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"The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his three detective stories featuring the fictional C. Auguste Dupin, the other two being «The Murders in the Rue Morgue» and «The Mystery of Marie Rogêt».…
"The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his three detective stories featuring the fictional C. Auguste Dupin, the other two being «The Murders in the Rue Morgue» and «The Mystery of Marie Rogêt».…
"The Fall of the House of Usher" recounts the terrible events that befall the last remaining members of the once-illustrious Usher clan before it is―quite literally―rent asunder. With amazing economy, Poe plunges the reader into a state of deliciousl…
"The Fall of the House of Usher" recounts the terrible events that befall the last remaining members of the once-illustrious Usher clan before it is―quite literally―rent asunder. With amazing economy, Poe plunges the reader into a state of deliciousl…
The blackness of eternal night encompassed me. The intense darkness oppressed and stifled me so that I struggled for breath.Having been condemned to death by the Spanish Inquisition, the narrator descends into a kind of hell. Dizzy with weakness and …
The blackness of eternal night encompassed me. The intense darkness oppressed and stifled me so that I struggled for breath.Having been condemned to death by the Spanish Inquisition, the narrator descends into a kind of hell. Dizzy with weakness and …
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his «tales of ratiocination».
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his «tales of ratiocination».
"The Mystery of Marie Rogêt", often subtitled A Sequel to «The Murders in the Rue Morgue», is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe written in 1842. This is the first murder mystery based on the details of a real crime. It first appeared in Snowden's Ladi…
"The Mystery of Marie Rogêt", often subtitled A Sequel to «The Murders in the Rue Morgue», is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe written in 1842. This is the first murder mystery based on the details of a real crime. It first appeared in Snowden's Ladi…
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity, while describing a murder he committed. (The victim was an old man with a filmy «…
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity, while describing a murder he committed. (The victim was an old man with a filmy «…
"The American Claimant" is a comedy of mistaken identities and multiple role switches―fertile and familiar Mark Twain territory. Its cast of characters include an American enamored of British hereditary aristocracy and a British earl entranced by Ame…
"The American Claimant" is a comedy of mistaken identities and multiple role switches―fertile and familiar Mark Twain territory. Its cast of characters include an American enamored of British hereditary aristocracy and a British earl entranced by Ame…
Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is sometimes considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emergi…
Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is sometimes considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emergi…
"Eureka" (1848) is a lengthy non-fiction work by American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) which he subtitled «A Prose Poem», though it has also been subtitled as «An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe». Adapted from a lecture he had pres…
"Eureka" (1848) is a lengthy non-fiction work by American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) which he subtitled «A Prose Poem», though it has also been subtitled as «An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe». Adapted from a lecture he had pres…
One of the most renowned public speakers of his day, Mark Twain was often asked to give speeches to mark public holidays or important anniversaries, for school graduations, at banquets for distinguished visitors, and at events sponsored by charitable…
One of the most renowned public speakers of his day, Mark Twain was often asked to give speeches to mark public holidays or important anniversaries, for school graduations, at banquets for distinguished visitors, and at events sponsored by charitable…
A real storyteller can make a great story out of anything, even the most trivial occurrence. The candid, ironic, playful, and petulant sketches are indispensable to our understanding of a harried genius during thirteen quite amazing years.
A real storyteller can make a great story out of anything, even the most trivial occurrence. The candid, ironic, playful, and petulant sketches are indispensable to our understanding of a harried genius during thirteen quite amazing years.
The letters of Mark Twain are peculiarly of the revealing sort. He was a man of few restraints and of no affectations. In his correspondence, as in his talk, he spoke what was in his mind, untrammeled by literary conventions.
The letters of Mark Twain are peculiarly of the revealing sort. He was a man of few restraints and of no affectations. In his correspondence, as in his talk, he spoke what was in his mind, untrammeled by literary conventions.
