the guardian

The Cricket on the Hearth - a novella by Charles Dickens, an English writer who is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. John Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his young wife Dot, their baby boy and their nanny Tilly Slowboy. A cricket chirps on the hearth and acts as a guardian angel to the family. One day a mysterious elderly stranger comes to visit and takes up lodging...

“Man and Superman” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Man and Superman is a four-act drama written by George Bernard Shaw. The series was written in response to a call for Shaw to write a play based on the Don Juan theme. Mr. Whitefield has recently died, and his...

W ośmiu opowiadaniach Claire Keegan, autorka Drobiazgów takich jak te , po raz kolejny udowadnia, że jest jedną z najznakomitszych irlandzkich pisarek. Mistrzowsko tworzy historie skupione na szczegółach i emocjach, a jej elegancka, klarowna proza pozostaje w pamięci na długo. Najważniejszą bohaterką zawsze pozostaje ona, Irlandia – jej skomplikowana historia, która odcisnęła piętno na społecznej...