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Княги́ня Ли́говска́я - незавершённый социально-психологический роман с элементами светской повести, начатый Михаилом Лермонтовым в 1836 году. Работа над произведением, в котором отразились личные переживания автора, прервалась в 1837 году. Интрига романа развивается в нескольких направлениях одно из них строится вокруг встречи главного героя - офицера Григория Печорина - с былой возлюбленной Верой Дмитриевной Лиговской; другое посвящено его конфликту с небогатым чиновником одного из петербургских департаментов Красинским. Отдельная сюжетная линия связана со взаимоотношениями Печорина и Лизаветы Николаевны Негуровой.В рукописи зафиксированы автографы не только Лермонтова, но и литератора Святослава Раевского, принимавшего участие в создании отдельных глав, а также троюродного брата поэта - Акима Шан-Гирея. Произведение знаменует собой постепенный переход автора от романтического максимализма к реалистическим художественным принципам. Некоторые идеи и замыслы, начатые в Княгине Лиговской, впоследствии воплотились в Герое нашего времени.При жизни Лермонтова роман ни разу не публиковался. Впервые напечатан историком литературы Павлом Висковатовым в журнале Русский вестник (1882, том 157, № 1). (ru.wikipedia.org)

Необычная особенность автора знакомить читателя со всеми персонажами своих историй. При этом, с одной стороны он детально рассказывает какие-то аспекты жизни героя, которые поначалу кажутся совсем незначительными, с другой стороны он не разводит лишние сантименты. Иван Сергеевич, человек проживший весьма честную и скромную жизнь, без взлетов и падений, бурь и страстей до определенного момента ведет весьма уединённый образ жизни. В один прекрасный день он привозит домой маленького ребенка, происхождение которого овеяно тайно и прояснять её своим домочадцам он не намерен. Сама же история началась не задолго до этого, когда наш герой оказывается втянут в личные проблемы князя Михаила. Точнее будет сказать, что Иван Сергеевич, как человек бездетный, бессемейный, сам добровольно втянулся в...СОДЕРЖАНИЕЕлена Легенда Мимоездом Доктор Крупов Сорока-воровка Поврежденный

Необычная особенность автора знакомить читателя со всеми персонажами своих историй. При этом, с одной стороны он детально рассказывает какие-то аспекты жизни героя, которые поначалу кажутся совсем незначительными, с другой стороны он не разводит лишние сантименты. Иван Сергеевич, человек проживший весьма честную и скромную жизнь, без взлетов и падений, бурь и страстей до определенного момента ведет весьма уединённый образ жизни. В один прекрасный день он привозит домой маленького ребенка, происхождение которого овеяно тайно и прояснять её своим домочадцам он не намерен. Сама же история началась не задолго до этого, когда наш герой оказывается втянут в личные проблемы князя Михаила. Точнее будет сказать, что Иван Сергеевич, как человек бездетный, бессемейный, сам добровольно втянулся в...СОДЕРЖАНИЕЕлена Легенда Мимоездом Доктор Крупов Сорока-воровка Поврежденный

Сере́бряный го́лубь - первый роман Андрея Белого, один из ярчайших образцов прозы русского символизма. Публиковался в журнале Весы с марта по декабрь 1909 года. Молодой писатель Пётр Дарьяльский - интеллигент, воспитанный в лоне западной культуры, - проводит лето в деревне вместе с приятелем Шмидтом, увлечённым мистико-теософскими штудиями, и совсем юной невестой Катей. Девушка живёт в Гуголеве, оскудевающей усадьбе её бабушки, баронессы Тодрабе-Граабен. Внимание Дарьяльского невольно приковывает рябая деревенская баба Матрёна из соседнего села Целебеево. Он разрывается между плотским влечением к Матрёне и духовным стремлением к Кате.Старый купец Еропегин из уездного города Лихова, памятуя о том, что баронесса в своё время отвергла его ухаживания, грозит гордой старухе разорением. Придя в ужас от перспективы расстаться с имением, баронесса в запальчивости оскорбляет попавшегося под руку Дарьяльского. Он покидает Гуголево и переезжает на восток в Целебеево, где нанимается на работу к столяру Кудеярову, в чьём доме живёт Матрёна. Утончённый москвич рад возможности порвать с западными ценностями и погрузиться в самые недра былинной Руси. С молчаливого согласия столяра Матрёна и Дарьяльский становятся любовниками.Хромой столяр Кудеяров - один из предводителей секты белых голубей, проповедующих, подобно хлыстам, чувственный мистицизм. Это он свёл Матрёну с Дарьяльским в надежде на то, что от их связи родится чудо-младенец. О скором пришествии нового Спасителя оповещены и другие голуби. Поскольку чаемого зачатия не происходит, а Дарьяльский начинает подумывать о примирении с Катей, столяр строит план физического устранения чужака, оказавшегося якобы недостойным божественной благодати....(ru.wikipedia.org)

