Книга представляет собой адаптацию увлекательного романа Жюля Верна «Вокруг света за 80 дней». Герой романа, Филеас Фогг, побился об заклад, что сумеет обогнуть земной шар с запада на восток в срок не более 80 дней. Путешествие Фогга начинается в Англии, далее он отправляется во Францию, Египет, Индию, Китай, Японию, Америку. По пути ему встречается множество опасностей, и Фогг не раз проявляет му…
Книга представляет собой адаптацию знаменитого романа американской писательницы Элинор Портер «Поллианна». Именно это произведение принесло ей всемирную неувядающую славу. В нём рассказана поучительная история девочки-сироты, умение которой при любых обстоятельствах радоваться жизни помогает не только ей самой, но и окружающим её людям. Ещё в раннем детстве отец научил её игре «в радость», и тепер…
Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost and horror stories. In his own day it was his ghost stories which were his most popular works. The following works are included in the Selected of works Edward Frederic Benson: Mrs. Amworth, Negotium Perambulans…, Nab…
Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost and horror stories. In his own day it was his ghost stories which were his most popular works. Among the most significant works Edward Benson: And the dead Spoke…, The Outcast, Machon, Negotium Perambulans…, Inscrutabl…
Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost and horror stories. In his own day it was his ghost stories which were his most popular works. The Terror by Night—the first volume in the series—covers the period between 1899 and 1911, and demonstrates Benson's early…
Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist, and short story writer, best known for his evocative and beautifully narrated ghost and horror stories. In his own day it was his ghost stories which were his most popular works. Among the most significant works Edward Benson: And the dead Spoke…, The Outcast, Machon, Negotium Perambulans…, Inscrutabl…