Американская классика

Вашингтон Ирвинг – первый американский писатель, получивший мировую известность и завоевавший молодой американской литературе «право гражданства» в со…

A real storyteller can make a great story out of anything, even the most trivial occurrence. The candid, ironic, playful, and petulant sketches are in…

"The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his three detective stories featuring the fictional C. …

"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, Con…

«– Войдите! – сказал редактор. Дверь редакционного кабинета тоскливо заскрипела под неловким и непривычным напором нерешительной руки. Это продолжалос…

«Дочь священника» – роман, совсем не похожий на саркастичный «Скотный Двор» и мрачную антиутопию «1984». Роман, который познакомит вас с иным Оруэллом…

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, f…

"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the rea…

"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 t…

The story begins with the woman feeling outside of society and then Hermes appears and tells her that she has, though her reading of poetry learned so…

A Double Barreled Detective Story is a short story/novelette. The story is a delightful spoof of the mystery genre, then in its infancy, introducing t…

Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is sometimes considered…

"A Horse's Tale" is a novel written partially in the voice of Soldier Boy, who is Buffalo Bill's favorite horse, at a fictional frontier outpost with …

A great writing by Mark Twain based on the short story of classic humour.

«Он был только мальчонкой, распевающим дискантом морскую песню, какую поют моряки всего земного шара, стоя у шпиля и поднимая якорь, чтобы отплыть в п…

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 t…

"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 i…

As the title reveals, these stories are a collection of some of Mark Twain's more fanciful and eccentric works. They run the gamut from political comm…

The story projects Twain’s lifelong struggles with his conscience. Here the conscience admits to being the “most pitiless enemy” of its host, whom it …

Millenia ago, the Old Ones ruled our planet. Since that time, they have but slumbered. But when a massive sea tremor brings the ancient stone city of …

"Eureka" (1848) is a lengthy non-fiction work by American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) which he subtitled «A Prose Poem», though it has also bee…

"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective…

Typical Mark Twain slightly caustic, complex humor. Six of Mark Twain's recollections his early experiences in newspaper work on topics such as his fi…

Из Нью-Йорка – в Сан-Франциско. Из Сан-Франциско – в Лос-Анджелес. Из Лос-Анджелеса – в Нью-Орлеан. Из Нью-Орлеана?.. Забыты жены и подружки, домашний…

Incantations of black magic unearthed unspeakable horrors in Providence, Rhode Island. Evil spirits are being resurrected from beyond the grave, a sup…

"The American Claimant" is a comedy of mistaken identities and multiple role switches―fertile and familiar Mark Twain territory. Its cast of character…

"The Fall of the House of Usher" recounts the terrible events that befall the last remaining members of the once-illustrious Usher clan before it is―q…

Written at the end of Twain's career, Extracts from Adam's Diary was first published in 1897. Twain's Adam was based on himself.

Книгу составила широко известная поэма выдающегося американского писателя-классика Г. У. Лонгфелло (1807–1882), блистательно вобравшая в себя фольклор…

Six bone-chilling tales of bizarre beauty and awesome horror lurk in the dark of the soul, waiting to be called upon by the demons of nightmares, and …

Mark Twain began writing his autobiography long before the 1906 publications of "Chapters from my Autobiography". He originally planned to have his me…

H. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in the pages of legendary Weird Tales and has influenced…

A hilarious and cutting critique of what not to do, this deliciously wicked essay lays out what writers should and must do if they want their fiction …

"Dark spruce forest frowned on either side the frozen waterway. The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and the…

"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" is a short novel about a weird hybrid race of humans and creatures resembling a cross between a fish and a frog, which liv…

Bringing together 38 tales and sketches, «The 30 000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories» provides a rare long view of Twain's work, covering virtually h…

"Ligeia" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1838. «Ligeia» is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest book…

The book bears no relationship to Twain's actual life. The two short stories present fictional characters who are supposedly part of Twain's lineage.

Роман Джерома Сэлинджера «Над пропастью во ржи» впервые был опубликован в 1951 году – и с тех пор остается одновременно одним из самых читаемых и самы…

«Поздний» Воннегут – во всей безжалостной жестокости его острого таланта. Странная история Руди Вальца – скромного фармацевта и незадачливого драматур…

The letters of Mark Twain are peculiarly of the revealing sort. He was a man of few restraints and of no affectations. In his correspondence, as in hi…

The blackness of eternal night encompassed me. The intense darkness oppressed and stifled me so that I struggled for breath.Having been condemned to d…

Written for the Atlantic magazine in 1877, this is a collection of stories about a trip Mark Twain made with some friends to Bermuda.

Книга представляет собой краткий конспект романа «Атлант расправил плечи», с комментариями злого читателя, который потратил массу времени на чтение эт…

«Правда! Я нервный – очень даже нервный, просто до ужаса, таким уж уродился; но как можно называть меня сумасшедшим? От болезни чувства мои только обо…