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"The Gentle Grafter" is one of the best collections of the stories by the well-known American writer O. Henry (1862—1910). The stories are united by the through characters — companions Jeff Peters and Andy Tucker. Both of them earn their living by small-time roguery, exploiting such human vices as meanness, ...

The proposed book is a collection of engrossing stories by the classic of the English literature Arthur Conan Doyle (1859—1930) about the worldwide famous detective Sherlock Holmes. It is the recital about a person who sees and hears the same things as the others do, but he notices much more, ...

"The Quadroon" is one of the best literary works by the English writer Thomas Mayne Reid (1818—1883). The novel's main hero, honourable and courageous Edward, has just left the college confines and takes a journey to the South of America. Aboard the ship, he meets graceful Creole Eugenie Besancon. Risking ...

"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is one of Mark Twain's best-known literary works. The story is devoted to Tom Sawyer's best friend, homeless boy Huckleberry Finn who runs away from his brutal father-drunkard to the desert island. Here he quite unexpectedly meets up a fugitive slave Jim — the noblest ...

"Hearts of Three" by a well-known American writer Jack London (1876—1916) is a model of an adventure novel. Its plot is based on the adventures of a young New York millionaire, Francis Morgan, his friend and distant relative Henry and charming Leoncia — all of them are united by the ...

"Almayer's Folly" is the first novel by an English writer of distinction Joseph Conrad (1857—1924). Its publication immediately made Conrad's name popular in the English literary set. On the account of this novel, the critics called him "Kipling of the Malay Archipelago". Even today, the book draws the reader's attention ...

«Так говорил Заратустра» — самое знаменитое произведение выдающегося немецкого философа и мыслителя Фридриха Ницше (1844—1900). В нем повествуется о судьбе и учении бродячего философа, называющего себя Заратустрой, т.е. именем пророка одной из древнейших религий мира, в основе которой учение о свободном выборе человека между добром и злом. Эту книгу Ницше ...

Вильгельм Гауф — немецкий писатель и новеллист. Он родился в Штутгарте в 1802 году, в большой семье. После окончания университета устроился на работу репетитором и наставником детей министра обороны. Именно для полюбившихся учеников Гауф и начал писать свои волшебные сказки. Сразу же после выхода их в свет писатель стал знаменитым. ...