The Storm
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| Özet: | Книга находится в премиум-версии платформы «Русский как иностранный». On the evening of 26th November 1703, a cyclone from the north Atlantic hammered into southern Britain at over seventy miles an hour, claiming the lives of over 8,000 people. For Defoe, bankrupt and just released from prison for seditious writings, the storm struck during one of his bleakest moments. But it also furnished him with the material for his first book, and in his powerful depiction of private suffering and individual survival played out against a backdrop of public calamity. |
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Москва, T8RUGRAM, 2018
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| Online Erişim: | Перейти к просмотру издания |
| Materyal Türü: | Elektronik |
| Fiziksel Özellikler: | 230 с. |
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| Özet: | Книга находится в премиум-версии платформы «Русский как иностранный». On the evening of 26th November 1703, a cyclone from the north Atlantic hammered into southern Britain at over seventy miles an hour, claiming the lives of over 8,000 people. For Defoe, bankrupt and just released from prison for seditious writings, the storm struck during one of his bleakest moments. But it also furnished him with the material for his first book, and in his powerful depiction of private suffering and individual survival played out against a backdrop of public calamity. |
| ISBN: | 978-5-521-06819-7 |