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"The Transition of Juan Romero" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on September 16, 1919, and first published in the 1944 Arkham House volume Marginalia.
The story involves a mine that uncovers a very deep cha…
"The Transition of Juan Romero" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on September 16, 1919, and first published in the 1944 Arkham House volume Marginalia.
The story involves a mine that uncovers a very deep cha…
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft: Commemorative Edition is a select collection of horror short stories, novellas and novels written by H. P. Lovecraft.
This collection includes stories by H. P. Lovecraft: The Call of Cthulhu, Dag…
Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft: Commemorative Edition is a select collection of horror short stories, novellas and novels written by H. P. Lovecraft.
This collection includes stories by H. P. Lovecraft: The Call of Cthulhu, Dag…
"The Hound" is a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft in September 1922 and published in the February 1924 issue of Weird Tales. It contains the first mention of Lovecraft's fictional text the Necronomicon.
The story focuses around the narrator and …
"The Hound" is a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft in September 1922 and published in the February 1924 issue of Weird Tales. It contains the first mention of Lovecraft's fictional text the Necronomicon.
The story focuses around the narrator and …
"The Horror at Red Hook" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on August 1–2, 1925. «Red Hook» is a transitional tale, situated between the author's earlier work and the later Cthulhu Mythos. Although the story depicts a sinist…
"The Horror at Red Hook" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written on August 1–2, 1925. «Red Hook» is a transitional tale, situated between the author's earlier work and the later Cthulhu Mythos. Although the story depicts a sinist…
"The Outsider" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in Weird Tales, April 1926. In this work, a mysterious individual who has been living alone in a castle for as lo…
"The Outsider" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in Weird Tales, April 1926. In this work, a mysterious individual who has been living alone in a castle for as lo…
Один из самых причудливых и загадочных романов Курта Воннегута, в котором он обыгрывает не только «мифологию искусства» ХХ века, но и архетипы «военной прозы» и мотивы древнегреческой мифологии. Автобиография вымышленного художника Рабо Карабекяна, к…
Один из самых причудливых и загадочных романов Курта Воннегута, в котором он обыгрывает не только «мифологию искусства» ХХ века, но и архетипы «военной прозы» и мотивы древнегреческой мифологии. Автобиография вымышленного художника Рабо Карабекяна, к…
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, one of the author’s best-known short stories. It is told from the point of view of an unnamed narrator who is at great pains to convince the reader of their lucidit…
This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, one of the author’s best-known short stories. It is told from the point of view of an unnamed narrator who is at great pains to convince the reader of their lucidit…
"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inqu…
"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inqu…
Between 1841 and 1844, Edgar Allan Poe invented the genre of detective fiction with three mesmerizing stories of a young French eccentric named C. Auguste Dupin. Introducing to literature the concept of applying reason to solving crime, these tales b…
Between 1841 and 1844, Edgar Allan Poe invented the genre of detective fiction with three mesmerizing stories of a young French eccentric named C. Auguste Dupin. Introducing to literature the concept of applying reason to solving crime, these tales b…
Set on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, the plot follows William Legrand, who was recently bitten by a gold-colored bug. His servant Jupiter fears Legrand is going insane and goes to Legrand's friend, an unnamed narrator who agrees to visit his old…
Set on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, the plot follows William Legrand, who was recently bitten by a gold-colored bug. His servant Jupiter fears Legrand is going insane and goes to Legrand's friend, an unnamed narrator who agrees to visit his old…
"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a narrative short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine before being included in the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840. The short s…
"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a narrative short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine before being included in the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840. The short s…
"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe about a mesmerist who puts a man in a suspended hypnotic state at the moment of death. An example of a tale of suspense and horror, it is also, to a certain de…
"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe about a mesmerist who puts a man in a suspended hypnotic state at the moment of death. An example of a tale of suspense and horror, it is also, to a certain de…
"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled «The Casque of Amontillado» [a.mon.ti.ˈʝa.ðo]) is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival …
"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled «The Casque of Amontillado» [a.mon.ti.ˈʝa.ðo]) is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival …
"The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's «The Tell-Tale Heart». In both, a …
"The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's «The Tell-Tale Heart». In both, a …
Роман-айсберг, в котором сюжет – верхушка, а подлинная суть скрыта в глубине повествования.
На поверхности – история юной Кей:
1. Ее побег от властной матери, скитания по городам «одноэтажной Америки».
2. Присоединение к странной группе, за невинным …
Роман-айсберг, в котором сюжет – верхушка, а подлинная суть скрыта в глубине повествования.
На поверхности – история юной Кей:
1. Ее побег от властной матери, скитания по городам «одноэтажной Америки».
2. Присоединение к странной группе, за невинным …
Вторая часть трилогии, в которую вошли также «Мягкая машина» и «Нова экспресс». Агент Ли продолжает борьбу со зловещей организацией «Банда Нова», разрабатывающей методы тайного контроля над человеческим сознанием.
Придуманная Берроузом техника cut-up…
Вторая часть трилогии, в которую вошли также «Мягкая машина» и «Нова экспресс». Агент Ли продолжает борьбу со зловещей организацией «Банда Нова», разрабатывающей методы тайного контроля над человеческим сознанием.
Придуманная Берроузом техника cut-up…
Летопись жизни Поколения свиней.
В 1986-1988 гг. Хантер С. Томпсон, знаменитый автор «Страха и отвращения в Лас-Вегасе», вел еженедельную колонку в «San Francisco Examiner». Статьи, собранные под этой обложкой, – это летопись жизни Поколения свиней, …
Летопись жизни Поколения свиней.
В 1986-1988 гг. Хантер С. Томпсон, знаменитый автор «Страха и отвращения в Лас-Вегасе», вел еженедельную колонку в «San Francisco Examiner». Статьи, собранные под этой обложкой, – это летопись жизни Поколения свиней, …
Poems of the Pulitzer Prize winner, American poetess Sara Tisdale (1884–1933) began to be translated into Russian only at the beginning of the XXI century.
This book includes translations of all the poems from her poetry collection «Flame and Shadow»…
Poems of the Pulitzer Prize winner, American poetess Sara Tisdale (1884–1933) began to be translated into Russian only at the beginning of the XXI century.
This book includes translations of all the poems from her poetry collection «Flame and Shadow»…
Бет Хармон – тихая, угрюмая и, на первый взгляд, ничем не примечательная восьмилетняя девочка, которую отправляют в приют после гибели матери. Она лишена любви и эмоциональной поддержки. Ее круг общения – еще одна сирота и сторож, который учит Бет иг…
Бет Хармон – тихая, угрюмая и, на первый взгляд, ничем не примечательная восьмилетняя девочка, которую отправляют в приют после гибели матери. Она лишена любви и эмоциональной поддержки. Ее круг общения – еще одна сирота и сторож, который учит Бет иг…