Мартин Иден / Martin Eden

Мартин Р?ден / Martin Eden

Jack London

Читаем на английском в оригинале

Книги серии «Читаем на английском языке в оригинале» – это любимые всеми произведения мировых классиков, представленные на языке оригинала. Вы сможете не только понастоящему «прочувствовать» стиль автора и познакомиться с характерными выражениями и речевыми оборотами, но и повысить свой уровень владения языком.

Перед вами РѕРґРЅРѕ РёР· самых известных произведений Джека Лондона – «Мартин Р?ден», затрагивающее актуальную РЅР° РІСЃРµ времена тему смысла человеческой жизни.

Текст романа дан на языке оригинала.

Джек Лондон / Jack London

Мартин Р?ден / Martin Eden

В© РћРћРћ В«Р?здательство РђРЎРўВ», 2020

Chapter I

The one opened the door with a latch-key and went in, followed by a young fellow who awkwardly removed his cap. He wore rough clothes that smacked of the sea, and he was manifestly out of place in the spacious hall in which he found himself. He did not know what to do with his cap, and was stuffing it into his coat pocket when the other took it from him.

The act was done quietly and naturally, and the awkward young fellow appreciated it. “He understands,” was his thought. “He’ll see me through all right.”

He walked at the other’s heels with a swing to his shoulders, and his legs spread unwittingly, as if the level floors were tilting up and sinking down to the heave and lunge of the sea. The wide rooms seemed too narrow for his rolling gait, and to himself he was in terror lest his broad shoulders should collide with the doorways or sweep the bric-a-brac from the low mantel.

He recoiled from side to side between the various objects and multiplied the hazards that in reality lodged only in his mind. Between a grand piano and a centre-table piled high with books was space for a half a dozen to walk abreast, yet he essayed it with trepidation. His heavy arms hung loosely at his sides.