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"Tender Is the Night" is one of the best novels by Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896—1940), a classic of American literature. The book is to a great extent autobiographical. The author was working on it when his wife was receiving treatment for schizophrenia in a clinic. Thus, it is not by ...

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 ...

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 imagination. Збірка детективних та ...

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 Артур Конан Дойл ...

«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 ...

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 of utopia to dictatorship and ...

Твори відомого французького письменника, поета, професійного льотчика Антуана де Сент-Екзюпері (1900—1944) раз у раз привертають увагу сучасного читача, бо сповнені майже містичного перегуку з нашим днем: вони пояснюють, звідки ми вийшли й куди прийшли. У своїй творчості письменник спромігся порушити такі питання, що сьогодні набули абсолютної значущості: прогрес і його ...