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Различные книги в жанре СказкиFour Arthurian Romances
It tells the story of the knight Cligès and his love for his uncle's wife, Fenice. Because of the story's de-romanticized depiction of adultery, it has been called a criticism or parody of the Tristan and Isolde romances. Cligès scholar Lucie Polak not only verifies the Tristan and Isolde reworking found in the text, but also suggests that Cligès may be modeled after Ovid's character Narcissus. Chrétien's works include five major poems in rhyming eight-syllable couplets. Four of these are complete; 'Erec and Enide' (c. 1170); 'Cligès' (c. 1176), and 'Yvain, the Knight of the Lion' and 'Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart', both written simultaneously between 1177 and 1181. Chrétien's final romance was 'Perceval, the Story of the Grail', written between 1181 and 1190, but left unfinished, though some scholars have disputed this. This volume includes a comprehensive set of linked footnotes to deepen the reading experience.
Four Arthurian Romances
The action centers on Lancelot's rescue of the queen after she has been abducted by Meleagant, the son of Bademagu. The Abduction of Guinevere is one of the oldest motifs in Arthurian legend, appearing also in Caradoc of Llancarfan's Life of Gildas and carved on the archivolt in Modena Cathedral. Chrétien's works include five major poems in rhyming eight-syllable couplets. Four of these are complete; 'Erec and Enide' (c. 1170); 'Cligès' (c. 1176), and 'Yvain, the Knight of the Lion' and 'Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart', both written simultaneously between 1177 and 1181. Chrétien's final romance was 'Perceval, the Story of the Grail', written between 1181 and 1190, but left unfinished, though some scholars have disputed this. This volume includes a comprehensive set of linked footnotes to deepen the reading experience.
Новый год
«С Новым годом! С Новым годом! И все веселы и рады его рождению. Он родился ровно в полночь! Когда старый год – седой, дряхлый старикашка – укладывается спать в темный архив истории, тогда Новый год только, только что открывает свои младенческие глаза и на весь мир смотрит с улыбкой…»
The Merchantman and the Pirate
Ships at anchor reared their tall masts, here and there; and the broad stream was enlivened and colored by junks and boats of all sizes and vivid hues, propelled on the screw principle by a great scull at the stern, with projecting handles for the crew to work; and at times a gorgeous mandarin boat, with two great glaring eyes set in the bows, came flying, rowed with forty paddles by an armed crew, whose shields hung on the gunwale and flashed fire in the sunbeams; the mandarin, in conical and buttoned hat, sitting on the top of his cabin calmly smoking Paradise, alias opium, while his gong boomed and his boat flew fourteen miles an hour, and all things scuttled out of his celestial way. And there, looking majestically down on all these water ants, the huge Agra, cynosure of so many loving eyes and loving hearts in England, lay at her moorings; homeward bound.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
In a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane, an extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, competes with Abraham Van Brunt, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel. As Crane leaves a party he attended at the Van Tassel home on an autumn night, he is pursued by the Headless Horseman. The Headless Horseman, is said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper who had his head shot off by a stray cannonball, and «rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head», though the story implies that the Horseman was really Brom in disguise.
Полёт Лунного дракона
Добрые истории о дружбе и удивительных приключениях! Идеально для первого САМОСТОЯТЕЛЬНОГО чтения! Повелителям драконов предстоит спасти главный Драконий камень, именно он даёт возможность ребятам общаться со своими драконами. Дрейк и его друзья отправятся в Страну Пирамид, ведь там, судя по преданию, надёжно спрятан Драконий камень. Повелители и не догадываются, что им предстоит не только совершить долгий путь, разгадать тайну пирамиды Семи Драконов, но и стать свидетелями появления на свет редчайшего дракона! В формате PDF A4 сохранен издательский макет книги.
Песня Ядовитого дракона
Повелители драконов рады познакомиться с новичком – девочкой по имени Петра. Драконий камень выбрал её в качестве Повелителя гидры – четырёхглавого дракона. Но Петра, кажется, совсем не рада оказаться в замке. Может быть, на этот раз Драконий камень ошибся? Тем временем с королём Роландом приключилась беда – он отравлен! И Петре приходится работать сообща с остальными Повелителями, пока не стало слишком поздно!
Сказки старого леса. Книга 1. Испытание Верой
Краткая инструкция, как сделать сказочной обычную жизнь. Просто выбираешь старушку и назначаешь её Бабой Ягой. Мнение самой бабушки, при этом не учитывается. Затем напрашиваешься ей в родственники и вот ты уже сам – потенциальный волшебник со всеми вытекающими последствиями. Но чем дальше, тем мудрёней, то ли это старушка так вжилась в роль, то ли выбирал не ты, а тебя…
Emma
Before she began the novel, Austen wrote, «I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like.» In the very first sentence she introduces the title character as «Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich.» Emma, however, is also rather spoiled; she greatly overestimates her own matchmaking abilities; and she is blind to the dangers of meddling in other people's lives and is often mistaken about the meanings of others' actions.
