The action takes place in a coastal city. The play tells the story of Mrs. Clandon and her three children, Dolly, Philip and Gloria, who had just returned to England after eighteen years in Madeira. Children have no idea who their father is, and through a series of comedic mistakes, they ultimately invite him to a family dinner....

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Pygmalion is the one of the most famous play of Bernard Shaw, written in 1912. The original wit and democratic spirit of the play reflects deep and acute social problems, that become popular in many countries and it's still quite recognizable play....

Edgar Thurston was a researcher who studied the zoology, ethnology and botany of India. According to the results of these studies, he has published many books and articles. In an effort to improve as a scientist, Thurston received a medical education, and also became interested in anthropology and ethnography. All this knowledge allowed him to...

The action takes place in 1888. London. Young, scared governess Mary Morsten turns to Sherlock Holmes for help with two puzzles. The first concerned the disappearance of her father 10 years ago, a few years after which she began to receive rare pearls by mail from an unknown patron. Finally, a mysterious benefactor asks the girl for a meeting....

The book is built as a protest of the philosophy against the inappropriately declared Christian church, the principles and real practical Christian church in the stories, as well as the inconsistency of reality. The text of the Antichrist actively criticizes the apostle Paul, who, according to Nietzsche, revealed God and gave in the Gospel "the...

Pages of this book reveal in front of you a breath taking collection of adventure stories of an English doctor and traveler Lemuel Gulliver which was made up by Jonathan Swift. Sailing off from his home town Gulliver did not think how would finish his regular business travel. At the beginning this uncomplicated voyage took a vertiginous whirl when...

The book includes the famous story by Arthur Conan Doyle “The Hound of the Baskervilles” (1902), the plot of which is based on a randomly heard author. The investigation of the strange origin is a consequence of the attack on monstrous dogs, which predetermine the persecution of family Baskervilles. The mystery of the family portrait, jealousy,...

One of the earliest works of the American classic Eugene O’Neill, relating to his expressionist period. The focus of the plot is the clash of classes in capitalist America at the beginning of the 20th century. The play is about the humiliating difference between work and wealth, and people who become victims of this gap....

Dmitry Gurov is a Moscow banker, is married and has three children. He considers women inferior to men, and his is not a happy marriage. One day, while vacationing in Yalta, met in a restaurant Anna Serge'evna that is having lunch in the company of his dog. Soon between Dmitry and Anna begins a relationship that brings the two protagonists to a...