Elizabeth Gaskell's two short novels in one volume!

Элизабет Гаскелл – известная английская писательница эпохи викторианской Англии. Её произведения отличаются изящностью слога и мысли, яркими персонажами и необычными сюжетами. В данную книгу включены рассказ "Бедняжка Клэр" и повесть "Лиззи Лэй", в которых Гаскелл с тонким психологизмом рассказывает истории прекрасных, но несчастных в своей трагичной судьбе женщин. Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!

CHAPTER I. December 12th, 1747.—My life has been strangely bound up with extraordinary incidents, some of which occurred before I had any connection with the principal actors in them, or indeed, before I even knew of their existence. I suppose, most old men are, like me, more given to looking back upon their own career with a kind of fond interest and affectionate remembrance, than to watching the events—though these may have far more interest for the multitude—immediately passing before their eyes. If this should be the case with the generality of old people, how much more so with me! . . . If I am to enter upon that strange story connected with poor Lucy, I must begin a long way back. I myself only came to the knowledge of her family history after I knew her; but, to make the tale clear to any one else, I must arrange events in the order in which they occurred—not that in which I became acquainted with them. There is a great old hall in the north-east of Lancashire, in a part they called the Trough of Bolland, adjoining that other district named Craven. Starkey Manor-house is rather like a number of rooms clustered round a gray, massive, old keep than a regularly-built hall.

This is a collection of three great classics. All of the books are origina and unabridged and all written by, Elizabeth gaskell. The Books include: Wives and Daughters, Lizzie Leigh, and the Poor Clare.

Сборник содержит материалы научно-производственных и экспериментальных исследований по вопросам селекции, кормления, содержания сельскохозяйственных животных, технологии производства продуктов животноводства и воспроизводства животных