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61The Steel Flea , Leskov Nikolay (2015)
'He gave orders that they were not to get any hot glum pudding in flames, for fear the spirits in their innards might catch fire.'The Steel Flea is an uproarious and alcohol-soaked shaggy-dog story… 89 руб62The Nose , Gogol Nikolay (2015)
'Strangely enough, I mistook it for a gentleman at first. Fortunately I had my spectacles with me so I could see it was really a nose.'With this pair of absurd, comic stories Gogol indulges his… 89 руб63The Meek One , Dostoyevsky Fyodor (2015)
'I could see that she was still terribly afraid, but I didn't soften anything; instead, seeing that she was afraid I deliberately intensified it.'In this short story, Dostoyevsky masterfully depicts… 91 руб64Kasyan from the Beautiful Lands , Turgenev Ivan (2016)
No, no, I've got your word for it, I've got to die... you promised me... you told me... Turgenev's accounts of hunting in rural Russia, and the extraordinary characters he meets there. Introducing… 101 руб65Gooseberries , Chekhov Anton (2015)
"Oh, good God," he kept saying with great relish." Good God..."'Gooseberries'is accompanied here by'The Kiss'and'The Two Volodyas'- three exquisite depictions of love and loss in nineteenth-century… 91 руб66A Very Courageous Decision: The Inside Story of Yes Minister , Graham McCahn (2014)
The behind-the-scenes story of one of the most successful and admired sitcoms of the 1980s. In 1977 the BBC commissioned a new satirical sitcom set in Whitehall. Production of its first series was… 940.5 руб67Vanity Fair , William Makepeace Thackeray (2013)
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback "Clothbound Classics" series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful… 1549 руб68The Country Wife and Other Plays , Wycherley William (2002)
Wycherley's four comedies are admired for their satirical wit, farcical humour, vivid characterization, and social criticism. Love in a Wood, a lively comedy of intrigue, established him as a… 299 руб69The Meek One , Dostoevsky Fyodor (2015)
'I could see that she was still terribly afraid, but I didn't soften anything; instead, seeing that she was afraid I deliberately intensified it.'In this short story, Dostoyevsky masterfully depicts… 189 руб70Vanity Fair , Thackeray William (2008)
When Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley leave school, their feet are set on very different paths. Kind, foolish Amelia returns to her comfortable home and wealthy family, to await a suitable marriage… 510 руб