Heretics is a collection of 20 essays by G. K. Chesterton and published by John Lane in 1905. archaeology While the loci of the chapters of Heretics are personalities, the topics he debates are as universal to the "vague moderns" of the 21st century as they were to those of the 20th. He quotes at length and argues extensively against atheist Joseph McCabe, delivers diatribes about his close personal friend and intellectual rival, George Bernard Shaw, as well as Friedrich Nietzsche, H. G. Wells, Rudyard Kipling and an array of other major intellectuals of his day, many of whom he knew personally. The topics he touches upon range from cosmology to anthropology to soteriology and he argues against French nihilism, German humanism, English utilitarianism, the syncretism of "the vague modern", Social Darwinism, eugenics and the arrogance and misanthropy of the European intelligentsia. Together with Orthodoxy, this book is regarded as central to his corpus of moral theology. (wikipedia.org) Chapters1. Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy2. On the Negative Spirit3. On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small4. Mr. Bernard Shaw5. Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants6. Christmas and the Esthetes7. Omar and the Sacred Vine8. The Mildness of the Yellow Press9. The Moods of Mr. George Moore10. On Sandals and Simplicity11. Science and the Savages12. Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson13. Celts and Celtophiles14. On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family15. On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set16. On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity17. On the Wit of Whistler18. The Fallacy of the Young Nation19. Slum Novelists and the Slums20. Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy

CONTENTSI The Great Elizabethan Navigators II Hearne's Overland Journey to the Northern Ocean III Mackenzie Descends the Great River of the North IV The Memorable Exploits of Sir John Franklin V The Tragedy of Franklin's Fate VI Epilogue. The Conquest of the Pole About the author: Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock FRSC (30 December 1869 - 28 March 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humorist in the world. He is known for his light humour along with criticisms of people's follies.Early in his career, Leacock turned to fiction, humour, and short reports to supplement (and ultimately exceed) his regular income. His stories, first published in magazines in Canada and the United States and later in novel form, became extremely popular around the world. It was said in 1911 that more people had heard of Stephen Leacock than had heard of Canada. Between the years 1915 and 1925, Leacock was the most popular humorist in the English-speaking world.A humorist particularly admired by Leacock was Robert Benchley from New York. Leacock opened correspondence with Benchley, encouraging him in his work and importuning him to compile his work into a book. Benchley did so in 1922, and acknowledged the nagging from north of the border.Near the end of his life, the US comedian Jack Benny recounted how he had been introduced to Leacock's writing by Groucho Marx when they were both young vaudeville comedians. Benny acknowledged Leacock's influence and, fifty years after first reading him, still considered Leacock one of his favorite comic writers. He was puzzled as to why Leacock's work was no longer well known in the United States. His works can be described as a balancing act between cutting satire and sheer absurdity. He also wrote extensively on his chosen fields of study, political science and political economy. Leacock was professor, but in his works he reflected with wit and ingenuity on everyday situations.During the summer months, Leacock lived at Old Brewery Bay, his summer estate in Orillia, across Lake Simcoe from where he was raised and also bordering Lake Couchiching. A working farm, Old Brewery Bay is now a museum and National Historic Site of Canada. Gossip provided by the local barber, Jefferson Short, provided Leacock with the material which would become Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912), set in the thinly-disguised Mariposa.Leacock was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal in 1937, nominally for his academic work. (Wikipedia.org)

