The family lives in a small mountain cottage on the outskirts of the village, their life flows calmly and leisurely. Walt is a dreamy, creative person, earns a living by writing poetry, hardworking and affectionate Madge is engaged in the house. Young people are happy together, despite the periodic financial difficulties to which they relate philosophically. The even course of their life disrupts the appearance of a wild beast in their garden. An emaciated wolf with its paws broken in blood falls by the stream behind their house and remains there, unable to move on. Spouses cautiously feed an...
Jeeves and Wooster is a popular series of comedy novels and short stories by the English writer P. G. Wodehouse about the adventures of the young English aristocrat Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The novel about Worcester and Jeeves takes place mainly in London, its suburbs, and in New York at the beginning of the 20th century. Bertie Wooster is a young rich aristocrat-idler from the "golden youth" who, in general, does not shine with his mind, but is at the same time a true noble gentleman. In the novel, he invariably appears in the company of his resourceful and erudite valet Jeeves,...
America, 1889. Eighteen-year-old Carolina Mieber, or, as she was affectionately called home, sister Carrie, leaves Columbia City's hometown and takes the train to Chicago, where her married older sister lives. Carrie’s wallet has only four dollars and her sister’s address, but she is inspired by the hope of a new happy life in a big and beautiful city....
This is the `Villette`. The book, officially considered at one time `the most scandalous novel of Charlotte Bronte`. Many years have passed, many decades. `Villette` has long lost track of scandal, has long been recognized as a classic work of the 19th century, but still remains a truly unique example of` female - in the best sense of the word - prose` and the first book of English-language literature that reveals the `big secrets of small towns`. Now it is familiar to millions of readers. Then it was just the beginning ......
To survive, immigrants grow fruit in California. But often the crop dies from insects or rots. Once a traveler comes to the city and talks about the riches that he found in ancient cities, but soon dies. And some immigrants decide on a dangerous journey for gold....
The famous novel by Robert Lewis Stevenson, accompanied by a detailed historical and everyday commentary on maritime affairs in 18th-century England and the “golden age” of piracy. Drawings, prints, maps, pages from books of that time, interactive elements help to recreate the vibrant atmosphere of the era. In England, near Bristol, in the Admiral Benbow tavern, in the room of the old captain, in a sailor’s chest, in a bag of oilcloth, what is known as the beginnings of adventure that every boy knows begins is safely hidden. We will go to England of the 18th century with this book in order to...
The plot of the "Merry Corner" is built around the episode of the return of Spencer Brydon to his home in New York. The hero spent a significant period in Europe - thirty-three years. The intrigue unfolding in the story resembles the one presented in the earlier story of James “The Beast in the Thicket”....
In the novels that compiled the collection "Mosaic", the writer showed whole and strong characters that have not yet been touched by the decaying influence of civilization ("Tamango", "Matteo Falcone", etc.). Prose of the 1830-1840s - the pinnacle of the Merime novelist. Outwardly calm narrative, in which the author introduces false novels, allegedly found letters, unexpected historical excursions, gives credibility and authenticity to the whole story. The psychology of heroes is compressed and brightly revealed....
Anderson as a science fiction writer is primarily concerned with scientific problems. These are flights into space, and anthropology, and ethics, not to mention physics, which is somehow present in all the science fiction works of the writer. Often Anderson draws his ideas from a story that, to his credit, he knows professionally deeply. Anderson's work is especially characterized by a fascination with myths and traditions of various peoples, and primarily Scandinavian. The list of awards received by Anderson speaks of the artistic level of the works of all these genres: he was awarded the...
Being buried twice and still staying alive. To be born in a shelter for foundlings, die in an almshouse for the elderly, and in the interval between these lines to help Napoleon conquer Europe and Egypt - what a fate! The fate of Colonel Chaber....
A classic of world literature, one of the most famous playwrights in the world. His works have been translated into more than one hundred languages. His plays, especially The Seagull, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard, have been staged in many theaters around the world for over a hundred years. The story “The Darling” reflected Chekhov’s life impressions and memories associated with his stay in Taganrog, Moscow and Yalta, it reproduced real signs of the time. The image of the main character caused an ambiguous reaction among Chekhov's contemporaries, although in general, “The Darling” was...
The relationship of the past and the present, the interpenetration of reality and science fiction, romantic pathos and detailed biography, satirical grotesque form the ideological and artistic originality of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel “The Scarlet Letter”. Nathaniel Hawthorne - classic American writer. He is part of a galaxy of writers who stood at the origins of national American culture and determined its further development. `Scarlet Letter` is Hawthorne's first and most famous novel....
In his works, Prosper Merimet, a novelist, short-story writer, playwright and historian who became a classic of 19th-century French literature, addresses both historical events and the contemporary reality of France, shows interest in exoticism and colorful, distinctive characters. Proof of this is the novel "Carmen", which has become the basis of numerous ballet, opera, theater and film adaptations....
A novel in which Gaskell, referring to the life of Manchester weavers 30-40-ies. XIX century., Paints the difficult conditions of their work and life, reveals the high moral qualities of ordinary people. John Barton, the true hero of the novel, goes a long way from an ordinary worker to a chartered revolutionary and political leader....
The novel "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra tells the story of a middle-aged hero who had read chivalric novels and decided to become an itinerant knight. Nothing special: the text was written and perceived as an amusing parody of knightly novels loved by the reader of that time, but in reality everything turned out to be much more complicated. Don Quixote is an innovative work, and its influence on European literature began shortly after its release....
