Arcturus Classics — Knigausa Bookstore: Russian Books

Nana

Aleksandr Malyshev — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 23:44:21 +0000

Книга «Nana». Издательство: Arcturus. Год выпуска: 2019. Серия: Arcturus Classics. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 428. Автор: Zola Emile. Стандарт: 10. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

From the Earth to the Moon

Aleksandr Malyshev — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 19:38:54 +0000

Книга «From the Earth to the Moon». Издательство: Arcturus. Год выпуска: 2021. Серия: Arcturus Classics. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 192. Автор: Verne Jules. Стандарт: 10. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

Diary of a Nobody

Aleksandr Malyshev — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 07:22:36 +0000

‘I fail to see’, writes suburban bank clerk Charles Pooter ‘- because I do not happen to be a «Somebody» — why my diary should not be interesting.’This comic masterpiece of 1892 records the life of an ordinary man, the putative Samuel Pepys of his day, who rather pompously paints a picture of himself that is both unwittingly hilarious and also most endearing. The accident-prone Pooter lives in a house called ‘The Laurels’ in the London suburb of Holloway and this diary is a catalogue of his triumphs and disasters, including run-ins with uppity tradesmen, wince-making jokes he shares with his ‘dear wife’, hapless attempts at DIY, and clashes with his louche son Lupin over his unsuitable choice of fiancee.To give him his due, Pooter always tries to make the best of everything, but his efforts to communicate in print end up as a razor-sharp satire on the Victorian age, its fashionable preoccupations and endless small snobberies. Evelyn Waugh called it ‘the funniest book in the world’.

Lord Jim

Aleksandr Malyshev — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 07:18:36 +0000

Книга «Lord Jim». Издательство: Arcturus. Год выпуска: 2021. Серия: Arcturus Classics. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 304. Автор: Conrad Joseph. Стандарт: 10. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

Moll Flanders

Aleksandr Malyshev — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 07:16:35 +0000

In the sordid streets of 17th century London, its sink or swim, and Moll Flanders is struggling to stay afloat.Born in prison and abandoned by her mother, our unlucky heroine resorts to any means to secure wealth and social standing, be it prostitution, thievery or bigamy. Her bawdy escapades are at once thrilling and tragic, but Moll Flanders refuses to be pitied.Whether critiquing personal morality or society at large, Daniel Defoe’s classic novel has captivated readers since its publication in 1722. Moll Flanders remains one of the most memorable heroines in English literature.

Secret Agent

Aleksandr Malyshev — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 07:12:03 +0000

Книга «Secret Agent». Издательство: Arcturus. Год выпуска: 2022. Серия: Arcturus Classics. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 288. Автор: Conrad Joseph. Стандарт: 10. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

Silas Marner

Aleksandr Malyshev — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 07:09:29 +0000

Silas Marner (1861) is Eliot’s classic tale of an outsider. A weaver who comes to live and work alone in the Midlands village of Raveloe, Silas Marner’s sole pleasure is to count his growing hoard of gold. When it is stolen, his life ceases to have meaning — until Eppie wanders into the weaver’s cottage one snowy New Year’s Eve and falls asleep on his hearth. Eppie is two years old.Silas rears the little girl with friendly help from the villagers and she loves him as a father. Then, after sixteen years of contentment, Eppie’s true background comes to light.

Secret Garden

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 08:26:11 +0000

Mary Lennox is an unhappy and unloved little girl. After being orphaned, she is sent from India to live at her uncle’s gloomy manor house in Yorkshire and is determined to hate her new home. But after finding an old key in a flowerbed, she unlocks a hidden garden in the manor’s grounds. This enchanting wilderness begins to weave its spell on Mary and those around her. Frances Hodgson Burnett’s best-loved story is an English classic and guaranteed to enchant readers aged 8+.

To the Lighthouse

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 08:26:11 +0000

When I cannot see words curling like rings of smoke round me I am in darkness — I am nothing. — Virginia WoolfFirst published in 1927, Virginia Woolf’s loosely autobiographical novel features the Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle of Skye between 1910 and 1920, a period which spans World War I. Six-year old James wants to visit the lighthouse they can see from their window and his mother tells him they’ll go the next day if the weather permits…Following in the footsteps of Marcel Proust and James Joyce, To the Lighthouse is a modernist novel that uses a stream-of-consciousness technique to deal with the complexities of who and what we are and how we perceive the world as we trudge through the shifting sands of time. While the reader awaits the long-delayed trip to the lighthouse, the themes of the text are the transience of life, absence and the inevitability of death. Everything will pass but not the enduring power of art. This is a subtle, psychological masterpiece from a great writer.

Three Men in a Boat

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 08:26:11 +0000

‘One might have imagined that the British Empire was in danger. The Standard spoke of me as a menace to English letters; and the Morning Post as an example of the sad results to be expected from the over-education of the lower orders…’ Jerome K. JeromeWhen Three Men in a Boat, a jaunty account of a boating trip down the Thames, was first published in 1889, it became a huge overnight success with the paying public despite the barrage of criticism in the press.It’s the knockabout story of three impressionable young clerks, J., George and Harris, who climb aboard a skiff in the company of a fox-terrier called Montmorency. Originally intended to be a travel guide, it somehow turned into an outstanding comic novel and a runaway hit that still has legs. It’s never been out of print since.The good-natured jokes and comic set-pieces remain as fresh today as when they were first penned. The gags cover entirely random subjects, including hazardous towropes, the whys and wherefores of late-Victorian suburban life, and the problem of trying to get into a tin of pineapple chunks without an opener. This is a comic gem that brings to life memories of a lost era of innocence and it regularly makes lists of the funniest books of all time.