If any writer can be said to have invented the modern short story, it is Anton Chekhov. It is not just that Chekhov democratized this art form; more than that, he changed the thrust of short fiction from relating to revealing. And what marvelous and unbearable things are revealed in these Forty Stories.
Небольшие по объему рассказы Рэя Брэдбери можно использовать для чтения и обсуждения в рамках одного академического часа на уроках в школе и для самостоятельного чтения дома. Тексты рассказов адаптированы в учебных целях до уровня Pre-Intermediate и сопровождаются комментарием, а также заданиями для отработки и закрепления навыков владения грамматическим и лексическим материалом. В конце пособия приводится англо-русский словарь. Книга адресована учащимся средних и старших классов школ, лицеев и гимназий.
This short story from Joseph Conrad is among his best. The man's head and shoulders emerged above the deck, over which were scattered various tools of his trade and a few pieces of machinery. He was doing some repairs to the engines. At the sound of our footsteps he raised anxiously a grimy face with a pointed chin and a tiny fair moustache. What could be seen of his delicate features under the black smudges appeared to me wasted and livid in the greenish shade of the enormous tree spreading its foliage over the launch moored close to the bank.
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