Литература 19 века

Шарлотта Бронте — Джейн Эйр (Серия: Дорога к счастью)

Роман Шарлотты Бронте о судьбе молодой одинокой девушки по имени Джейн Эйр – уникальная книга. Он произвел фурор, когда вышел в свет в 1847 году. Впервые с такой силой и страстью женщина [...]

Джеймс Фенимор Купер — The Two Admirals

is an 1842 nautical fiction novel by James Fenimore Cooper. The novel was written after the Leatherstocking Tales novel . Set during the 18th century and exploring the British Royal Navy, Cooper wrote the novel out of encouragement of his English publisher, who recommended writing another sea novel. Cooper had originally intended to write a novel [...]

Максим Горький — Старуха Изергиль, Макар Чудра и другие… (сборник)

Максим Горький – писатель, творчество которого казалось бы всем знакомо, хотя бы по школьной программе. Его провозгласили классиком литературы социалистического реализма и тем самым [...]

Джеймс Фенимор Купер — The Pioneers

The Pioneers enters of Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales, and the one that incorporates most fully his own experience of growing up in a town of the American frontier. The heart of the novel is a conflict over who owns America, and by what concept of right. The competing claims of Native Americans, Tory loyalists, roving hunters, and visionary [...]

Джеймс Фенимор Купер — The Lake Gun and other Stories

The Lake Gun is a satirical short story by James Fenimore Cooper first published in 1850. The title of the story comes from a mysterious loud exploding sound coming from Seneca Lake, called “The Lake Gun” by European American settlers to the area, and known today as the Seneca Guns. These sounds remain unexplained to this day, with no clear or [...]

Джеймс Фенимор Купер — The Oak Openings; or the Bee-Hunter

James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Oak Openings; or, The Bee Hunter focuses on the activities of professional honey-hunter Benjamin Boden, nicknamed [...]

Джеймс Фенимор Купер — The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea

In 1823, Cooper began writing which he saw as a sea novel that seamen would appreciate for its fidelity and yet one that landsmen could understand. The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea The hero of – modeled on John Paul Jones – leads the American Navy in dangerous raids on the English coast. James Fenimore Cooper’s fourth novelhelped start the [...]