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Это история любви, одиночества и утраченных шансов. В образах Онегина и Татьяны — два взгляда на жизнь: отрешённый и живой, разочарованный и искренний. В этих строках — пыль балов и одиночество библиотеки, тишина аллей и ожидание рукопожатия.

She lived in the shadow of others—quietly, dutifully, without question. Her world was small: a kitchen hearth, the rhythm of chores, a parrot who would outlive most dreams. But in that stillness, something vast took root. A devotion so complete, it blurred the line between the sacred and the simple. This story doesn't shout. It listens. It watches. It waits. And by the time it's done, you'll understand how the softest hearts carry the heaviest truths.

Step into the witty, unsettling, and delightfully ironic world of Saki (H.H. Munro), one of the sharpest voices in Edwardian literature. This classic collection gathers his most memorable and darkly humorous short stories, including The Music on the Hill, The Unrest-Cure, Gabriel-Ernest, and the widely loved The Open Window. Saki's tales are known for their unexpected twists, elegant prose, and subtle satire of British society, often exposing the absurdities behind genteel manners and upper-class conventions.

The Picture in the House is a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft. It was written on December 12, 1920, and first published in the July issue of The National Amateur—which was published in the summer of 1921. While riding on his bicycle in the Miskatonic Valley of rural New England, a genealogist seeks shelter from an approaching storm in an apparently abandoned house, only to find that it is occupied by a "loathsome old, white-bearded, and ragged man," speaking in "an extreme form of Yankee dialect... thought long extinct."

Dagon is a short story by American author H.P. Lovecraft. It was written in July 1917 and is one of the first stories that Lovecraft wrote as an adult. It was first published in the November 1919 edition of The Vagrant. Dagon was later published in Weird Tales. It is considered by many to be one of Lovecraft's most forward-looking stories. The story is the testament of a tortured, morphine-addicted man who relates an incident that occurred during his service as an officer during World War I.

The Music of Erich Zann is a horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. Written in December 1921, it was first published in National Amateur, March 1922. Due to lack of funds, a university student is forced to take up lodging in an almost empty apartment building on a street named "Rue d'Auseil". One of the few other tenants is an old German man named Erich Zann. The old man is mute and plays the viol[a] with a local theater orchestra. He lives alone on the top floor and at night he plays strange melodies the student has never heard before.

The Tomb is a fictional short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in June 1917 and first published in the March 1922 issue of The Vagrant. It tells the story of Jervas Dudley, who becomes obsessed with a mausoleum near his childhood home. The Tomb tells of Jervas Dudley, a confessed daydreamer. While still a child, he discovers the padlocked entrance to a mausoleum belonging to the Hyde family, whose nearby mansion had burnt down many years previously. Jervas attempts to break the padlock, but is unable.

The Temple is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft in 1920, and first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales #24 in September 1925. The story is narrated as a "found manuscript" penned by Karl Heinrich, Graf von Altberg-Ehrenstein, a lieutenant-commander in the Imperial German Navy during the days of World War I. Altberg begins by declaring that he has decided to document the events leading up to his untimely end in order to "set certain facts" before the public, aware that he will not survive to do so himself.

Москва 20-х годов — увлекательный рассказ знаменитого русского писателя, драматурга и театрального деятеля Михаила Афанасьевича Булгакова (1891–1940). Рассказчик в свое время обошел Москву вдоль и поперек, и знает каждую улицу и каждый дом. Он делится воспоминания о том, каким был этот город в 20-х годах XX века, о его домах с нерабочими лифтами, о коммуналках с тонкими перегородками и о болезненном "квартирном вопросе".

Ein Hungerkünstler ist eine Erzählung von Franz Kafka, die erstmals 1922 in der Zeitung Die neue Rundschau erschien. Gleichzeitig ist es der Titel für den 1924 erschienenen Sammelband des Autors, der noch drei weitere Prosatexte enthielt. Drei der vier Erzählungen haben jeweils eine ironische Sicht auf das Künstlerleben zum Inhalt, wobei in zwei Fällen Zirkusfiguren gewählt wurden. Vor und nach der Jahrhundertwende war die Verwendung von Gauklern und Artisten, also Vertreter eher halbseidener Künste, in der Literatur sehr häufig. Siehe bei Frank Wedekind, Rainer Maria Rilke, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine.

In der Strafkolonie ist eine Erzählung von Franz Kafka, die im Oktober 1914 entstand und 1919 veröffentlicht wurde. Einem Forschungsreisenden wird das Rechtssystem einer Strafkolonie vorgeführt. Es besteht darin, dass jeder Angeklagte nach Festlegung des Urteils, das nicht angezweifelt werden kann, von einem Apparat in minutiösem Ablauf stundenlang gefoltert und dann getötet wird. Was er zu beherzigen habe, wird ihm in den Leib eingeschrieben. Der bei einer Vorführung anwesende Forschungsreisende verlässt nach dem unerwarteten Ausgang der Exekution umgehend die Insel.

