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

"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 tales from real experiences as a river boat pi…

"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, Connecticut. In the essay, Twain laments the dou…

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

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.

"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 reader of his sanity, while describing a murder …

«Комната Джэка. На заднем плане две двери: левая входная, правая в комнату Чарлэя. В простенке буфет. В середине боковой левой кулисы балкон фонариком, дверь на который завешана портьерой. В сере…

Настоящие издание бессмертных произведений Уильяма Шекспира является по своему уникальным в современной Российской литературе, так как был впервые предпринят дословный перевод автора. Этот титани…

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 the inventor of the detective fiction genre.…

«Происхождение семьи, частной собственности и государства» – один из самых известных трудов выдающегося немецкого философа и мыслителя 19 века Фридриха Энгельса. Это фундаментальное произведение …

At age 19 Anne Brontë left home and worked as a governess for a few years before becoming a writer. Agnes Grey was an 1847 novel based on her experience as a governess. Bronte depicts the precari…