The buttoned-up world of the British upper classes is exploded by the brilliance, wit and audacity of Saki’s bomb-like stories. In ‘The Open Window’ an imaginative teenager gives a visitor the fright of his life. In ‘The Unrest Cure’ the...
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Автор: Broussalis Martin , Arvallo Martin
Серия: Учение Дона Хуана
Язык: английский
Год: 1999
Статус: Закончена
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