The first four stories are loosely connected by three main devices: A fictional play in book form entitled The King in Yellow A mysterious and malevolent supernatural entity known as The King in Yellow An eerie symbol called The Yellow Sign These stories are macabre in tone, centering, in keeping with the other tales, on characters that are often artists or decadents. The first and fourth stories, "The Repairer of Reputations" and "The Yellow Sign", are set in an imagined future 1920s America, whereas the second and third stories, "The Mask" and "In the Court of the Dragon", are set in Paris....
Tales of Space and Time is a fantasy and science fiction collection of three short stories and two novellas written by the English author H. G. Wells between 1897 and 1898. It was first published by Doubleday & McClure Co. in 1899. All the stories had first been published in various monthly periodicals and this was the first volume to collect these stories....
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...
Grade 2-5-Jim Weiss offers a fast-paced, entertaining storyteller's version of Mark Twain's classic about a prince and a pauper who trade places and, in the process, become decent souls who help the unfortunate and those who have been wronged. Although this abridged version of the wonderful classic loses some of Twain's rich prose and knack for plot twists, Weiss gives a spirited performance that might encourage young listeners to read Twain's book. The story revolves around two 12-year-old boys who resemble each other physically, but lead extremely different lives. Prince Edward resides in a...
“The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is the first book of a wonderful serial about fabulous heroes of mystery land Oz that made up by a magnificent American writer Lyman Frank Baum. A lot of children generations all over the world have been brought up on his books. Baum’s fairytales refer to the most important things – a close friendship, belief in oneself, and a skill of gaining victory in complicated conditions. There are a whole lot of wonderful characters and incredible adventures in Baum’s books; but the main ideas in them are marvelous cordiality, merry kindness and optimism....
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…...
A medical officer Dr. Watson on his return from Afghanistan is looking for a low cost accommodation. His housemate appears to be a puzzling detective consultant Sherlock Holmes solving sophisticated crimes. When a chain of mysterious murders puzzle metropolitan police an incomparable Holmes gets down to business!...
Heart of Darkness is a story about an English sailor’s journey inland Africa. This is the psychological representation of a struggle between civilization and nature, investigation of obscure human heart that was written by Joseph Conrad after eight years in Congo. The scenario of a famous movie “Apocalypse Now” by Francis Ford Coppola based on the plot of the novella “Heart of Darkness”. The collection includes novellas “Typhoon” and the “Duel” and a novel “Lord Jim” in which delivered magnificence and treachery of the waves, greatness and impotence of human being. Many famous writers as...
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....
A lot of historical, adventure and fantastic novels, spiritualism papers were written the English writer, journalist and publicist Arthur Conan Doyle, but the world knows him as the Creator of the greatest Detective of all time – Sherlock Holmes. He is the noble and fearless fighter against Evil, the owner of a sharp mind and extraordinary observation, who using his deductive method solves the most intricate puzzles to save a somebody’s life. He ingeniously changes his roles, having a talent of actor. Holmes knows how to make the end of each brilliantly conducted the investigation more...
