Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. The fifteen stories were meant to be a naturalistic depiction of the Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written at the time when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of...
The Jungle Book is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling.The tales in the book are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The verses of The Law of the Jungle, for example, lay down rules for the safety of individuals, families and communities. Kipling put in them nearly everything he knew or "heard or dreamed about the Indian jungle."
Charles Darwin`s On the Origin of Species, in which he writes of his theories of evolution by natural selection, is one of the most important works of scientific study ever published.
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mysterious brutal murder of two women. Numerous witnesses heard a suspect, though no one agrees on what language was spoken. At the murder scene, Dupin...
ი. მეუნარგია თავისთავს „ქართულის მწერლობის მეწვრილმანეს“ უწოდებს და „სამახსოვრო უბის წიგნაკებს“ დაატარებს, რომ მის ფურცლებზე ამა თუ იმ მწერლის...
როსტომ ჩხეიძე: ამ განზრახვას და მის წარმატებით აღსრულებას გაბედულება სჭირდებოდა – სწორედაც ახალგაზრდა კაცის გაბედულება და მიზანსწრაფვა, და ის...
მცირე ფრაგმენტი ოთარ ჭილაძის წერილიდან: „პატრიოტული, გნებავთ, ეროვნული ნერვის სიმძაფრით გამოირჩევა ზვიად კვარაცხელიას ნაწერი, ვითომ ნოვატორულ,...
The Interpretation of Dreams is a book by Sigmund Freud. The first edition was first published in German in November 1899 as Die Traumdeutung (though post-dated as 1900 by the publisher). The publication inaugurated the theory of Freudian dream analysis, which activity Freud famously described as "the royal road to the understanding of unconscious mental processes".
Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland is a novel written by English author Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar and anthropomorphic creatures. The tale is filled with allusions to Dodgson.
“Frankenstein” is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and more powerful. In popular culture, people have tended to refer to the Creature as “Frankenstein”, despite this being the name of the scientist....
