Fiction in foreign languages
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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 Legend o...
«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. «Архів...
«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 actio...
«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 амер...
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 of th...
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 premie...
«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 unco...
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 Roc...
«Frankenstein» is an epistolary Gothic novel by the English writer Mary Shelley (1797—1851). The book is about Victor Frankenstein, who managed to comprehend the mystery of the origin of life and learn to revive lifeless matter. Later he renounces his creation, but the nameless monster begins to ...
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...
«… 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...
Die Ereignisse im Marchenroman des deutschen Schriftstellers Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776—1822) «Meister Floh» entwickeln sich ziemlich schnell. Der Protagonist der Arbeit Peregrinus Ty? ist plotzlich in ein mysterioses Spiel mystischer Krafte verwickelt. Jeder Charakter in der Geschichte...
«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...
