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"The Judge's House" is a classic ghost story by the Irish author Bram Stoker. The story was first published in the December 5, 1891, special Christmas issue of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News weekly magazine. It was later republished in Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories (1914). The short story has since appeared in many anthologies. In the story, a student arrives in a small town …
«Накипь» (1882 г.) – десятый роман Эмиля Золя из цикла «Ругон-Маккары», посвящённого представителям одной семьи, жившей в годы Второй империи – периоде диктата Наполеона III. Октав Муре приезжает из Плассана в Париж. Он ищет любовницу, которая поможет ему подняться в социальном плане. Постепенно он знакомится с большинством местных жителей, которые, руководствуясь нормами приличия, вступают в внеб…
"The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" (Russian: Сон смешного человека, Son smeshnovo cheloveka) is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in 1877. It chronicles the experiences of a man who decides that there is nothing of any value in the world. Slipping into nihilism with the “terrible anguish” he is determined to commit suicide. A chance encounter with a young girl, however, begins the man on a …
""«Rip Van Winkle»" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains and wakes up 20 years later, having missed the American Revolution. Irving wrote it while living in Birmingham, England, as part of the collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey …
Действие романа разворачивается в Англии начала XIX века. Автор изображает современное ему общество, пропитанное цинизмом, жаждой денег и власти. Наряду с этим Диккенс ярко изображает жизни людей, зачастую невинно страдающих из-за хитросплетений чужих интриг. Сложный сюжет романа, социальная направленность, обличение существующего строя вскоре после публикации романа навлекли массу критики на про…
""«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…
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…
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written. Fr…
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…
Мечта Бекки Шарп – выбиться из нищеты, стать светской дамой и блистать в высшем свете. Вот только девушке для этого придется пустить в ход всю свою хитрость. «Ярмарка тщеславия» стала центральным романом английского писателя и журналиста Уильяма Мейкписа Теккерея, вызвав настоящий скандал при публикации. О том, как автор изобличает пороки чопорного британского общества, изображает его ценности и …
Мировой бестселлер, ставший успешным после первой же публикации в 1847 году, роман Шарлотты Бронте «Джейн Эйр» – это история о сильной и скромной женщине, которая переносит удары судьбы ради обретения счастья. С XIX века и до сих пор произведение увлекает читателя сюжетом и колоритом персонажей, и у вас есть возможность познакомиться с романом в нашем аудио-обзоре. В нем мы собрали основные идеи п…