Книги жанра зарубежная классика
Не успели сходить на премьеру «Маленьких женщин» в кино, а все только и делают, что обсуждают сюжет фильма? Не беспокойтесь, мы знаем, как вам помочь. Наш аудио-обзор на роман Луизы Мэй Олкотт познакомит вас с произведением американской классики и даст подробное понимание ключевых идей, мыслей и проблематики текста. Знакомство с маленькими женщинами вернет вас к воспоминаниям о детстве, а сами гер…
""«The Monkey's Paw»" is a supernatural short story by author W. W. Jacobs, first published in England in the collection The Lady of the Barge in 1902. In the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of The Monkey's Paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price for interfering with fate. It has been adapted many times in other media, including plays, films, TV series, operas, stories and com…
Не успели сходить на премьеру «Маленьких женщин» в кино, а все только и делают, что обсуждают сюжет фильма? Не беспокойтесь, мы знаем, как вам помочь. Наш аудио-обзор на роман Луизы Мэй Олкотт познакомит вас с произведением американской классики и даст подробное понимание ключевых идей, мыслей и проблематики текста. Знакомство с маленькими женщинами вернет вас к воспоминаниям о детстве, а сами гер…
Не успели сходить на премьеру «Маленьких женщин» в кино, а все только и делают, что обсуждают сюжет фильма? Не беспокойтесь, мы знаем, как вам помочь. Наш аудио-обзор на роман Луизы Мэй Олкотт познакомит вас с произведением американской классики и даст подробное понимание ключевых идей, мыслей и проблематики текста. Знакомство с маленькими женщинами вернет вас к воспоминаниям о детстве, а сами гер…
Не успели сходить на премьеру «Маленьких женщин» в кино, а все только и делают, что обсуждают сюжет фильма? Не беспокойтесь, мы знаем, как вам помочь. Наш аудио-обзор на роман Луизы Мэй Олкотт познакомит вас с произведением американской классики и даст подробное понимание ключевых идей, мыслей и проблематики текста. Знакомство с маленькими женщинами вернет вас к воспоминаниям о детстве, а сами гер…
Не успели сходить на премьеру «Маленьких женщин» в кино, а все только и делают, что обсуждают сюжет фильма? Не беспокойтесь, мы знаем, как вам помочь. Наш аудио-обзор на роман Луизы Мэй Олкотт познакомит вас с произведением американской классики и даст подробное понимание ключевых идей, мыслей и проблематики текста. Знакомство с маленькими женщинами вернет вас к воспоминаниям о детстве, а сами гер…
Thomas Paine was born in Great Britain; he came to America at the age of 37 for the first time. He is rightly considered to be the Anglo-American writer, philosopher, publicist, as well as «American godfather» for supporting separatist spirits and inspiring Americans to fight for their independence (at that very moment, the break between America and England was imminent). He described his thoughts…
"A Changed Man is a collection of twelve tales written by Thomas Hardy. The collection was originally published in book form in 1913, although all of the tales had been previously published in newspapers or magazines from 1881 to 1900. There are eleven short stories and a novella The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid. At the end of the book there is a map of the imaginary Wessex of Hardy's novels …
"As part of her collection «„Christ Legends“» Selma Lagerlöf wrote the story «„The Holy Night,“» a Christmas-themed tale first published in sometime in the early 1900s but before her death in 1940. It tells the story of the author at five years old who experienced a great sadness when her grandmother passed which made her recall a story the old woman used to tell about the Holy Night. The story th…
"Selected works of Oscar Wilde «„Best of Oscar Wilde“» is the book that everyone should read to understand themselves and each other. “The ones who are able to see the high meaning of beauty are cultural people. However, the chosen one is the one who sees only one thing in beauty: the Beauty itself” said one of the most famous English poets, writers, playwrights, a bright and inimitable Oscar Wild…
Grimms' Fairy Tales, originally known as the Children's and Household Tales, is a collection of fairy tales by the Grimm brothers or «Brothers Grimm», Jakob and Wilhelm, first published on 20 December 1812. The first edition contained 86 stories, and by the seventh edition in 1857, had 210 unique fairy tales. Encouraged by Arnim, they published their collected tales as the Kinder- und Hausmärchen,…
Arthur Machen (3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947) was the pen-name of Arthur Llewellyn Jones, a Welsh author and mystic of the 1890s and early 20th century. He is best known for his influential supernatural, fantasy, and horror fiction. His novella The Great God Pan has garnered a reputation as a classic of horror, with Stephen King describing it as «Maybe the best [horror story] in the English lang…
Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of American educator Booker T. Washington (1856–1915). The book describes his personal experience of having to work to rise up from the position of a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton Institute, to his work establishing vocational schools—most notably the Tuskegee Institut…
The Way to Wealth is an essay written by Benjamin Franklin in 1758. It is a collection of adages and advice presented in Poor Richard's Almanac during its first 25 years of publication, organized into a speech given by «Father Abraham» to a group of people. Many of the phrases Father Abraham quotes continue to be familiar today. The essay's advice is based on the themes of work ethic and frugality…
Whether you're a parent or a child, a young reader or an older one, The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter is indeed just that – a treasure chest of delightful, charming little stories full of animals and people. Beatrix Potter today has spawned a whole industry of merchandise, games and theme parks, but the stories remain as fresh and sparkling as they were when they first came out in 1901. The…