Американская литература

Самый страшный враг человека – это человек. (Льюис Уоллес. «Бен-Гур») Отрицать достоинство в побежденном враге значит умалять достоинство нашей победы…

Книга доктора филологических наук И. Л. Галинской включает исследования творчества Дж. Д. Сэлинджера и М. Булгакова. Автор осуществляет лингвостилисти…

"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.

FROM THE PUBLISHER Martin Eden, Jack London's semiautobiographical novel about a struggling young writer, is considered by many to be the author's mo…

Чтение оригинальных произведений – простой и действенный способ погрузиться в языковую среду и совершенствоваться в иностранном языке. Серия «Бестселл…

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 …

Осенняя Венеция. Холодная, но при этом не менее величественная и прекрасная… Что влечет сюда главного героя – пожилого полковника Ричарда Кантуэлла, з…

Чтение оригинальных произведений – простой и действенный способ погрузиться в языковую среду и совершенствоваться в иностранном языке. Серия «Бестселл…

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.

«На железнодорожном мосту, в северной части Алабамы, стоял человек и смотрел вниз, на быстрые воды в двадцати футах под ним. Руки у него были связаны …

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…

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.

Известный американский писатель Амброз Бирс – один из первооткрывателей жанра «страшного рассказа» – триллера, завоевавшего сегодня широкую популярнос…

У Дуга Свитека и так жизнь не сахар: один брат служит во Вьетнаме, у второго криминальные наклонности, а с отцом лучше не спорить – не то врежет. И ту…

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…

Известный американский писатель Амброз Бирс – один из первооткрывателей жанра «страшного рассказа» – триллера, завоевавшего сегодня широкую популярнос…

Поэт и прозаик Джон Уильямс (1922–1994)» лауреат Национальной книжной премии США, выпустил всего четыре романа, и один из них – знаменитый "Стоунер", …

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…

«Я расскажу вам одну сказку, как мне рассказывал ее человек, слышавший ее от своего отца, который слышал ее от своего отца, а тот – от своего, и так д…

За свою короткую и яркую жизнь Фрэнсис Скотт Фицджеральд (1896–1940) увековечил блистательную эпоху, названную им «веком джаза», в поразительном литер…

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.

«Залитый солнцем песчаный берег Тихого океана, шумевшего прибоем гигантских валов, остался у них позади. Выбежав на дорогу, они вскочили на свои велос…

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 …

«– Кажется, карантинный катер, – сказал капитан Мак-Эльрат. Лоцман бормотал что-то, пока шкипер переводил подзорную трубу с лодки на берег, затем на в…

"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…

Роман «Обнаженная в зеркале» (1953) – последнее и наиболее зрелое произведение известного американского писателя и поэта Джорджа Сильвестра Вирека (18…