Das Urteil (Untertitel: Eine Geschichte für Felice B.) ist eine 1912 (in der Nacht vom 22. auf den 23. September) entstandene und 1913 veröffentlichte Novelle von Franz Kafka. Die Erzählung hat den Charakter einer Novelle und handelt von einem Vater-Sohn-Konflikt. Georg Bendemann, Sohn eines Kaufmanns, verlobt und kurz vor der Heirat stehend, korrespondiert brieflich mit seinem – aus seiner Sicht – glücklosen Freund in Petersburg. Um ihn zu schonen, verschweigt Georg in seinen Briefen viel von seinem eigenen erfolgreichen Leben.

Franz Kafka steht in dem Ruf, daß er sein Werk vor der Öffentlichkeit habe verstecken wollen und zu jeder Publikation von außen habe gedrängt werden müssen. Um so erstaunlicher ist es, daß ein Buchprojekt, das er selbst ins Auge gefaßt hat, bis heute nicht realisiert worden ist. Im Frühjahr 1913 schlägt Kafka dem Verleger Kurt Wolff vor, das Urteil, den Heizer und die Verwandlung in einem Novellenband unter dem Titel Die Söhne zusammenzufassen, und bittet darum, die Formulierung eines solchen "Versprechens in den jetzigen Vertrag über den Heizer aufzunehmen".

Повести Белкина великого русского прозаика и поэта А. С. Пушкина — начало русской классической литературы, высоко оцененные как современниками, так и последующими писателями. Цикл состоит из пяти повестей: "Выстрел", "Метель", "Гробовщик", "Станционный смотритель" и "Барышня-крестьянка". Каждая повесть написана в разных жанрах: "Выстрел" —романтизм; "Метель", "Станционный смотритель" и "Барышня-крестьянка" —сентиментализм; "Гробовщик" — готическая проза.

Short story The Blue Cross is Chesterton's first Father Brown mystery. It introduces the characters Flambeau and Valentin. It is unique among the Father Brown mysteries in that it does not follow the actions of the Father himself, but rather those of Valentin. Brown has been committing acts to draw the attention of the police (throwing soup, knocking over apples, smashing a window) and leaving an obvious trail for them to follow. Valentin takes this opportunity to emerge from hiding with the policemen and arrest Flambeau. Both Flambeau and Valentin bow to Father Brown's superior detective skills.

"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. The story has also been published as "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" (its original title) and "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County". In it, the narrator retells a story he heard from a bartender, Simon Wheeler, at the Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, about the gambler Jim Smiley.

На страстной неделе и Накануне поста — творения великого русского писателя Антона Павловича Чехова (1860–1904). На страстной неделе - небольшой рассказ способен пленить и окутать душевным теплом и спокойствием — именно так бывает с человеком после исповеди, именно так почувствовал себя маленький герой рассказа. Произведение захватывает с первых строк — и в этом заключается мастерство А. П. Чехова. Накануне поста - интересный рассказ, раскрывающий обывательский быт зажиточной городской семьи в прощеное воскресенье.

The short story Sis' Becky's Pickaninny of "The Conjure Woman" now follows John as he reproaches McAdoo for all of his superstitious beliefs and how they lack foundation, commenting that these traditions are the reason why Southern Black people are destined for a life of continued acquiescence and little prosperity. This opinion stemmed from McAdoo's assertion that carrying a rabbit foot leads to good luck. John is concerned for Annie's health, since the main reason they moved to the countryside was to improve her health due to her current bouts of depression and anxiety.

Po' Sandy is a second short story from The Conjure Woman, was published in The Atlantic in 1888. It follows the same frame narrative as the previous one with Julius McAdoo advising John against following through with his plans of demolishing a schoolhouse to build a kitchen. In this short story, Sandy is an enslaved man owned by Mars Marrabo McSwayne, who sends Sandy to travel to help friends and families. During one of Sandy's trips, McSwayne sells Sandy's wife and replaces her for another woman named Tenie.

The Goophered Grapevine is the first short story from The Conjure Woman, published in The Atlantic in August 1887, told to the narrator by Julius McAdoo, a former enslaved man who lives on the plantation that the narrator, John, and his wife, Annie, visit one day. Set in Patesville, North Carolina, John and Annie moved there for an improvement in his wife's health and to seek other business opportunities. Knowing that the couple wanted to purchase the property, McAdoo advises them not to do so, informing them that when Dugal McAdoo, the previous master, purchased the property, it was very rich in wine production because of its vineyards.