Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and...
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was a British author and novelist mostly known for his satirical works such as "Vanity Fair " that showed an ironic representation of the British society of those...
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction...
Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained...
Arthur Conan Doyle was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "The German War" is a collection of essays, written by the author before the beginning of WWI. In this...
Pervaja iz chetyrjokh knig russkogo pisatelja Vladimira Kunina ob avantjurnykh i ozornykh pokhozhdenijakh piterskogo kota Martyna, on zhe Kysja, v Rossii i za rubezhom. Martyn - neprostoj kot. On - filosof,...
Literaturnaja dejatelnost amerikanskogo pisatelja Tomasa Vulfa dlilas nemnogim bolshe desjati let, no Vulf po pravu zanimaet svojo mesto sredi veduschikh prozaikov SSHA. Folkner priznaval ego krupnejshim...
Fantasticheskij roman Anatolja Fransa "Vosstanie angelov", izdannyj v 1914 godu, opisyvaet zakhvat nebes padshimi angelami. Soglasno tvorcheskomu zamyslu avtora, angelskij bunt imel mesto v etom zhe samom...
"Kirza" - eto samaja smeshnaja i samaja tragichnaja iz vsekh knig, chto napisany ob armii na russkom jazyke. Vadim Chekunov - i avtor, i glavnyj geroj, popadajuschij v vooruzhennye sily so studencheskoj...
Istorija prevraschenija san-frantsisskogo literatora i khudozhnika v zolotoiskatelja, rasskazannaja legko, zanimatelno i s ogromnym chuvstvom jumora, kotoroe tak svojstvenno proizvedenijam klassika amerikanskoj...
Kniga "Moja zhizn" predstavljaet soboj avtobiografiju odnogo iz samykh izvestnykh revoljutsionnykh dejatelej XX veka Lva Davidovicha Trotskogo, nachinaja s detskikh let i zakanchivaja ego vysylkoj iz SSSR....
This book, "Proceedings of the celebration of the two hundred and seventy-fifth anniversary of the settlement of Medford Massachusetts," by The Executive Committee, is a replication of a book originally...
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form...
Andrej Belyj (1880-1934) - izvestnyj pisatel Serebrjanogo veka, poet, kritik, memuarist, odin iz veduschikh dejatelej russkogo simvolizma i modernizma. "Peterburg" - znamenityj roman A. Belogo, odno iz...
Volnujuschee povestvovanie o prostoj svetloj russkoj zhenschine, odnoj iz tekh, na kotorykh derzhitsja mir. Prozhiv neprostuju zhizn, geroinja vsegda verila vo vsepobezhdajuschuju silu ljubvi i sama, slovno...
Andrej Belyj (1880-1934) - izvestnyj pisatel Serebrjanogo veka, poet, kritik, memuarist, odin iz veduschikh dejatelej russkogo simvolizma i modernizma. "Maski" - udivitelnyj roman A. Belogo, zadumannyj...
Andrej Belyj (1880-1934) - izvestnyj pisatel Serebrjanogo veka, poet, kritik, memuarist, odin iz veduschikh dejatelej russkogo simvolizma i modernizma. "Moskva pod udarom" - udivitelnyj roman A. Belogo,...
Aleksandr Ivanovich Gertsen (1812-1870) - publitsist, pisatel, filosof XIX veka, liberal, storonnik revoljutsionnykh preobrazovanij, odin iz vidnejshikh kritikov ofitsialnoj ideologii i politiki Rossijskoj...
Aleksandr Ivanovich Gertsen (1812-1870) - publitsist, pisatel, filosof XIX veka, liberal, storonnik revoljutsionnykh preobrazovanij, odin iz vidnejshikh kritikov ofitsialnoj ideologii i politiki Rossijskoj...
Zhizn klassika sovremennoj frantsuzskoj literatury Antuana de Sent-Ekzjuperi (1900-1944) oborvalas slishkom rano. 31 ijulja 1944 goda pilot ne vernulsja s boevogo vyleta. V odnom iz pisem Sent-Ekzjuperi...
"Koroli v izgnanii" - roman frantsuzskogo pisatelja i dramaturga Alfonsa Dode o sudbakh koronovannykh osob, poterjavshikh tron i koronu u sebja na rodine i okazavshikhsja na chuzhbine. Nachalo sobytij,...
Znamenityj prikljuchencheskij roman "Prikljuchenija Geklberri Finna" prinadlezhit k tak nazyvaemym Velikim amerikanskim romanam i prodolzhaet rasskaz o prikljuchenijakh dvukh druzej Geklberri Finna i Toma...
V tsentre romana pisatelja, klassika frantsuzskoj literatury Alfonsa Dode "Safo" - Fanni Legran, dama polusveta po prozvischu Safo. Ona ne prostaja kurtizanka, a lichnost, obladajuschaja nezaurjadnymi...
William Sydney Porter, known by his pen name 0. Henry, was an American short story writer. His wit and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by the critics. The Gentle Grafter is a collection...
