Thomas Hardy wrote the novel “In the Land of the Woods” in a little over a year - from November to February 1887. The novel takes the reader to the very dept...

Modern writers and poets reflect on Russian classics, whose works are included in the school literature curriculum. The publication is intended for high scho...

Many contemporaries considered him crazy. At the same time, however, they added the epithet “brilliant.” With his behavior, his views, and finally, his creat...

Two men in the smoking room were talking about their school years. One of them remembered a story about a ghost in a school that happened 30 years ago...

A mysterious gentleman appears in the library, interested in a book with strange and mystical events associated with it. A young librarian decides to find ou...

Arthur Clarke's work is truly multifaceted. These are famous novels, and the script for the cult film “2001: A Space Odyssey”, and original scientific and te...

Not only mirrors are capable of preserving the memory of the tragedies of the past. Sometimes nightmarish events can forever leave their mark on such an inno...

An educated gentleman was once sent to inspect and report on the archives of Southminster Cathedral...

U. R. writes a letter to his brother Robert, in which he apologizes that he will not be able to come to him for Christmas, and talks about the mysterious dis...

Don't walk in the field near Betton Wood, it's not a kind place. It happens that the sense of ownership in some people is so great that even death cannot dri...

It happens that you are late, walking outside the city, and do not have time to get home before dark - and you will see enough of this!.. Either an owl will ...