Книги жанра американская литература
Грешница, блудница, прелюбодейка! Пуританские нравы не знают пощады, и за измену мужу молодая Эстер Принн приговорена к позорному столбу. До конца своих дней она обречена носить на одежде алую букву – знак бесчестия. Муж Эстер не в силах ее простить. Он решает во что бы то ни стало узнать, кто является отцом ребенка, и отомстить… В издание также вошел роман «Дом с семью шпилями».
"Dark spruce forest frowned on either side the frozen waterway. The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean towards each other, black and ominous, in the fading light. A vast silence reigned over the land. The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold that the spirit of it was not even that of sadness. Ther…
Митч Элбом (р. 1958) – известный американский писатель, журналист, сценарист, драматург, радио- и телеведущий и музыкант, чьи книги проданы тиражом более 39 миллионов экземпляров по всему миру. «Пятеро, что ждут тебя на небесах» (2003) – дебютный роман Элбома, 95 недель продержавшийся в списке бестселлеров «Нью-Йорк таймс», переведенный на 35 языков и ставший в 2004 г. основой одноименного телефил…
Митч Элбом (р. 1958) – известный американский писатель, журналист, сценарист, драматург, радио- и телеведущий и музыкант, чьи книги проданы тиражом более 39 миллионов экземпляров по всему миру. «Вторники с Морри» (1997) – книга, представляющая собой хронику еженедельных встреч автора со своим бывшим преподавателем социологии, 78-летним Морри Шварцем, умирающим от неизлечимой болезни. Каждый вторни…
"Ligeia" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1838. «Ligeia» is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time. The story follows an unnamed narrator and his wife Ligeia, a beautiful and intelligent raven-haired woman.
Роман «Обнаженная в зеркале» (1953) – последнее и наиболее зрелое произведение известного американского писателя и поэта Джорджа Сильвестра Вирека (1884–1962), где, как в фокусе, собраны основные мотивы его творчества: гармония отношений мужчины и женщины на физиологическом и психологическом уровне, природа сексуального влечения, физическое бессмертие и вечная молодость. Повествование выстроено в …
H. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced countless writer of the macabre. This is one of those stories.
H. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced countless writer of the macabre. This is one of those stories.
A hilarious and cutting critique of what not to do, this deliciously wicked essay lays out what writers should and must do if they want their fiction to live and breathe ― as Twain's own fiction always does. In "How to Tell a Story," the title piece, Twain takes on such mysteries as the perfectly-timed pause and the uses of the dead-pan mask, and candidly describes his own efforts to hone his plat…
Written at the end of Twain's career, Extracts from Adam's Diary was first published in 1897. Twain's Adam was based on himself.
Typical Mark Twain slightly caustic, complex humor. Six of Mark Twain's recollections his early experiences in newspaper work on topics such as his first editorship at age 13, the weaponry needed to edit a newspaper in Tennessee, a character study, and a couple of blunders he made along the way.
The story projects Twain’s lifelong struggles with his conscience. Here the conscience admits to being the “most pitiless enemy” of its host, whom it is supposed to “improve” but only tyrannizes with gusto while refusing to praise the host for anything.
A great writing by Mark Twain based on the short story of classic humour.
"In Defense of Harriet Shelley" is an excellent literary classic for all ages. Twain took much of his ideas and inspiration for his stories and tall tales from real experiences as a river boat pilot, his world travels, friendships, well known people, an educator and an early career as a journalist. A comical masterpiece by a legend of the past.
"On the Decay of the Art of Lyingis" a short essay written by Mark Twain in 1885 for a meeting of the Historical and Antiquarian Club of Hartford, Connecticut. In the essay, Twain laments the dour ways in which men of America's Gilded Age employ man's "most faithfull friend."