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To the Lighthouse is a modernist novel by Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), the plot of which being secondary to the philosophical reflections of the characters. It depicts two visits by the Ramsay family to their country house on the Isle of Skye in Scotland in 1910 and 1920. Among the...
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is а legendary «black novel» by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894). Dr. Jekyll makes а sensational discovery, but he is forced to keep it а secret because the bearer of evil, whom he named Mr. Hyde, has become uncontrollable. «Химерна пригода з док...
Ksiazka Larysy Myrgorodskiej «Pouczajace przygody Miodunczyka» jest przeznaczona dla dzieci i doroslych, ktorzy lubia im czytac. Zawiera historie: «Spotkanie przy pomaranczowej konewce», «Niespodziewana przygoda w wiosennym miescie», «O bialych mieszkancach i dobrych uczynkach», «Jak ujawnion...
Dream Days is a collection of children’s fiction and reminiscences of childhood written by Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932). The book is best known for its inclusion of Grahame’s classic story “The Reluctant Dragon”. It can be seen as a prototype to most modern stories in which the dragon is a sym...
«Pollyanna» is a novel by the American writer Eleanor Porter (1868–1920). An orphan girl who knows how to see something joyful even in the saddest, moves in with her rich aunt and completely changes her life, as well as the lives of all the inhabitants of the city. «Полліанна» — роман америк...
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the last and unfinished detective novel by Charles Dickens (1812—1870). The fate of the main character, who eventually goes missing, is the mystery of the work. Yet, the writer did not tell anyone what the ending should be... «Таємниця Едвіна Друда» — останній і...
La coleccion del poeta y dramaturgo espanol Federico Garcia Lorca (1898—1936) «Teatro» incluia las obras «Bodas de sangre», «Yerma», «La casa de Bernarda Alba» entre otras. Los heroes de Lorca estan inmersos en la rutina mundana, pero el choque de la rutina y la poesia da lugar a la tragedia....
The Adventures of Oliver Twist is a famous novel by Charles Dickens (1812—1870). Despite all the trials and tribulations, the young orphan hero does not lose his human dignity and faith in moral values. The writer sees the beginning of evil in the laws of society of the time. However, at the ...
Pewnego dnia, po przeczytaniu takiej ksiazki jak ?Maly Ksiaze?, zaczynamy rozumiec, ze dojrzewajac, zapodzialismy gdzies w sobie cos waznego i wartosciowego, bez czego nie mozna czuc sie naprawde szczesliwym. Wtedy zaczynamy pedzic w poszukiwaniu zagubionego, gotowi nawet wejsc na statek kosm...
«Cabbages and Kings» — a satirical novel by American writer O. Henry (1862—1910). The work was written on the basis of the revised collection of adventurous and humorous stories of the same name. The action of the novel takes place in Latin America, and its characters evoke sincere sympathy, ...
«Pygmalion: A Romance in Five Acts» — one of the most famous plays by George Bernard Shaw (1856—1950). The work is based on the Greek myth of the sculptor Pygmalion and his beautiful creation. This original and witty play, which touches on deep social issues, is relevant to this day. «Пігмал...
«The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark» is a tragedy by William Shakespeare (1564–1616), one of the most famous plays in world drama. The work vividly reproduces the course of real and feigned madness, which is manifested either in deep sadness or in rage. Among its themes: betrayal, reven...
«Ozma of Oz» is the third book in a series about the heroes of the magical land of the American writer L. Frank Baum (1856–1919). This time, Dorothy and Princess Ozma free the Queen of Ev and her ten children, who are imprisoned by the insidious Nome King. «Озма з країни Оз» — третя книжка с...
Der philosophische Roman Der Proze? von Franz Kafka (1883—1924) erschien nach dem Tod des Autors. Seine Kapitel waren nicht nummeriert. Das etwas banale Leben des Helden des Werks ging seinen gewohnten Gang, bis ihm mitgeteilt wurde, dass ein Prozess gegen ihn eingeleitet wurde.... Філософсь...
Le protagoniste du roman du meme nom de l’ecrivain francais Honore de Balzac (1799—1850), l’usurier cynique Gobseck, «l’homme-billet», est convaincu que le monde est gouverne par l’or, et l’usurier regne sur l’or. L’auteur montre a quoi conduisent les depenses excessives et le pouvoir de l’ar...
When the Quidditch World Cup is disrupted by Voldemort's rampaging supporters alongside the resurrection of the terrifying Dark Mark, it is obvious to Harry Potter that, far from weakening, Voldemort is getting stronger. Back at Hogwarts for his fourth year, Harry is astonished to be chosen b...
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR In a prison in Occupied France during the Second World War, the order is given that every tenth inmate is to be executed. Louis Chavel, a rich lawyer, draws the short straw and barters everything he owns to exchange places with another man and survive. Dest...
This is the story of Francis Andrews, a young man whose betrayal of his fellow smugglers has left a man dead. Fearing vengeance, he flees and takes refuge in the house of a young, isolated woman who persuades him to give evidence against his accomplices in court. But neither she nor Andrews i...
A delightful insight into the formation of an artist who would become one of the world's most respected writers. Born in 1922 in the tiny Portuguese village of Azinhaga, Jose Saramago was only a baby when his family moved to a series of cramped lodgings in a working-class neighbourhood of Li...
Read Thomas Mann's meditation on the power of literary representation and the tyranny of the writer's imagination. Mann's novel, written some 150 years after Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther, follows Lotte Kestner, Goethe's real-life heroine, as she makes a pilgrimage to Weimar to meet ...
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