Bringing together 38 tales and sketches, «The 30 000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories» provides a rare long view of Twain's work, covering virtually his entire career, from «Advice to Young Girls» (a spoof that appeared in 1865, just months before he…
Bringing together 38 tales and sketches, «The 30 000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories» provides a rare long view of Twain's work, covering virtually his entire career, from «Advice to Young Girls» (a spoof that appeared in 1865, just months before he…
Mark Twain began writing his autobiography long before the 1906 publications of "Chapters from my Autobiography". He originally planned to have his memoirs published only after his death but realized, once he’d passed his 70th year, that a lot of the…
Mark Twain began writing his autobiography long before the 1906 publications of "Chapters from my Autobiography". He originally planned to have his memoirs published only after his death but realized, once he’d passed his 70th year, that a lot of the…
Поэт и прозаик Джон Уильямс (1922–1994)» лауреат Национальной книжной премии США, выпустил всего четыре романа, и один из них – знаменитый "Стоунер", книга с необычной и счастливой судьбой. Впервые увидев свет пятьдесят лет назад, она неожиданно обре…
Поэт и прозаик Джон Уильямс (1922–1994)» лауреат Национальной книжной премии США, выпустил всего четыре романа, и один из них – знаменитый "Стоунер", книга с необычной и счастливой судьбой. Впервые увидев свет пятьдесят лет назад, она неожиданно обре…
Тайна, вокруг которой закручены все события в "Революции", – судьба маленького дофина, сына Людовика XVI Луи-Шарля. История невинно замученного узника Тампля считается одной из самых позорных страниц Великой Французской Революции. Читатели книги Джен…
Тайна, вокруг которой закручены все события в "Революции", – судьба маленького дофина, сына Людовика XVI Луи-Шарля. История невинно замученного узника Тампля считается одной из самых позорных страниц Великой Французской Революции. Читатели книги Джен…
За свою короткую и яркую жизнь Фрэнсис Скотт Фицджеральд (1896–1940) увековечил блистательную эпоху, названную им «веком джаза», в поразительном литературном наследии – романах «Великий Гэтсби», «Ночь нежна», «Последний магнат» и множестве рассказов,…
За свою короткую и яркую жизнь Фрэнсис Скотт Фицджеральд (1896–1940) увековечил блистательную эпоху, названную им «веком джаза», в поразительном литературном наследии – романах «Великий Гэтсби», «Ночь нежна», «Последний магнат» и множестве рассказов,…
У Дуга Свитека и так жизнь не сахар: один брат служит во Вьетнаме, у второго криминальные наклонности, а с отцом лучше не спорить – не то врежет. И тут еще переезд в дурацкий городишко Мэрисвилл. Но в Мэрисвилле Дуга ждет не только чужое, мучительное…
У Дуга Свитека и так жизнь не сахар: один брат служит во Вьетнаме, у второго криминальные наклонности, а с отцом лучше не спорить – не то врежет. И тут еще переезд в дурацкий городишко Мэрисвилл. Но в Мэрисвилле Дуга ждет не только чужое, мучительное…
A Double Barreled Detective Story is a short story/novelette. The story is a delightful spoof of the mystery genre, then in its infancy, introducing the reader to Sherlock Holmes as he has never been seen before or since. Far from his usual elegant L…
A Double Barreled Detective Story is a short story/novelette. The story is a delightful spoof of the mystery genre, then in its infancy, introducing the reader to Sherlock Holmes as he has never been seen before or since. Far from his usual elegant L…
Книга доктора филологических наук И. Л. Галинской включает исследования творчества Дж. Д. Сэлинджера и М. Булгакова. Автор осуществляет лингвостилистический анализ романа «Ловец во ржи», рассматривает русские переводы этого романа, а также продолжени…
Книга доктора филологических наук И. Л. Галинской включает исследования творчества Дж. Д. Сэлинджера и М. Булгакова. Автор осуществляет лингвостилистический анализ романа «Ловец во ржи», рассматривает русские переводы этого романа, а также продолжени…