Автор: L. M. Montgomery
Название: Anne of Green Gables
Год выпуска: 2002
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Описание:
This book opens with a chronology and a lengthy introduction to Lucy Maud Montgomery's life and works.
Annotations accompany the text of the novel explaining references to people, places, literary works, quotations,
events, flora, fauna, etc. within the narrative. The volume is filled with illustrations from different editions of Anne
and photos of Montgomery, her handwritten manuscript, her childhood home, her school, her parents and family,
Prince Edward Island, plants, pictures of the times, and more. One section explains the variants among different
editions of the work. The appendix includes the geography of the island and Cavendish, the author's childhood
home upon which she based Avonlea. Also included are scholarly essays on the history of the Celtic settlers on
Prince Edward Island, orphanages and children, education, gardens and plants, home life, food preparation and
cookery (including contemporary recipes), music and elocution, and literary allusion and quotations in Anne of Green
Gables. This well-researched and readable resource will find a wide audience among Montgomery's many fans.
Автор: Anna Sewell
Название: Black Beauty
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Описание:
"Always be good, so people will love you. Always work hard and do you best."
These were the words of Black Beauty's mother to her son whey they lived with Farmer Grey.
But when Black Beauty grew up and his life changed, this was sometimes very difficult for him.
Not everybody was as kind as Farmer Grey.
Автор: John Escott
Название: The Ghost of Genny Castle
Год выпуска: 2000
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Описание:
Claire goes to stay with her Aunt Min in a village that has an old castle, with a black tower. The castle has
a dangerous secret, but what is it and can Claire find out? "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels,
film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English.
Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and
low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students
of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature
strands of the National Curriculum English Orders.
Автор: Rudyard Kipling
Название: The room in the tower and other ghost stories
Год выпуска: 1999
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Описание:
Three stories, three ghosts: a picture in a tower depicts a dangerous woman; a young woman marries an older
man and arrives at his house, only to find that his dead wife is still there; and a dead man walks through a house
every night, because sometimes the dead do come back.
Автор: Timothy Boggs
Название: Hercules By the Sword
Год выпуска: 1999
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Описание:
A novel by Timothy Boggs based on the Universal television series created by Christian Williams.