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«Загадкова історія Бенджаміна Баттона» з перших рядків приголомшує читача: 1860 року в Балтиморі народилася дитина, яка має вигляд 70-річного чоловіка і може гово­рити. Коли «хлопчику» виповнюється 12 років, стає зро­зумілим,  що він росте «навпаки»...

Бак був звичайним домашнім псом з каліфорнійського ранчо. Доки його не викрали і не продали. Тепер він змушений забути про своє колишнє безтурботне життя та почати боротьбу за виживання. У холодній клітці, далеко від дому, кочуючи з місця на місце, він буде брати участь у жорстоких собачих боях, коритись «закону палиці», проте не втратить найважливіше — жагу до свободи. Бак почне шлях, яким його веде поклик пращурів…

Творчість письменника традиційно відносять до наукової фантастики.

Головний герой циклу «Зі спогадів Ійона Тихого» польського письменника-фантаста С. Лема — капітан міжзоряного корабля, космічний вовк, а водночас знаний вчений і відомий дослідник.

Збірка «Пікменівська модель» містить страхітливі історії американського письменника Говарда Лавкрафта (1890—1937). В однойменному оповіданні автор знайомить нас із бостонським художником на ім'я Ричард Аптон Пікман. Він створює такі жахливі картини, що люди навіть не можуть на них дивитися. Турбер, друг Пікмана, захоплюється талантом художника, але починає підозрювати, що насправді той не зовсім людина.

«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».

The daughters of the Marquis Mazzini, Emilia and Julia, are beautiful and educated maidens. Julia falls in love with the young and handsome Italian Count de Verez, but her father wants to marry her to the Duke de Luovo. Julia tries to escape with her lover on the night before the wedding. By chance, she learns the terrible secrets of the Mazzini family..

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.

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.

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.

Gone with the Wind is a novel by the American writer Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949).

This book contains tales and poems by Edgar Allan Poe that became innovative literature discoveries at the time and extremely popular in its genre

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.

«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.