Lesser books have gotten greater reviews but the measure of a book's quality is not by the stars it receives but by the mirth it delivers to its readers. Stephen Leacock's book or rather contribution to human knowledge shall remain etched in the crests and troughs of mine. Every now and then as I shuffle through my memories I shall always relive this collection with a chuckle if not instantaneous laughter. That being said, the story 'With the photographer' seems relevant even in today's age of the gram. I suspect that human nature was really so predictable to this under rated humorist that he truly saw things Behind the beyond! (Amar Viswanathan)About the author: Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock FRSC (30 December 1869 - 28 March 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humorist in the world. He is known for his light humour along with criticisms of people's follies.Early in his career, Leacock turned to fiction, humour, and short reports to supplement (and ultimately exceed) his regular income. His stories, first published in magazines in Canada and the United States and later in novel form, became extremely popular around the world. It was said in 1911 that more people had heard of Stephen Leacock than had heard of Canada. Between the years 1915 and 1925, Leacock was the most popular humorist in the English-speaking world.A humorist particularly admired by Leacock was Robert Benchley from New York. Leacock opened correspondence with Benchley, encouraging him in his work and importuning him to compile his work into a book. Benchley did so in 1922, and acknowledged the nagging from north of the border.Near the end of his life, the US comedian Jack Benny recounted how he had been introduced to Leacock's writing by Groucho Marx when they were both young vaudeville comedians. Benny acknowledged Leacock's influence and, fifty years after first reading him, still considered Leacock one of his favorite comic writers. He was puzzled as to why Leacock's work was no longer well known in the United States. His works can be described as a balancing act between cutting satire and sheer absurdity. He also wrote extensively on his chosen fields of study, political science and political economy. Leacock was professor, but in his works he reflected with wit and ingenuity on everyday situations.During the summer months, Leacock lived at Old Brewery Bay, his summer estate in Orillia, across Lake Simcoe from where he was raised and also bordering Lake Couchiching. A working farm, Old Brewery Bay is now a museum and National Historic Site of Canada. Gossip provided by the local barber, Jefferson Short, provided Leacock with the material which would become Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912), set in the thinly-disguised Mariposa.Leacock was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal in 1937, nominally for his academic work. (Wikipedia.org)

Nonsense novels is a collection of superficial spoofs about every imaginable literary genre - the detective story, the hero story, the antihero story, the sea drama, the family drama, etc. He basically took a certain theme that most writers made a formula of and then annihilated it.But unlike most spoofs and parodies, Leacock never risked turning over-critical and over-assessing. You can see his efforts to keep the reader laughing, and nothing more. He was superficial, as if to almost suggest the mood of writers who repeat a literary formula to achieve a shortcut to fandom. And one can only admire his intention to do this - he made fun of others by making fun of himself - there is character in such an attempt. (Sarthak Pranit)About the author: Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock FRSC (30 December 1869 - 28 March 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humorist in the world. He is known for his light humour along with criticisms of people's follies. Early in his career, Leacock turned to fiction, humour, and short reports to supplement (and ultimately exceed) his regular income. His stories, first published in magazines in Canada and the United States and later in novel form, became extremely popular around the world. It was said in 1911 that more people had heard of Stephen Leacock than had heard of Canada. Between the years 1915 and 1925, Leacock was the most popular humorist in the English-speaking world. A humorist particularly admired by Leacock was Robert Benchley from New York. Leacock opened correspondence with Benchley, encouraging him in his work and importuning him to compile his work into a book. Benchley did so in 1922, and acknowledged the nagging from north of the border. Near the end of his life, the US comedian Jack Benny recounted how he had been introduced to Leacock's writing by Groucho Marx when they were both young vaudeville comedians. Benny acknowledged Leacock's influence and, fifty years after first reading him, still considered Leacock one of his favorite comic writers. He was puzzled as to why Leacock's work was no longer well known in the United States. His works can be described as a balancing act between cutting satire and sheer absurdity. He also wrote extensively on his chosen fields of study, political science and political economy. Leacock was professor, but in his works he reflected with wit and ingenuity on everyday situations. During the summer months, Leacock lived at Old Brewery Bay, his summer estate in Orillia, across Lake Simcoe from where he was raised and also bordering Lake Couchiching. A working farm, Old Brewery Bay is now a museum and National Historic Site of Canada. Gossip provided by the local barber, Jefferson Short, provided Leacock with the material which would become Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912), set in the thinly-disguised Mariposa. Leacock was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal in 1937, nominally for his academic work. (Wikipedia.org)

