Reading books brings pleasure and spiritually enriches. A person plunges into the fictional world of the author, and events unfold before him, written many years ago.
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Theodore Dreiser's novel American Tragedy addresses the acute social problems of reality that were common to the United States at the beginning of the last century. The plot of the work is based on real events and after the publication of the book in print became popular. The protagonist of the novel - Clyde Griffiths was raised in a simple religious family. At a young age he enters a messenger service at a prestigious hotel. The luxurious life of rich people shakes his mind, and he decides to become a part of this society at all costs. Two beautiful girls fall in love with Clyde. Roberta is a simple factory worker with whom Griffiths has been having an affair for a long time. The girl is pregnant from him and Clyde promises to marry. But suddenly, an affair with the heiress of a wealthy manufacturer gives him a real opportunity to become a member of high society. For Clyde, the choice is obvious. The only obstacle to a happy future is Robert Alden, which Griffiths intends to calmly eliminate.
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The novel "Acceptable Losses" by Irwin Shaw is a deep psychological drama and at the same time an action-packed detective story. The life of a prosperous literary agent in an instant turns into an endless nightmare and mysterious pursuit. A night call from an unknown blackmailer forces the writer to analyze his whole life, trying to realize to whom he crossed the road in the past. Mr. Damon, the protagonist of the novel, once easily decided which losses were perfectly acceptable. Now the decision is made by the stranger.
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"Theatrical novel" by Mikhail Bulgakov tells the story of the life of an unknown newspaper employee who decided to write his own work. The main character Maksudov is returned to his novel as unfit for printing. The young writer decides to commit suicide, but suddenly an editor of another famous publication appears in his apartment. He offers his assistance in publishing the novel and introduces Maksudov to the literary elite. The young playwright is involved in the backstage of theatrical intrigues and learns from the inside how the life of famous playwrights flows.
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In the comedy “Crazy Day, or the Marriage of Figaro”, Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais breaks all the norms of French comedy and creates a masterpiece that is amazing in the severity of the syllable. Despite the fact that the work was written at the end of the 18th century, it has not lost its relevance in our days. The play is easy to read and of interest with a large number of ridiculous misunderstandings and adventurous behavior of the main character Figaro, who is very decisive and resourceful in the struggle for sincere feelings.
