In The Pickwick Papers, his first novel, Dickens displays the talents and skills that became his trademark; observational humour, pathos and social comment abound as we follow Mr Pickwick and Sam Weller, his sharp-tongued cockney servant, travelling around England with his friends in search of adventure and knowledge. Brilliantly comic scenes at the Eatanswill election, and the trial of Mrs Bardell vs Pickwick contrast with the horrors of the debtors prison. It was Thackeray who described the novel as ‘that great contemporary history’, and it presents a nostalgic view of England just before the coming of the railway.
In his captivating third novel, David Mitchell erases the boundaries of language, genre and time to offer a meditation on humanity’s dangerous will to power, and where it may lead us.
Polgara The Sorceress by David Eddingsby David Eddings
Already a runaway bestseller in the UK, this latest doorstopper fantasy from the husband-and-wife team expands upon the events encompassing two huge five-book sagas, The Belgariad and The Malloreon, plus a sequel-cum-companion volume, Belgarath the Sorcerer (1995). This enormous tome focuses on Belgarath's daughter Polgara, the 3,000-year-old shape-shifting sorceress, and her tumultuous world of magic, one-eyed evil gods, kings, swords, orbs, and whatnot.
David Herbert Lawrence. Women in Love (Английский клуб)
В основу адаптации положен известный роман классика английской литературы Дейвида Герберта Лоренса "Влюбленные женщины". Действие романа происходит перед Первой мировой войной. Он повествует об истории отношений двух жаждущих страстей сестер Гадран и Урсулы и их возлюбленных. Роман содержит философские концепции самого Лоренса и отличается психологически тонкими описаниями эмоциональных состояний героев. Многие идеи Лоренс выражает в духе фрейдизма. Книга содержит комментарии, упражнения для отработки и закрепления навыков речевой деятельности, словарь и предназначена учащимся 9-11 классов школ, гимназий, лицеев, а также широкому кругу лиц, изучающих английский язык самостоятельно.
