американская литература
«Прихрамывая, они спускались к речке, и один раз тот, что шел впереди, зашатался, споткнувшись посреди каменной россыпи. Оба устали и выбились из сил, и лица их выражали терпеливую покорность – след долгих лишений. Плечи им оттягивали тяжелые тюки, с…
«Прихрамывая, они спускались к речке, и один раз тот, что шел впереди, зашатался, споткнувшись посреди каменной россыпи. Оба устали и выбились из сил, и лица их выражали терпеливую покорность – след долгих лишений. Плечи им оттягивали тяжелые тюки, с…
Что может быть увлекательней, чем заблудиться в пещере вместе с обожаемой девочкой или отправиться ночью на кладбище в компании верного друга и дохлой кошки? А уж поиски сокровищ в заброшенном доме и жизнь на острове без надзора взрослых и вовсе пред…
Что может быть увлекательней, чем заблудиться в пещере вместе с обожаемой девочкой или отправиться ночью на кладбище в компании верного друга и дохлой кошки? А уж поиски сокровищ в заброшенном доме и жизнь на острове без надзора взрослых и вовсе пред…
Вы не мечтали в детстве найти клад? Не хотели удрать из дома? И всегда слушали советы взрослых? Вы просто ничего не знаете о Томе Сойере?
Удивительные и невероятные приключения Тома Сойера и Гекльберри Финна – наивных мечтателей и неунывающих романти…
Вы не мечтали в детстве найти клад? Не хотели удрать из дома? И всегда слушали советы взрослых? Вы просто ничего не знаете о Томе Сойере?
Удивительные и невероятные приключения Тома Сойера и Гекльберри Финна – наивных мечтателей и неунывающих романти…
В силу обстоятельств караван торговцев, кочующих между Сент-Луисом и Санта-Фе, меняет привычный курс и попадает в совершенно нехоженый край Великой Северо-Американской пустыни, где царствует засуха и клубится вековая пыль. Избрав своим ориентиром бел…
В силу обстоятельств караван торговцев, кочующих между Сент-Луисом и Санта-Фе, меняет привычный курс и попадает в совершенно нехоженый край Великой Северо-Американской пустыни, где царствует засуха и клубится вековая пыль. Избрав своим ориентиром бел…
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.
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.
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.
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.
The story tells of an unnamed narrator, who has moved from New England to New York City and greatly regretted it. One night, while wandering an older part of Greenwich Village, he happens upon a man strangely dressed in garments from the eighteenth c…
The story tells of an unnamed narrator, who has moved from New England to New York City and greatly regretted it. One night, while wandering an older part of Greenwich Village, he happens upon a man strangely dressed in garments from the eighteenth c…
The story is the testament of a tortured, morphine-addicted man who plans to commit suicide over an incident that occurred early on in World War I when he was a merchant marine officer.
The story is the testament of a tortured, morphine-addicted man who plans to commit suicide over an incident that occurred early on in World War I when he was a merchant marine officer.
«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…
«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…
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"…
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"…
"A Horse's Tale" is a novel written partially in the voice of Soldier Boy, who is Buffalo Bill's favorite horse, at a fictional frontier outpost with the U.S. 7th Cavalry.
"A Horse's Tale" is a novel written partially in the voice of Soldier Boy, who is Buffalo Bill's favorite horse, at a fictional frontier outpost with the U.S. 7th Cavalry.
A university student is forced, by his lack of funds, to take the only lodging he can afford. In a strange part of the city he had never seen before, on a street named "Rue d'Auseil", he finds an apartment in an almost empty building. One of the few …
A university student is forced, by his lack of funds, to take the only lodging he can afford. In a strange part of the city he had never seen before, on a street named "Rue d'Auseil", he finds an apartment in an almost empty building. One of the few …
The unnamed narrator describes the final fate of his good friend, Denys Barry, an Irish-American who reclaims an ancestral estate in Kilderry, a fictional town in Ireland. Barry ignores pleas from the local peasantry not to drain the nearby bog, with…
The unnamed narrator describes the final fate of his good friend, Denys Barry, an Irish-American who reclaims an ancestral estate in Kilderry, a fictional town in Ireland. Barry ignores pleas from the local peasantry not to drain the nearby bog, with…
The story describe the appearance of Nyarlathotep as a "man" of the race of the Pharaohs, who claims to have been dormant for the past twenty-seven centuries, and his subsequent travels from city to city demonstrating his supernatural powers. Whereve…
The story describe the appearance of Nyarlathotep as a "man" of the race of the Pharaohs, who claims to have been dormant for the past twenty-seven centuries, and his subsequent travels from city to city demonstrating his supernatural powers. Whereve…
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.
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.
This story takes place in the ancient valley of Nis, in vegetation-covered stone ruins described by Lovecraft in great detail. These crumbling blocks of monolithic stone now serve only for grey toads and snakes to nest under. Interspersed in the ruin…
This story takes place in the ancient valley of Nis, in vegetation-covered stone ruins described by Lovecraft in great detail. These crumbling blocks of monolithic stone now serve only for grey toads and snakes to nest under. Interspersed in the ruin…
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…
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…
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.
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.
Randolph Carter discovers, at the age of 30, that he has gradually "lost the key to the gate of dreams." As he ages, he finds that his daily waking exposure to the more "practical", scientific ideas of man, has eventually eroded his ability to dream …
Randolph Carter discovers, at the age of 30, that he has gradually "lost the key to the gate of dreams." As he ages, he finds that his daily waking exposure to the more "practical", scientific ideas of man, has eventually eroded his ability to dream …