The Dead Secret was Collinss first full-length puzzle-romance. Moments from death, Mrs Treverton tells a secret, never to be passed to her husband. Years later, when her daughter Rosamond returns with her husband, she is warned not to enter the Myrtle Room. Strong-minded and ingenious, Rosamonds determined detective work uncovers a shocking truth. Original RUGRAM,…
F.S. Fitzgerald was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. Tales of the Jazz Age is a collection of eleven short stories — all of them had been published earlier, independently-Divided into three separate parts, according to subject matter, the collection includes one of the most famous author’s short stories, «The Curious Case…
The Black Robe is an 1881 epistolary novel by famed English writer, Wilkie Collins. In this novel of relationships, psychological contortion, and deceit, a priest comes between an impressionable man and the young woman he loves. Collins is best known for originating the genre of the “sensation novel” that is the precursor of the modern…
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. His most famous works are «Treasure Island» and «The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.» Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. «Lay Morals and Other Papers» is a wonderful collection of essays including works…
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 — 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This book is the first part of a «Mysteries and Adventures» series, containing author’s earliest fiction stories. The narratives revolve around different themes, such as romance, crime, colonial life, politics, and even supernatural. Original RUGRAM, 2018…
Марк Твен — один из самых известных американских писателей, чьи произведения отличает живость повествования, искромётный юмор и умение тонко поднимать философские вопросы. .В замечательный сборник «Наследство в $30,000 и другие истории» вошли разнообразные увлекательные рассказы Марк Твена. Читателя ждут необычные повороты сюжета, прекрасное чувство юмора и отличное настроение… .Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале! . Книга…
Говард Пайл — знаменитый американский детский писатель и талантливый художник-иллюстратор.»Железный человек» — это один из самых известных экранизированных романов Пайла. Англия, XV век. Юноша Майлз и его сестра Мэг выросли в крестьянской семье, не зная своих родителей. От отца им осталось массивное золотое кольцо с гербом, на котором изображён чёрный щит. Понимая, что такая вещь…
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like «Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde» and «Treasure Island». Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. This volume consists of two amazing stories: mysterious «The…
Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humourist. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow is a collection of humorous and entertaining essays. These are amusing thoughts on all aspects of life, from love to poverty, vanity to ambition, babies to cats and dogs. Top100 Classic Books RUGRAM, 2018 год
Jack London 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 worldwide fame and a large fortune. This volume includes wonderful stories like «In a Far Country», «The Men of Forty Mile», «The Son of the Wolf»…
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Joan Haste is a story of a shop girl of illegitimate birth who is also a single mother. Torn from the love of country-dwelling Captain Henry Graves, Joan endures exile with…
This novel is the final volume of the Allan Quatermain saga. Once more Quatermain takes the hallucinogenic taduki drug, as he did in previous novels, and he finds himself reliving as Wi, an civilized man living in the barbaric ice age as part of a clan of cavemen. The novel has been noted as a…
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. «The Haunted Baronet» is a part of an extraordinary collection of ghost stories. Full of mystery, thrilling revelations and paranormal, this collection is perfect for a sophisticated reader. Top100 Classic Books…
William Shakespeare (1564—1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, considered by many as the greatest English writer. Hundreds of specialists were able to translate his works into every major language, and most of the plays are performed more often than those of any other author. The plot of the play «Measure for Measure» Shakespeare…
Don Quixote fully titled The history of the valorous and wittie Knight-Errant Don-Quixote of the Mancha. It has been translated, into more than 60 languages. The story follows the adventures of an hidalgo who reads so many chivalric romances that he loses his sanity and decides to set out to revive chivalry, undo wrongs, and…
The Lake Gun is a satirical short story by James Fenimore Cooper fi rst published in 1850. The title of the story comes from a mysterious loud exploding sound coming from Seneca Lake, called «The Lake Gun» by European American settlers to the area, and known today as the Seneca Guns. These sounds remain unexplained…
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 — 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. «The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales» is a volume collecting ten amazing short stories, such as «Dedication,» «The Captain of the Polestar,» and «A Literary Mosaic.» Original RUGRAM, 2018 год
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. «In a Glass Darkly» is a collection of mystery stories presented as cases of the occult detective Dr. Martin Hesselius, who believes that ghosts can be real. Top100 Classic Books RUGRAM,…
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was an American abolitionist and a writer. She is best known for her novel «Uncle Tom’s Cabin», which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. «The Pearl of Orr’s Island» is her lesser-known, but still beautiful novel. It is a heartwarming story of a young girl’s struggle to belong and…
Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, commonly known as Gulliver’s Travels (1726, amended 1735), is a prose satire both on human nature and the «travellers’ tales» literary subgenre of the day. It is Swift’s best known full-length…
Henry James was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism. «The Tragic Muse» is wide, cheerful panorama of English life follows the fortunes of two would-be artists: Nick Dormer, who throws over a political career in his efforts to become a painter, and Miriam Rooth, an actress…
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 and historical novels. «Collected Tales» is a collection of early Doyle’s short stories. It includes stories of mystery, comedy, shipwrecks and fantasy. ….
Элизабет Гаскелл — известная английская писательница эпохи викторианской Англии. Её произведения отличаются изящностью слога и мысли, яркими персонажами и необычными сюжетами. .В данную книгу включены рассказ «Бедняжка Клэр» и повесть «Лиззи Лэй», в которых Гаскелл с тонким психологизмом рассказывает истории прекрасных, но несчастных в своей трагичной судьбе женщин. .Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале! RUGRAM, 2017…
Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humourist Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow is a collection of humorous and entertaining essays. These are amusing thoughts on all aspects of life, from love to poverty, vanity to ambition, babies to cats and dogs. Top100 Classic Books RUGRAM, 2018 год
Cousin Phillis is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell. The story is about 19-year-old Paul Manning, who moves to the country and befriends his mother’s family and his (second) cousin Phillis Holman. This novel is also recognized as a fitting prelude for Gaskell’s final and most widely acclaimed novel, Wives and Daughters. Original RUGRAM, 2018 год
Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humourist. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Yellow is a collection of humorous and entertaining essays. These are amusing thoughts on all aspects of life, from love to poverty, vanity to ambition, babies to cats and dogs. Top100 Classic Books RUGRAM, 2018 год
Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are «The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» and its sequel, «The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn». His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers. «Sketches New and Old» is a wonderful collection of short stories like…
Ayesha, the Return of She is a gothic-fantasy novel by the popular Victorian author Henry Rider Haggard, published in 1905, as a sequel to his far more popular and well known novel, She. Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey once again embark on a quest to find the mysterious woman known as Ayesha. Knowing…
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most infl uential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. With the tradition of collecting the best tales about ghosts, «Ghostly Tales» incorporates four brilliant stories, such as «Ghost Stories of Chapelizod» and «The Ghost and the Bone-setter»…
Washington Irving (1783 — 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. «Astoria» is a history book which was commissioned by John Jacob Astor as an official history of his company’s expedition to Oregon in 1810-1812. Although Washington Irving never traveled to Oregon Country, he wrote…
Washington Irving (1783 — 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. «Tales of a Traveller» is a collection of essays and short stories composed by Irving while he was living in Europe. These stories are a delightful medley of humorous and tragic elements. . ….
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was an English novelist, dramatist, and short story writer, universally known for her Gothic novel «Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus». This volume consists of two wonderful works: intriguing but tragic «The Evil Eye» and gothic «The Heir of Mondolfo». Original RUGRAM, 2018 год
