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Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev (1871-1919) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who led the Expressionist movement in the national literature. He was active between the revolution of 1905 and the Communist revolution which finally overthrew the Tsarist government. Much of the novels...

How far can a man's revenge go? Is it possible to kill a monster, especially when it's hidden in yourself? And is there a limit to human power? All these question are thoroughly studied in the whale Bilble of our history - Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. This huge novel provides an unforgettable image...

Mauprat was written in 1837 by George Sand. This story started the raw of social novels. This book bases on the historical material and raises the most urgent problems related to social and politics. The main theme of the story is love. Exactly love of the main hero - Bernard Mauprat to his cousin...

The Devil’s Pool was written in 1846 by George Sand(real name was Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin). She became famous for her romances and social novels. This is a story about Germain and Marie - ordinary village dwellers who possessed spiritual and human values: kindness,honesty, sincerity and unselfishness....

Tom Sawyer's mischieves are now known all round the world - who could've whitewashed the fence better? This legendary young hero joins unbelievable adventures and games, falls in love, finds good friends, outwits his aunty, and all this practically at the same time! Like a real adventurer, Tom follows...

Gustave Flauber is a french writer-realist. He spent a lot of time trying to find his style in literature. Also he made a theory of the "correct word". "Sentimental Education" is a story of a very gifted boy Frederic Moreau. After studiyng in the unevirsity he was traveling back...

Washington Irving was the first American writer who became world-famous. He was a pioneer, who had an impact on the American literature. In the essay "Spanish Romance" Washington Irving speculates on the specifics of the Spain culture. The author has enough experience to describe Spain....

Washington Irving was an American writer. essayist, biographer, short-stories writer best known for his stories "Rip Van Winkle”(1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820). “Club of Queer Fellows” is the short-story entered in the collection of essays “Tales of a Traveller”....

Washington Irving was the outstanding American writer (1783 — 1859). The best works of Washington Irving are: "Humorous history of New York, by Dietrich Knickerbocker" and "Rip van Winkle" — the story about a person who has overslept 20 years. The essay "The Enchanted...

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1863-1944) was a British writer and although he left a huge legacy of novels published under the pen-name 'Q', he is mostly known as the editor of 'The Oxford Book of English Verse', a collection book of English poetry. 'Beside the Bee Hives' — a short story by Arthur...

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (21 November 1863 – 12 May 1944) was a British author, poet, anthologist, and literary critic. He wrote many popular novels and essays and was a noted lecturer at Cambridge University. He was an active worker in politics for the Liberal Party. The main hero remembered...

Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, critic, short story writer, best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre. "The Cask of Amontillado" is the short story, first published in 1846. The action happens in an unnamed Italian city at carnival time in an unspecified year; the story is...

Henry Van Dyke (Nov 10, 1852 - Apr 10, 1933) was an American author, educator, and clergyman. Educated at Princeton, Van Dyke graduated from its theological seminary in 1877 and became a Presbyterian minister. A Handful Of Clay is a short story by Henry Van Dyke. It follows, strange as it may seem,...

Henry Van Dyke (Nov 10, 1852 - Apr 10, 1933) was an American author, educator, and clergyman. Educated at Princeton, Van Dyke graduated from its theological seminary in 1877 and became a Presbyterian minister. The Blue Flower is a short story by Henry Van Dyke. It revolves around a little boy, lying...