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Young heroes of the novel by Edith Nesbit (1858— 1924) "The Railway Children" have to move from their comfortable house in London to live in a small rural estate. There are no servants with them already, their mother is constantly at her work, so little ones, apart from their home ...

"The Prince and the Pauper" is the first and best-known novel by Mark Twain (1835—1910). The heroes of the book — an English prince and a pauper boy — exchange their roles and, to their delight, adjust themselves to new life circumstances, though not only pleasant moments fall on their ...

"The Quadroon" is one of the best literary works by the English writer Thomas Mayne Reid (1818—1883). The novel's main hero, honourable and courageous Edward, has just left the college confines and takes a journey to the South of America. Aboard the ship, he meets graceful Creole Eugenie Besancon. Risking ...

"Hearts of Three" by a well-known American writer Jack London (1876—1916) is a model of an adventure novel. Its plot is based on the adventures of a young New York millionaire, Francis Morgan, his friend and distant relative Henry and charming Leoncia — all of them are united by the ...

"The Innocence of Father Brown" is a collection of stories by one of the most brilliant English writers of the beginning of the 20th century Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874—1936). The stories about Father Brown take the place of honour in the crime fiction and have won longstanding love of the ...

"Pride and Prejudice" is the best known novel of the famous British writer Jane Austen (1775—1817). Amorous hearts every now and then easily get over social barriers but sometimes they fail skirting the walls of their own pride, natural misapprehensions or even prejudice. 21-year-old Jane Austen succeeded in revealing so ...