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полная версияДжеймс Фенимор Купер (1789–1851) – американский писатель, чьи произведения еще при жизни автора завоевали огромную популярность как в США, так и в Европе. В его книгах рассказывается о героизме отважных покорителей Дикого Запада, осваивающих девствен…
Джеймс Фенимор Купер (1789–1851) – американский писатель, чьи произведения еще при жизни автора завоевали огромную популярность как в США, так и в Европе. В его книгах рассказывается о героизме отважных покорителей Дикого Запада, осваивающих девствен…
полная версияA gentleman in New York begins renting an apartment one floor below an aged doctor, who insists on keeping his quarters very chilly. As the two become friends, the old doctor's health begins to deteriorate in a particularly Lovecraftian fashion.
A gentleman in New York begins renting an apartment one floor below an aged doctor, who insists on keeping his quarters very chilly. As the two become friends, the old doctor's health begins to deteriorate in a particularly Lovecraftian fashion.
полная версияIn the tale, an unnamed narrator relates the story of how a law forbidding the killing of cats came to be in a town called Ulthar. "The Cats of Ulthar" was a personal favorite of Lovecraft's, who was an ardent cat lover.
In the tale, an unnamed narrator relates the story of how a law forbidding the killing of cats came to be in a town called Ulthar. "The Cats of Ulthar" was a personal favorite of Lovecraft's, who was an ardent cat lover.
полная версия«Все казалось новым, а очень многое из этого нового – даже драматичным и страшным, – молодой женщине, сидевшей с низко опущенной на лицо серой вуалью. Вот уже восемнадцать часов, как она, широко раскрыв глаза от удивления и не без испуга, зорко пригл…
«Все казалось новым, а очень многое из этого нового – даже драматичным и страшным, – молодой женщине, сидевшей с низко опущенной на лицо серой вуалью. Вот уже восемнадцать часов, как она, широко раскрыв глаза от удивления и не без испуга, зорко пригл…
полная версия«Казан лежал молча и неподвижно, положив серый нос между двух передних лап и полузакрыв глаза. Менее безжизненной не могла бы показаться даже скала: в нем не дрожал ни один мускул, не шевелился ни один волосок, он не мигал ни одним глазом. И все-таки…
«Казан лежал молча и неподвижно, положив серый нос между двух передних лап и полузакрыв глаза. Менее безжизненной не могла бы показаться даже скала: в нем не дрожал ни один мускул, не шевелился ни один волосок, он не мигал ни одним глазом. И все-таки…
полная версияAs the title reveals, these stories are a collection of some of Mark Twain's more fanciful and eccentric works. They run the gamut from political commentary to our species' need to "be remembered" somehow. Taken as a whole the stories are "whimsical"…
As the title reveals, these stories are a collection of some of Mark Twain's more fanciful and eccentric works. They run the gamut from political commentary to our species' need to "be remembered" somehow. Taken as a whole the stories are "whimsical"…
полная версияThis rousing sea adventure follows a New England boy, Pym, who stows away on a whaling ship with its captain's son, Augustus. The two boys, who find themselves repeatedly on the brink of discovery or death, witness many hair-raising events, including…
This rousing sea adventure follows a New England boy, Pym, who stows away on a whaling ship with its captain's son, Augustus. The two boys, who find themselves repeatedly on the brink of discovery or death, witness many hair-raising events, including…
полная версияThe narrative tells a fictionalized account in the first-person perspective of an allegedly true experience of escape artist Harry Houdini. Set in 1910, in Egypt, Houdini finds himself kidnapped by a tour guide, who resembles an ancient pharaoh, and …
The narrative tells a fictionalized account in the first-person perspective of an allegedly true experience of escape artist Harry Houdini. Set in 1910, in Egypt, Houdini finds himself kidnapped by a tour guide, who resembles an ancient pharaoh, and …
полная версияAn undertaker finds himself trapped in the vault where coffins are stored during winter for burial in the spring, and is mysteriously injured when he escapes.
An undertaker finds himself trapped in the vault where coffins are stored during winter for burial in the spring, and is mysteriously injured when he escapes.
