Віталія й Родіон хотіли бути свободними від усього. Але забули, що свобода — це ще й відповідальність. Болючим було повернення до звичного світу. Вони вирішують на час розійтися, щоб осмислити те, що було, є і буде між ними. Родіон іде добровольцем до АТО. А Віталія вчиться просто жити. Може, матуся пригорне її до серця й дасть сили будувати долю? Але матір-прокурорша відмовляється від неї. Ба більше — з її подачі доньці не знайти роботи в рідному місті. Спасінням для Віталії стає праця в реабілітаційному центрі, де відновлюють поранених побратимів коханого. Вона нарешті розуміє: справжня свобода — це те, що в тебе неможливо забрати. Як і неможливо загасити кохання, що живе в її серці...
«Остання красуня Півдня» — це новела, в якій автор написав про себе й про трагічну любов. У творі «Буремний рейс» розповідається про те, що довіра може зникнути через дрібниці. А величезна кришталева чаша стає символом невезіння в новелі «Кришталева чаша».
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a British writer, who created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. This novel, as well as The Sign of the Four and 12short stories about the adventures of the world’s most famous detective, were included in the first volume of the illustrated four-volume set.
Archaeologist Kenton receives a mysterious ancient Babylonian artifact. A spell transports Kenton to the deck of a ship sailing the eternal sea. The ship is divided into two possessions–Ishtar and Nergal. No one can overcome the invisible barrier, except Kenton. His arrival destabilizes this world, which has existed unchanged for 6,000 years, and fantastic adventures begin.
The Day After Tomorrow, a thriller novel by Oleksandr Krasovytskyy plunges readers deep into the shadowy maze of power in Russia on the brink of its collapse. The world watches as Putin’s death sets off a chain reaction: Lenin’s mummified body is removed from his mausoleum, air raid sirens howl over Moscow, and the Kremlin’s iron grip begins to wane.
Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopia by George Orwell. The main character of the novel, Winston Smith, is a censor at the Ministry of Truth. All its employees and he are watched by Big Brother; everyone is spying upon everyone else; even at home, citizens are followed through special screens. Today, in the age of the Internet, the social media are monitoring our every gesture, purchase, action, and online comment. They are constantly present in our lives and anticipate our every desire, our choices being carefully monitored.
The Franchise Affair is a mystery novel by British writer Josephine Tey (1896–1952). The novel is based on the investigation of the crime of the Sharpe mother and daughter, accused of kidnapping a young girl. Their defense is led by local lawyer Robert Blair. The mystery of the Sharpe family’s guilt or innocence remains until the very end.
Oleksiy Dekan's novel “Kaydash Family vs Zombies” is a real mystery, seasoned with true horror and generously infused with Ukrainian history. This is a story about love, struggle and sacrifice, a tale that I hope you will enjoy.
Molly Gibson, a young and naive girl, the only daughter of a widowed doctor living in a provincial English town in the 1830s. Mr. Gibson decides to remarry. For the sake of her father, Molly does everything to get along with her stepmother. Molly finds an ally in her stepsister Cynthia. The two girls are complete opposites. But Cynthia and her mother conceal a secret from their past.
It is the story of the sailor Ishmael about the obsessive pursuit of Ahab, the captain of the whaling ship Pequod, after a white sperm whale. The dramatic conflict between man and nature has captivated readers of this epic saga for the second century in a row.
David Herbert Lawrence (1885–1930) in the semi-auto-biographical novel Sons and Lovers (1913) touched on the topic of ambiguous relationships with parents.
Tess of the d’Urbervilles — a novel by the English writer Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), first published in 1891. One day, the head of the Darbeyfield family learns that their family comes from the ancient knightly family d’Urberville. He quits his job and spends most of his time in local pubs. Tess, the eldest daughter, becomes the support of the family.
The novel Glimpses of the Moon (1922) by American author Edith Wharton tells the romantic adventures of Nick Lansing and Susy Branch. They have agreed to get married and spend a year at the expense of their wealthy friends, spending their honeymoon in their mansions and villas. But if one of them meets a suitable match, they may end their marriage. This is a comedy of errors that will charm all fans of Wharton’s work.
The Buccaneers (1937), Edith Wharton’s last novel, was left unfinished. The novel is set in the 1870s. Several wealthy American families have ambitions to gain even higher social status by marrying off their daughters to aristocrats. The money of the young women’s parents is very attractive to impoverished but titled Englishmen to maintain their version of wealth.
Nineteen-year-old Margaret Hale lives in London. Her life is turned upside down when her family moves to Milton Northern. It is a cotton-manufacturing town, which is at the centre of a workers’ revolution. At first, Margaret is hostile to John Thornton, a wealthy manufacturer; but over time, she begins to admire the way he rose from poverty. After a series of dramatic events, Thornton unexpectedly makes his declaration of love to her, but Margaret does not accept it, although she begins to realize the depth of Thornton’s personality.
In Oleksandr Krasovytskyy’s new novel, written in the genre of black humor, the action takes place in the United States of America. American democracy proves to be vulnerable and is turned inside out by those who have come to power. When the president sees himself as a king and even a god, adventurers and fanatics of various kinds swarm around him. Elon Musk produces small puppetlike people on bioprinters, replacing pet dogs and cats, and receives a trillion dollars from the budget for an expedition to Mars. The US financial system finds itself at risk, which puts in question the very existence of the nation. Musk’s assistant, Vlad Tepes—a descendant of Dracula with his own ambitious plans and unmet promises—is orchestrating an Armageddon. A war with Mexico is imminent...
«Persuasion» is the last novel completed by the esteemed English writer Jane Austen (1775–1817). It was published at the end of 1817, six months after her death.
Tender Is the Night (1934) is the last novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.
The action of the novel takes place on the French Riviera, where a glamorous couple, Dick and Nicole Diver, rent a villa and invite friends. Dick is a promising young psychiatrist, and Nicole was his patient. One of the guests, Rosemary, is delighted with the Divers, but senses that something is wrong with the couple. The other guests witness Nicole’s nervous breakdown....
The Brangwen sisters, Ursula and Gudrun, are the main characters of D.H. Lawrence’s novel Women in Love (1920). Ursula is a schoolteacher, and Gudrun is an artist.
The second volume of the four-volume illustrated books by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) includes the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles and 12 short stories. The legend of the fearsome, diabolical hound that haunts the Baskervilles has turned into a terrifying reality. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson try to save the last descendant of this family—Sir Henry.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a short story about a man who is aging in reverse, from old age to childhood. Benjamin Button was born with the appearance of a 70-year-old man and is already able to speak. When Benjamin turns 20, the Button family realizes that he is getting younger...
Anne of Ingleside is a novel by the Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942), which is a continuation of the novel Anne’s House of Dreams. The children of the happy couple of Anne and Gilbert grow up, study, and find friends—and, they can always be comforted and encouraged by their parents. And, at the end of the novel, the couple is going to celebrate their fifteenth wedding anniversary, which is a nice occasion that calls for a “second honeymoon.”
