Rudyard Kipling, acting as a kind of proto-rooted journalist, spoke about aspects of the Royal Navy in World War I that usually do not receive so much attention. In sections on minesweepers, a merchant marine, submariners, and destroyers, he gave a brief account of the important backstage work they did. Through an interview and a summary of the combat reports, he presented an idea of the „culture” in which they operate.
In The Great Stone Face, Hawthorne compares different types of human activity. Most of them are aimed at finding success in society. But Hawthorne believes that the success of the Finnish businessman or general, who turned military affairs into a means of his personal career, or a clever politician who is uncleanly making his way to power, is an imaginary success. Even the poet, the creator of beautiful works of art, still retains a lot of vicious individualism and self-lov...
Charlie Chen – the hero of the detective series, owned by the pen of the American writer Earl D. Biggers. Biggers wrote about two dozen action stories and plays, but he has been preserved in the memory of many generations of readers primarily as the creator of the image of this handsome inspector, the immense thickness of a Chinese living in Honolulu, where he now has to deal with purely Chinese dexterity. The multibook includes the most read novels of the author, such as: ...
Edgar Wallace is one of the most popular classics of the English detective. The unpredictable dynamic plots of his books gave rise to more than 160 adaptations! The author worked a lot with Hollywood: he was the screenwriter of the legendary King Kong and the first film version of The Baskervilles Dogs. Chases, shootings, changing clothes, luxury villas and cars are integral parts of Wallace’s stories. Mysterious murders, dizzying intrigues, dangerous investigations and unp...
Edward Phillips Oppenheim is an English novelist, creator of adventure novels that gained immense popularity in the early 20th century. His espionage novels were widely known, where the writer was a pioneer. His works to a large extent contributed to the fact that the detective acquired not only the will and mental ability of the great detectives, but also iron grip, the ability to dodge and strike at the right time. The multibook includes the most read novels of the author...
For many generations of readers, Herbert Wells, author of The Invisible Man, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Food of the Gods, and a number of other science fiction novels, has been and remains a great science fiction writer, whose work has had an important influence on the development of the scientific genre fiction in the 20th century as a whole. The possibilities of science and the power of the human mind – that is what Wells was primarily interested in in the works he created...
The name Howard Phillips Lovecraft thundered to the whole world as a standard of horror literature. Gifted with the art of exquisite literature, he wrote about terrible shadows in the corner and that which was inaccessible to ordinary mortals, but only to the elect. His contemporaries and today’s heroes of horror stories pay their tribute to Lovecraft’s tales. The multibook includes the most read novels of the author, such as: „The Call of Cthulhu”, „The Case of Charles Dex...
Charlotte Bronte wrote „Shirley” in difficult days for her: at this time her brother Branwell and two sisters, Emily and Ann, died of tuberculosis. Another novel about Jane Eyre, who was raised in a shelter. But it did not break the girl, but only tempered her character. Jane receives an excellent education and tries to achieve everything in life herself. Having installed herself as a housekeeper in the family of the rich and mysterious Mr. Rochester, Jane not only finds he...
One of the most famous novels of the Canadian writer Lucy Mod Montgomery. A single brother and sister living on a farm decide to adopt a boy from a shelter in Nova Scotia so that he becomes an au pair. But due to a misunderstanding, on the island of Prince Edward, eleven-year-old Anne, a tireless inventor and a cheerful seeker of adventures, who will forever change their lives, falls. The multibook includes the most read novels of the author, such as: „Anne of Green Gables”...
Le brillant roman d’Alexander Dumas «Vingt ans après» sur l’honneur et la fierté, sur le courage et l’amour, sur les lames fidèles et les cœurs fidèles a été écrit après le roman «Les Trois Mousquetaires» et en est la suite directe. Il a autant d’esprit, d’amusement et de rebondissements inattendus que dans le premier livre. Les aventures des braves mousquetaires – d’Artagnan, Athos, Porthos et Aramis – se poursuivent parmi les terribles événements historiques qui ont dispe...
В цикл рассказов М.А.Булгакова вошли истории, описывающие случаи из врачебной практики молодого сельского врача. Они имеют реальную основу: сам автор около года проработал в деревенской больнице. С этих рассказов и началась писательская деятельность Булгакова. Другие популярные романы и рассказы, которые вошли в сборник: „Белая гвардия, Театральный роман (Записки покойника), „Мастер и Маргарита”, „Записки на манжетах”, „Записки юного врача”, „Дьяволиада”, „Повесть о том, ка...
Николай Гоголь – великий русский писатель, который силой своего таланта влиял на умы соотечественников. „Вечера на хуторе близ Диканьки” стали первым крупным произведением писателя, принесшим ему настоящий успех и славу. Картины украинского быта, веселые, с тонким юмором, произвели большое впечатление на А. Пушкина. „Миргород” – повести, служащие продолжением „Вечеров на хуторе близ Диканьки” – открыли читателю новые грани таланта писателя, поставили в ряд выдающихся писате...
These are the legends of courageous people who conquered the vast expanses of the American Wild West. The heroes of Max Brand’s westerns are cowboys, gunfighters, sheriffs – the fearless conquerors of the Wild West, who made America their homeland and homeland. For example, the hero of the novel „The Night Horseman” – a brilliant scientist Randall Byrne, a man of remarkable intelligence but poor health, goes to the Wild West to gain strength, and unexpectedly becomes one of...
