Найти книгу: "Aesop's Fables (Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with an Introduction by G. K. Chesterton)"

The history of the fable likely does not originate with Aesop; however it is with him that we associate the fable’s most ancient of known origins. Little is actually known of the life of Aesop. According to the historical accounts of Herodotus, Aristotle, and Plutarch, he was a slave from the Greek island of Samos who lived between 620 and 564 BC. Described as a strikingly ugly man he is said to have secured his freedom through his cleverness. Known for his wit, Aesop would become employed as an advisor by kings and city-states. The simplicity of the fable cannot be overstated. The short narrative form and the use of animals to personifying particular human characteristics makes the fable a particularly useful form of instruction for imparting bits of wisdom to children. Dozens of fables have been attributed to Aesop, however given their sometimes conflicting moral lessons, the attribution of some fables to Aesop is considered by certain scholars as to be spurious. Collected together here are some of the most famous examples of Aesop’s fables. This edition follows the translation of V. S. Vernon Jones, includes an introduction by G. K. Chesterton, and is illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

The story begins by describing the ancestors of Sir Arthur Jermyn, a British nobleman. His great-great-great-grandfather, Sir Wade Jermyn, had been an early explorer of the Congo region, whose books on a mysterious white civilization there had been ridiculed. He had been confined to an asylum in 1765. Lovecraft describes how the Jermyn family has a peculiar physical appearance that began to appear in the children of Wade Jermyn and his mysterious and reclusive wife, who Wade claimed was Portuguese.

В этом комплекте из книги и аудиофайлов читателям предлагаются неадаптированные тексты великолепных юмористических повестей Оскара Уайльда. Произведения Оскара Уайльда – это неповторимый стиль, уникальное чувство юмора, мастерское владение словом, тонкие наблюдения, оригинальные сюжеты. Сравнивая оригинальные тексты с русскими переводами, читатели научатся лучше понимать и передавать «непереводимую» игру слов и тонкие каламбуры. Тексты можно также прослушать в аудиофайлах в исполнении англоязычного и русского дикторов. Для углубления знаний английского и облегчения понимания текста предлагаются упражнения и словарь. Книга будет интересна и полезна старшим школьникам, абитуриентам, студентам, преподавателям, а также всем, кто изучает английский язык самостоятельно.

This rousing sea adventure follows a New England boy, Pym, who stows away on a whaling ship with its captain's son, Augustus. The two boys, who find themselves repeatedly on the brink of discovery or death, witness many hair-raising events, including mutiny, savagery, cannibalism, and frantic pursuits.

Полный вариант заголовка: «Introduction a la philosophie, contenant la metaphysique et la logique / par G.J. 's Gravesande ; traduite du latin ; nouvelle edition revue, corrigee, et augmentee de l'art de raisonner par syllogismes».

Полный вариант заголовка: «Oeuvres completes de J. La Fontaine, precedees d'une nouvelle notice sur sa vie. T. 1. Fables».