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An enthralling collection of strange stories where characters are challenged to do something completely out of the ordinary. The Earl, the Warder and the Wayward Heiress by J. S. Fletcher, The Giraffe Problem by Barry Pain, The Man who Stole a Meeting House by John Townsend Trowbridge, The Box Tunnel by Charles Reade, A Lucky Number by S. B. Hale, The Brown Wallet by Stacy Aumonier, The Bet by Anton Jacobs

"Comrades" reveals an ironic humour in its conception and is one of Gorky's lighter tales. A peasant policeman is dispatched to escort a vagrant without papers to the nearest magistrate, a considerable distance away. As the two talk on the journey, it becomes clear to the listener...and finally to the policeman...the real identity of the vagrant.

Odnoobraznuju zhizn' provincial'nogo gorodka Verhopol'e narushaet priezd stroitelej zheleznoj dorogi - inzhenerov Cherkuna i Cyganova. Na smenu patriarhal'nomu varvarstvu gorodskogo golovy Redozubova jeti "poborniki civilizacii" nesut novoe varvarstvo: moral'nuju degradaciju i zhestokoe ravnodushie k cheloveku. Potrebovalos' nemnogo vremeni, chtoby obnaruzhilis' plody ih razrushitel'noj dejatel'nosti.

P'esa rasskazyvaet o zhizni Vassy Zheleznovoj, bogatoj sudovladelicy. Razmerennoe techenie zhizni Vassy narushaet neozhidannyj priezd iz-za granicy nevestki Rashel'. Syn Vassy, Fjodor, tjazhelo bolen i umiraet za granicej. Rashel' priehala zabrat' syna Nikolaja, kotoryj zhivjot s Vassoj. Vnuk Kolja - nadezhda Vassy, ejo osnovnoj naslednik, imenno emu ona sobiraetsja peredat' kompaniju.

A collection of strange and often grisly tales by some of the world's greatest writers, ranging from mildly unsettling to hair-raising.

Red Door audiobooks presents 46 classic tales of the strange from some of the greatest writers of all time. 1. A Joy Ride by A. J. Alan 2.The Death Mask by H. D. Everett 3. Query by Austin Small 4 . The Dancing Partner by Jerome K. Jerome 5. The Furnished Room by O. Henry 6. The Squaw by Bram Stoker 7. The Interruption by W. W. Jacobs 8. The 19 Club by A. J. Alan 9 . The Giraffe Problem by Barry Pain10. The Man who Stole a Meeting House by John Townsend Trowbridge 11. The Lightning-Rod Man by Herman

Literaturnaja skazka Maksima Gor'kogo o prikljuchenijah malen'kogo mal'chika Evsejki v podvodnom carstve. Evsejka udil na beregu morja. So skuki usnul i svalilsja v vodu. On ne ispugalsja. Nyrnul i dostal dna. Smotrit vokrug... Zahvatyvajushhaja istorija, peredajushhaja vpechatlenija, mysli i chuvstva rebjonka. Soderzhit jarkie, krasochnye i podrobnye opisanija rechnogo dna i ego zhitelej. Kazhdyj iz obitatelej reki imeet svoj harakter i nepovtorimye cherty.

This collection of stories by the great Russian writer Maxim Gorky (Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov, 1868-1936) includes three of his most brilliant short stories: "Chelkash", "Makar Chudra" and "The Old Woman Izergil". Maxim Gorky is known as one of the greatest writers in world literature. Writing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he was an amazing connoisseur of the human soul.

"Twenty-Six Men and a Girl" is a short story written by the Russian writer Maxim Gorky in 1899, and is one of his most famous. It is a pioneering tale of social realism (the story predates Soviet socialist realism), and is a lament of lost ideals. Twenty-six men slave away in a cellar, making kringles, looked down on by all around them, including the bread bakers. Their only joy in their lives is the 16-year-old Tanya, who visits them every morning to collect kringles.

Spektakl' "Dachniki" po odnoimjonnoj p'ese Maksima Gor'kogo, literaturnyj psevdonim Alekseja Maksimovicha Peshkova (1868 - 1936), napisannoj im v 1904 godu. Spektakl' o russkoj intelligencii, besedujushhej na filosofskie temy za chashkoj chaja na dache nakanune revoljucii 1905 goda. Vneshnjaja legkost' poludennyh progulok i besed skryvaet vpolne sebe tragediju russkogo obshhestva.

