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The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other...

Leo Tolstoy

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

“The Death of Ivan Ilyich” tells a tale of a man in his 40s who has spent his entire life climbing the social ladder in Russia. Barely tolerant of his wife and generally indifferent to the other people around him, Ivan has a minor accident hanging curtains in a new apartment that proves to be a terminal injury. As his life slowly and painfully spirals inexorably toward death, Ivan struggles immensely against what he perceives to be an unfair fate. Only in the end does he see how he might have...

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Leo Tolstoy

The Diary of a Superfluous Man, and...

Иван Тургенев, Ivan Turgenev

The Diary of a Superfluous Man, and Other Stories

"The Diary of a Superfluous Man, and Other Stories" by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (translated by Isabel Florence Hapgood). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and...

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Иван Тургенев, Ivan Turgenev

The Diary of a Superfluous Man and...

Ivan Turgenev

The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories

Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) stands as one of Russia's most influential authors. Along with Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, he helped shape the Russian novel and consequently the Russian identity. Born into wealth, Turgenev had a compelling vision of nobility and the perils of serfdom. His profound novels and short stories made him internationally revered. In this collection of short stories, Turgenev characterizes the «superfluous man»—an archetype which becomes central to the rest of his work and...

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Ivan Turgenev

The Fall of the House of Usher

Эдгар По, Poe Edgar

The Fall of the House of Usher

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Эдгар По, Poe Edgar

The Fall of the House of Usher and...

Эдгар По

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales

Enter the dark worlds created by Edgar Allen Poe in the collection «The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales.» Poe emphasizes morbidity and death through his tales and poems, and this anthology holds all of Poe's best and most famous works from throughout his career. In «The Fall of the House of Usher,» a man and his sister suffer from a strange, debilitating illness. Her death drives him to the point of madness, and the fragile mansion falls along with the Usher family line. It is...

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Эдгар По

The Garden Party, and Other Stories

Katherine Mansfield

The Garden Party, and Other Stories

"The Garden Party, and Other Stories" by Katherine Mansfield. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are...

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Katherine Mansfield

The Garden Party and Other Stories

Katherine Mansfield

The Garden Party and Other Stories

Katherine Mansfield is often recognized as one of the true innovators of the modern short story. The New Zealand-born Englishwoman embraced a Bohemian lifestyle and became involved in a series of scandalous relationships, which greatly influenced some of her most significant work. Her best-known writings were produced in her final years, as she was plagued by illness. Her fiction is dominated by themes of male-female relationships, sexual ambivalence, and gender roles. Most of her work focuses...

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Katherine Mansfield

The Garden Party and Other Stories

Katherine Mansfield

The Garden Party and Other Stories

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) is credited alongside James Joyce as the creator of the modern short story. The New Zealand-born Englishwoman embraced a Bohemian lifestyle and became involved in a series of scandalous relationships, which greatly influenced some of her most significant work. Her best-known writings were produced in her final years, as she was plagued by illness. Her fiction is dominated by themes of male-female relationships, sexual ambivalence and gender roles. Most of her work...

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Katherine Mansfield

The Gift of the Magi

O. Henry

The Gift of the Magi

"The Gift of the Magi" is a short story, about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been a popular one for adaptation, especially for presentation during the Christmas season.

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O. Henry

The Gift of the Magi

O. Henry, O. Hooper Henry и др.

The Gift of the Magi

"The Gift of the Magi" is a short story, written by O. Henry (a pen name for William Sydney Porter), about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been a popular one for adaptation, especially for presentation at Christmas time. The plot and its «twist ending» are well-known, and the ending is generally considered an example of...

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O. Henry, O. Hooper Henry и др.

The Gift of the Magi and Other Shor...

O. Henry

The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories

O. Henry, the pen name of William Sydney Porter, is one of the most famous short story writers of all times whose stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings. O. Henry is so acknowledged as a great short story writer that his pen name is associated with a prestigious American award given to short stories of exceptional merit. Included in this collection of «The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories» is the title story which describes the struggles...

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O. Henry

The Gift of the Magi and Other Shor...

O. Henry

The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories

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O. Henry

The God of His Fathers and Other St...

Jack London

The God of His Fathers and Other Stories

Jack London was born into abject poverty in the slums of San Francisco during the winter of 1876. His writing was to reflect the hard life he lived, perpetually chronicling men facing the wild as he did throughout his life. After his eighth grade year, poverty forced London to leave school. This did not stop him, as he furthered his literary knowledge and skill at the Oakland Public Library, borrowing books and educating himself. London faced great obstacles, even landing himself in a Niagara...

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Jack London

The God of His Fathers and Other St...

