First publications of the detective novel “The mystery of Edwin Drood”, which is one of the best Dickens’ books or even the best one, came out in April in 1870. They were remarkably successful, and England went crazy with guessing if John Jasper succeeded in carrying out his ominous plan for the sake of towering passion, who did not pity unhappy Edwin Drood. But, in June Charles Dickens died and the novel remained unfinished. What the final should be, the author told nobody… Under this cover the very novel and two enclosures were printed. One of them was printed for the first time! Someone...
“Five Weeks in a Balloon” is a bright and fascinating fiction novel of a famous French writer Jules Verne. Such books promote humanitarian development of young people, liberalizing and getting knowledge about the world and a human. They can be used for the studying....
In “Around the World in Eighty Days” Verne describes an imperturbable Englishman and his deft servant who hurry to double the terrestrial globe on a bet and experience many adventures. In contrast to many other invented adventures of Verne’s books where heroes travelled on imaginary and not yet invented transports, here characters use the existing ones....
Kidnapped or the Adventures of David Balfour contain the stories about how he was kidnapped and cast away; his sufferings in a desert isle; his journey in the wild mountains; his acquaintance with Alan Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jacobites; with all that he suffered at the hands of his Uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so-called: written by himself and now set forth by Robert Louis Stevenson....
The setting of events takes place in the XV century during the Wars of the Roses. A young man Dick Shelton meets a leader of riflemen John Amend-All and experiences many adventures....
It is one of the gripping novels in the world adventure fiction. A real person became a prototype of a noble filibuster Blood. He was an Englishman Henry Morgan who once was a slave and a pirate, and who became a vice-governor of Jamaica....
Having bought a castle in Styria, an English family was going to lead a quiet and solitary life. But, accomplishment of their desires was disturbed by a meeting of an enigmatic and attractive beauty, whose appearance brings illnesses and forbidden passion. It is a sample of classical gothic story about vampires, which was screened many times. Bram Stoker imitated many of its details....
This book of a famous American writer Jack London (1876-1916) concludes stories and narratives of the northern cycle. The narratives about Alaska won recognition to their author by not only a heroic theme, majestic landscapes and critical situations: their spirit is not in struggle for gold but in struggle for human nature. A man with conscience, which does not freeze even in sharp froze, is a real hero of London’s early narratives. In animalistic stories “White Fang” and “The Call of the Wild” a narrative skill of this writer attained perfection....
A young Gascon D'Artagnan is overburning with daring plans to bring under Paris. His dexterity and deftness, cheerfulness and nobleness attract not only friends but also enemies who would like to see this courageous and devoted man in their side. Faithful to their king and queen, three musketeers and D’Artagnan live a life of full of conspiracies, intrigues, duels and feats. They always do everything together and their motto “all for one and one for all” leads them to victory....
Bram Stoker is an author of many books, which were very popular at the time – “The Lair of the White Worm”, “The Snake's Pass”, “The Lady of the Shroud”. However, only one of his novels obtained real immortality. This novel is “Dracula”. This book is not the first narration about vampires but it became a classic of the genre, his etalon and gave occasion to an outburst of worldwide passion of a “vampire” theme, which is not subsided to this day. On basis of different myths, Stoker could create his own immensely beautiful world from Middle Ages up to now, from mysterious Transylvania to cozy...
