Описание: "The Offshore Pirate" is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1920. It is one of eight short stories included in Fitzgerald's first published collection, Flappers and Philosophers. The story is about Ardita Farnam, she is on a trip to Florida. Her boat is...
Описание: «Ни для чего он не бывает достаточно подготовлен, но не может даже упрекать себя в этом, ибо где взять в этой жизни, так мучительно требующей каждую минуту готовности, время, чтоб подготовиться, и даже найдись время, можно ли подготовиться, прежде чем узнаешь задачу,...
Описание: «Короткое письмо к долгому прощанию» (1972) – хроника путешествия молодого писателя, переживающего тяжелейший духовный кризис. Из-за затяжного конфликта с женой, задавшейся целью его убить, он отправляется в Америку, где переезжает из города в город, меняет отель за...
Описание: «Зима тревоги нашей» (1961) – последний роман Стейнбека, невероятно современный и актуальный, хотя действие его происходит в 60-е годы в Новой Англии, в вымышленном небольшом городке. Главный герой – Итен Аллен Хоули, потомок некогда очень богатой семьи, ветеран...
Описание: «Локомотив, после морских машин, самый чувствительный аппарат из всех вышедших из рук человека; а № 007, кроме того, был ещё совершенно новый. Красная краска ещё не совсем высохла на его колёсах, фонарь с рефлектором блестел, словно каска пожарного, а будка машиниста...
Описание: Алиса в Стране чудес. Алиса в Зазеркалье» – сказки, написанные английским математиком, поэтом и прозаиком Чарльзом Лютвиджем Доджсоном под псевдонимом Льюис Кэрролл. В них рассказывается о девочке по имени Алиса, которая попадает сквозь кроличью нору в воображаемый...
Описание: «Маленькие дикари» – повесть канадского писателя Эрнеста Сетона-Томпсона, жанр детская литература, приключения. Приключения подростков, которые решили поселиться в лесу и пожить жизнью индейцев. Темы индейского быта и жизни на природе, среди диких животных,...
Описание: Студия «МедиаКнига» представляет аудиокнигу одного из величайших французских писателей Эмиля Золя – «Деньги». «Нужен избыток страсти, нужно прожигать и губить жизнь ради продолжения той же жизни. … в Париже деньги сыпались дождем, развращали людей, создавали...
Описание: Чарльз Диккенс – наверное, лучший английский романист Викторианской эпохи. Но удавались ему и рассказы. В них он запечатлевал портреты своих современников – аристократов и простого люда. И для тех, и для других находился свой занятный...
Описание: "William Blake an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic poetry has been said to form «„what is in...
Описание: "Songs of Innocence and of Experience is an collection of poems by William Blake. It appeared in two phases. A few first copies were printed and illuminated by William Blake himself in 1789; five years later he bound these poems with a set of new poems in a volume...
Описание: "The favorite story of the Dutch settlement of Sleepy Hollow, New York, is an ominous ghost story. A headless horseman is waiting for belated travelers. Ikabod Crane, who believes in everything beyond, cares for Katharina Van Tassel, the blonde beauty, the daughter...
Описание: Nobody loves Mary – the heroine of the famous story of Francis Burnett «The Secret Garden.» However, she does not burn with love for others, and moreover – she can not stand the whole world. And then her parents are passing away prematurely. There is an impression...
Описание: The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works. Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a «monstrous vermin». He initially considers the...
Описание: "Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories «„Rip Van Winkle“» (1819) and «„The Legend of Sleepy Hollow“»...
Описание: For a while, the famous writer Irving Washington was an employee of the American diplomatic mission in Spain. He spent three months in the famous Alhambra Palace. This acquaintance with the historical relic inspired him to write this book. In addition to historical...
Описание: Notes from Underground also translated as Notes from the Underground or Letters from the Underworld, is an 1864 novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Notes is considered by many to be one of the first existentialist novels. It presents itself as an excerpt from the rambling...
Описание: The Christmas Tree and the Wedding" is a short story written by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky published in 1848. The piece is narrated by an awkward outcast attending a Christmas party. He observes the party's guest of honour and takes special interest in one of...
Описание: "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" (Russian: Сон смешного человека, Son smeshnovo cheloveka) is a short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written in 1877. It chronicles the experiences of a man who decides that there is nothing of any value in the world. Slipping into...
Описание: ""«Rip Van Winkle»" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains and wakes up 20 years later, having missed...
Описание: ""«The Monkey's Paw»" is a supernatural short story by author W. W. Jacobs, first published in England in the collection The Lady of the Barge in 1902. In the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of The Monkey's Paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price...
Описание: Thomas Paine was born in Great Britain; he came to America at the age of 37 for the first time. He is rightly considered to be the Anglo-American writer, philosopher, publicist, as well as «American godfather» for supporting separatist spirits and inspiring Americans...
Описание: "A Changed Man is a collection of twelve tales written by Thomas Hardy. The collection was originally published in book form in 1913, although all of the tales had been previously published in newspapers or magazines from 1881 to 1900. There are eleven short stories...
Описание: "As part of her collection «„Christ Legends“» Selma Lagerlöf wrote the story «„The Holy Night,“» a Christmas-themed tale first published in sometime in the early 1900s but before her death in 1940. It tells the story of the author at five years old who experienced a...
Описание: "Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a...
Описание: "The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or «„man-cub“» Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by...
Описание: "The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published by F. Tennyson Neely in 1895. The book is named after a play with the same title which recurs as a motif through some of the stories. The first half of the book...