Jack London

The God of His Fathers and Other Stories

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Jack London

The Gold-Bug and Other Tales

Эдгар По

The Gold-Bug and Other Tales

For lovers of gothic American literature, horror, mystery, or suspense, consider the nine gripping stories contained within the Edgar Allen Poe collection «The Gold-Bug and Other Tales.» Two mysteries and seven murders, all coming from various points in Poe's writing career, make this anthology a valuable addition to any literature collection. «The Gold-Bug» is set in South Carolina and follows the tale of a man and his servant as they embark on a madness-induced journey for buried...

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Эдгар По

The Gold-Bug and Other Tales

Эдгар По

The Gold-Bug and Other Tales

Recognized today as the undisputed master of the American Gothic horror story, Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1949) revealed his genius in tales of death, terror, evil, and perversity. Highly skilled in achieving a calculated psychological effect, Poe created chilling fictional nightmares permeated by mysterious forces, grotesque creatures, and improbable hallucinations.Poe's immense powers as a storyteller are at their peak in this anthology containing nine of his best-known short...

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Эдгар По

The Jungle Book

Редьярд Киплинг, Rudyard 1865-1936 Kipling

The Jungle Book

A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Ralph Mowat. In the jungle of Southern India the Seeonee Wolf-Pack has a new cub. He is not a wolf – he is Mowgli, a human child, but he knows nothing of the world of men. He lives and hunts with his brothers the wolves. Baloo the bear and Bagheera the panther are his friends and teachers. And Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger, is his enemy. Kipling's famous story of Mowgli's adventures in the jungle has been...

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Редьярд Киплинг, Rudyard 1865-1936 Kipling

The Jungle Books

Редьярд Киплинг

The Jungle Books

First published serially between 1893 and 1894, “The Jungle Book” is Rudyard Kipling’s classic collection of jungle tales in which we first meet Mowgli, a child lost in the jungles of India and raised by a pack of wolves. To survive in the jungle Mowgli most learn from the animals to abide by the laws of the jungle. A cast of interesting creatures surround Mowgli, including Baloo the bear and Bagheera the black panther, who help the young man to survive, and the tiger Shere Khan, who is envious...

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Редьярд Киплинг

The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers, Chambers Robert и др.

The King in Yellow

THE KING IN YELLOW – recently featured in HBO's hit series TRUE DETECTIVE – is a collection of 10 short stories, the reading of which will curse one to a terrible fate. You have been warned! This edition features an introduction by H.P. Lovecraft.

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Robert W. Chambers, Chambers Robert и др.

The King In Yellow: 10 Short Storie...

Robert W. Chambers

The King In Yellow: 10 Short Stories + Audiobook Links

–Professional formatting, giving you full control over fonts, font sizes, and line spacing –Active table of contents –Bonus short story included: 'An Inhabitant of Carcosa' by Ambrose Bierce, featuring the very first mention of Carcosa in a published work. As seen on HBO's new hit series 'True Detective' ! THE KING IN YELLOW is a 'weird fiction'...

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Robert W. Chambers

The King in Yellow (with a Foreword...

Robert W. Chambers

The King in Yellow (with a Foreword by Rupert Hughes)

First published in 1895, “The King in Yellow” is a collection of short stories by Robert W. Chambers for which the author is best known. The title of the collection refers to a fictional forbidden play referenced in the first four of the stories of the collection which induces its readers to madness. The remainder of the stories of this volume have a less eerie tone and are written in the romantic fiction style common to Chambers’ later work. “The King in Yellow” is a prominent example of the...

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Robert W. Chambers

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stori...

Leo Tolstoy, Лев Толстой

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories

"The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories" by graf Leo Tolstoy (translated by Benjamin Ricketson Tucker). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal...

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Leo Tolstoy, Лев Толстой

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stori...

Leo Tolstoy

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories

“The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories” collects six of Tolstoy’s finest short stories into one edition. In “How Much Land Does a Man Need?”, Tolstoy explores this very question through the story of a peasant with an increasing appetite for land—an appetite which becomes his ruin. “The Death of Ivan Ilyich”, one of Tolstoy’s short masterpieces, tells of the early death of a high-court judge in 19th century Russian. “Family Happiness” explores the female identity within changing romantic...

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Leo Tolstoy

The Lady With the Dog and Other Sto...

Anton Chekhov

The Lady With the Dog and Other Stories

A classic collection of short stories from one the greatest short stories writers of all-time, Anton Chekhov. «The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories» includes the following tales: The Lady With the Dog, A Doctor’s Visit, An Upheaval, Ionitch, The Head of the Family, The Black Monk, Volodya, An Anonymous Story, and The Husband.

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Anton Chekhov

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