Книги

Hearts of Three novel is a gem of the creative work of the American classic writer Jack London (1876–1916).

Mrs. Dalloway is the novel by Virginia Woolf (1882–1941). It is a masterpiece of the “golden age” of English modernism.

Macbeth is a tragedy by the English writer and playwright William Shakespeare (1564–1616). According to the plot, the witches herald Macbeth’s high status and welcome him as the future king. Macbeth believes in divination, his unbridled desire for power leads to a series of tragic events.

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward is a horror novel by the American writer H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937). Charles Dexter Ward, a young man from a famous family, mysteriously disappeared from a mental hospital. Family doctor Willet tries to investigate the cause of Ward’s insanity and physiological changes. Willett learns that Ward has been trying to find the grave of his ancestor, Joseph Carven, for the past few years.

The edition includes two works by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859—1930). The Great Shadow—an adventure story set in an Anglo-Scottish border village at the end of the Napoleonic era, including a fascinating interpretation of the Battle of Waterloo, as well as The Disintegration Machine—which is a fantasy story from the Professor Challenger series.

In his thriller stories Poe tries to show psychic side of the crime from the inside. He is not interested in social roots of the crime, but in unmotivated actions that go beyond normal behavior of a person in the society.

Works by French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900–1944) are full of almost mystical echoes with the present days.