For millions of readers worldwide, the Paris of the ‘Roaring Twenties’ will forever remain ‘Hemingway’s Paris’—a city where one could live, work, and be happy without a penny to one’s name. For decades, this work was published based on the 1964 edition, which appeared three years after the author's death. However, the author's son and grandson, Patrick and Seán, undertook a massive effort to...

*The Razor’s Edge* is a true study of the mores of early 20th-century European and American society. The novel features perhaps the most vivid characters ever created by Somerset Maugham. Larry Darrell is a young American in search of life’s meaning. Isabel, his fiancée, faces a difficult choice between love and wealth, social convention and the desire to live life on her own terms. Elliott...

Montaigne’s magnum opus, *Essays*—a work that occupied him for a decade—is written in a lively, free-flowing style, devoid of any rigid structure. The philosopher examines topics such as governance, interpersonal relationships, and mastery over one’s own will—among many others—through the lens of his personal experience, enriching his reflections with witty observations and quotations from both...

What strange Bolivian virus sparked an epidemic in a Russian village? Where did the crystal pyramids found in the snow—amidst fields and forests—come from? Who are the *vitaminders*, living their own distinct lives in houses made of self-generating felt? And how will the story of the rural doctor Garin’s journey unfold—a journey that began during a blizzard at a tiny station where horses were...

A story about the time when desires are still alive but one’s strength is already waning—and about a strange, almost mystical love that overtakes a man at the end of a wasted life filled with dreary work and tawdry, casual sex.

Simón Bolívar. The Liberator, the greatest hero of the War of Independence, a legendary figure. A ruler who voluntarily relinquished power. Only recently, he had commanded armies and held sway over nations, and then, suddenly—resignation. The final months of Bolívar’s life are a period about which historians know almost nothing. Yet, under the pen of the greatest master of magical realism,...

The lives of the inhabitants of the English estate are trivial and unremarkable; their interests—personal comfort, ambition, and money—are petty and insignificant. Lies, hypocrisy, and sanctimony destroy the well-being and order of the Mansfield Park household, depriving its owners, their children, and their relatives of mutual understanding and unity. How is one to live? How can a sense of...

Nerves are raw, passions run high, and emotions are heightened. Nothing can be undone now—the final line is fast approaching. Yet, it is still possible to understand and empathize with those destined to walk the sinister Green Mile into the void...

*The Alchemist* is the most famous novel by Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho and a beloved book for millions of people around the world. In their youth, people are not afraid to dream; everything seems possible to them. But as time passes, a mysterious force begins to suggest that their desires are unattainable.

H.G. Wells (1866–1946) was an English writer and a ‘founding father’ of the science fiction genre. Although H.G. Wells’s novels lack the trappings of the modern world—such as computers, space shuttles, and particle accelerators—they continue to be read with undiminished interest and will never disappear from bookshelves.