among the 19th century`s richest explorations of life and art.
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