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«Орлеанська діва» – сатирична пародійна поема видатного французького письменника, історика, публіциста, просвітителя Вольтера (справжнє ім’я – Марі Франсуа Аруе; 1694–1778), в якій події життя на…

A fallen woman would seem a less-than-ideal choice for a Victorian heroine. Elizabeth Gaskell courageously created just such a portrait in her Ruth. Overturning the conventional assumption that a…

Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He wrote many political tracts and often was in trouble with the authorities, including prison time. The third book ab…