"One Hundred Years of Solitude" is a novel published by Gabriel Garcia Marquez in 1969. It is considered to be one of his best works. The plot is based on a hundred years history of a made up town called Macondo. We live the … [Read more...] about One Hundred Years of Solitude
Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground is a novella written in 1864 by Fyodor Dostoevsky and considered to be one of the first existentialist novels. Its form is an excerpt from the memoirs of an unnamed narrator (referred to as the Underground … [Read more...] about Notes from Underground
The Wild White Stallion
"The Wild White Stallion" is a novel about a neverending friendship between a boy and a wild horse. Written by Rene Guillot, this novel keeps on winning over the hearts of the children since 1959., the year the first edition was … [Read more...] about The Wild White Stallion
The Cherry Orchard
"The Cherry Orchard" is the last work written by the famous Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekov. This play written in 1902 tells the story about the destruction of the Russian aristocratic society at the given time. A family … [Read more...] about The Cherry Orchard
Two Friends
"The Two Friends" is a simple, yet powerful story from the French master in writing stories, Guy de Maupassant. The story is about two friends who meet in Paris during the Franco- Prussian war that brought them nothing but sorrow, … [Read more...] about Two Friends
The Fatalist
"The Fatalist" is a name of the story from Lermontov's novel "A Hero of Our Time". This story takes place at the very end of the novel, and also can be read separately. The other parts of the novel also maintain their … [Read more...] about The Fatalist
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
"Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" is a large lyrical epic poem written by George Gordon Byron. He started on writing this poem during his stay in Albania in 1809, publishing the first two parts in 1812, followed by the third one in … [Read more...] about Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
Dead Souls
"The Dead Souls" is the unfinished novel written by Nikolay Vasilievich Gogol. Published in 1842, and used as a setting point for the Russian literary realism. "The Dead Souls" consists out of three different poems, only five … [Read more...] about Dead Souls
The Master and Margarita
Mihail Bulgakov the author of the novel "The Master and Margarita" got the idea for the plot in 1920's and kept working on it until his death. In mid-1920's, he pictured yet another novel based on the motives of Pontius Pilatus … [Read more...] about The Master and Margarita
The Day of the Bomb
"The Day of the Bomb" is a children novel describing the childhood of a four-year-old Sadako, a nice yet sensitive and naughty child. It was written by Austrian author Karl Bruckner. The novel has been published in 1961., soon … [Read more...] about The Day of the Bomb
