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23, 1616) is an English poet and playwright, often considered the greatest English-speaking writer and one of the world's best playwrights. Often referred to as the national poet of England. The works that have come down to us consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, 4 poems and 3 epitaphs. Shakespeare's plays are translated into all major languages and are staged more often than the works of other playwrights.

love of young men and women from two warring ancient families - the Montecchi and the Capulets. Consolidation is usually dated 1594-1595.


“Hamlet” - a tragedy in five acts, one of the most famous plays in the world of drama. Written in the years 1600-1601. This is the longest play of Shakespeare - it has 4042 lines and 29 551 words. The tragedy is based on the legend of the Danish ruler named Amletus and is devoted primarily to revenge - in it the protagonist seeks revenge for the death of his father.

7, 1930) is an English writer (by education a doctor), the author of numerous adventure, historical, journalistic, fantasy and humorous works. The creator of the classic characters of detective, science fiction and historical adventure literature.

story in the series about the all-knowing detective was published in 1891. The prototype of Sherlock Holmes is considered to be Joseph Bela - professor of surgery, who taught at the university, in which Conan Doyle received medical education. This man knew how to guess to the smallest detail not only the character, but also the past of his interlocutor.

“Lost world”-science fiction novel, published in 1912. This is the first book from the series of works about Professor Challenger. The novel describes the adventures of a British expedition to South America. On a rocky inaccessible plateau, Challenger and his companions discover a "lost world" - an area inhabited by dinosaurs, mammals, man-eaters and primitive people of the Stone Age.

name Charles Lutvije Dodgson, or Charles Lutuij Dodgson) is an English writer, mathematician, logician, philosopher, deacon and photographer. According to the author's works more than 100 films in different genres were shot.

in 1865. It tells about a girl named Alice, who falls through a rabbit hole into an imaginary world inhabited by strange anthropomorphic creatures. The fairy tale enjoys steady popularity both in children and adults. The book is considered one of the best examples of literature in the genre of the absurd. "Alice in the Looking Glass" is a plot continuation of the work.

“The Hunting of the Snark”-poem, written in 1876, a sample of the literature of the absurd. The basis of the plot is the hunting of a team of nine people and a beaver for a mysterious Snark. The work describes "with unending humor impossible journey of an incredible team in search of an unimaginable creature".

- April 21, 1910)- american writer, journalist and public figure. His work covers many genres - humor, satire, philosophical fiction, journalism and others, and in all these genres he invariably takes the position of a humanist and a democrat.

adventures of a boy growing up in a fictional little American town in Missouri. The novel describes the various adventures of Tom Sawyer and his friends for several months. The action of the novel takes place before the events of the Civil War in the United States.

“The Prince and the Pauper”-the first and most famous historical novel by the writer, which was written in a Connecticut house and first published in 1881 in Canada. The novel with irony describes the shortcomings and absurdities of the imperfect English state and judicial system of the 16th century. The translation into Russian of Korney Chukovsky and Nikolai Chukovsky was repeatedly reprinted in the USSR.

Rowling and Robert Galbraith) is a British writer, screenwriter and film producer, best known for authoring a series of Harry Potter novels. Books about Harry Potter received several awards and were sold in quantities of more than 400 million copies. They became the best-selling series of books in history and the basis for a series of films that became the third most box office series in history. Joan Rowling herself claimed the script of the films, and also became part of the producers of the last two parts.

author after the end of the Harry Potter series, the first novel aimed at an adult and adolescent audience. The book, released by Little, Brown and Company, was published in the UK on September 27, 2012. In Russian, the book was published by the publishing house Foreigner, the start of sales took place at midnight from 12 to 13 February 2013. The main themes of the book are class, political and social problems.

“Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone”- the first novel in a series of books about the young magician Harry Potter, which tells how Harry learns that he is a magician, meets close friends and many enemies in the School of Sorcery and Magic "Hogwarts", and also with the help of his friends stops the attempt to return the evil sorcerer Lord Volan de Morte, who killed Harry's parents. The book was translated into many other languages and, based on her motives, the film of the same name was shot.

September 2, 1973) - English writer and poet, translator, linguist, philologist, professor at Oxford University. Together with a close friend, CS Lewis was in the informal literary society Inklings. March 28, 1972 received the title of Commander of the Order of the British Empire (SWE) from Queen Elizabeth II.

