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A selection of satirical fables by Mikhail E. Saltykov-Shchedrin, through allegorical stories, ridicules the arbitrariness of government, bureaucracy, social injustices, and human weaknesses, with sharp humor and irony.
A historical fantasy adventure set during the golden age of piracy in the early 18th century. The novel served as the inspiration for the fourth film in the series, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), although the film deviates significant
J. B. S. Haldane (1892–1964), a British geneticist, evolutionary biologist, and science popularizer, wrote "My Friend Mr. Leakey" in 1937 – a collection of five humorous, fantastic stories for children (and adults).
The Angel of the West Window is a strange fictional novel by Gustave Meyrink steeped in alchemical, hermetic, occult and mystical imagery and ideas, interweaving the life of Elizabethan magician Dr. John Dee with that of a fictional modern descendant, Bar
The stories included in this collection were written in the period between 1920 and 1933. It is assumed that the writer found inspiration for them in his own nightmares.
The comedy "The Marriage of Figaro, or The Mad Day" (1784) is a sequel to The Barber of Seville. The Marriage of Figaro criticizes social injustices through love affairs and intrigue, celebrating Figaro and Susanna's ingenuity in the fight against aristoc