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Собранные в этой книге мистические истории английских и американских писателей созданы в XIX – начале XX века – в эпоху расцвета жанра страшного рассказа в литературе Старого и Нового Света. Таинственные, непостижимые, леденящие кровь, а иногда и курьезные происшествия, поведанные в этих повество...

The Perpetual CurateOliphant Mrs. Margaret The Perpetual Curate CHAPTER I Carlingford is, as is well known, essentially a quiet place. There is no trade in the town, properly so called. To be sure, there are two or three small counting-houses at the other end of George Street, in that ambitious p...

The Two MarysMargaret Oliphant The Two Marys I. MY OWN STORY CHAPTER I MY name is Mary Peveril. My father was the incumbent of a proprietary chapel in that populous region which lies between Holborn and the New Road – a space within which there is a great deal of wealth and comfort, and a great d...

The Days of My Life: An AutobiographyMrs. Oliphant The Days of My Life: An Autobiography BOOK I. THE DAYS OF MY LIFE THE FIRST DAY I WAS going home from the village, and it was an autumn evening, just after sunset, when every crop was cut and housed in our level country, and when the fields of st...

Sir TomMrs. Oliphant Sir Tom CHAPTER I. HOW SIR TOM BECAME A GREAT PERSONAGE Sir Thomas Randolph had lived a somewhat stormy life during the earliest half of his career. He had gone through what the French called a jeunesse orageuse; nothing very bad had ever been laid to his charge; but he had b...

The Doctor's FamilyMrs. (Margaret) Oliphant The Doctor's Family CHAPTER I Young Dr Rider lived in the new quarter of Carlingford: had he aimed at a reputation in society, he could not possibly have done a more foolish thing; but such was not his leading motive. The young man, being but young, aim...

The RectorMrs. (Margaret) Oliphant The Rector CHAPTER I It is natural to suppose that the arrival of the new Rector was a rather exciting event for Carlingford. It is a considerable town, it is true, nowadays, but then there are no alien activities to disturb the place – no manufactures, and not ...

Phoebe, JuniorOliphant Mrs. Margaret Phoebe, Junior CHAPTER I THE PASTOR'S PROGRESS Miss Phœbe Tozer, the only daughter of the chief deacon and leading member of the Dissenting connection in Carlingford, married, shortly after his appointment to the charge of Salem Chapel, in that town, the Rever...

Hester. Volume 3 of 3Margaret Oliphant Hester, Volume 3 (of 3) A Story of Contemporary Life MRS. OLIPHANT "A springy motion in her gait,A rising step, did indicateOf pride and joy no common rateThat flush'd her spirit:I know not by what name besideI shall it call: if 'twas not pride,It was a joy ...

The Makers of Modern Rome, in Four BooksMrs. Oliphant The Makers of Modern Rome, in Four Books PREFACE Nobody will expect in this book, or from me, the results of original research, or a settlement – if any settlement is ever possible – of vexed questions which have occupied the gravest students....