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Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology, best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. “The Princess Bella-Flor” is a short story by Andrew Lang retailing about two sons which were destined to live absolutely different...

There was a community place which called “The Luft Bad” without any trees. But it could boast a collection of plain, wooden cells, a bath shelter, two swings and two odd clubs-one, presumably the lost property of Hercules or the German army, and the other to be used with safety in the cradle....

Katherine Mansfield is a great New Zealand and British novelist writer, the most famous writer in New Zealand. Firstly published in the age of nine were brief stories which appeared in magazines «High School Reporter» and «Wellington Girls' High School magazine», in 1898 and...

Katherine Mansfield is considered the most prominent writer from New Zealand where she was born. During her life in England Kathrine Mansfield made friends with Virginia Woolf, D. H Lawrence and some other modernists, whose perception of the world had a major effect on her works. 'Frau Fischer' is...

Katherine Mansfield is considered the most prominent writer from New Zealand where she was born. During her life in England Kathrine Mansfield made friends with Virginia Woolf, D. H Lawrence and some other modernists, whose perception of the world had a major effect on her works. 'The Sister Of The...

One cold day a group of people entered the building and sat down at a small round table near the stove and ordered coffee. Victor sprawled in his chair, patting his little brown dog Bobo and looking, half laughingly, at Max. "I want my coffee, and I want to put my feet into my pocket—they're...

Christmas fairy tales occupy a central position in the intellectual and artistic development of the whole World. For many years, Christmas literature occupies minds of many nations: German, Scandinavian, Italian and others. Heroes of Christmas fairy tales find adventures that will not leave anyone...

Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist,literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology.    Andrew was born in Selkirk. The writer's  family was big, he was eldest of eight children. Andrew's mother named Jane Plenderleath Sellar, who was...

Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him. Lang was also a prolific author of works both...

Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang was also a prolific author of fiction works; he wrote his own fairy tales such as Prince Prigio (1889) and Prince Ricardo...

Chameleon is a short sketch about the occurrence at the town square, where the main characters were a craftsman Hryukin, policeman Otchumyelov and stray puppy, surprisingly turned to be a property of the general's brother. Hearing about the bite suddenly turns into a scene of Otchumelov's attempts...

The death of a government clerk is a short humoristic story which was published in 1883. In this story the author raises the problem of a "little" man. In the article there are only three persons: a government clerk, a wife of the clerk and a general Brizzhalov. The main hero is a government...

This story was written in 1886. Vanka Zhukov was a Nine-year-old boy who was an orphan and he was a pupil of the shoemaker - Alyakhin. His grandfather was watchman in the mansion of some gentlefolk called Zhivarev. On the eve of Christmas Vanka decided to write a letter to his grandfather. In the...

Anton Chekhov has begun his literature career in the 1880s. First he deprecated turning a person into slave. Later he began to make higher demands to his characters and to blame not only their environment, but also themselves for losing their dignity and for enslavement and abjection. The Album is...