Tolstoy’s novel Anna Karenina, written in 1877, tells the story of the tragic love of a married lady, Anna Karenina. In his book, the author managed to present a large-scale picture of the life and customs of the Moscow and St. Petersburg nobility in the second half of the 19th century. The events of the novel take place in the 1870s in Russia, in Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as abroad. How Much Do You Love Me? – Anna Karenina | RomComs The main characters Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky –…

Scott wrote Ivanhoe in 1819 and published it the same year under the pseudonym Waverley. The book is one of the earliest and best-known historical novels and a classic of adventure literature. The action of the work takes place in 12th century England after the Third Crusade, during the reign of Richard I. Ivanhoe by Walter Scott Main characters Wilfred Ivanhoe is the protagonist of the novel, a young knight of 25, son of Cedric Saxe; driven from home by his father and disinherited. Brien de Boisagilber is a valiant…

Homer’s Iliad is one of the greatest works of ancient Greece and had a profound influence on world literature. It is a classic epic poem that describes the Trojan War, a confrontation between Trojans and Achaeans. To this day, scholars argue about the epic poem The Iliad, whether it is a depiction of real events or a fiction of the ancient poets, as well as its authorship. This poem by Homer, the poet to whom it is attributed, describes the main events of the last month of the siege of…