author's collection Unrelated works. Illustration on the cover and internal illustrations by N. Rakovskaya. Contents: Stories by Bret Harte. The Happiness of...

“It’s windy, dirty, drizzling, it’s an October morning; The school yard is filled with a crowd of naughty boys. Some of us are standing outside the yard. Sud...

“Twenty years ago, a Provençal innkeeper, gigantic in stature, stood near his hotel, looking at a column of dust on the road. A column of dust promised the a...

“If it weren’t for women, few of us would exist today. This is the remark of a cautious and judicious writer. He was as quick-witted as he was smart. Woman! ...

“The Dodds are dead. For twenty years they had rested under the green ant-covered graves of Kittery Cemetery. City residents remembered them with kind words ...

“The setting sun illuminated with reddish rays the only window in the western tower of Sloperton Grange; There were rumors that the spirit of Sir Edward Sedi...

“As long as three paradoxes will exist: the moral Frenchman, the religious atheist and the believing skeptic; as long as in reality the bookseller will wait ...

“The earliest memory of my childhood is clearly depicting a large wild cliff and hearing the sound of sea waves crashing against it. Three pelicans stand on ...

The newest Indian story (according to Cooper). “A clear October day was leaning towards the west. The last rays of the setting sun were reflected in the wate...

“I remember him as a little boy,” said the Duchess. – His mother was my great friend; you know, she was one of my friends at my wedding. “And since then you’...

The seventh issue of the “Western Library” series presents works that reflect all the richness of the forms of this genre: rapid-fire Western action, Western...