10 little-known works of famous authors that are worth reading

Literary lovers and educated people are, of course, familiar with the names of the famous writers listed below. But even they cannot say that they have read all their works.

Unfortunately, some of the masterpieces that came out from under their pen were left without the attention of readers and were simply forgotten.

In our article, you can learn about 10 little-known works of famous authors that are worth reading.

10 Veniamin Kaverin, “In front of the mirror”

The Russian Soviet writer is best known to the world for his novel “Two Captains”, which was filmed in 1955. The author became a laureate of the Stalin Prize of the second degree. He was also awarded other prizes in the field of literature.

In addition to this book, the writer is the author of numerous other works, including the novel “In Front of the Mirror”, which is familiar to only a small number of readers.

The work tells about the life of Liza Turaeva, descriptions of the historical events of those times add credibility to the book.

9. Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol

The works of the English playwright are read all over the world. The author received a stunning success thanks to the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Also, many lovers of literature know by heart numerous poems and poems of this poet and writer.

But the work “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” for some reason escaped their attention. In fact, it is quite penetrating, since the author created it while serving a real term in prison, the poem was based on the stories and feelings that he experienced during this period.

8. Ray Bradbury, “Masks”

Such classics of scientific literature as “451 degrees Fahrenheit” and “Dandelion Wine” are still read with pleasure.

But his novel “Masks” was left without due attention among book lovers. It is worth saying that the author constantly postponed work on it, and the book remained unfinished.

The writer’s biographers still managed to restore the novel from fragments from his manuscripts. Echoes of this work can be seen in the author’s earlier cycle of stories, The Martian Chronicles.

7. Joseph Brodsky, “Democracy!”

Russian and American playwright, winner of numerous prizes and awards in the field of literature, is known in the world as an author of poems. Fans of his work know many of them by heart.

But not everyone is familiar with his plays. One of them is “Democracy!” was written in 1990-1992, but published much later.

In it, the writer expressed his perception of the events taking place in Russia at that time. There was a breakdown of the Soviet system, there was a change of power. The poem was not just an up-to-date pamphlet, its creator was seriously afraid of “dehumanization”, these fears were instilled in him by the situation in the country.

6. Francis Scott Fitzgerald, “I’d Die for You”

Few people are not familiar with the author’s most famous novel, The Great Gatsby, which was filmed 5 times. The writer was considered the brightest representative of the literature of the “lost generation”.

But if you read his little-known works, for example, the collection of short stories “I’ll die for you”, then you can get acquainted with the other side of his work.

Here the usual style of the writer changes, the author appears to readers as gloomy and gloomy, not at all the same as before, this allows you to look at his personality differently.

5. Vladimir Nabokov, “Look at Harlequin”

Significant examples of the writer’s work are such works as “Lolita”, “Masha”, “Invitation to the Execution”, “Gift” and others.

His novel “Look at the Harlequins” remained without the attention of readers. The book was the last completed fruit of the author’s creative work, was created in 1973-1974.

Many lovers of literature consider the work as a biography of the writer himself in several countries in which he managed to stay for a long time.

The novel also describes several marriages of the main character, his relationship with his beloved.

Despite the many parallels connecting the book and the life of the author himself, the work cannot be called autobiographical, it is more like a parody of an autobiography.

4. Jack London, “Starstrider”

The writer gained fame as an author of adventure stories and novels. Many lovers of literature remember his works such as “Martin Eden”, “John Barleycorn”, “The Sea Wolf”.

But the novel “Wanderer in the Stars”, despite the adaptation, escaped the attention of fans of the writer’s work.

The main character of the work is a prisoner. He is sentenced to prison for murder and is often subjected to “straitjacket” torture. To alleviate his suffering, the character of the book often enters a kind of trance, which allows him to travel through the stars, remembering his past incarnations.

3. Daniel Defoe, The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

The novel “Robinson Crusoe” brought glory to the English writer and publicist. The book “The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe” was not widely distributed among readers, especially in Russia, although the main character of the work lives in this country for several months.

Perhaps the reason for the low popularity of the novel lies in its late publication. The work was published in Russian only in 1971.

2. Jerome David Salinger, “The Birthday Boy”

The novel “The Catcher in the Rye” is known all over the world, and the story “The Birthday Man” has never been published. It was created in 1946.

The main character of the work – Ray is treated in the hospital for alcoholism. On his birthday, a friend comes to him to somehow cheer him up, but he is obsessed with only one desire – to drink.

Researchers of the writer’s work suggest that the author himself did not intend to publish this story, since his main character had vices that he did not make the slightest attempt to get rid of.

1. Françoise Sagan, Tears in Red Wine

The French writer and author of the novels “Hello, sadness!”, “Do you love Brahms?”, “A little sun in cold water” is known for the clarity of the narrative in her works, the accuracy of the psychological drawing.

All her books are written about love and loneliness, dissatisfaction with life. This is also told by the collection of her stories “Tears in Red Wine”, which for some reason remained little known to lovers of the writer’s work.