Folio World’s Classics

Le roman gothique «Le Fantme de l’Opra» appartient la plume de l'crivain franais Gaston Leroux et, selon l'auteur lui-mme, reprsente des vnements rels. Des vnements tonnants se droulent l'Opra de Paris: la perte d'argent, la disparition du chanteur, des accidents... De la premire la dernire

«A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court» is a novel by the American writer Mark Twain (1835—1910). Ths is one of the fist descriptions of time travel in literature. Th novel satirically mocks chivalrous stories about the Middle Ages. «Янкі з Коннектикуту при дворі короля Артура» — роман

Wilkie Collins (1824—1889) — English writer and playwright, one of the founders of the detective genre. «I Say No» is a typical English Victorian novel. This novel has everything — love and adventure, intrigue and detective story. Bright characters, a fascinating description of the feelings of the

Jane Eyre, the protagonist tof the novel of the same name by British writer Charlotte Bront (1816—1855), was raised in an orphanage. Having received an excellent education, the girl gets a job as a governess in the family of a wealthy Mr. Rochester. After a while, Jane begins to realize that

«The House of the Seven Gables» is a Gothic novel by the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804—1864). The author discusses the past and present of New England and addresses the themes of guilt, retribution, and atonement. This is a story about the relationship of two genera. A gloomy and

Der Held dieser Geschichte von Franz Kafka (1883—1924) wacht eines Tages auf... als Insekt wiedergeboren. Er verliert seinen Job, die Familie sperrt ihn in ein Zimmer. Eine solche Isolation fhrt schlielich zu seinem Tod. In symbolischen Begriffen wird die Geschichte «Die Verwandlung» als ein

«Frankenstein» is an epistolary Gothic novel by the English writer Mary Shelley (1797—1851). The book is about Victor Frankenstein, who managed to comprehend the mystery of the origin of life and learn to revive lifeless matter. Later he renounces his creation, but the nameless monster begins to

Oscar Wilde (1854—1900) — Anglo-Irish writer, an outstanding master of paradox and satirical nonsense. Reflections on good, evil and beauty are inherent in Wilde’s «The Fairy Tales». They are characterized by incredible fantasy, humanistic mood and ironic manner of presentation. Оскар Вайлд

Die Ereignisse im Mrchenroman des deutschen Schriftstellers Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776—1822) «Meister Floh» entwickeln sich ziemlich schnell. Der Protagonist der Arbeit Peregrinus Ty ist pltzlich in ein mysterises Spiel mystischer Krfte verwickelt. Jeder Charakter in der Geschichte hat

The English writer George Orwell (1903—1950) gained worldwide fame for his works written in the last years of his life. The anti-utopia novel 1984 tells the story of Winston Smith and his degradation under the influence of the totalitarian state in which he lives. Англійський письменник Джордж

Jerome K. Jerome (1859—1927) was an English humorist. The situations he portrayed from the lives of ordinary Englishmen in his work «Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)» are still witty. Any minor thing — from packing to trying to open a can with food — can cause a number of adventures.

The outstanding English writer, publicist and journalist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) wrote historical, adventure and fiction novels. But he entered world literature as the creator of the extraordinary detective Sherlock Holmes, for whom there are no hopeless cases.

The outstanding English writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) is mostly famous as a creator of the extraordinary detective Sherlock Holmes who always finds the guilty ones and defends the innocent, even when he has to face the mysterious evil at the swamp.

A collection of detective and mystery stories written by famous American writer Edgar Allan Poe (1809—1849) who is considered one of the founders of science fiction and science detective genres. It includes a great number of mysteries that can be solved with scientific methods and unlimited

Jane Austen (1775—1817) is still rightly considered the «first lady» of English literature. Her novels are full of subtle psychologism. «Pride and Prejudice» is a story about the love of a wealthy aristocrat and a modest but proud daughter of the owner of a small estate in the province.

The most famous and popular novel of English writer Oscar Wilde (1854—1900). Dorian Gray is a very attractive young man who wishes to make a link between his soul and his portrait so that the picture gets old but he stays young forever. However, not only the picture gets older instead of him — it