Hodder & Stoughton A Room With a View Форстер Эдвард Морган

Hot-headed Lilia is seen as nothing but a vulgar source of embarrassment to her late husband's family, so her decision to embark on a year abroad in Tuscany is welcomed by her uptight and snobbish mother-in-law. Yet Lilia doesn't stay away from scandal long; her announcement that she is to marry the charismatic but ill-bred Gino is met with horror by the rest of the family. Their union ends in tragedy and violence as her English relatives confront their Italian counterparts, as well as their own cultural values, amidst the beauty of the Tuscan countryside

Dr Aziz is a young Muslim physician in the British Indian town of Chandrapore. One evening he comes across an English woman, Mrs Moore, in the courtyard of a local mosque; she and her younger travelling companion Adela are disappointed by claustrophobic British colonial culture and wish to see something of the 'real' India. But when Aziz kindly offers to take them on a tour of the Marabar caves with his close friend Cyril Fielding, the trip results in a shocking accusation that throws Chandrapore into a fever of racial tension

In the midst of war, can they find a reason to celebrate? • 1915. Patrolling is the last thing on the minds of Women's Police Service recruits Annie, Maggie and Poppy right now, because Annie and her fiance Richard are about to get married. She's been waiting for this day her whole life, but when it finally comes it brings only heartache and Annie doesn't know if she can go on • The influx of soldiers to the capital means that the WPS's work is more important than ever, though, and Annie's country needs her. She and the girls are posted to the bustling heart of the city and she hopes the new job will distract her from her sorrow • It certainly does that. Soon the biggest bombing raid of the war causes chaos on their patch. On top of that, Annie suspects that a group of men are forcing European refugees into prostitution and resolves to stop them by Christmas

В маленьком городке в Нью-Гэмпшире живет, казалось бы, самая обычная семья: папа, мама и две дочери. Но младшая дочь, пятилетняя Уиллоу, страдает редким генетическим заболеванием, и любое неосторожное движение может привести к перелому. А потому жизнь Шона и Шарлотты О`Киф состоит из бессонных ночей, растущих счетов, унизительной жалости окружающих и навязчивых мыслей о том, что, если… Что, если бы Шарлотта знала о болезни дочери до ее рождения? Что, если бы все было иначе? Что, если бы их любимая Уиллоу никогда не родилась? И насколько ценна каждая человеческая жизнь? И вот в мучительной попытке свести концы с концами, чтобы покрыть расходы на лечение дочери, Шарлотта решается на отчаянный шаг. Она предъявляет иск о неправомерном рождении своему врачу, не предупредившему ее заранее, что ребенок родится с тяжелой инвалидностью

A compelling portrait of a society in the grip of imperialism, A Passage to India depicts the fate of individuals caught in the great political and cultural conflicts of their age. It begins when Adela and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, and feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced British community. Determined to explore the 'real India', they seek the guidance of the charming and mercurial Dr Aziz. But a mysterious incident occurs while they are exploring the Marabar caves, and the well-respected doctor soon finds himself at the centre of a scandal

Впервые опубликованный в 1924 году роман "Путешествие в Индию", действие которого разворачивается в находящейся под британским контролем Индии начала XX-го века - пронзительный портрет как колонизаторов, так и населения колонизированных территорий. Это одновременно хроника расового и политического конфликта и трогательная история жизни и любви людей, оказавшихся на разных его сторонах, но пытающихся преодолеть свои разногласия и возвыситься над предрассудками • Книга на английском языке • A Passage to India, published in 1924 and set in British India in the years immediately preceding, is a powerful critique of both colonizers and colonized. A story of racial and political conflict, it is also the moving account of personal loves and loyalties as characters on both sides of the divide struggle to overcome their own differences and prejudices

В своем шедевре ранней британской фантастики - новелле "Машина останавливается", - Эдвард Форстер, с одной стороны, предсказал "технократическую цивилизацию", а с другой - впервые использовал многие мотивы, которые впоследствии были развиты великими мастерами НФ XX века и с успехом используются в наши дни • В новелле "Машина останавливается" человечество изолировало себя под землей, погрязнув в автоматизированных удобствах, а в "Небесном омнибусе" маленький мальчик отправляется в путешествие, которое его родители считают невозможным • В издании содержатся новеллы "Машина останавливается" и "Небесный омнибус" • Книга на английском языке • '"You talk as if a god had made the Machine," cried the other. "I believe that you pray to it when you are unhappy

The Penguin English Library Edition of Where Angels Fear to Tread by E. M. Forster • 'I had got an idea that everyone here spent their lives in making little sacrifices for objects they didn't care for, to please people they didn't love; that they never learned to be sincere - and, what's as bad, never learned how to enjoy themselves' • E. M. Forster's first novel is a witty comedy of manners that is tinged with tragedy. It tells the story of Lilia Herriton, who proves to be an embarrassment to her late husband's family as, in the small Tuscan town of Monteriano, she begins a relationship with a much younger Italian man - classless, uncouth and highly unsuitable. A subtle attack on decorous Edwardian values and a humanely sympathetic portrayal of the clash of two cultures, Where Angels Fear to Tread is also a profound exploration of character and virtue

E.M. Forster's Where Angels Fear to Tread is amongst the greatest twentieth-century literary explorations of vice, virtue and the nature of prejudice, edited with notes by Oliver Stallybrass and an introduction by Ruth Padel in Penguin Classics • On travelling to Italy with her friend Caroline Abbott, the impulsive English widow Lilia Herriton outrages her dead husband's family by meeting and quickly becoming engaged to Gino, a dashing but deeply unsuitable Italian man twelve years her junior. Infuriated, her ex-brother-in-law Philip sets off from England to her new home in the Tuscan town of Monteriano - but, finding himself unable to persuade Lilia to leave her handsome, uncouth new lover, returns to England without her. When Lilia's marriage leads to sudden tragedy, however, Philip and Caroline feel compelled to return once more to Italy, where they are forced to examine their own lives

A meticulously-observed drama of class warfare, E.M. Forster's Howards End explores the conflict inherent within English society, unveiling the character of a nation as never before. This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction and notes by David Lodge • 'Only connect...' • A chance acquaintance brings together the preposterous bourgeois Wilcox family and the clever, cultured and idealistic Schlegel sisters. As clear-eyed Margaret develops a friendship with Mrs Wilcox, the impetuous Helen brings into their midst a young bank clerk named Leonard Bast, who lives at the edge of poverty and ruin. When Mrs Wilcox dies, her family discovers that she wants to leave her country home, Howards End, to Margaret. Thus as Forster sets in motion a chain of events that will entangle three different families, he brilliantly portrays their aspirations to personal and social harmony

«Говардс-Энд» – один из лучших романов Форстера • Книга, которая вошла в список «100 лучших романов» Новейшей библиотеки США и легла в основу сценария оскароносного фильма Джеймса Айвори с Энтони Хопкинсом, Эммой Томпсон и Хеленой Бонэм Картер в главных ролях • Одно из самых ярких произведений в жанре семейной саги, когда-либо выходивших из-под писательского пера • В усадьбе Говардс-Энд разыгрывается драма трех семейств – богатых буржуа Уилкоксов, интеллигентов Шлегелей и простых провинциальных обывателей Бастов • Драма, в которой есть место и ненависти, и вражде, и предательству, и непониманию, и подлинному чувству…