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Charles Dickens

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, a novel by Charles Dickens, was first published in 1848. It is the fifth and last of Dickens' Christmas novellas.

John Buchan

Following the end of the First World War Richard Hannay, the hero of John Buchan's The Thirty-nine Steps , Greenmantle and Mr.Standfast , has retired to the Cotswolds with his wife and young son. There, news comes to him of three kidnappings and a plot of political and financial magnitude that threatens to shake the world. Hannay abandons his Gloucestershire idyll to counter the threat, and the ensuing adventure takes him from the frenetic dance-halls and high society of 1920's London to a gripping climax in the wild Scottish Highlands where he meets his most formidable enemy.

Joseph Conrad

The Nigger of the `Narcissus`

When a black sailor with tuberculosis boards the `Narcissus`, the shadow of death falls across the ship and the lingering gloom brings out both the best and worst in the crew. The harsh endurance test of survival at sea, magnified by the dying sailor`s condition, sends the crewmen through an emotional gamut, ranging from pity and selfless compassion to fear, resentment and a profound hatred that boils perilously close to mutiny. In this 1897 novel, a compelling examination of human character under conditions of extreme danger and stress, Joseph Conrad addresses his customary preoccupation with moral dilemmas, isolation and the psychology of inner compulsions. The author`s masterful narrative technique captures every nuance of atmospheric tension. Conrad drew on his two decades of experience in the British merchant marine for the vital, memorable characterizations and realistic depictions of seafaring life in this and many of his other works. He prized `The Nigger of...

Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Lady Susan

Jane Austen is without question, one of England's most enduring and skilled novelists. With her wit, social precision, and unerring ability to create some of literature's most charismatic and believable heroines, she mesmerises her readers as much today as when her novels were first published. Whether it is her sharp, ironic gaze at the Gothic genre invoked by the adventures of Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey; the diffident and much put-upon Fanny Price struggling to cope with her emotions in Mansfield Park: her delightfully paced comedy of manners and the machinations of the sisters Elinor and Marianne in Sense and Sensibility; the quiet strength of Anne Elliot in Persuasion succeeding in a world designed to subjugate her very existence; and Emma - 'a heroine whom no one but myself will like' teased Austen - yet another irresistible character on fire with imagination and foresight. Indeed not unlike her renowned creator. Jane Austen is as sure-footed in her steps...

Michael Connelly

The Concrete Blonde

Marcus Stone, Charles Dickens

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Jane Austen

Fall head over heels in love with Jane Austen's most famous romance - a tale of hasty judgments, heartache, scandalous behaviour and, finally, true love. Stylish and teen-friendly, Bloomsbury Classics bring a cool, contemporary appeal to some of the most exciting books ever written. Each title has a foreword by a top children's author that explains "Why You Should Read This Book." Plus, a fun "newspaper" at the back of each book is packed with interesting facts and details - including a brief author biography, details on the fashions and music of the times, and a gossip column about key figures of the day.

Dick Francis

When reporter Bert Checkov falls to his death, his colleague James Tyrone thinks he can prove it was murder. But there's no such thing as a sure thing.

John Buchan

When Richard Hannay returns from a long stay in Africa, he becomes caught up in a sensational plot to precipitate a pan-European war. After the discovery of a corpse in his flat, Hannay flees the attentions of both the conspirators and the forces of the law, and the pursuit turns into a thrilling manhunt. Set against the hot summer which precedes the outbreak of the First World War, "The Thirty-nine Steps" is one of the finest and most highly admired thrillers ever written.

It is more than a century since the ascetic, gaunt and enigmatic detective, Sherlock Holmes, made his first appearance in "A Study in Scarlet". From 1891, beginning with "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", the now legendary and pioneering "Strand Magazine" began serialising Arthur Conan Doyle's matchless tales of detection, featuring the incomparable sleuth patiently assisted by his doggedly loyal and lovably pedantic friend and companion, Dr. Watson. The stories are illustrated by the remarkable Sidney Paget from whom our images of Sherlock Holmes and his world derive and who first equipped Holmes with his famous deerstalker hat. The literary cult of Sherlock Holmes shows no sign of fading with time as each new generation comes to love and revere the penetrating mind and ruthless logic which were the undoing of so many Victorian master criminals. Формат: 15 см х 23 см.