полная версияThe narrator, hearing tales of a "lurking fear" upon Tempest Mountain in the Catskills, takes two men with him to investigate. They camp inside the deserted Martense mansion as a lightning storm approaches, and feeling strangely drowsy, they all fall…
The narrator, hearing tales of a "lurking fear" upon Tempest Mountain in the Catskills, takes two men with him to investigate. They camp inside the deserted Martense mansion as a lightning storm approaches, and feeling strangely drowsy, they all fall…
полная версияOn a mountain which was a chosen haunt for the Greek God Pan is an olive grove, and a fearful, human-like olive tree within it.
On a mountain which was a chosen haunt for the Greek God Pan is an olive grove, and a fearful, human-like olive tree within it.
полная версияДжеймс Фенимор Купер (1789–1851) – американский писатель, чьи произведения еще при жизни автора завоевали огромную популярность как в США, так и в Европе. В его книгах рассказывается о героизме отважных покорителей Дикого Запада, осваивающих девствен…
Джеймс Фенимор Купер (1789–1851) – американский писатель, чьи произведения еще при жизни автора завоевали огромную популярность как в США, так и в Европе. В его книгах рассказывается о героизме отважных покорителей Дикого Запада, осваивающих девствен…
полная версия"The Raven" is a narrative poem. It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness.
"The Raven" is a narrative poem. It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness.
полная версия"The Colour Out of Space" is a 1st-person narrative written from the perspective of an unnamed Boston surveyor. In order to prepare for the construction of a new reservoir in Massachusetts, he surveys a rural area that is to be flooded near Lovecraft…
"The Colour Out of Space" is a 1st-person narrative written from the perspective of an unnamed Boston surveyor. In order to prepare for the construction of a new reservoir in Massachusetts, he surveys a rural area that is to be flooded near Lovecraft…
полная версияДжеймс Фенимор Купер (1789–1851) – американский писатель, чьи произведения еще при жизни автора завоевали огромную популярность как в США, так и в Европе. В его книгах рассказывается о героизме отважных покорителей Дикого Запада, осваивающих девствен…
Джеймс Фенимор Купер (1789–1851) – американский писатель, чьи произведения еще при жизни автора завоевали огромную популярность как в США, так и в Европе. В его книгах рассказывается о героизме отважных покорителей Дикого Запада, осваивающих девствен…
полная версия"The Nameless City" is a horror story written by H. P. Lovecraft. The story's title is an ancient ruin located somewhere in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula and is older than any human civilization.
"The Nameless City" is a horror story written by H. P. Lovecraft. The story's title is an ancient ruin located somewhere in the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula and is older than any human civilization.
полная версияThe Call of Cthulhu, the tale of a horrifying underwater monster coming to life and threatening mankind, is H.P. Lovecraft's most famous and most widely popular tale, spawning an entire mythology, with the power to strike terror into the hearts of ev…
The Call of Cthulhu, the tale of a horrifying underwater monster coming to life and threatening mankind, is H.P. Lovecraft's most famous and most widely popular tale, spawning an entire mythology, with the power to strike terror into the hearts of ev…
полная версияThe story is recounted by the protagonist, Comte Antoine de C-, in the first person. Hundreds of years ago, Antoine's noble ancestor was responsible for the death of a dark wizard, Michel Mauvais. The wizard's son, Charles le Sorcier, swore revenge o…
The story is recounted by the protagonist, Comte Antoine de C-, in the first person. Hundreds of years ago, Antoine's noble ancestor was responsible for the death of a dark wizard, Michel Mauvais. The wizard's son, Charles le Sorcier, swore revenge o…
полная версия"The Book" is an unfinished short story H.P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in late 1933. It was first published in the journal in 1938, after Lovecraft's death. In the story fragment, the narrator is given an ancient book by a strange book…
"The Book" is an unfinished short story H.P. Lovecraft, believed to have been written in late 1933. It was first published in the journal in 1938, after Lovecraft's death. In the story fragment, the narrator is given an ancient book by a strange book…
полная версияAn intern in a mental hospital relates his experience with Joe Slater, an inmate who died at the facility a few weeks after being confined as a criminally insane murderer.
An intern in a mental hospital relates his experience with Joe Slater, an inmate who died at the facility a few weeks after being confined as a criminally insane murderer.