Книги жанра Зарубежная классика
Жанр: Зарубежная классика, Зарубежная литература
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"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 Ladies' Companion in three installments, November and December 1842 and February...
Жанр: Зарубежная классика, Зарубежная литература
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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 mutiny, savagery, cannibalism, and frantic...
Жанр: Зарубежная классика, Зарубежная литература
Английский писатель, публицист и журналист Артур Конан Дойл (1859–1930) – автор исторических, приключенческих, фантастических романов и трудов по спиритизму, вошедший в мировую литературу в качестве создателя самого Великого Сыщика. Шерлок Холмс стал одним из самых популярных литературных персонажей в мире, а по числу экранизаций история о нем попала в Книгу рекордов Гиннесса (насчитывается около 211 кинокартин). Интересно, что каждый пятый британец считает Шерлока Холмса реальной личностью.
Неожиданное «Возвращение Шерлока Холмса», а также рассказы из других сборников А. Конан Дойла – в...
Жанр: Зарубежная классика, Зарубежная литература
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"In Defense of Harriet Shelley" is an excellent literary classic for all ages. Twain took much of his ideas and inspiration for his stories and tall tales from real experiences as a river boat pilot, his world travels, friendships, well known people, an educator and an early career as a journalist. A comical masterpiece by a legend of the...
Жанр: Зарубежная классика, Зарубежная литература
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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 organizations, reform groups, and the like. Published a few months after his death, this wide-ranging collection of speeches, spanning more than four decades, covers the gamut of Mark Twain's...
Жанр: Зарубежная классика, Зарубежная литература
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"On the Decay of the Art of Lyingis" a short essay written by Mark Twain in 1885 for a meeting of the Historical and Antiquarian Club of Hartford, Connecticut. In the essay, Twain laments the dour ways in which men of America's Gilded Age employ man's "most faithfull...
