Recently, when talking about Johnson's History, many usually grinned condescendingly, considering it a mishmash of real facts and fiction, but from time to time in some dusty nooks and crannies they find forgotten documents confirming the author’s correctness. Many events still considered a product of the imagination, turn out to be absolutely reliable both in time and in circumstances....
America, 1889. Eighteen-year-old Carolina Mieber, or, as she was affectionately called home, sister Carrie, leaves Columbia City's hometown and takes the train to Chicago, where her married older sister lives. Carrie’s wallet has only four dollars and her sister’s address, but she is inspired by the hope of a new happy life in a big and beautiful city....
This is the `Villette`. The book, officially considered at one time `the most scandalous novel of Charlotte Bronte`. Many years have passed, many decades. `Villette` has long lost track of scandal, has long been recognized as a classic work of the 19th century, but still remains a truly unique example of` female - in the best sense of the word - prose` and the first book of English-language literature that reveals the `big secrets of small towns`. Now it is familiar to millions of readers. Then it was just the beginning ......
To survive, immigrants grow fruit in California. But often the crop dies from insects or rots. Once a traveler comes to the city and talks about the riches that he found in ancient cities, but soon dies. And some immigrants decide on a dangerous journey for gold....
“Odyssey” is a fabulous and everyday poem, its action takes place, on the one hand, in the magical lands of giants and monsters where Odysseus roamed, on the other hand, in his small kingdom on the island of Ithaca and its environs, where his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. In the Odyssey, only the very end of his wanderings, the last two stages, from the far western edge of the earth to his native Ithaca, was chosen for the story. Odysseus talks about everything that was before at a feast in the middle of the poem. In Odyssey, a fairy tale sets off everyday life, and not vice versa,...
At the invitation of the owner, a certain Mr. Tartuffe settled in the house of the venerable Orgon. Orgon didn’t see the soul in him, reckoning an incomparable model of righteousness and wisdom: Tartuffe’s speeches were extremely exalted, teachings - thanks to which Orgon learned that the world is a big garbage hole, and now he would not blink an eye, burying his wife, children and other relatives - supremely useful, devotion aroused admiration; but how selflessly Tartuffe was the morality of the Orgon family......
The famous novel by Robert Lewis Stevenson, accompanied by a detailed historical and everyday commentary on maritime affairs in 18th-century England and the “golden age” of piracy. Drawings, prints, maps, pages from books of that time, interactive elements help to recreate the vibrant atmosphere of the era. In England, near Bristol, in the Admiral Benbow tavern, in the room of the old captain, in a sailor’s chest, in a bag of oilcloth, what is known as the beginnings of adventure that every boy knows begins is safely hidden. We will go to England of the 18th century with this book in order to...
Charles Elmes’s fascinating book on the history of maritime piracy is unique in its breadth of coverage: it tells about Danish, Norman, Spanish, Westindian, Malay, Algerian and many other brutal and merciless sea robbers that instilled fear in sailors and peaceful mercantile people in different areas Oceans. The stories about the life of filibusters, supplemented by materials from lawsuits, reports of the Admiralty, stories of unfortunate people who fell into the hands of pirates, about the sufferings and misadventures that they had to endure, will allow you to find out a lot of interesting...
Ella Cheever Thayer was a telegraph operator at the Brunswick Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, and used her telegraph experience as the basis for her book Wired Love, A Point and Dash Novel, a bestseller for 10 years. This book tells how genuine a romance can be, which is transmitted by telegraph by two telegraphists....
The plot of the "Merry Corner" is built around the episode of the return of Spencer Brydon to his home in New York. The hero spent a significant period in Europe - thirty-three years. The intrigue unfolding in the story resembles the one presented in the earlier story of James “The Beast in the Thicket”....
Roderick Asher, the last offspring of an ancient family, invites a friend of his youth to visit him and stay in a family castle on the shores of a gloomy lake. Lady Madilein, Roderick’s sister is seriously and hopelessly ill, her days are numbered and even her friend’s arrival is not able to dispel Asher’s sadness. After the death of Madeline, one of the castle's dungeons is chosen as the place of her temporary burial. For several days, Roderick was in dismay, until a storm broke out at night and a monstrous circumstance emerged - Lady Madilein was buried alive! Having risen from the grave,...
In the novels that compiled the collection "Mosaic", the writer showed whole and strong characters that have not yet been touched by the decaying influence of civilization ("Tamango", "Matteo Falcone", etc.). Prose of the 1830-1840s - the pinnacle of the Merime novelist. Outwardly calm narrative, in which the author introduces false novels, allegedly found letters, unexpected historical excursions, gives credibility and authenticity to the whole story. The psychology of heroes is compressed and brightly revealed....
In the Kabanov family, domostroy reigns, which is managed by the mother of Tikhon Ivanovich Kabanov - Marfa Ignatievna Kabanova. Katerina, the main character, had lived in an environment of love and affection with her mother since childhood, but after she married Tikhon, her life changed and became forced. Then she falls in love with Boris Grigorievich - the nephew of the Wild. Boris is also in love with Katerina. Aware of the severity of their situation, lovers still secretly meet....
Richard Barnfield (born 1574) was an English poet. His obscure, although close relationship with William Shakespeare has long made him an interesting scientist. It has been suggested that he be the "rival poet" mentioned in Shakespeare's sonnets....
Ludwig van Beethoven is the greatest phenomenon in world music culture, a composer who became a legend during his lifetime. He was so incredibly talented and purposeful that, even having lost his hearing, he continued to create his own, unmatched, brilliant masterpieces. An outstanding maestro stood on the threshold of Romanticism in Western European music and was the direct founder of a new era, which replaced the exhausted Classicism. As a child, having learned music on the harpsichord with its characteristic lace sound, Beethoven subsequently popularized the piano by creating 5 concerts,...
