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"To the fact that the governments of allies are now committed towards a tormented Russia is either a betrayal or a madness.

Autumn Venice. It is cold, but at the same time no less majestic and beautiful...

The American South - in all its painful, tragic and bizarre charm. In the novel "Light in August" boil dangerous and destructive passions, kept gloomy family secrets, flourish racism and cruelty, and love and hatred reach a truly ancient scale ...

«... Lit-Lit was the daughter of Snitshein, a prominent tribal leader, and a metish-mother. This leader came to John Fox in one summer day to start negotiations on Lyth Lyth. Fox sat with the chief in front of his yurt, in a cloud of buzzing mosquitoes; they talked about everything that was under the sun, or at least everything that was under the sun in the North country, except for one thing: matchmaking. And John Fox specifically came to him just to make an offer. Snitshane knew this, and John Fox knew what he knew, but both avoided talking about it. This was considered a sophisticated Indian trick. In fact, it was only about primitive simplicity..."

One of the most famous humorists in world literature, O. Henry created a unique panorama of American life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in grotesque situations conveyed the contrasts and paradoxes of his era, which opened the space for people with business acumen, which the game of chance then elevates to the top of success, then tosses to the bottom of life.

A parable full of humor and sarcasm. Can a modest farm become a symbol of totalitarian society? Yes of course. But... how will this society see its "citizens" - animals doomed to slaughter?

One of the most famous humorists in world literature, O. Henry created a unique panorama of American life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in grotesque situations conveyed the contrasts and paradoxes of his era, which opened the space for people with business acumen, which the game of chance then elevates to the top of success, then tosses to the bottom of life.

"Frank Cowperwood, during his long struggle in Chicago to renew the concession for another fifty years - a struggle that, despite his best efforts, ended in complete collapse for him - found two insurmountable obstacles in his way.

"When Frank Algernon Cowperwood came out of Philadelphia Correctional Prison, he realized that his former life in his hometown was over. Youth passed, and with it crumbled to dust his first audacious financial plans. We're going to have to start over..."

"Every evening, before I went to my room and went to bed, my wife and I read a book aloud. Reading continued normally until the tired eye ceased to distinguish the letters. The most witty, artistic places seemed then incomprehensible algebraic formulas, deadly wanted to sleep, and sleep beckoned so uncontrollably that no interesting position described by the author, whether it was a duel, a crime disclosure, love with a dubious outcome - could not make me awake and read the chapter to the end. The book slammed shut, I kissed my wife, wished her a good night, and, taking the candle, went to myself..."

"In the spring of 1920, it was in March, exactly the 22nd, - let these victims of accuracy to pay for entry into the jury of documentary, without which the inquisitive reader of our time will probably ask in the newsrooms - I went on the market. I entered the market on March 22 and, I repeat, 1920. It was the Hay Market. But I can't tell you which corner I was on, nor do I remember what was in the papers that day. I didn't stand on the corner because I was walking back and forth on the pavement near the ruined market building. I sold a few books, the last thing I had..."

According to legend, the creation of the novel Gone with the Wind began with Margaret Mitchell writing the main phrase of the last chapter: "None of her favorite men Scarlett could not understand and behold - lost both." Subsequent work on the work lasted about ten years and required the writer great dedication and hard work. In an effort to break into the spirit of the era, Mitchell painstakingly studied the history of her native Atlanta, using newspapers and magazines of the mid-19th century. On the pages of her manuscript lived up to the stories of eyewitnesses of the Civil War and family traditions. Mitchell rewrote some scenes four or five times, and as for the first chapter, the writer was satisfied only with the 60th version!

One of the most famous novels of world literature combines many things: the drama of historical events, and the spirit of the era with its inherent social problems and characters, and, of course, love. Love is strong, complex and tragic. The image of actress Vivien Leigh will forever be one with the legendary Scarlett, and her sacramental phrase "I'll think about it tomorrow" certainly remembers each of us. The book-legend, the book-drama, the book-destiny - that's what "Gone with the Wind". Here is the second volume of the novel, and you will continue the life and love story of Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler. Back in 1936, after first seeing the light, the novel broke all records of popularity and recognition, no time could not kill the interest in the book - each generation is read out this extraordinary story.

"Limping, they went down to the river, and once the one that was walking in front, staggered, tripping in the middle of a stone scattering. Both were tired and exhausted, and their faces expressed patient obedience - a trace of long deprivation. Their shoulders were pulled by heavy bales, pulled with belts. Each of them was carrying a gun. Both were hunched over, head-bent low and not raising their eyes..."

The novel shows a difficult path to the writer's fame of a guy from a working family. Martin's fate was determined by the meeting with Ruth - a girl from a rich family, an unearthly creature who fell in love with an extraordinary young man. Under the influence of love, close to worship, Martin changes externally and internally, departs from the people of his circle and... gradually understands the insignificance and abomination of the world of his beloved.

One of the most famous humorists in world literature, O. Henry created a unique panorama of American life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in grotesque situations conveyed the contrasts and paradoxes of his era, which opened the space for people with business acumen, which the game of chance then elevates to the top of success, then tosses to the bottom of life.

"The mother returned to her house. She wandered away from the Germans, but she could not live anywhere but her native place, and returned home.

Alexander Kuprin is a classic of Russian literature, a master of short storytelling, the author of amazing stories. Kuprin is an extraordinary storyteller who knows how to captivate the reader. His pen belongs to the novels "Moloch" and "Olesya", the stories "White Poodle" and "Granate Bracelet". Kuprin worked on the novel "Yama" from 1909 to 1915. This is a book about prostitution, about one of the brothels - the institution of Anna Markovna Shoybes. Korney Chukovsky called the work "a slap in the face to the whole modern society." Kuprin put on public display brothels, presented them in the most cynical form. And loudly, loudly. We are talking about Lubki, Manki, Tanki - how many of them are in those houses. Every crippled destiny has its own story. What can wait for a ten-year-old girl, who was let by her mother' saleswoman?