Completed only a few months before the author's death, The Brothers Karamazov is Dostoyevsky's largest, most expansive, most life-embracing work. Filled with human passions ― lust, greed, love, jealousy, sorrow, and humor ― the book is also infused with moral issues and the issue of collective guilt. As in many of Dostoyevsky's novels, the plot centers on a murder. Three brothers, different in character but bound by their ancestry, are drawn into the crime's vortex: Dmitri, a young officer utterly unrestrained in love, hatred, jealousy, and generosity; Ivan, an intellectual capable of...
One of the supreme masterpieces of world literature, Crime and Punishment catapulted Dostoyevsky to the forefront of Russian writers and into the ranks of the world's greatest novelists. Drawing upon experiences from his own prison days, the author recounts in feverish, compelling tones the story of Raskolnikov, an impoverished student tormented by his own nihilism, and the struggle between good and evil. Believing that he is above the law, and convinced that humanitarian ends justify vile means, he brutally murders an old woman — a pawnbroker whom he regards as "stupid, ailing, greedy…good...
Comprised of three books - Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso - Dante's Divine Comedy follows Dante Alighieri's epic poems follows Dante through the different sections of the afterlife; hell, purgatory, and heaven. Divine Comedy began as a project in 1308 and ended in 1320, the year before Dante's death. Told in first person, Dante follows the poet Virgil through the rings of hell and purgatory. The Divine Comedy is a highly allegorical text and renowned as one of the most influential Italian masterpieces in literature. This classic translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was the...
Pages of this book reveal in front of you a breath taking collection of adventure stories of an English doctor and traveler Lemuel Gulliver which was made up by Jonathan Swift. Sailing off from his home town Gulliver did not think how would finish his regular business travel. At the beginning this uncomplicated voyage took a vertiginous whirl when a shipwreck happened near a shore of few ever see land…...
Aldzheron and John, two young friends, decide to introduce themselves as Ernest brothers and thus entice ladies (the reason for this is some superstition or prejudice, that Ernest is the only name for a serious man with serious motives). But as they realize that they cannot always fool girls’ heads, they decide to take a desperate step – to be baptized in order to legitimize their "serious" names......
The plot of "The Count of Monte Cristo" was extracted by Alexandre Dumas from the archives of Paris police. As a result, under the pen of the brilliant master of historical adventure genre the true life of Francois Picot turned into a fascinating story of Edmond Dantes, a prisoner of the Chateau d'If. After a brave escape from the Chateau, he returns to his hometown to do justice – that is to payback to those who destroyed his life earlier. A thick novel that do not let a reader go until the last page, "The Count of Monte Cristo" is a classic novel that is really worth re-reading....
"Mister Utterson, the notary, whose stern face was never lit up with a smile, was a reserved man of few words, socially awkward, lean, dusty, and boring - and yet he was very attractive. In his friends’ circle, especially when drinking the wine that he enjoyed, his eyes started to radiate the soft light of compassion that has no access to his speech. Instead, his compassion spoke not only in these silent places of afternoon complacency but also in his deeds, even more often and louder there. He was strict with himself: when eating dinner alone he drank gin daunting his lust for fine wines,...
Young handsome Dorian Gray arrives to London and drowns into the abyss of vile passions and crimes. A prominent artist paints a portrait of Dorian Gray and the young man falls passionately in love with his own image. Why? Because it would keep the beauty of his youth forever! However, things turn out quite differently and perverse passions leave no trace on the young face of Dorian, instead his portrait changes frightfully with each new crime of his master because Dorian Gray’s soul as it is embodied in the portrait becomes more and more vicious and corrupt......
Both children and adults enjoy the tales of Grimm Brothers. They are full of vivid persons, colorful characters, magic and sparkling folk humor. Such excellent actors as Yegor Beroev, Xenia Alferova, Olga Budina, Pauline Kutepova, and Ksenia Larina play roles in these famous tales. Favorite artists will introduce your children into the charming and wonderful world of fairy tales. Musicians of the Town of Bremen Sweet Porridge Lady Snowstorm Brave Little Tailor Snow White...
Henrik Ibsen argues role of consciousness in behaviour of their heroes and builds the action of the plays as an inevitable process, which naturally due to certain preconditions. Therefore, it strongly rejects any narrative exaggeration, any direct intervention of the case in the final determination of the fate of his characters. The denouement of the play must occur as a necessary result of the collision of opposing forces, emerging from their true and deep nature....
