Трагічні постаті народних лицарів з Шевченкових «Гайдамаків» і героїчна мужність Івана Підкови. Химерні образи «Євшан-зілля» Миколи Вороного та повчальні байки Леоніда Глібова, знайомі з дитинства. Захопливий сюжет і колоритні персонажі «Захара Беркута» та філософські питання, підняті у «Мойсеї» Івана Франка. Сильні герої Лесі Українки. Досконалі зразки новелістичної прози Михайла Коцюбинського і тонкий психологізм творів Ольги Кобилянської. Соковитий гумор Івана Котляревського і мудрість Григорія Квітки-Основ’яненка... У шедеврах українських класиків живе душа нашого народу.
Доля жінки, її право на освіту, працю, громадське життя — це проблематика повісті «Царівна», якою письменниця наче продовжує тематичну лінію своєї повісті «Людина». Розповідь у повісті ведеться у вигляді щоденника Наталки Верковичівни, яка мріє про кар'єру письменниці. Але вона має вийти заміж за нелюба, щоб не бути тягарем для родини.
«Крізь терни до зірок» — життєве кредо Божени, студентки педагогічного університету. Молода амбітна дівчина з провінції приїжджає до великого міста здобувати вищу освіту і забезпечити собі краще життя. Улюблена професія, фінансова свобода й незалежність — ось її мрія. Та для неї доля приготувала дещо більше — жагуче п’янке кохання з великим статком на додачу. Кажуть, що мрії не зраджують — її просто змінюють. Чи зміниться мрія Божени? Чи наважиться вона подолати прірву соціальної нерівності заради обіймів коханого? Чи зможе довірити йому зранене серце? Відповідь дасть лише час.
«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.
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.
Jerome K. Jerome, an English writer and humourist, in the semi-autobiographical novel Paul Kelver (1902) details the protagonist’s rocky road through life. Paul tried to make an acting career and had several disastrous love adventures. However, meeting by chance with an influential stranger made him eventually come to a decision of becoming a writer.
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.
Енн одружена з Гілбертом Блайтом 15 років, у них шестеро дітей: Джем, Уолтер, Нан, Ді, Ширлі та Рілла. В Глен Сент-Мері, де вони тепер живуть, прибув новий священник, Джон Мередіт, удівець із чотирма дітьми. Мередіти і Блайти часто граються в улоговині під назвою Веселкова долина.
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...
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.
