20 лучших повестей на английском / 20 Best Short Novels

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Houndsditch – a street west of the East End of London

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ulster – a long overcoat with a belt

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cravat – folded linen worn as a tie

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Henri Murger (1822–1861) – a French novelist and poet who depicted the bohemian life in Paris and himself was a part of it

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Vehmgericht – a Vehmic court, a medieval law tribunal

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aqua tofana – a poisonous drink without colour, smell or taste

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Carbonari – members of the Carbonaria, an Italian secret society of the 19th century, advocating patriotic ideas and fighting for freedom and unification of Italy

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the Marchioness de Brinvilliers (1630–1676) – a French noblewoman who poisoned several members of her family and was executed for the crime

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Malthus – Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834), an English economist and demographer, the author of the theory of population growth

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the Metropolis = London

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Camberwell – a historic village in Southwark, the inner borough of London

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Euston Station – a main line railway station in London

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outré – contrary to what is conventionally correct or acknowledged in behaviour

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portmanteau – a leather case for clothes opening into two equal parts

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the Sierra Nevada – a major mountain range in the west of the United States, in the states of California and Oregon

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Nebraska – a state in the Middle West of the United States (198 091 square km)

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the Yellowstone River – a river in the west of the United States flowing through Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota; the river is noted for its beauty

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the Colorado – a river in the USA and Mexico; it flows from the Rocky Mountains into the Gulf of California

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Pawnees – a North American Indian tribe; it lived traditionally in what is now Nebraska

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Blackfeet – a North American Indian tribe; it lived traditionally in what is now Alberta in Canada and the state of Montana in the USA

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the Sierra Blanco – a mountain range in Mexico and the USA

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Illinois – a state in the Middle West of the United States (146 076 square km)

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the Missouri – a river in the United States, a tributary of the Mississippi River

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