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First published in 1904, Nostromo is set in the South American republic of Costaguana. In the province of Sulaco everyone's life is shaped, directly or indirectly, by the San Tome silver mine. When the government is overthrown, Charles Gould, owner of the mine, is determined to save the silver from the advancing rebel forces.

Guy de Maupassant was a master of the short-story genre, producing more than 300 during his lifetime. These concise stories contain twists and shocking turns, and range from the fantastic and supernatural, with characters descending into madness....

"Oderzhimost'" - fantasticheskij rasskaz Pavla Korneva, vhodit v cikl "Put' Kejna", zhanr boevoe fjentezi. Kejn roda Lejmi ne samyj luchshij chelovek na svete, no i ne samyj plohoj. Prosto on oderzhim - oderzhim strast'ju unichtozhit' vseh demonov i nepremenno sobstvennymi rukami. Dejstvie rasskaza proishodit za neskol'ko let do sobytij, opisannyh v romane "Povjazannyj krov'ju".

Es ironico que de las decenas de obras que escribiera el novelista frances Gaston Leroux la que le ha dado inmortalidad es el clasico del horror llamado El fantasma de la opera, la historia de un artista desfigurado que se oculta en las catacumbas de la Opera de Paris para vengarse contra el mundo, hasta el dia que se enamora de una bella cantante, que cambia por completo el curso de su vida.