Краткое описание: Four frightening tales take you to a world where anything can happen. In “The Signalman” Charles Dickens adds extra horror with his famous tale of a haunted railwayman. In Edgar Allan Poe’s classic story, “Ligeia”, the ghost of a beautiful woman returns and defeats death. E. Nesbit shows us how there really is a good reason to be scared of the dark in “In the Dark”. And in “The Upper Berth” F.M.Crawford tells of a ship’s passenger who encounters a horrible ‘thing’ in his cabin.

Краткое описание: “My father has a diamond bigger than the Ritz-Canton Hotel.”
When John is invited to his friend’s house for the summer, he does not really believe that he is going to the house of the richest man in the world. But when he arrives, he soon discovers that he is in a completely different world. This is a world of unbelievable wealth, greed, adventure and cruelty.

Краткое описание: Rudolf Rassendyll comes from an old English family with connection with the royal family of Ruritania. When Rudolf visits Ruritania (one of the most famous fictional countries in literature) he becomes involved in the political events there...

Краткое описание: Ellie is mad about music: she dreams of becoming a singer and she desperately wants to go to the Glastonbury Festival, where her favourite singer, Murphy, will be playing. But with an overprotective Dad and important exams to take, it seems that Ellie’s dreams will have to remain just that, dreams. But one day she sees a competition in a music magazine...

Краткое описание: When David Balfour’s father dies, he leaves him the family home near Edinburgh. But his Uncle Ebenezer also wants the house and puts David on a ship to America. The story follows David’s adventures across land and sea as he learns who he can trust. With the help of his new friend, Alan Breck, can David find his way back to Edinburgh? An exciting adventure story set in eighteenth-century Scotland, Kidnapped also tells us about Scottish history at this time.

Краткое описание: Set in the paradise of the South Seas, Stevenson tells two tales of magic and spirits, where incredible things can happen. Read about a wizard who can turn seashells into dollars, and about two people who find love despite living in a world of taboos, devils and island magic.

Краткое описание: The Chumash, an American Indian people, protest when a property developer builds new homes on their ancient cemetery in Coyote Canyon, California. Then, during the night of the Fourth of July celebrations, a murder is committed by a mysterious American Indian warrior. Suspicion falls on the Chumash, but when Michelle, Bill, Nick and Pam investigate they find that the truth is much more complicated...

Краткое описание: Three authors, masters of mystery and suspense, reveal the obscure corners of the supernatural: a young man goes mad in a haunted house, poisonous snakes reveal a horrible crime, a Puritan reverend hides a terrible secret...

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One evening a young fisherman catches a mermaid in his nets. He lets her go because she promises to help him fish. Each day the mermaid appears and sings her song, so he falls in love with her. But before the fisherman can marry the mermaid he must lose his human soul.

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In this story, which inspired King Kong and Jurassic Park, a team of brave explorers set out for a “lost world” in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.