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The most famous and controversial novel from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century tells the story of Humbert Humbert’s obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet Dolores Haze. With a new introduction by Claire Messud “The conjunction of a sense of humor with...

Dive into Lloyd C. Douglas's timeless tale of redemption, love, and the transformative power of selflessness. Magnificent Obsession follows the journey of Bobby Merrick, a wealthy and reckless young man whose life takes a dramatic turn after a tragic accident.

What if the brightest charm hid the darkest truths beneath it? In Je ne Parle pas Français by Katherine Mansfield, you step into the mind of Raoul Duquette, a cynical Parisian narrator whose sharp observations, moral contradictions, and unsettling humor reveal far more about himself than about the people he judges.

Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short-story genre, producing more than 300 during his lifetime. These concise stories contain twists and shocking turns, and range from the fantastic and supernatural, with characters descending into madness....

"Oderzhimost'" - fantasticheskij rasskaz Pavla Korneva, vhodit v cikl "Put' Kejna", zhanr boevoe fjentezi. Kejn roda Lejmi ne samyj luchshij chelovek na svete, no i ne samyj plohoj. Prosto on oderzhim - oderzhim strast'ju unichtozhit' vseh demonov i nepremenno sobstvennymi rukami. Dejstvie rasskaza proishodit za neskol'ko let do sobytij, opisannyh v romane "Povjazannyj krov'ju".