Всадник без головы. Морской волчонок (с иллюстрациями)

V knigu voshli dva proizvedenii͡a angliĭskogo pisateli͡a, priznannogo klassika prikli͡uchencheskoĭ literatury Tomasa Maĭn Rida - znamenityĭ roman "Vsadnik bez golovy" (1865-1866), proslavivshiĭ svoego sozdateli͡a, i povestʹ "Morskoĭ volchonok" (1859). Proniknutai͡a vpechatlenii͡ami i nastroenii͡ami molodykh let, kotorye avtor provel v SShA, romanticheskai͡a istorii͡a o blagorodnom tekhasskom mustangere Morise Dzheralʹde i prekrasnoĭ docheri plantatora Luize Poĭndekster, chʹeĭ li͡ubvi protivostoi͡at kozni zavistnika i zloveshchai͡a taĭna bezgolovogo vsadnika, navodi͡ashchego uzhas na obitateleĭ savanny, i po seĭ denʹ pleni͡aet voobrazhenie chitateleĭ kak na rodine Maĭn Rida, tak i vo vsem mire. Geroi͡a "Morskogo volchonka", dvenadt͡satiletnego Filippa Forstera, malʹchisheskai͡a ti͡aga k stranstvii͡am i prikli͡uchenii͡am privodit na bort sledui͡ushchego iz Anglii v Peru torgovogo sudna "Inka", kuda on pronikaet taĭkom ot komandy. Ukryvshisʹ v tri͡ume, zazhivo pogrebennyĭ sredi ti͡ukov s gruzom, i͡ashchikov i bochek, i͡unyĭ Filipp vynuzhden vesti postoi͡annui͡u borʹbu za vyzhivanie - prevozmogatʹ zhazhdu, golod, odinochestvo, strakh temnoty, morskui͡u boleznʹ i srazhatʹsi͡a s korabelʹnymi krysami. Emu prikhoditsi͡a ispolʹzovatʹ vse svoi znanii͡a, umenii͡a i smekalku, chtoby probitʹ sebe putʹ naverkh, k svobode. Proizvedenii͡a pechatai͡utsi͡a v soprovozhdenii klassicheskikh illi͡ustrat͡siĭ Nikolai͡a Kochergina ("Vsadnik bez golovy") i Leona Benetta ("Morskoĭ volchonok").

The book includes two works by the English writer Thomas Mayne Reid, a recognized classic of adventure literature — the famous novel "The Headless Horseman" (1865-1866), which glorified its creator, and the novella "The Sea Wolf" (1859). Imbued with the impressions and moods of the young years that the author spent in the United States, the romantic story of noble Texan mustanger Maurice Gerald and the beautiful daughter of a planter Louise Poindexter, whose love is opposed by the machinations of an envious man and the sinister mystery of a headless horseman who terrifies the inhabitants of savannah, and to this day captivates the imagination of readers both in the homeland of Mayne Reed and all over the world. The hero of the "Sea Wolf", twelve-year-old Philip Forster, boyish desire for wandering and adventure leads aboard the merchant ship "Inca" from England to Peru, where he sneaks in from the crew. Hiding in the hold, buried alive among bales of cargo, crates and barrels, young Philip is forced to wage a constant struggle for survival — to overcome thirst, hunger, loneliness, fear of the dark, seasickness and fight ship rats. He has to use all his knowledge, skills and ingenuity to fight his way up to freedom. The works are published accompanied by classic illustrations by Nikolai Kochergin ("The Headless Horseman") and Leon Bennett ("The Sea Wolf").