About the book: year / For more than a hundred years, the novel “The Gadfly” has excited many generations of readers, but it was received differently. Puritan England treated him with restraint. In America, it caused a storm of indignation with its anti-religious character, in Russia it was enthusiastically welcomed, in the USSR it was published in millions of copies and was included in the school curriculum. It is no coincidence that the title of the novel refers to Socrates, who accepted death for his beliefs. The main character Gadfly, like the Greek sage, remains faithful to the ideas that inspired him from his youth. The Gadfly is an international type of revolutionary. In different eras and different societies, the novel was perceived ambiguously. Today he can find his fans again. “Gadfly” is the first book in a trilogy about Arthur the Gadfly, a fearless fighter for the freedom of Italy, whose name has become a symbol of courage and unbending will. He was betrayed by the people he loved most in the world. He was despised and considered a traitor by his fellow fighters. But he found the strength not to break, to endure - and again fight for the ideals in which he believes. The only thing the Gadfly does not want is to be recognized by those who once unfairly insulted him. Especially Gemma - the woman he has loved all these years... "INTERRUPTED FRIENDSHIP" is the second book in the trilogy about Arthur the Gadfly, written thirteen years after the release of the first book - the legendary "Gadfly" and telling about his adventures in Latin America. Desperate, betrayed family, friends and lover, the young man faked suicide and fled Italy. Without a penny to his name, he does not know where he is going and why. He has no idea what the land is like that will become his new homeland. From now on, in his brave heart there is no place for either love or trust, and his life will be devoted to the struggle for the freedom and happiness of others. However, is it possible to live only by hatred and revenge - even the most noble ones?.. “TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES” - the third, Ethel Lilian Voynich's final novel from her legendary Gadfly series. This time the main character is his great-grandmother - a proud, independent, romantic beauty, unable to come to terms with the fate of her “sold” wife and boldly entering the fight for her female happiness. Beatrice Telford is an ideal wife, mother and mistress of the house, the embodiment of all the virtues of an English lady . But in her soul lies pain, despair, anger and contempt for men, whose meanness she has to face again and again... Beatrice does not lower her head, and ordinary people come to her aid - honest, brave and capable of true friendship and sincere devotion…