The Secret Book of the English Classics Samaya interesting book on foreign language- untranslated book. The highlight of the English classics in this sense is "My secret life" ("My secret life"), written by an unknown author in the last third of the 19th century. The book was first published anonymously in 1888. Who wrote it is still a matter of controversy. A significant number of researchers believe that the author is Henry Spencer Ashby, a textile merchant, traveler, passionate second-hand book dealer and collector of erotica, who died in 1900. He was a member of the Victorian Freethinkers...
To spare - to destroy, or games with male destinies Yuliya Shilova
You can’t talk, and even more so flirt with strangers, says one of the rules good manners Victorian era. Modern girls find such prohibitions ridiculous and hopelessly outdated. And in vain ... Alina slowed down at the traffic light and smiled sweetly at the imposing man from the jeep that had stopped nearby. Oh, she better not! True, she will understand this later, when a random fellow traveler breaks into her apartment with a gun and takes her into the dense forest. Without money, without documents, in one light dressing gown, Alina runs out onto a country road ...
Eye of the Fleet Richard Woodman
To date, Richard Woodman has written about two dozen works, including fourteen volumes of the Nathaniel Drinkwater series and a book on maritime service Trinity House - Guardians of the Sea. He also wrote The History of the Ship, various studies on the Second World War, about the Arctic and Maltese convoys, as well as a fascinating history of frigate warfare during the French Revolution - Warriors of the Sea. Woodman has been addicted to sailing since childhood. He gained experience in steering a ship with a direct sailing rig, sailing ...
Emma Brown Charlotte Brontë
In 1854, Charlotte Bronte wrote two chapters of her new novel Emma, but she did not have a chance to finish it - on March 31, 1855, she dies from premature birth. Many years later, Claire Boylen, an Irish writer and journalist, completed the novel, rewarding it with a complex and intricate plot that tells about the fate of the girl Emma, who has to survive on the streets of Victorian London. Debauchery, poverty, child prostitution, cowardice are the main themes of the novel. Before sitting down to write the continuation of the novel, Claire Boylen, in her own words, ...
Owner John Galsworthy
The Forsyte Saga by the famous English writer J. Galsworthy (1867 - 1933) is an epic about the fate of an English bourgeois family, which is a realistic picture of the mores of the Victorian era. The Owner, the first novel in the cycle, tells of a century when the birth instinct was the main driving force. But no family foundations, hearth and property can withstand the chaos that Beauty and Passion bring into a person's life.
White Monkey John Galsworthy
The Forsyte Saga by the famous English writer J. Galsworthy (1867 - 1933) is an epic about the fate of an English bourgeois family, which is a realistic picture of the mores of the Victorian era. "White Monkey" is the story of the second generation of the Forsyte family, already overcoming the prejudices of the Victorian era, but hopelessly entangled in the joyful, hedonistic madness of the "new age" ...
Blood Ties Dan Wadell
A mysterious maniac cuts off the hands of the victims and carves strange combinations of letters and numbers on their chests. Detective Grant Foster, who is in charge of the case, found that the bloody inscriptions are the registration numbers of birth, death and marriage certificates. Grant Foster turns to renowned genealogist Nigel Barnes for help. During the investigation, Foster and Barnes come to unexpected conclusions: the maniac exactly copies a series of five murders, for which a certain Ike Fairben was hanged ... back in 1879! For what…
Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope
The novel by Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), a famous English writer of the Victorian era, is dedicated to the life of the clergy and continues the gallery of classic images of the literature of the English Enlightenment, created by Fielding, Goldsmith, Stern and others. high artistic skill, vitality of characters and everyday details, good-natured humor and sly irony rightfully acquired the "Barchester Towers" fame as a classic monument of English literature.
Atlantis. Battle of Light and Darkness Patricia Corey
The second volume of the trilogy, Atlantis, helps us free ourselves from the most difficult memories of the Atlantean era and gives us the knowledge that, according to the Sirians, will allow us to free ourselves from power structures, now ruling the world and make positive changes that the Earth badly needs.
Lumas' Obsession Scarlett Thomas
Young graduate student Ariel Manto loves old books. One day, looking into an inconspicuous second-hand bookstore, she discovers a real treasure - a work by the semi-scandalous scientist of the Victorian era, Thomas Lumas, which describes the secret of penetrating into another reality. Time travel, telepathy, insight into the future - everything is possible if you know the recipe. Ariel shells out all her money for a precious tome, unaware that the possession of a rarity will not only expose her to the temptation to try Lumas' methods on herself, but also cause her ...
