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First published serially between 1868 and 1869, “The Idiot” is Dostoevsky’s most deeply personal work, which he remarked was his own personal favorite. It follows the journey of the title character, Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin, who is actually intelligent but is cynically referred to as an “idiot” by his fellow characters for his moralistic purity. Prince Myshkin is a young man from an ancient noble Russian family who is returning home after a two year stay at a Swiss clinic for treatment of his epilepsy, a condition that Dostoevsky himself suffered from. On his train journey home he meets the darkly passionate and reckless young man Rogozhin, and is drawn into a love triangle with the beautiful, but flawed and destructive, Nastasya Filippovna. Upon returning to Russia, Prince Myshkin stands out as the exact opposite of the society around him. He is thoughtful, deliberate, deeply compassionate, and selfless; while his contemporaries are greedy, impulsive, materialistic, manipulative, and self-absorbed. They cannot understand the Prince and mistakenly interpret his naivete as idiocy. “The Idiot” is a tragic, haunting, and deeply moving examination of a wholesome and idealistic man’s struggle to cope with the changes being brought on by a modernizing Russia during the second half of the 19th century. This edition follows the translation of Eva M. Martin and includes a biographical afterword.


Martin Eden Martin Eden

Автор: Джек Лондон

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FROM THE PUBLISHER Martin Eden, Jack London's semiautobiographical novel about a struggling young writer, is considered by many to be the author's most mature work. Personifying London's own dreams of education and literary fame as a young man in San Francisco, Martin Eden's impassioned but ultimately ineffective battle to overcome his bleak circumstances makes him one of the most memorable and poignant characters Jack London ever created. "In Martin, (London) created one of the great twisted heroes of American literature . . . a hero doomed from the outset because his own passions are bigger and more complicated than any man could bear." SYNOPSIS The semiautobiographical Martin Eden is the most vital and original character Jack London ever created. Set in San Francisco, this is the story of Martin Eden, and impoverished seaman who pursues, obsessively and aggressively, dreams of education and literary fame. London, dissatisfied with the rewards of his own success, intended Martin Eden as an attack on individualism and a criticism of ambition; however, much of its status as a classic has been conferred by admirers of its ambitious protagonist.


Идиоты. Харчевня двух ведьм / Conrad, Joseph. The Idiots. The Inn of the Two Witches Идиоты. Харчевня двух ведьм / Conrad, Joseph. The Idiots. The Inn of the Two Witches

Автор: Джозеф Конрад

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Рассказ «Харчевня двух ведьм» повествует о странном и загадочном случае, приключившимся с одиноким путником в старой харчевне. Джозеф Конрад (настоящее имя – Юзеф Теодор Конрад Коженевский) – английский писатель польского происхождения, автор многочисленных романов и новелл, мастер морской темы в мировой литературе. Произведения Конрада проникнуты романтическими мотивами, его герои – волевые, решительные и мужественные люди. "Идиоты" – драматическая история, случившаяся однажды ночью на пустынном морском берегу. Аудиокнига на русском и английском языках. The Idiots Новелла The Inn of the Two Witches Идиоты Харчевня двух ведьм


The Horror at Martin's Beach The Horror at Martin's Beach

Автор: Говард Филлипс Лавкрафт

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Sailors kill a 50 foot creature at sea after a lengthy battle. The creature bears strange anatomical irregularities such as a single large eye and rudimentary forelegs and six-toed feet in place of pectoral fins. After inspection by marine biologists, it is revealed to be just a juvenile. The captain who captured the creature tours the coast and profits from the corpse of the deceased creature. As the captain attempts to finish his business at Martin's Beach, a group of swimmers are attacked. The captain and others attempt to rescue the victims but it is too late. The good samaritans and the captain are hypnotized and pulled into the water by the creature's apparently vengeful mother, to the horror of an onlooking crowd.


Extracts From Adam's Diary (Translated From The Original MS) Extracts From Adam's Diary (Translated From The Original MS)

Автор: Марк Твен

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Written at the end of Twain's career, Extracts from Adam's Diary was first published in 1897. Twain's Adam was based on himself.


D. Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini's Leben D. Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini's Leben

Автор: Johann August Ephraim Goeze

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Полный вариант заголовка: «D. Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini's Leben / aufgesetzt von J. A. E. Goeze».