The wind is strong on the Yorkshire moors. There are few trees, and fewer houses, to block its path. There is one house, however, that does not hide from the wind. It stands out from the hill and challenges the wind to do its worst. The house is called Wuthering Heights. When Mr Earnshaw brings a strange, small, dark child back home to Wuthering Heights, it seems he has opened his doors to trouble. He has invited in something that, like the wind, is safer kept out of the house.
Tom Walsh had a lot to learn about life. He liked travelling, and he was in no hurry. He liked meeting people, anyone and everyone. He liked the two American girls on the train. They were nice and very friendly. They knew a lot of places. Tom thought they were fun. Tom certainly had a lot to
داستان آرزوهای بزرگ از زبان پسر 7 سالهای به نام «پيپ» روایت میشود و تا 35 سالگی او ادامه پیدا میکند. پیپ پسری است كه با خواهر و شوهرخواهر آهنگرش زندگي ميكند. آنها زندگی محقر و فروتنانهای را در کلبهای روستایی میگذرانند.
رابرت لویی استیونسن تنها فرزند توماس استیونسن یکی ازبهترین مهندسان شهر بود. اوکه از کودکی ضعیف و مریض احوال بود، پس از سفر به کشورهای مختلف، سال های آخر زندگی را در سرزمین دلخواهش سامو گذراند. مردم بومی او را قصه گوی قصه ها نامیدند. دریانوردی پیر در مسافرخانهای می میرد و جیم در صندوقچهی او نقشه گنجی را می یابد. او و دوستانش به جزیرهای دور سفر می کنند اما دزدان دریایی خطرناکی نیز به دنبال این گنج هستند.
Curtis Colt didn't kill that liquor store woman, and that's a fact. It's not right that he should have to ride the lightning - that's what prisoners call dying in the electric chair. Curtis doesn't belong in it, and I can prove it.' But can Curtis's girlfriend prove it? Murder has undoubtedly been done, and if Curtis doesn't ride the lightning for it, then who will? These seven short stories, by well-known writers such as Dashiel Hammett, Patricia Highsmith, and Nancy Pickard, will keep you on the edge of your seat.