The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they move from their little house on the banks of Plum Creek to the wilderness of the unsettled Dakota Territory. Here Pa works on the new railroad until he finds a homestead claim that is perfect for their new little house. Laura takes her first train ride as she, her sisters, and their mother come out to live with Pa on the shores of Silver Lake. After a lonely winter in the surveyors' house, Pa puts up the first building in what will soon be a brand-new town on the beautiful shores of Silver Lake. The Ingallses' covered-wagon travels are finally over. And so continues Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved story of a pioneer girl and her family. The nine Little House books have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America's frontier past and a heartwarming, unforgettable story. In Dakota territory, Pa has a job in a railroad building camp and Laura, the central character in the story, is now 13.
Added by: stovokor | Karma: 1758.60 | Fiction literature | 2 January 2009
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One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo is an immensely exciting tale of love, revolution, and politics set in the mythical South American country of Costaguana during the 1890s. Joseph Conrad, born Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, (1857-1924) was a Polish-born novelist who spent most of his adult life in Britain. He is regarded as one of the greatest English novelists, which is even more notable because he did not learn to speak English well until he was in his 20s. He is recognized as a master prose stylist. Some of his works have a strain of romanticism, but more importantly he is recognized as an important forerunner of modernist literature. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced many writers, including Ernest Hemingway, D.H. Lawrence and Graham Greene. Writing during the apogee of the British Empire, Conrad drew upon his experiences in the British Merchant Navy to create novels and short stories that reflected aspects of a world-wide empire while also plumbing the depths of the human soul. Amongst his best known works are Heart of Darkness (1899), Lord Jim (1900), Under Western Eyes (1911), Victory (1915) and The Rescue (1920).
Belgian Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis (Rare Book Collection)
A collection of twenty-six folk and fairy tales from Belgium including 'The War Storm and Baldy the Horse', 'The Swan Maidens and the Silver Knight', 'A Congress of Belgian Faires' and 'The Ogre in the Forest of Hazel Nuts'.
10. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Silver Blaze
Продолжаем следить за приключениями героев Конан Дойля. Каждый понедельник появляется один спектакль. Предыдущие публикации можно найти воспользовавшись поиском или календарем. Размер: 18Mb | mp3 | Bitrate: VBR 56kbs | Длительность: примерно 50 минут