A fantastic and sober look at why we humans can't seem to build that perfect society that we have always dreamer of.Communism and socialism? No altruistic or uncorrupt leadership can be found to make it work.Capitalism and democracy? Pretty good options for us all things considered.Starvation despite great advancements in machines and production? We produce for man's wants not needs.Lealock's work is simple yet expansive. He answers many questions still discussed today.A great read! (Dave)About the author: Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock FRSC (30 December 1869 - 28 March 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humorist in the world. He is known for his light humour along with criticisms of people's follies. Early in his career, Leacock turned to fiction, humour, and short reports to supplement (and ultimately exceed) his regular income. His stories, first published in magazines in Canada and the United States and later in novel form, became extremely popular around the world. It was said in 1911 that more people had heard of Stephen Leacock than had heard of Canada. Between the years 1915 and 1925, Leacock was the most popular humorist in the English-speaking world. A humorist particularly admired by Leacock was Robert Benchley from New York. Leacock opened correspondence with Benchley, encouraging him in his work and importuning him to compile his work into a book. Benchley did so in 1922, and acknowledged the nagging from north of the border. Near the end of his life, the US comedian Jack Benny recounted how he had been introduced to Leacock's writing by Groucho Marx when they were both young vaudeville comedians. Benny acknowledged Leacock's influence and, fifty years after first reading him, still considered Leacock one of his favorite comic writers. He was puzzled as to why Leacock's work was no longer well known in the United States. His works can be described as a balancing act between cutting satire and sheer absurdity. He also wrote extensively on his chosen fields of study, political science and political economy. Leacock was professor, but in his works he reflected with wit and ingenuity on everyday situations. During the summer months, Leacock lived at Old Brewery Bay, his summer estate in Orillia, across Lake Simcoe from where he was raised and also bordering Lake Couchiching. A working farm, Old Brewery Bay is now a museum and National Historic Site of Canada. Gossip provided by the local barber, Jefferson Short, provided Leacock with the material which would become Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912), set in the thinly-disguised Mariposa. Leacock was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal in 1937, nominally for his academic work. (Wikipedia.org)

The People of the Mist is a classic lost race fantasy novel. It is the tale of a British adventurer seeking wealth in the wilds of Africa, finding romance, and discovering a lost race and its monstrous god.In the novel Penniless Leonard Outram attempts to redress the undeserved loss of his family estates and fiancee by seeking his fortune in Africa. In the course of his adventures he and his Zulu companion Otter save a young Portuguese woman, Juanna Rodd, together with her nursemaid Soa, from slavery. Leonard and Juanna are plainly attracted to each other, but prone to bickering, and their romance is impeded by the watchful and jealous Soa. The protagonists seek the legendary People of the Mist, said to possess a fabulous hoard of jewels. Finding them, they immediately become embroiled in the turbulent political affairs of the lost race, which is riven by a power-struggle between the monarch and the priesthood of its giant crocodile god. The heroic Leonard can do little more than react to events. The action climaxes in a hair-raising escape by toboggan down a steep glacier.

СОДЕРЖАНИЕПоездка в Соловецкий монастырь Печорский князь Берестяная книга БиографияСергей Васильевич Макси́мов (25 сентября (7 октября) 1831 - 3 (16) июня 1901) - русский этнограф-беллетрист. Брат писателя Николая и хирурга Василия Максимовых. Публиковался с 1853 г., преимущественно в Библиотеке для чтения. Начинал с очерков из народного быта. Ободрённый Тургеневым, Максимов в 1855 году предпринимает литературно-этнографическую экскурсию - пешеходное странствование по Владимирской губернии, посещает затем Нижний Новгород, Вятскую губернию. Этот опыт изучения народного быта отразился в очерках Крестьянские посиделки Костромской губернии, Извощики, Швецы (то есть портные), Сергач (вожак медведя), Вотяки, Нижегородская ярмарка, Соцкой, Булыня (скупщик льна), Маляр, Кулачок, Повитуха, Колдун и др., впоследствии вошедших в книгу Лесная глушь (СПб., т. 1-2, 1871).Когда по мысли великого князя Константина Николаевича морским ведомством был организован целый ряд этнографических экспедиций в различные края России (1855), Максимову достался Север он отправился к Белому морю, добрался до Ледовитого океана и Печоры и напечатал ряд статей в Морском сборнике, Библиотеке для чтения и Сыне Отечества, составивших затем книгу Год на Севере (1859, СПб.; 3 изд., 1871). Это произведение отмечено малой золотой медалью Императорского русского географического общества....(ru.wikipedia.org)

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 January 1860 - 15 July 1904) was a Russian physician, dramaturge and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practised as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife," he once said, "and literature is my mistress." Chekhov renounced the theatre after the disastrous reception of The Seagull in 1896, but the play was revived to acclaim in 1898 by Constantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, which subsequently also produced Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and premiered his last two plays, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. These four works present a challenge to the acting ensemble as well as to audiences, because in place of conventional action Chekhov offers a "theatre of mood" and a "submerged life in the text." Chekhov had at first written stories only for financial gain, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations which have influenced the evolution of the modern short story. His originality consists in an early use of the stream-of-consciousness technique, later adopted by James Joyce and other modernists, combined with a disavowal of the moral finality of traditional story structure. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them. (wikipedia.org)