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The novel «The Cricket of the Hearth» by the English writer Charles Dickens (1812—1870) belongs to the series of «Christmas stories». This is a story about a happy driver’s family. Dramatic events caused by the appearance of a stranger threaten the happiness of the family. However, magical creatu...

The novel «The Chimes» by the Englishman Charles Dickens (1812—1870) belongs to the series of «Christmas stories». After talking to the judge, Toby begins to believe that all the poor are bad from birth. However, the spirits of church bells with the help of magic change Toby himself as well as th...

«The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» is a novel by Mark Twain (1835—1910). The story describes the adventures of a boy named Tom Sawyer from the town of St. Petersburg (reminiscent of the town of Hannibal, where the author grew up) in the southern United States. The events of the novel take place on th...

«Also sprach Zarathustra» — ist das Werk des deutschen Philosophen Friedrich Nietzsche (1844—1900). Es erzahlt vom Schicksal und den Lehren eines wandernden Philosophen, der sich Zarathustra nennt, den Namen des Propheten einer der altesten Religionen der Welt, basierend auf der Lehre von der fre...

Bruder Grimm — Jacob (1785—1863) und Wilhelm (1786—1859) — deutsche Linguisten und weltberuhmte Geschichtenerzahler. Seit ihrer Studienzeit sammeln sie Volksgeschichten, Legenden und verarbeiten sie fur ihre Zeitgenossen. Die Marchen der Bruder Grimm sind so realistisch und hochst moralisch, dass...

Sowohl Kinder als auch Erwachsene mogen die Geschichten des deutschen Schriftstellers Wilhelm Hauff (1802—1827). Er einer der wenigen Autoren ist, die es geschafft haben, gewohnliche Legenden uber Geister und die Armen, die die bosen Reichen bestrafen, in magische, lebendige und unvergessliche Me...

Друга частина роману «Маленькі жінки» американської письменниці Луїзи Мей Елкотт (1832—1888) — продовжує розповідь про чотирьох сестер сімейства Марч – Маргарет, Джо, Бет і Еммі. У романі частково використані дитячими спогади авторки. Second part of «Little Women» by American author Louisa May ...

Перша частина роману «Маленькі жінки» американської письменниці Луїзи Мей Елкотт (1832—1888) — це розповідь про чотирьох сестер сімейства Марч – Маргарет, Джо, Бет і Еммі, які народилися у небагатій сім’ї, навчилися долати труднощі та чекають на батька з війни. «Little Women» is a novel by Ameri...

There was one night in the troubled spring of the dramatic year 2014 that saved Kharkiv from the tragic fate of Donetsk, Luhansk, and many Donbas towns and villages, which endure now the seventh year of devastation by hands of separatists and Russian mercenaries. It was the first victory in the ...

This book sets out Ukraine’s history from antiquity to the present day, offering a condensed overview of the turbulent history of this European country. This book will help answer the following questions: What is Ukraine — a country which has recently been much talked about in the world? How has ...

«… It's what's inside of us that makes us turn out the way we do» — the phrase embedded in the mouth of one of the heroes of the story, became the leitmotif of the most famous work of O. Henry (1862—1910) «The Roads We Take». Conciseness of presentation, subtle humor, unusual plot and unpredicta...

The English writer George Orwell (1903—1950) gained worldwide fame for his works written in the last years of his life. The political allegory «Animal Farm» depicts the rebirth of revolutionary principles and programs, the gradual transition from the ideas of general equality and the construction...

«Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There» is a continuation of Lewis Carroll's tale (1832—1898) about the incredible adventures of the girl Alice. In an amazing chess country, where everything is the other way round, the girl is waiting for many mysteries and strange characters. But...

This story of Lewis Carroll (1832—1898) is loved both by children and adults. It is about a little girl Alice, who fell into a rabbit hole and discovered a completely different world — incredible, wonderful and full of all sorts of dangers. Since then, Alice's immortal adventures have begun. Цю ...

Les ?uvres de l'ecrivain francais Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900—1944) font echo presque mystique au present. L'auteur pose la question du progres et de ses consequences, du risque et de la responsabilite, du sens de la vie humaine... Le conte philosophique «Le Petit Prince» est le resultat de l'...

Oscar Wilde (1854—1900) — Anglo-Irish writer, an outstanding master of paradox and satirical nonsense. Reflections on good, evil and beauty are inherent in Wilde’s «The Fairy Tales». They are characterized by incredible fantasy, humanistic mood and ironic manner of presentation. Оскар Вайлд (185...

Jerome K. Jerome (1859—1927) was an English humorist. The situations he portrayed from the lives of ordinary Englishmen in his work «Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)» are still witty. Any minor thing — from packing to trying to open a can with food — can cause a number of adventure...

WAR.ru is a documentary study of the first year of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Day after day, from the beginning of the annexation of Crimea (February 2014) to the finale of the Battle of Debaltseve (February 2015). All events have depicted in chronological order. The form of the text submission ...

The history of Ukraine resembles a half-uncharted map. This is not a mere coincidence, but the result of the deliberate public policy. Hundreds of various people serving their mother countries have been working hard on those blank spots for centuries. Those myth and fake news makers have done the...

The outstanding English writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is mostly famous as a creator of the extraordinary detective Sherlock Holmes who always finds the guilty ones and defends the innocent, even when he has to face the mysterious evil at the swamp. Видатний англійський письменник сер...