The favorite story of the Dutch settlement Sleepy Hollow, New York, is the sinister story of a ghost. A headless horseman watches overdue travelers. Icabod Crane, faithful to everything otherworldly, is caring for Katharina Van Tassel, a blond beauty and a daughter landowner, Baltus van Tassel. Congratulations on the autumn night, when the sovereign bridegroom returns to the bride's house, he begins to pursue the very ghost, at night looking for his lost head in battle. Since then, Ikaboda Crane has not been seen. The beautiful Katharina Van Tassel married Abraham Van Brant, who with all...
Interplanetary dangers and incredible adventures on the red planet await you on the pages of the famous trilogy of science fiction novels by Edgar Rais Burroughs! Burroughs is considered to be the founder of modern science fiction. His novels about John Carter, which saw the light in the 1920s, instantly gained immense popularity and paved the way for a new genre - the adventure fantasy genre. John Carter, a cavalry officer from Virginia, is magically transferred to Mars, where there is a constant struggle between various races, inhabiting the red planet. Thanks to his courage, determination,...
What is the love of a strong woman? FEELING? Not blind, animal passion, not timid humility, but - feeling? Proud, full of dignity, fully self-aware What is woman's love weak? Sensitivity? Fragile tenderness, as if from books and romances? Willingness to sacrifice yourself - but the inability to fight for yourself? Is there a man's love? The one that is neither a feeling nor a sensitivity? Strength and weakness at the same time? And - nothing more...
English writer Charles Dickens is understandable and dear to readers of all generations and nationalities. And this is not surprising, since he wrote about what is well known to everyone: about good and evil, about family values, about punishment of vices and the reward of virtue. The ingenious imagination of Dickens gave him the opportunity to survive many lives for his heroes. The fate of one of them - Oliver Twist had a difficult fate, but this crafty, touching and pure soul boy, having gone through Fegin’s thieves' school, having endured many adversities and dangers, was nevertheless...
This story is about a little warmth in life. This beautiful book is like a mixture of depression, blues and melancholy. Sisters March, girls from an impoverished American family of the late 19th century, seeking to become worthy love of their parents. Each heroine is a jewel of narration with its own character, aspirations. Serious beauty Margaret, windy with the boyish character of Joe, good Bess, refined Emmy; they all love their family, everyone has their own talent and zest. Like the murmur of a stream. She is inspired and delivers a lot of pleasant moments....
Awakening is one of the greatest works in American literature. Released in 1899, the novel shocked readers and critics. The author was accused of disorder. She was not banned. Kate Chopin for a long time went unnoticed. "Awakening" was recognized only many years later. Brilliant beauty Edna Pontellier, together with her husband and two wonderful kids, spend the summer in the Grand Isle resort town Eddie's unexpected encounter with Robert, a charming young man, suddenly changed by the calm and measured life of a woman....
John Milton (1608-1676) - one of the greatest poets of England. Milton's poetry has always been distinguished by its elevation, its greatest beauty, appreciated by poets such as Pushkin, Byron, Goethe, can not be left indifferent and modern reader, despite the fact that we share the time and the difference in cultural and different artistic characteristics and tastes. Three poems included in this collection - “Paradise Lost”, “Returned Paradise” and “Samson-Wrestler” - were final for Milton....
Mr. Scrooge is a miser and a misanthrope. He loves only his account book and his savings. One day an old friend visits Mr. Scrooge on Christmas Eve. And everything would be fine, but only a friend died a long time ago ......
Siddhartha is an allegorical parable of the Nobel Laureate Hermann Hesse. The book is about the path of a loner. She tells about Siddhartha, a young brahmana, all respected and amazing, devoted her life to the search. In this search, a brahmana becomes an adversary - an ascetic and a beggar. Siddhartha's friend, Govinda, follows him. Together they make a pilgrimage to the Buddha Gautama. They say that this will be possible due to their own experience, and goes back on the road. So begins his new period of life....
The book includes the legendary novel by HG Wells "War of the Worlds", repeatedly filmed and inspiring entire generations of science fiction writers to create exciting works about the struggle of civilizations and star wars....