Maxim Gorky, whose real name was Alexey Maximovich Pyeshkov, is probably the best-known late-19th-century Russian fiction writer among the English-speaking world. His pen name translates as Maxim the Bitter, which attitude is reflected in many of his works. Much of his writing reflects his own terrible life experiences and suffering. It is in his short stories that he reveals his true genius. "Her Lover" describes the plight of a lonely, alienated woman who creates an imaginary lover for herself.

Maksim Gor'kij - literaturnyj psevdonim Alekseja Maksimovicha Peshkova (1868 - 1936) - russkij pisatel', prozaik, dramaturg. Odin iz samyh znachitel'nyh i izvestnyh v mire russkih pisatelej i myslitelej. P'esa "Vragi" byla predstavlena chitateljam v 1906 godu v sbornike tovarishhestva "Znanie" i byla priznana pervym proizvedeniem, napisannym v zhanre socialisticheskogo realizma...

Egor Bulychov, bogatyj russkij promyshlennik, tjazhelo zabolel. Predchuvstvuja svoju smert' i grjadushhie bol'shie peremeny v obshhestve, Bulychov ogljadyvaetsja na svoju zhizn' i sozhaleet, chto prozhil ejo nepravil'no, "ne na toj ulice". Iz poslednih sil Bulychov sporit s chuzhdymi po duhu ljud'mi, kotorye ego okruzhajut - provorovavshimsja upravljajushhim Bashkinym, duhovnym nastavnikom popom Pavlinym.

Vechnye problemy otcov i detej, vernosti i predatel'stva. Na scene ujutnyj, chisten'kij mir meshhanki Anny Markovny Celovan'evoj. K nej pribyli znatnye i bogatye gosti - lesopromyshlennik Antipa Zykov s synom Mihailom i sestroj Sof'ej, - chtoby sladit' pomolvku docheri Celovan'evoj Pavly s Mihailom. Celovan'eva rada - Mihail hot' i p'et, no tih, dobr i pokladist. Sochinjaet stihi, igraet na gitare. Bogat, i k tomu zhe edinstvennyj naslednik. Odnako Antipa sam polozhil glaz na Pavlu: «Idi za menjm...Jeto ja budu tebja molodo ljubit'». I...Pavla soglasna...

P'esa Deti solnca pisalas' v janvare - fevrale 1905 g. v Petropavlovskoj kreposti, v kamere nomer 39 Trubeckogo bastiona, kuda M. Gor'kij byl zakljuchjon 12 janvarja 1905 g. posle aresta po delu o 9 janvarja. Na pervoj stranice rukopisi p'esy, hranjashhejsja v Arhive A. M. Gor'kogo, est' nadpis': Pisalos' v Petropavlovskoj kreposti 16 janvarja - 20 fevralja 1905 goda. Pervaja tetrad'. A. Peshkov. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

«Fal'shivaja moneta» - p'esa, kotoraja v gor'kovskom nasledii stoit kak by osobnjakom i vydeljaetsja svoej suguboj nervnost'ju, vzvinchennost'ju. Vneshne sravnitel'no neslozhnyj sjuzhet «Fal'shivoj monety» skryvaet glubokuju i dlja Gor'kogo v vysshej stepeni pritjagatel'nuju mysl' o tom, kak iskazhaet, unizhaet i oposhljaet cheloveka denezhnyj interes, o tom, kak vlast' deneg pronikaet v samuju, kazalos' by, potaennuju sferu vnutrisemejnyh otnoshenij.

Povest' «Detstvo» - jeto avtobiograficheskoe proizvedenie Maksima Gor'kogo, glavnyj geroj kotoroj - Alesha Peshkov. Posle togo kak u mal'chika umer otec, on stal zhit' s dedom i babushkoj. V dome deda carila mrachnaja atmosfera, v kotoroj i formirovalsja harakter Aleshi.

"THE OLD WOMAN IZERGIL" is a short romantic story by Maxim Gorky. Originally published at the end of the nineteenth century, the book is composed of three chapters in the format of "a story within a story". The narration is done on behalf of the author and the heroine, the old woman Izergil. The book explores the ideas of freedom, the true meaning of life and of love.