Бесплатные книги в жанре «Зарубежная литература»

Карл Маркс был величайшим философом, социологом и экономистом 19 века. Его труды перевернули весь мир и породили собственное движение. В ХХ веке труды Карла Маркса стали ключевыми для формирования исторических процессов, политических и экономических течений, а также человеческого сознания. «Капит...

Поэма «Потерянный рай», созданная величайшим британским поэтом и публицистом Джоном Мильтоном – одно из самых замечательных явлений в английской литературе 17 века.В творении, посвященном христианской теме грехопадения, пуританину Мильтону удивительно удалось совместить чувства, стиль и дух антич...

Soil CultureJ. H. Walden Soil Culture; Containing a Comprehensive View of Agriculture, Horticulture, Pomology, Domestic Animals, Rural Economy, and Agricultural Literature TO THE PRACTICAL CULTIVATORS OF THE SOIL, The True Lords of the Manor, THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED, BY THEIR SINCERE FRIEND, The...

Джером Клапка Джером (1859–1927) – блестящий британский писатель-юморист, автор множества замечательных сатирических произведений, умевший весело и остроумно поведать публике о разнообразных нюансах частной и общественной жизни англичан всех сословий и возрастов.В состав данной книги вошла больша...

The Opal SerpentFergus Hume The Opal Serpent CHAPTER I DON QUIXOTE IN LONDON Simon Beecot was a country gentleman with a small income, a small estate and a mind considerably smaller than either. He dwelt at Wargrove in Essex and spent his idle hours – of which he possessed a daily and nightly twe...

The Bride of the SunGaston Leroux The Bride of the Sun BOOK I—THE GOLDEN SUN BRACELET I As the liner steamed into Callao Roads, and long before it had anchored, it was surrounded by a flotilla of small boats. A moment later, deck, saloons and cabins were invaded by a host of gesticulating and str...

The Secret HouseEdgar Wallace The Secret House CHAPTER I A man stood irresolutely before the imposing portals of Cainbury House, a large office building let out to numerous small tenants, and harbouring, as the indicator on the tiled wall of the vestibule testified, some thirty different professi...

The Camera FiendE.W. Hornung The Camera Fiend A CONSCIENTIOUS ASS Pocket Upton had come down late and panting, in spite of his daily exemption from first school, and the postcard on his plate had taken away his remaining modicum of breath. He could have wept over it in open hall, and would probab...

'They came in cylinders as dreaded falling stars; they were the ultimate killing machines...' When a Martian spacecraft crash-lands near Woking, mankind is terrorised by aliens in tall, armoured capsules that stalk the countryside on three legs. The frightening machines wreak havoc on London and ...

The Two PathsJohn Ruskin The Two Paths PREFACE The following addresses, though spoken at different times, are intentionally connected in subject; their aim being to set one or two main principles of art in simple light before the general student, and to indicate their practical bearing on modern ...