The satirical science fiction novel by Jonathan Swift, in which human and social vices are vividly and wittily ridiculed. The book has become a classic of moral and political satire, although its abridged alterations (and film adaptations) for children are especially popular. Shipwrecked, Lemuel Gulliver woke up thrown to an island inhabited by tiny little men, whose serious passions around growth and fashion seem ridiculous. His subsequent wanderings will lead Gulliver to Brobdingneg, the land of giants, to the philosophical guigngnms, to the vile yekha. During these journeys, Gulliver will...
A novel where the bitter fury of a realist writer is hidden under external sentimentality, for which the imperfection of human nature and the darkness of the human soul are not news - and still cause rejection. Friendship and betrayal, love and hate, the confrontation of minions and stepsons of fate - these are just a few storylines of this truly comprehensive, epoch-making novel, where the history of the country and era is reflected in the history of a small town....
White people build a bridge over the sacred Mother Ganges. The chief engineer of the project is very worried whether his brainchild will survive the catastrophic flood of the river. By circumstance, with a single servant, he falls on a small island and sees an amazing collection of ancient gods of India....
The literary heritage of the English novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915) is quite extensive. Of the eighty novels, however, most were written by her in order to make money. One of the results of this was the dominance of the “sensational novel” motifs, which was very popular among the reading public of that time, which led to numerous attacks on Braddon by literary critics of her time, as well as modern English literary critics accusing her of a lack of artistic skill....
This ironic, witty and extremely informative story about the American journey through the Old World captivated the readers and spread in a huge circulation. And Mark Twain himself, who first tried his hand in the genre of travel notes, came to the conclusion that anyone who has been living in a corner of the world for a century will never learn tolerance, will not be able to look at life broadly and sensibly. Almost one hundred and fifty years after the release of his book, it is difficult to disagree with him....
"Martin Cheslewith" is Dickens’s frankly satirical, witty, mischievous humor, inspired by a trip to the United States. It seems to the reader that the high society of New York in the middle of the 19th century appears - in reality, prudent, mercantile Yankees with their naive, absurd and vulgar attempts to fake London aristocratic customs. This is the general background on which the full story of exciting adventures unfolds with the cousins of Cheslwith - the adventurous, addicted Martin, suffering from tyranny of his rich grandfather, and the cynical, mercilessly cruel Jonas....
England 1860s. Bella was bequeathed to the bride. Just because of one accident, Bella passed this fate. A beautiful but poor girl was taken under her care by an elderly couple. They wanted to bring her into the light. But Bella fell in love with the mysterious secretary, forgetting about everything in the world... The poor gentleman Eugene draws attention to Lizzy, the boatman’s daughter. Lizzy tries to avoid his attention. Another man falls in love with a young girl: the unbalanced teacher of her brother, who is ready to commit a crime for her sake......
In Life Blood, Thomas Hoover brings together impressive storytelling skills with fascinating, authentic medical detail and more than enough suspense to keep readers poised on the edge of their seats. Like Tess Gerritsen's In Their Footsteps, Michael Palmer's The Patient, and Nelson DeMille's Plum Island, this thriller from an exciting new voice promises to shoot straight up the bestseller lists. It lies hidden deep in the mist-shrouded rain forest of Central America. A place where a brilliant doctor fulfills dreams for some -- and creates chilling nightmares for others. Now, filmmaker Morgan...
Charles Dickens is one of the most famous writers of Victorian England. His mastery of the language, the ability to build a plot and fill it with unforgettable characters brought the author the well-deserved title of classic. And the mystical stories that happened with the heroes of this book, still excite the imagination of readers around the world! Do you believe in ghosts?.....
The atomic war drove all of humanity into underground shelters, but - continues as before, thanks to robots. Radiation is not an obstacle for robots, they fight day and night, and only send news reports and newsreels to the owners. But at some point, things go awry ......
It's hard to get a group of fanatics out; it would obviously be even more difficult to determine the genetic line of faithful men. But Orn’s problem was a step harder! When a scout and a research cruiser with a man on board landed on Marak, the doctors did not hope to save. He was alive only because he was in the celibate nursery, which took over most of his vital functions....
Twenty-nine of us were E.T.I. Team 17, the purpose of which were asteroids. We were four years and three months outside Terra, and we arrived at Vesta on schedule. Ten minutes after the landing, we knew that the lump was part of the crust of Planet X - or Sorn, to give it the correct name - one of the few parts that were not ejected from the solar system. This made Vesta special. It meant to calm down. This meant a thorough, long monthly analysis of every square inch of Vesta and many of its cubic, especially by scientists studying life. Fossils, artifacts, living life. A, a surface piece...
Preston served as a space patrol, but he was transferred to a postal ship. Now he must deliver mail to Ganymede. The new work turned out to be no less dangerous, because among the asteroids pirates were waiting for him, and on Ganymede - ice worms....
Recovering from the gas that caused him to sleep for five hundred years, Anthony “Buck” Rogers helped enslaved America deliver the first blow to freedom against the newcomer Khan. Now he and beloved female warrior Wilma Deering must wage a desperate battle to the finish line against a superior opponent using futuristic weapons such as disintegrators, jumping belts, inertron, paralysis rays and atomic torpedoes. Climatic conflict involves the battle of ships and rays with special effects, which will challenge even the most outstanding filmmakers of today to successfully reproduce the film....
Mr. Terrence Elshaw did not match the mental picture that comes to the mind of an ordinary person when he hears the words "news reporter." Automatically, everyone thinks of the general run of serious, beautiful, with hard jaws, even eyes, with gentle voices gentlemen whom everyone sees on the TV screen. No matter which newsletter to subscribe to, news reporters are pretty much all type. And Terrence Elshaw is just not that type....
