Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like «Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde» and «Treasure Island.» Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. «The Rajah’s Diamond» is a collection of four wonderful short stories: «Story of the Bandbox,» «Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders,» «Story of the House with the Green Blinds,» and «The Adventure of Prince Florizel and a Detective.»

David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and literary critic, one of the key writers of the early twentieth century, most famous for his criticism of rationalism and industrialization. «The Boy in the Bush» is a novel made in collaboration with an Australian writer Mollie Skinner. Set in Western Australia, the book covers a few years in the life of Jack Grant, who has been sent by his parents to make a new life in the pioneering colony. The book also masterfully covers the topic of juvenility and relationships with women.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like «Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde» and «Treasure Island.» Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. Tired of his father refusing to tolerate his addiction for alcohol, John Nicholson decides to leave Edinburgh for a better life in America. For some time he seems to have achieved success, but John learns that all of his excesses mixed with internal problems would ultimately lead him to failure.

Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. «The Antiquary» is one of the most critically acclaimed poems of the time, and one of the author’s most favorite of his works. Set in Scotland during the times of the wars with revolutionary France, it tells the story of several characters like the antiquary Jonathan Oldbuck, mysterious friend William Lovel, whose true identity slowly unveils the secrets and lies of haunted by the guilt Earl of Glenallan.

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811—1863) was a British author and novelist mostly known for his satirical works such as «Vanity Fair» that showed an ironic representation of the British society of those times. «The History of Pendennis» is a novel set in nineteenth-century England, mostly in London. The book tells the story of a young gentleman Arthur Pendennis from a countryside, who travels to London to find his place in society. In line with other Thackeray’s works, the novel is a satiric picture of the English aristocratic society, which includes all sorts of snobbish and sometimes detestable characters.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was an English novelist, dramatist, and short story writer, universally known for her Gothic novel «Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus». «Lodore» is the novel focused on the theme of power and responsibility for the family. The story follows the wife and daughter of Lord Lodore, who is killed in a duel at the end of the first volume, leaving a trail of legal, financial, and familial obstacles for the remaining family to solve.

Edith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt. This book is a collection of classic short stories like «The Last Asset,» «The Pretext,» «The Verdict,» and «The Pot-Boiler.»

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was an English novelist, dramatist, and short story writer, universally known for her Gothic novel «Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus». The novel «Falkner» focuses on the character of Elizabeth Raby, raised under the infl uence of her foster-father Rupert Falkner. When he is acquitted of murdering her lover’s mother, Elizabeth tries to do all she can to reconcile the two men she loves. The book’s story and resolution propose the triumph of female values over violent masculinity.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like «Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde» and «Treasure Island.» Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. «The Ebb-Tide» is a short novel co-written by Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. The plot revolves around three men down on their luck in Tahiti. All of them agree to ship out on a vessel whose officers died of smallpox, but on the way, they decide to steal the ship and its cargo. Naturally, this doesn’t end well.

Herman Melville (1819 — 1891) was an American poet and novelist of the American Renaissance, best known for his allusive adventure novel «Moby-Dick». The part fictional story, part autobiography, «White-Jacket» is a remarkable, epic travel novel of its time. It is also one of the most politically oriented H. Melville stories, revealing in-depth all of the relationships in the Navy, its rules, and customs.

Edith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt. Considered by many as a masterpiece, «The Custom of the Country» is a study of the fads and antics of the modern American upper class. It tells the story of spoiled and selfish but at the same time amazingly charming Undine Spragg, who tries to get into New York’s high society. Through her life full of affairs, the book describes a social behavior of a person who is well educated and extremely disenchanted.

Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American poet and novelist of the American Renaissance, best known for his allusive adventure novel «Moby-Dick». Mysterious and unpredictable, the «Pierre: or, The Ambiguities» contains all the good and intriguing features of the Gothic iction genre. «Typee» is one of the most famous and critically acclaimed traveling adventures of the nineteenth century. It is a semi-autobiographical story of the Melville’s Polynesian travels, an examination of nature, people and their relationships, and an extensive exploration of exotic rituals.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like «Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde» and «Treasure Island.» Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. This volume consists of two amazing stories: mysterious «The Body-Snatcher» and intriguing «The Story of a Lie.»

Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American poet and novelist of the American Renaissance, best known for his allusive adventure novel «Moby-Dick.» Partly based on the author’s experience, «Redburn» is a fascinating coming- of-age story of a young sailor Wellington Redburn, who decides to leave New York in search of a better life in Liverpool, England. It is a moving tale about losing an innocent outlook on life and obtaining life experience through overcoming adversity.

Mark Twain (1835—1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are «The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» and its sequel, «The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.» Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. «The American Claimant» is an unusual novel that mixes science fiction, romance, fantasy, and political satire. It is a comedy of mistaken identities and paradoxes like an American falling in love with British aristocracy and a British earl being fascinated by American democracy.

Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American poet and novelist of the American Renaissance, best known for his allusive adventure novel «Moby-Dick.» Partially based on real events, «Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile» tells us a wildly eventful story of a soldier during the American Revolution. An extraordinary adventure full colorful historical events and personalities, including John Paul Jones, Benjamin Franklin, and even King George III.

Herman Melville (1819—1891) was an American poet and novelist of the American Renaissance, best known for his allusive adventure novel «Moby-Dick». «Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War» is his first book of poetry, fully dedicated to the battles of the Civil War and its aftermath. This compilation includes 72 poems about almost every major event, passed through the author’s point of view on the war and its impact on people.

