Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966) is an outstanding British writer, biographer and journalist, one of the most subtle English stylists, as well as a recognized master...

The collection brought to the attention of readers brings together works that, with some degree of convention, can be called “Gothic prose” (the origin of th...

USA of the second half of this century. White Americans have become a national minority. Budget deficit. Roadblocks. Hordes of biotech nomads. Plus, there is...

From the author of the famous works “The Moonstone” and “The Woman in White”, another exciting novel of the Victorian era is “The Haunted Hotel: The Mystery ...

The fifth volume of the Collected Works of W. S. Maugham includes his plays: “The Circle”, “For Merit”, travel essays “On a Chinese Screen”, the writer’s cre...

A series of works about FBI agent Alois Pendergast, distinguished by unconventional detective methods and a rich family history. Pendergast investigates comp...

“The house was drenched in golden ocher, like a decorative vase, and the rare patches of shadow made one especially feel the pressure of the flooding light. ...

Death on the Nile

On the luxury steamer Karnak, sailing along the Nile, a young millionaire, recently married and, as it turned out, had many enemies ...

The age-old wisdom of the peoples inhabiting the hot African continent is reflected in their legends, fairy tales and parables. People's first ideas about th...

A purely English psychological novel with satirical intonations, Evelyn Waugh's novel is about the spiritual crisis experienced by the famous writer. In sear...