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Zimni︠a︡i︠a︡ roza, Dzhennifer Donnelli ; [perevod s angliĭskogo Igori︠a︡ Ivanova]

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Zimni︠a︡i︠a︡ roza

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Dzhennifer Donnelli ; [perevod s angliĭskogo Igori︠a︡ Ivanova]

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880-04, "Leto 1900 goda. V Vostochnom Londone po-prezhnemu t︠s︡arit bednostʹ, bandity i shli︠u︡khi sosedstvui︠u︡t s mechtateli︠a︡mi, a svetlye nadezhdy stalkivai︠u︡tsi︠a︡ s mrachnoĭ deĭstvitelʹnostʹi︠u︡. I ėto otni︠u︡dʹ ne mesto dli︠a︡ zhenshchiny iz vysshikh sloev obshchestva, no Indii︠a︡ reshitelʹna i upri︠a︡ma. Ona prinadlezhit k novomu pokolenii︠u︡, i professii︠a︡ vracha, kotorui︠u︡ ona poluchila, tozhe sravnitelʹno nova dli︠a︡ zhenshchin. Na ulit︠s︡akh Vostochnogo Londona Indii︠a︡ vstrechaet, a zatem spasaet zhiznʹ Sidu Mėlounu, odnomu iz samykh izvestnykh glavareĭ londonskogo prestupnogo mira. Zhestkiĭ, opasnyĭ i v to zhe vremi︠a︡ neobychaĭno obai︠a︡telʹnyĭ, Mėloun i︠a︡vli︠a︡etsi︠a︡ polnoĭ protivopolozhnostʹi︠u︡ zhenikhu Indii, voskhodi︠a︡shcheĭ zvezde v palate obshchin. I khoti︠a︡ Sid olit︠s︡etvori︠a︡et vse, chto porit︠s︡aet i otvergaet Indii︠a︡, ee neobʺi︠a︡snimo ti︠a︡net k ėtomu cheloveku. Ona podpadaet pod ego obai︠a︡nie. Eĭ ne daet pokoi︠a︡ ego tainstvennoe proshloe, kuda Mėloun ne dopuskaet nikogo."--, Provided by publisherWhen India Selwyn Jones, a young woman from a noble family, graduates from the London School of Medicine for Women in 1900, her professors advise her to set up her practice in London's esteemed Harley Street. Driven and idealistic, India chooses to work in the city's East End instead, serving the desperately poor. In these grim streets, India meets--and saves the life of--London's most notorious gangster, Sid Malone. A hard, wounded man, Malone is the opposite of India's aristocratic fiancé, Freddie Lytton, a rising star in the House of Commons. Though Malone represents all she despises, India finds herself unwillingly drawn ever closer to him, intrigued by his hidden, mysterious past