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Коллектив авторов. 20 лучших повестей на английском / 20 Best Short Novels
Edward Bulwer Lytton. The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain
Wilkie Collins. Dream Woman
The First Narrative. Introductory statement of the facts by Percy Fairbank
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III
The Second Narrative. The Hostler’s story – told by himself
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V
VI
VII
VIII
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X
XI
XII
XIII
The Third Narrative. The story continued by Percy Fairbank
XIV
XV
XVI
The Fourth Narrative. Statement of Joseph Rigobert: addressed to the advocate who defended him at his trial
Last lines – added by Percy Fairbank
Arthur Conan Doyle. A Study in Scarlet
Part I
Chapter I. Mr. Sherlock Holmes
Chapter II. The science of deduction
Chapter III. The Lauriston Gardens mystery
Chapter IV. What John Rance had to tell
Chapter V. Our advertisement brings a visitor
Chapter VI. Tobias Gregson shows what he can do
Chapter VII. Light in the darkness
Part II. The Country of the Saints
Chapter I. On the Great Alkali plain
Chapter II. The flower of Utah
Chapter III. John Ferrier talks with the Prophet
Chapter IV. A flight for life
Chapter V. The avenging angels
Chapter VI. A continuation of the reminiscences of John Watson, M.D
Chapter VII. The conclusion
Joseph Conrad. Heart of Darkness
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II
III
Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol
Preface
Chapter 1. Marley’s Ghost
Chapter 2. The First of the Three Spirits
Chapter 3. The Second of the Three Spirits
Chapter 4. The Last of the Spirits
Chapter 5. The End of it
Francis Scott Fitzgerald. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
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II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
John Galsworthy. Indian Summer of a Forsyte
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Washington Irving. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Found among the papers of the Late Diedrich Knickerbocker
Jerome K. Jerome. Told after Supper
James Joyce. The Dead
David Herbert Lawrence. England, My England
Jack London. The Call of the Wild
Chapter I. Into the Primitive
Chapter II. The Law of Club and Fang
Chapter III. The Dominant Primordial Beast
Chapter IV. Who Has Won to Mastership
Chapter V. The Toil of Trace and Trail
Chapter VI. For the Love of a Man
Chapter VII. The Sounding of the Call
Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Herbert West – Reanimator
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
George MacDonald. The Light Princess
What! No Children?
Won’t I, Just?
She Can’t Be Ours
Where Is She?
What Is to Be Done?
She Laughs Too Much
Try Metaphysics
Try a Drop of Water
Put Me in Again
Look at the Moon
Hiss!
Where Is the Prince?
Here I Am
This Is Very Kind of You
Look at the Rain!
Herman Melville. Bartleby the Scrivener
Thomas Love Peacock. Nightmare Abbey
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Edgar Allan Poe. The Mystery of Marie Rogêt
Robert Louis Stevenson. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Story of the door
Search for Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll was quite at ease
The Carew murder case
Incident of the letter
Incident of Dr. Lanyon
Incident at the window
The last night
Dr. Lanyon’s narrative
Henry Jekyll’s full statement of the case
William Makepeace Thackeray. Rebecca and Rowena. a Romance Upon Romance
Chapter I. The overture. Commencement of the business
Chapter II. The last days of the lion
Chapter III. St. George for England
Chapter IV. Ivanhoe redivivus
Chapter V. Ivanhoe to the rescue
Chapter VI. Ivanhoe the widower
Chapter VII. The end of the performance
Oscar Wilde. The Canterville Ghost
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