Considered by many to be Dickens' finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book's narrator, Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes, the story abounds with some of Dickens' most memorable characters. Among them are the kindly blacksmith Joe Gargery, the mysterious convict Abel Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Haversham and her beautiful ward Estella, Pip's good-hearted room-mate Herbert Pocket and the pompous Pumblechook. As Pip unravels the truth behind his own 'great expectations' ... |
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"Лична, чудно-пъстра и лека за четене, "Нещотърсач" на Екатерина Петрова е като галерия с миниатюрни портрети - уж на вещи, но всъщност на места и култури. Приятно освежава паметта за безгрижното фланьорство от предходните две десетилетия." Албена Шкодрова "Нещотърсач" е като бездънен куфар, в който се побира цял един свят, пълен с вълнуващи сюжети - бележник Moleskine, матрьошка, бял потник, трохи от мадлени, жълто паве, люблянски змей, марсилски сапун, пилешка кост, наниз от мъниста. Екатерина Петрова разказва с литературен талант и журналистическо преклонение пред фактите историите зад ... |
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The Belgica's journey into the Dark Antarctic night. The harrowing, survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly wrong, with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter. August 1897: The Belgica set sail, eager to become the first scientific expedition to reach the white wilderness of the South Pole. But the ship soon became stuck fast in the ice of the Bellinghausen sea, condemning the ship's crew to overwintering in Antarctica and months of endless polar night. In the darkness, plagued by a mysterious illness, their minds ravaged by the sound of ... |
