Fiction in foreign languages

The storytelling method is the study of language with the help of short stories. Stories help to practice grammar and vocabulary, promote imagination, speaking, listening, and writing. This technique is perfect for different age groups, children, as well as teenagers, and adults. The book co...

The storytelling method is the study of language with the help of short stories. Stories help to practice grammar and vocabulary, promote imagination, speaking, listening, and writing. This technique is perfect for different age groups, children, as well as teenagers, and adults. The book co...

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890—1937) was an American writer who created his masterpieces in the genre of fantasy and horror. The most famous works of the author are the stories «The Call of Cthulhu», «Dagon», etc. In his works, humanity is ruled by a chaotic universe. The main layer of the w...

“Dracula” is an epistolary novel by the Irish writer Bram Stoker (1847—1912). The characters in the novel tell of their nightmarish encounters with the insidious Count Dracula. Excerpts from their diaries and letters will step by step bring the reader closer to unraveling the sinister mystery...

The epic that began with the HUGO and NEBULA Award-winning classic DUNE -- now a major motion picture from the director of Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival -- continues ... The long-established galactic order is passing. The Honoured Matres, ruthless and all-conquering, have destroyed the plane...

The epic that began with the HUGO and NEBULA Award-winning classic DUNE -- now a major motion picture from the director of Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival -- continues ... From Dune to Rakis to Dune, the wheel turns full circle. From burning desert to green and fertile land and on again to bur...

Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited first work of fiction - at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal - is the always surprising, sometimes shocking new novel based on his Academy Award-winning film. RICK DALTON - Once he had his own TV series, but now Rick's a washed-up villain-of-the week drow...

A BRAND NEW TRILOGY from the author of the legendary WITCHER series, set during the vibrantly depicted Hussite wars. Reinmar of Bielau, called Reynevan, flees after being caught in an affair with a knight's wife. With strange, mystical forces gathering in the shadows and pursued not only by...

In Big Shot, book 16 of the hilarious Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley and sports just don't mix. After a disastrous competition at school, Greg decides that he's officially retired from ANY kind of sport! That is, until his mom p...

«His Last Bow» is one of the short stories by the Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) about the famous detective Sherlock Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) about the famous detective Sherlock a number of new crimes. Because Britain’s military secrets must not fall into the hands of th...

The novel «The Secret Garden» by the Anglo-American writer Frances Burnett (1849–1924) is about an orphan girl named Mary. One morning, Mary discovers an abandoned garden. She begins to take care of him. The garden helps Mary and her friends to notice the beauty and charm of every moment, to ...

«Anne of Avonlea», a novel by Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942), is a sequel to «Anne of Green Gables». After the Royal Teachers’ Seminary, Anne returned to Avonley to teach at a local school. She makes new friends, Anne experiences new adventures and suddenly realizes that she...

The works of Washington Irving (1783—1859) are ironic and mysterious at the same time. They fascinate with a combination of serious and funny, fiction and reality. His mythical heroes roam the dark forests and valleys, encountering spirits and ghosts. The collection of short stories «The Lege...

«The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes» is the latest collection of Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories (1859–1930) about Sherlock Holmes. The characters of these works are thieving and unusual, and the gloomy mood of the stories refers to the horrors of the First World War. «А...

«Anne of Green Gables» is the first and most famous novel by Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942). A single brother and his sister decide to adopt a teenage boy so he could help with the household. Due to a misunderstanding, however, comes the red-haired girl Anne Shirley... The a...

«A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court» is a novel by the American writer Mark Twain (1835—1910). Ths is one of the fist descriptions of time travel in literature. Th novel satirically mocks chivalrous stories about the Middle Ages. «Янкі з Коннектикуту при дворі короля Артура» — роман ...

Wilkie Collins (1824—1889) — English writer and playwright, one of the founders of the detective genre. «I Say No» is a typical English Victorian novel. This novel has everything — love and adventure, intrigue and detective story. Bright characters, a fascinating description of the feelings o...

Le roman gothique «Le Fantome de l’Opera» appartient a la plume de l'ecrivain francais Gaston Leroux et, selon l'auteur lui-meme, represente des evenements reels. Des evenements etonnants se deroulent a l'Opera de Paris: la perte d'argent, la disparition du chanteur, des accidents... De la pr...

«The House of the Seven Gables» is a Gothic novel by the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804—1864). The author discusses the past and present of New England and addresses the themes of guilt, retribution, and atonement. This is a story about the relationship of two genera. A gloomy and ...

Jane Eyre, the protagonist tof the novel of the same name by British writer Charlotte Bronte (1816—1855), was raised in an orphanage. Having received an excellent education, the girl gets a job as a governess in the family of a wealthy Mr. Rochester. After a while, Jane begins to realize that...