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Jane Austen (1775—1817) is still rightly considered the «first lady» of English literature. Her novels are full of subtle psychologism. «Pride and Prejudice» is a story about the love of a wealthy aristocrat and a modest but proud daughter of the owner of a small estate in the province. Джейн Ос...

The story of the Scottish writer James Matthew Barry (1860—1937) «Peter Pan» is a fairy tale about the world of childhood. Peter Pan, the protagonist of the work, does not want to grow up and lives in the wonderful country of Neverland with lost children. He has his own fairy Tinker Bell. However...

«White Fang» is an adventure novel by American writer Jack London (1876—1916). The main character is a wolf named White Fang. It is a story of a wolf that was tamed in times of gold fever on Alaska. A big part of the story is shown from animals’ perspective. «Біле Ікло» — пригодницький роман аме...

The most famous and popular novel of English writer Oscar Wilde (1854—1900). Dorian Gray is a very attractive young man who wishes to make a link between his soul and his portrait so that the picture gets old but he stays young forever. However, not only the picture gets older instead of him — it...

A collection of detective and mystery stories written by famous American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809—1849) who is considered one of the founders of science fiction and science detective genres. It includes a great number of mysteries that can be solved with scientific methods and unlimited imagi...

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...

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...

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...

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'...

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 ...

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...

«… 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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

«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...

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 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...

«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 ...