Again”-The story was first published in 1937 by the Allen & Unwin publishing house, becoming in the course of time a classic of children's literature. The plot is based on the journey of Hobbit Bilbo Baggins, the wizard of Gandalf and thirteen gnomes led by Thorin Duboshchit. Their path lies to Lonely Mountain, where there are gnome treasures captured and guarded by the dragon Smaug.

“The Lord of the Rings” -novel-epic one of the most famous works of the genre of fantasy. "The Lord of the Rings" was written as a single book, but because of the volume at the first edition it was divided into 3 parts - "The Brotherhood of the Ring", "Two Fortresses" and "The Return of the King." "The Lord of the Rings" is one of the most famous and popular books of the XX century. The book has been translated into at least 38 languages.

January 1976)-English writer and playwright. He is one of the most famous authors of detective prose in the world. Agatha Christie's works have become one of the most published in the history of mankind. She has published more than 60 detective novels, 6 psychological novels (under the pseudonym of Mary Westmacott or Westmacott) and 19 collections of short stories. In the theatres of London were put 16 of her plays.

published in 1920. Christy dedicated the book to her mother.The first novel by Agatha Christie, the first book about Hercule Poirot, captain Arthur Hastings and inspector Japp. Written on behalf of captain Hastings and contains all the elements of a classic detective ("closed room", a lot of hiding anything suspected in the same building, schemes and plans, unexpected turns of the investigation).

“Murder on the Orient Express”- a detective novel by Agatha Christie, first published on January 1, 1934.A journey on one of Europe's most luxurious trains suddenly turns into one of Hercule Poirot's most exciting investigations. At night, when the train is forced to stop, as the railway covered with snow, someone kills a rich American named Ratchett. Traces of the crime go back to the past, as Ratchett was once involved in the case related to the kidnapping and murder of a little girl.

30, 1900)-an Irish writer and poet. One of the most famous playwrights of the late Victorian period, one of the key figures of aesthetics and European modernism.

by Oscar Wilde. In genre relation is a mixture of the novel of upbringing with a moral parable. There are two versions - in 13 chapters (1890) and in 20 chapters (1891). He became the most successful work of Wilde, he was screened more than 30 times.

“The Canterville Ghost”-gothic-humorous fairy tale which was first published in the London magazine "The Court and Society Review" in 1887. This was O. Wilde's first prose-novel work. Constructed as a satire on the bourgeois society of the late nineteenth century, it is written in the style of burlesque, although in it romantic, sentimental notes are still discernible. The writer himself described the novel as "a materialistic idealistic romantic story."

the Mediterranean Sea)-English poet. Shelley already belongs entirely to the beginning of the XIX century, to the brilliant revival of poetry, which we call romanticism. Shelley's poetic talent, therefore, does not fully correspond to his worldview. Shelley's duality, as a rationalist and romanticist, thinker and artist, preacher and poet, is the most characteristic feature of his genius. Was married to Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.

English romantic writers and spouses Mary Shelley and Percy Bisha Shelley. Mary wrote most of the play with white verses, to which Percy added two lyrical poems. She was born in 1820, when Shelley lived in Italy. First published in 1832 in the London edition of The Winter's Wreath. Still debated is the question of whether the play was intended to be staged.

“The last men”-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, first published in 1826. Tells about the world of the future, struck by the epidemic. The novel was almost unknown before the burst of scientific interest that began in the 1960s. The novel is noteworthy for its quasi-biographical portraits of Romantic characters from the author's entourage, including her late husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and Byron.

poet, historian, collector of antiquities, lawyer. It is considered the founder of the genre of the historical novel.

Walter Scott, published in 1823 in the publishing house Constable and Co .. The events described in the novel take place in England during the restoration of the Stuarts, beginning with the accession to the throne of Charles II in 1660. The recalls of contemporaries were mixed. Commercially it was successful, despite the high cost of four volumes.

“Marmion”-novel in verse, written in 1808 and glorified the Scottish poet. The first print run of 2,000 copies was sold out in two months, while Marmion continued to be popular throughout the 19th century, but critics met with a cool reception. The plot was declared unclear, and Marmion himself, in whose character the meanness and generosity were mingled, was unsuitable as a lyric hero.