In Charles Dickens' Christmas Tales, the main characters are fairies, elves, ghosts, spirits of the dead, and among them are ordinary Englishmen, the fairy tale is intertwined with reality, and the horrors of the other world are not inferior to the cruelty of reality. Magical, terrible and moderately morally educational reading.

This collection includes two of Dostoevsky's early works - 'Poor People' and 'The Double', which marked the birth of the future great novelist. 'Poor People' is the writer's debut novel.' The touching love story of the petty official Makar Devushkin and Varenka Dobroselova reveals the eternal theme of the 'little man'. Despite the inner beauty and nobility of the soul, they are not able to...

Edgar Allan Poe is a famous American poet, prose writer, critic, journalist. A man of dazzling talent and a sad fate. His influence as a writer and poet on world literature is enormous. In the field of poetry, this is Charles Baudelaire, and French symbolism, almost the entire Russian Silver Age. In this bilingual publication, Poe is represented in the poet's hypostasis. 'Creating beauty...

The poem 'Odyssey', created by the genius of the legendary epic poet of Ancient Greece Homer, is one of the greatest works of world literature, a creation full of full-blooded life, bright fantasy and poetic brilliance. The dangerous adventures of the cunning and long-suffering Odyssey (he, passionately striving to go home to Ithaca, will have to fight with Poseidon, visit the country of cruel...

Martin Eden, who is semi-autobiographical, is Jack London's most significant and unique creation to date. The story of Martin Eden, a poor fisherman who pursues his goals of higher education and literary success passionately and obsessively, is set in San Francisco. Martin Eden was written as an attack on individuality and a critique of ambition by London, who was dissatisfied with the benefits...

The novel ‘The White Guard’ is a story about a ‘troubled darkness’ that fell on our native land, it is a story of a civil war, a terrible fratricidal time, a story of the collapse of traditions and foundations, a story of bloodshed, told through the eyes of an eyewitness and participant in the events.

»Buddenbrooks« erschien 1901 und war Thomas Manns erster Roman. Bis heute zählt die bewegende Geschichte der Kaufmannsfamilie aus Lübeck zu den meistgelesenen Klassikern der deutschen Literatur.

The story revolves around Dorian Gray, a youthful and affluent individual who possesses a portrait that ages in his place. Unrestrained, Dorian indulges in various pleasures and debaucheries, eventually descending into the realm of murder. Despite his immoral actions, Dorian retains his youth and beauty while the portrait progressively reflects his moral decay and malevolence. Similar to...

Heiligabend im Haus des Medizinalrats Stahlbaum: Auf dem reichen Gabentisch findet sich auch ein Nussknacker, den die kleine Marie sofort ins Herz schließt. Um Mitternacht erwachen die neuen Spielzeuge zum Leben …

Опублікований у середині грудня 1843 року шеститисячний наклад «Різдвяної пісні» розійшовся ще до Різдва, та й наступні наклади розкупили дуже швидко. Внутрішній «поштовх» дав англійцям Чарльз Діккенс своєю «Різдвяною піснею» – саме вона внесла в святкування потужний животворний дух морального й духовного очищення, доброчинності та єднання всіх людей у любові до Спасителя. Своєю повістю...

»Berlin Alexanderplatz« gehört neben dem »Ulysses« von James Joyce und »Manhattan Transfer« von John Dos Passos zu den bedeutendsten Großstadtromanen der Weltliteratur. Erstmals 1929 im S. Fischer Verlag erschienen, erzählt der Roman die bewegende Geschichte des Franz Biberkopf, der nach seiner Entlassung aus dem Gefängnis in einen Strudel aus Verrat und Verbrechen gerät. Darüber hinaus aber...