William Shakespeare (1564—1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, considered by many as the greatest English writer. Hundreds of specialists were able to translate his works into every major language, and most of the plays are performed more often than those of any other author. «Cymbeline» is a romantic play set in Ancient Britain and based on the legends of the early Celtic British King Cunobeline. It tells the story of the commoner Posthumus who falls in love with the princess Imogen. She marries him, but the King Cymbeline, her father, finds about it and exiles Posthumus.

Edith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt. «Tales of Men and Ghosts» is a collection of ten masterful ghost stories like «The Bolted Door,» «His Father’s Son,» «The Daunt Diana,» and «Full Circle.»

Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American poet and novelist of the American Renaissance, best known for his allusive adventure novel «Moby-Dick». This book includes notorious work of the great writer: collection of six great stories «The Piazza Tales».

Mark Twain (1835—1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are «The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» and its sequel, «The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.» Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. «Sketches New and Old» is a wonderful collection of short stories like «My Watch,» «The Jumping Frog,» «The Story of the Bad Little Boy,» and «Niagara.»

Mark Twain (1835—1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are «The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» and its sequel, «The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.» Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. «Life on the Mississippi» is another stellar travel book and a memoir of the times before the Civil War when Mark worked as a steamboat navigator on the Mississippi River. The book also includes his trip from St. Louis to New Orleans years after the War.

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. «The Vicar of Bullhampton» is a novel which is made up of three intertwining subplots: the courtship of a young woman by two suitors; a feud between the titular Broad church vicar and a Low church nobleman; and the vicar’s attempt to rehabilitate a young woman who has gone astray.

Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. As the title suggests, «Life of Napoleon» is a monumental biographical work representing the study of France during the Napoleonic Era. In an attempt to convey an accurate picture of events, Sir Walter Scott visited the Waterloo, and also interviewed officers engaged in the battle. The book is also based on The British governments to archives dealing with Napoleon’s exile in St. Helena.

James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Oak Openings; or, The Bee Hunter focuses on the activities of professional honey-hunter Benjamin Boden, nicknamed «Ben Buzz». The novel is set in Kalamazoo, Michigan’s Oak Opening, a wooded prairie during the War of 1812.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like «Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde» and «Treasure Island.» Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. «In the South Seas» is another Stevenson’s traveling memoir, which extensively describes his journey to the Pacific. It includes travels to Hawaii, the Marquesas, Tuamotu Islands and many more places.

Mark Twain (1835—1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are «The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» and its sequel, «The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.» Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. This volume includes two amazing works: a novel about Buffalo Bill’s favorite horse «A Horse’s Tale» and a short story «The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.»

Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859 —1927) was an English writer and humourist. «The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow» is a collection of humorous essays. This collection offers the author’s witty observations on all manner of topics, ranging from love to children to cats and dogs.

Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and the creator of the Lost World literary genre. This is an extraordinarily beautiful Indian princess and a white Englishman fall in love but suffer deeply because of their feelings.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like «Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde» and «Treasure Island.» Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. «An Inland Voyage» is a travelogue about author’s canoeing trip through France and Belgium in 1876. This book is one of Stevenson’s early works pioneering the genre of outdoor literature.

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 —1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. «The Purcell Papers III» contains five gothic short stories like «Jim Sulivan’s Adventures in the Great Snow» and «The Quare Gander,» recognized as a classic of Fantasy & Horror genres.

The novel Wyandotte arrived at a time when a patriotic mythology about the American Revolution was developing, and Cooper’s somber tale of the sufferings of an isolated family in upstate New York during the Revolution was not congruent with the celebratory stories then being told. As Edgar Allen Рое observed, in Maud Meredith Cooper creates his most spirited heroine, and in Saucy Nick, his most credible Indian.

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 —1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. «The Purcell Papers I» is a collection of early works of the author, united by one vivid dark theme. All these stories are a prime example of Victorian Gothic art, which inspired a whole genre.

Jack London (1876 — 1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. This collection consists of ten great stories such as «The Madness of John Harned», «When the World Was Young», «The Benefit of the Doubt», and «The Night-Born».

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 —1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. While being one of the early works, «The Mysterious Lodger» still considered as a fine example of horror fiction classics by one of the most prominent authors of the genre.

Jack London (1876—1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. This volume includes amazing short stories and sketches like «Small-Boat Sailing», «Four Horses and a Sailor», «Nothing That Ever Came To Anything» and «The».

Автор: Stowe H., «UNCLE TOM’S CABIN II = (Хижина дяди Тома II)»: Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 — 1896) was an American abolitionist and a writer. She is best known for her novel «Uncle Tom’s Cabin,» which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. It featured the character of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering black slave around whom the stories of other characters revolve. The sentimental novel depicts the reality of slavery while asserting that Christian love can overcome something as destructive as enslavement of fellow human beings.

An autobiography of Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer, largely of adventure fiction. He was also involved in agricultural reform throughout the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential,

William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. His best-known works are The Woman in White (1859), No Name (1862), Armadale (1866) and The Moonstone (1868). The last is considered the first modern English detective novel. Sister Rose is a part of After Dark.

Edith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt. «Bunner Sisters» is a novel that takes place in a run-down neighborhood of New York City. The two Bunner sisters, young Evelina and the ever Ann Eliza, keep a small shop selling artificial flowers and simple things like buttons, trims, and ribbons. Their life is boring and unrewarding, but they manage to keep it going with their dedication and love. However, their life changes after the birthday gift of a clock that draws attention a mysterious clockmaker Herbert Ramy.