What was and what was not Sergey Rafalsky
Statistics - it, among other things, can be read in very different ways. It is not for nothing that there is a proverb in the USSR: there are gross lies, there are subtle lies, and there are statistics ... Finally, you are reading the memoirs of the era described in this book by its author, Sergei Milievich Rafalsky (1895–1981). Memoirs of A. F. Kerensky - and L. D. Trotsky, P. N. Milyukov - and Sukhanov, gene. A. I. Denikin - and, say, Count Ignatiev ... But all these figures of those years, voluntarily or involuntarily, consciously or unconsciously, but strive first of all to justify themselves "to the face of history»,…
Heir of the Stars Ilya Gutman
This novel is a continuation of my previous book Steel and Fire, but at the same time it is an independent work that does not require reading the first book. Genre - traditional epic fantasy with elements of Slavic and ironic. Apion Grant, a paladin with a criminal past, an inhabitant of a world where technology and magic lived side by side, saves his homeland from a magical catastrophe by stealing a Chaos rocket (a magical analogue of nuclear weapons) and, fearing persecution by demonic warriors, squeezes himself out of the fabric of his native world, and the path ...
Poems by Alfred Tennyson
English author, a prominent representative of the Victorian era in poetry. Tennyson's work was melancholy and reflected the moral and intellectual values of its day, making it especially vulnerable to later criticism. Lord Alfred Tennyson was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire. Alfred began to write poetry in early age imitating Lord Byron. Tennyson studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he joined the literary club "The Apostles" ("The Apostles") and met Arthur Hallam (Arthur Hallam), who became his closest friend. His first…
Assassination attempt on David Dickinson's masterpiece
The third novel by the famous English writer David Dickinson about the adventures of Lord Powerscourt (the publishing house SLOVO has already introduced Russian readers to the two previous ones). The Victorian era is still in full swing, the British are fighting the Boers, and the “new Americans”, who have earned huge money from oil and railways who wish to join European culture. One by one they go to London for paintings by old Italian and English masters to decorate their luxurious mansions. Entrepreneurial merchants are happy to "push" ...
Yen Beck Past Park
In this London, it is always either raining or foggy, through which the yellowish light of gas lamps barely breaks through. In this London, time has stopped forever in the Victorian era - the era of cabs, street rogues, leather-helmeted "bobby" cops and Whitechapel's infamous "night butterflies". The beautiful Eva lives in this London, not even suspecting that her hometown is just a giant amusement theme park, where bored people of the middle of the 21st century take a break from their stuffy reality, and she herself was created using cloning, ...
"Victorian morality called for a strict separation of men and women. Even books written by male authors were not put on the shelf where the ladies' writings already stood. Some women refused to sleep in rooms where men's portraits hung on the walls. Piano legs, in turn , covered out of modesty - their curves could recall the seductiveness of women's legs ... In addition, Victorian etiquette banished all references to sexuality from the language. Therefore, reading French novels was considered indecent. Women also could not use words such as "sex" or "underpants" ”, and the topic of underwear was taboo in polite society.
In turn, they said about pregnant women and puerperas that they "left for the village." No mention of the erogenous zones was allowed, so the body from head to chest was called the "bust", and everything below was vaguely called the "belly", which was not supposed to be spoken of. The most the Victorians could do was occasionally whisper about "twin bunnies," "sausages," and "hot desserts." A young couple should not be left alone. It is customary to put wedding gifts on a separate table - everything, except for the linen donated to the newlywed, must be immediately hidden. This sight can shock the groom, and the poor bride will blush like cancer from shame.
It was believed that an honest woman could not have any carnal desires. Characteristically, women during sexual intercourse were advised to keep their eyes closed and think about their homeland.
In the 1897 manual by Sylvanius Stall “What you need to know young man” emphasizes that sex can be done at most once a week, in a dark room. Partners should never undress together. And yet, if only etiquette guides are to be believed, our understanding of Victorians will be limited. Their double morality is unvarnished by the fact that there have never been so many brothels in London as in that era. In other words, in civilized circles and in public, sex was taboo subject However, behind the scenes, a completely different picture was observed. This was also known by Baroness Staff, who gave advice on how a good wife should feel about her husband spending time in brothels: “Never talk about your suspicions. You may be unhappy and your heart is broken into a thousand pieces, but do not look for consolation on the side: it is dangerous, and your life may be filled with sin. Take better care of raising children.
(from the book: Turunen A. Only after you: The World History good manners / Per. from Finnish — M.: Alpina Publisher, 2019).
Unapproachable Emmeline Suzanne Forster
Your hottest fantasies will come true... Your most secret dreams will come true... Before you are four stories written by the masters of the modern love story. Four stories of love - and passion, feelings - and sensuality, joy - and pleasure. Do you think our days are devoid of romance? So you haven't read this wonderful book yet!