American writer Zane Gray is a popular author of Western adventure novels, one of the „founding fathers” of this genre. From his pen came out over 60 books, many of which became subjects of Hollywood action movies. The collection includes action-packed adventure novels, which take place in the middle of the last century, in the midst of the gold rush. The multibook includes the most read novels of the author, such as: „Riders of the Purple Sage”, „The Lone Star Ranger”, „Th...
Le roman d’Alexandre Dumas «Le comte de Monte-Cristo» est considéré comme l’une des œuvres les plus marquantes de l’écrivain, il peut sans aucun doute être qualifié de chef-d’œuvre littéraire. Cet ouvrage emmène les lecteurs en France au début du XIXe siècle, alors qu’il y avait de nombreuses contradictions politiques dans le pays. Les bonapartistes se sont battus secrètement pour que Napoléon règne à nouveau sur le pays, mais beaucoup avaient peur de s’opposer ouvertement ...
Жизнь, творческий путь, идейные искания Л. Н. Толстого увлекают умы наших современников, которые пытаются понять саму сущность творчества писателя и его учения. Одна из книг, кторая входит в сборинк – „Война и мир”, которая является вершиной творчества Л.Н. Толстого, как никакое другое произведение писателя отражает глубину его мироощущения и философии. Эта книга из разряда вечных, потому что она обо всем – о жизни и смерти, о любви и чести, о мужестве и героизме, о славе и...
Гениальность и безумие... так ли далеки друг от друга эти понятия, как кажется? И где проходит грань, отделяющая первое от второго? В одном из самых главных своих романов «Идиот» Федор Достоевский пытается дать ответы на эти вопросы, касаясь запретных тем и ломая нравственные табу. Достоевский написал многочисленные произвдения, которые стали популярными: „Записки из мертвого дома”, „Записки из подполья”, „Преступление и наказание”, „Игрок”, „Идиот”, „Бесы”, „Братья Карамаз...
Чехов – признанный мастер „короткой прозы”, каждый рассказ которого – вся человеческая жизнь в ее трагикомической полноте, а всякая деталь, по слову Л.Н. Толстого, „либо нужна, либо прекрасна”. Пьесы писателя были новаторскими во время своего появления, „это живопись на стекле, сквозь которую сквозят бесконечно далекие перспективы”, как писал Леонид Андреев. В сборник включены самые известные его пьесы и рассказы: „Дядя Ваня”, „Три сестры”, „Вишневый сад”, „Смерть чиновника...
One of the best classic novels in world literature. Jean Valjean, Cosette, Gavrosh – the names of the heroes of the novel have long become common nouns, the number of its readers for a century and a half since the publication of the book has not been reduced, the novel does not lose popularity. A kaleidoscope of people from all walks of life in French society in the first half of the 19th century, vivid, catchy characters, grotesque and romance, sentimentality and realism...
Ce livre appartient a la catégorie de l’éternel, car il traite de tout, de la vie et de la mort, de l’amour et de l’honneur, du courage et de l’héroisme, de la gloire et de l’héroisme, de la guerre et de la paix. Le roman le plus célebre au monde d’un écrivain de génie pour le troisieme siecle a obligé les lecteurs a faire preuve d’empathie pour les héros. Un roman sur l’âme russe, sur le mode de vie russe, les questions éternelles que chaque personne doit décider seule ave...
This is a beautiful and touching poem. Shakespeare uses language and metaphor clearly and very accessible. This is a very sad poem, and he embodies the tragedy of events. Values, loyalty, virtue, shame and revenge are carefully studied. Lucretia’s rhetorical mastery, combined with an incredible ecphratic passage depicting Troy, creates a truly amazing poem.
So in this work the reader appears to be one of the companions in the train. At first, there are usual discussions on a common topic, when everyone expresses his opinion, and then, leaving at his station, he remains at his own. But those who go further can hear a frank story about passions, feelings, about the tragedy of one private life. Accurately written about the influence of music. And this moment only emphasizes that the person who so perceives music, deep down in his...
Arsene Lupin – le charmant héros des romans policiers de l’écrivain français Maurice Leblanc. Lupin révele des crimes enchevetrés, vole habilement des bijoux, laissant la police dans le froid. Lupin – choquant, rusé, mais rien de plus. Nous comprenons qu’il y aura un crime, que Lupin le commet, il n’est pas toujours vrai de savoir comment il peut le faire. Il entre en concurrence avec le détective, essayant de se cacher de lui.
Honoriusz Balzak (1799–1850) to – obok Charlesa Dickensa i Lwa Tołstoja – jeden z najważniejszych twórców współczesnej powieści europejskiej. Jest autorem monumentalnego cyklu powieściowego „Komedia ludzka”, na który składa się ponad 130 utworów. W cyklu tym Balzak potraktował człowieka jako gatunek przyrodniczy i rozpatruje jego odmiany występujące w różnych środowiskach. Siłą napędową jego postaci jest dążenie do kariery i zdobycie pieniędzy. Oprócz pieniądza ważnym tematem...
