Considered the most important poem of the twentieth century, T.S. Eliot`s The Waste Land is an oblique and fascinating view of the hopelessness and confusion of purpose in modern Western civilization

Greed, treachery, mesmerism, and murder are just some of the bricks Hawthorne uses to build The House of the Seven Gables. Generations before the present story begins, wealthy Colonel Pyncheon covets Matthew Maule’s land. When Maule is hanged for witchcraft, he puts a curse on the Colonel—and all his descendants. Now the menacing Judge Pyncheon continues the family tradition of hiding cruelty under a dazzling smile, while his scowling niece, Hepzibah, and half-mad nephew, Clifford, are reduced to poverty by his machinations. But the younger generation, embodied in their distant cousin Phoebe, becomes a ray of hope penetrating the dark house

In what has become a landmark of American History and literature, Incidents in the kife of a slave girl recounts the incredible but true story of Harriet Jacobs, born a slave in North Carolina in 1813. Her tale gains its importance from her description, in great and painful detail, of the sexual exploitation that daily haunted her life - and the life of every other black female slave

At a much lower price than comparable anthologies, the Fifth Edition provides 18 extraordinary plays, with a strong representation of historical periods and minority and women playwrights. The Introduction focuses on the study of drama as both a literary genre and a performing art; also provided are expanded introductions to the plays, an updated select bibliography, and a new filmography

What does it mean to be a woman? What is the pathway to mature feminity? And what of the masculine components of a woman`s personality? Robert A. Johnson explores these questions in this new edition of She, updated to reflect the growth of his thinking on these subjects

Главная тема произведений Ежи Анджеевского (1909—1983) - поиск истинных духовных ценностей в жизни человека. Второй том Сочинений составили повести "Мрак покрывает землю", "Врата рая", "Идет, скачет по горам" и др.

В книгу вошли рассказы "Спутники", "О чем шумело море", "Тополь цветет", "В отпуске", "Это мой дом" и др. и повесть "Ветка от доброго дерева"

В сборник повестей и рассказов русского писателя И. А .Бунина вошли: "Деревня", "Антоновские яблоки", "Захар Воробьев", "Мелитон". В повести "Деревня" показана жизнь старой русской деревни в пору революции 1906-1907 годов

Автор рассказывает о наших современниках, об утверждении подлинно гуманистических черт качества, выступает против духовной ограниченности, эгоизма, себялюбия

В книгу Петра Проскурина вошли повесть "Тихий, тихий звон" и сборник рассказов о жизни и труде советских рабочих