Bram Stoker (1847—1912) was an Irish novelist, best known today for his universally famous gothic novel «Dracula», the main villain of which is still one of the most popular antagonists in the modern media. «The Lady of the Shroud» is a gothic novel that tells the story of Rupert Saint Leger. He inherits an estate…
William Willde Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. Set against the background of the French Revolution, Sister Rose concerns Louis Trudaine; his sister, Rose, who contracts an unhappy marriage to the aristocratic Charles Danville; and Danville’s land-steward, Lomaque, who is indebted to Trudaine’s father. Trudaine fulfils a deathbed promise to his…
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Stella Fregelius is a story of the overlapping fates of three people in a northern coastal region of England. The story follows Morris Monk, an aspiring inventor, as he gets engaged…
Anthony Trollope (1815—1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. «The Eustace Diamonds» is the third of six novels in another famous series, «The Palliser Novels,» also known as the…
In Elissa Henry Rider Haggard takes his readers to the Phoenician city in South Central Africa the mysterious ruins of which have been the subject of so much speculation and research in the recent past. A trading town, protected by vast fortifications and adorned with many temples dedicated to the gods of the Sidonians, was…
Arbuthnot has a sudden urge to travel to the Pacific islands after his wifes death. He gets on a yacht with two friends, Bickley, a doctor, Bastin, a minister, and Arbuthnot s dog, Tommy. The craft is then taken by a cyclone after all the crew abandons ship. When the three adventurers awaken, they find…
Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. A masterly evocation of the state and psychology of imprisonment, Little Dorrit is one of the supreme works of Dickens’s maturity. When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit, his mother’s seamstress, and in the affairs…
Творчество Фрэнсиса Скотта Фицджеральда, одного из самых известных и блистательных авторов «эпохи джаза», остаётся актуальным и интересным и по сей день. Его первый роман «По эту сторону рая», во многом автобиографичный, всерьёз затронул тему взросления и становления личности, и принёс настоящую славу автору. Главный герой, энергичный и амбициозный юноша, способен пойти на многое, чтобы стать…
Трогательный роман английской писательницы Мэри Энн Эванс, писавшей под псевдонимом Джордж Элиот, безусловно, покорит читателя с добрым сердцем. Сайлес Марнер, искусный ткач и некогда уважаемый член небольшого религиозного общества, пережил предательство, людскую несправедливость и потерю с трудом заработанных денег. Когда ничто, казалось бы, не вернёт замкнувшемуся и нелюдимому Сайлесу веру в жизнь и людей, в…
Натаниель Готорн — классик американской литературы, чьи работы остаются актуальными по сей день. В увлекательный сборник мифов «Сказания Лесной Чащи» представлены шесть мифов Древней Греции, которые будут интересны читателям всех возрастов: «Тесей и Минотавр», «Геркулес и Антей», «Кадмус и основание Фив»; «миф об Одиссее и Цирцее», «Ясон и Аргонавты», «Похищение Прозерпины». Читайте зарубежную литературу в…
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 of American literature. Satanstoe is novel is the first of a three novel cycle, followed by The Chainbearer and The…
When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit, his mother’s seamstress, and in the affairs of Amy’s father, William Dorrit, a man of shabby grandeur, long imprisoned for debt in Marshalsea prison. .As Arthur soon discovers, the dark shadow of the prison stretches far beyond…
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. Praised by many as a potential masterpiece, «Weir of Hermiston» tells the story…
This novel is set in the climactic months before the opening of the Third Crusade, called the Kings’ Crusade. The Brethren is a classic tale of love and chivalry, unfolding amidst the touching story of two English knights who are in love with the same maiden. The devotion of these men is tested when their…
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 worldwide fame and a large fortune. This book is a collection of intriguing short stories with unexpected culminations such as «Like Argus of the Ancient…
Herbert George Wells (1866 — 1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. «The Wheels of Chance» is his early comic novel. It is a humorous account of a young…
The hero of the story is Alan Vernon, a young retired army major, who, after undergoing financial ruin, decides to travel to Africa to make his fortune, in hopes of eventually winning the hand of beautiful Barbara Champers-Haswell. Vernon has heard of a mysterious kingdom ruled by the priestess and plans to help himself to…
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer. «The Blithedale Romance», considered one of Hawthorne’s major novels, explores the limitations of human nature set against an experiment in communal living. From mesmerism to illicit love, «The Blithedale Romance» represents one of Hawthorne’s best and most sharply etched works, one that Henry…
У голубоглазой и одухотворенной Эльфриды не хватает жизненного опыта, поэтому она не может выбрать между двумя мужчинами — архитектором Стивеном Смитом и Генри Найтом. Когда-то друзья стали соперниками, и Эльфрида сталкивается с невероятно трудным выбором. Написанный в решающий для Гарди период жизни, роман «Голубые глаза» более чем любой другой роман показывают литературный талант Гарди. .Читайте…
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. The Game is a story about a twenty-year-old boxer Joe, who meets his death in the ring. Since London was…
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 activities in the Royal Highland Society. «Waverley; Or, Tis Sixty Years Since» is a historical novel, the author’s first work of prose also considered…
Edith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time,…
Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American poet and novelist of the American Renaissance, best known for his allusive adventure novel «Moby-Dick.» Partially based on real events, «Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile» tells us a wildly eventful story of a soldier during the American Revolution. An extraordinary adventure full colorful historical events and personalities,…
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Some of Gaskell’s best known novels are Cranford, North and South…
Written at various times, under various influences, the four stories contained in Within The Tides are linked by Conrads treatment of loyalty and betrayal. They range in setting from the Far East via eighteenth-century Spain to England. The tone shifts from the tragic inevitability of The Planter of Malata and the pathos of Because of…
William Sydney Porter known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His wit and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by the critics. Collected Short Stories includes «Strictly Business», «The Gold That Glittered», «Babes In The Jungle», «The Day Resurgent», «The Fifth Wheel» and other famous…
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. The Refugees is another vivid example of the author’s love for historical events. It revolves around two characters: Huguenot guardsman…
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. «The Game» is a story about a twenty-year-old boxer Joe, who meets his death on the ring. Since London was…
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. The story of the novel «The Black Arrow» takes…
Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. My Lady’s Money, published in 1879, is a novel that centers around a rich woman who is a victim of theft. There are a lot of possible suspects she must sort through. One of them — an honest girl Isabella. The Lazy Tour of…
A sequel to the famous novel King Solomon’s Mines is based on author’s own experience in the African continent. Quatermain has lost his only son and longs to get back into the wilderness. Having persuaded Sir Henry Curtis, Captain John Good, and the Zulu chief Umbopa to accompany him, they set out from the coast…
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 of American literature. The novel Afloat and Ashore ends abruptly part way through, and is followed by what critic Harold…