Waiting for the prince Patricia Horst
It's been a long seven years since Tessa and Tyler divorced. Having met again, they understand that they still love each other, but it is not so easy to forget past grievances. Will they be able to use the second chance given by fate, and, in spite of everything, be together again or will love fail again?
The Incredible Shrinking Man Richard Matheson
The story of a man who, under the influence of radiation and insecticides, begins to inexorably decrease to microscopic sizes. The fame of R. Matheson truly knows no bounds: his works have been translated into many languages of the world, films based on his scripts, made by such eminent directors as Roger Corman, Steven Spielberg and others, have long become classics of cinema. No wonder Ray Bradbury called R. Matheson one of the most important writers of the 20th century, and Stephen King claimed that this author had the greatest influence on him. Creativity R.…
Barabbas. The Tale of the Times of Christ Maria Corelli
Artistic story about the fate of the biblical Barabbas. The drama of two thousand years ago, which influenced the history of all mankind, described in the book, reveals to us the picture that played out in Jerusalem, first as a tragedy, and then as a great joy for the apostles and all sincerely believing people of Palestine. The story is presented as if it is happening now before our eyes, and each of us is a direct participant in certain scenes. Reading this book, you immediately understand why the Jews crucified Christ. Events of distant antiquity have become ...
The word in modern texts and dictionaries Leonid Krysin
The book is devoted to the processes taking place in the Russian language at the turn of the XX-XXI centuries. It is a collection of essays grouped by thematic principle. The first part of the book is essays on foreign borrowings, their properties, their relationship with native Russian (or previously borrowed) vocabulary, their “behavior” in the language, methods and forms of description foreign words and special terms in modern explanatory dictionaries. The second part contains articles on literary norm- its nature, its correlation, on the one hand, ...
Remedy for insomnia Andrey Kurpatov
"Insomnia Remedy" is a unique practical guide that talks about sleep disorders and the means of dealing with this problem in a simple, accessible and substantive way. Sleep disorders include: difficulty falling asleep, superficial sleep, nocturnal (or early morning) awakenings, daytime sleepiness, nightmares, etc. In this book you will find detailed description causes of insomnia, as well as a list of effective psychotherapeutic techniques to get rid of it. The author of the book - Andrey Kurpatov - is a unique and authoritative specialist, ...
The stones remain silent Diana Cooper
Diana Cooper. World famous psychic healer, visionary and medium, writer and publicist. Diana Cooper's books have helped thousands of people find the purpose and meaning of life, realize their spiritual destiny. Two women who accidentally received a mysterious manuscript of the ancient, mythical Atlantis from the hands of a dying Tibetan monk... Attempts to translate the message of the Atlanteans - and give humanity their Spiritual Knowledge... Fiction? Mystic? Or is it a genuine experience of encountering the Unknown? - The Mysterious Manuscript - The Key to Healing - The New Forces of the Earth...
Astral dynamics Robert Bruce
Support Group. First Evil Robert Stein
Support Group. Second evil Robert Stein
Accidents, mysterious occurrences, nightmarish attacks and horrific murders all happen to members of the Shadyside School cheerleading squad. Who hunts for girls in the empty school corridors- maniac, evil spirit or ghost? Start reading and feel the chilling horror and otherworldly fear. This book will be of interest to fans of action-packed prose and to all those who, as adults, have not forgotten how to believe in the mysterious and are still afraid of the dark...
Support Group. third evil Robert Stein
Accidents, mysterious occurrences, nightmarish attacks and horrific murders all happen to members of the Shadyside School cheerleading squad. Who hunts girls in empty school corridors - a maniac, an evil spirit or a ghost? Start reading and feel the chilling horror and otherworldly fear. This book will be of interest to fans of action-packed prose and to all those who, as adults, have not forgotten how to believe in the mysterious and are still afraid of the dark...
Support Group. New evil Robert Stein
Accidents, mysterious occurrences, nightmarish attacks and horrific murders all happen to members of the Shadyside School cheerleading squad. Who hunts girls in empty school corridors - a maniac, an evil spirit or a ghost? Start reading and feel the chilling horror and otherworldly fear. This book will be of interest to fans of action-packed prose and to all those who, as adults, have not forgotten how to believe in the mysterious and are still afraid of the dark...
Astral dynamics. Theory and practice of out-of-body… Robert Bruce
If you are interested in the topic of astral projections, lucid dreams, and awareness raising in general, this book is for you. Robert the Bruce in one book collected personal experience, recommendations, solutions common mistakes and a theoretical overview of the non-physical structure of our complex multidimensional life. Are you a skeptic or a veteran? astral travel, a beginner or a fan of other people's stories - here you will find a lot of interesting things. This simply amazing, invaluable book can allow almost everyone, regardless of their spiritual or metaphysical experience, to achieve conscious ...
