About the book: 2010 / Alexander Green (real name and surname Alexander Stepanovich Grinevsky; 1880–1932) - a famous Russian romantic writer, science fiction writer, excellent landscape painter and subtle psychologist. The lyrical and emotional mood of his prose is subject not only to the laws of the adventurous genre, but also to the affirmation of eternal human values: goodness, honor, justice. This volume presents three works by Greene. The famous extravaganza story “Scarlet Sails”, which has become a symbol of the dream of happiness come true, gives hope for an “ordinary miracle”, which nevertheless happens in a continuous series of similar days that make up the thin thread of our lives. The novel “The Shining World” tells the story of Drood, a man endowed with the miraculous gift of flight, similar to flight in a dream, and his persecution by the soulless rich who rule the world. The novel “The Golden Chain” is distinguished by a rich adventure plot and bright romantic characters. As always with Green, the pragmatism of life collides here with its romantic alternative. And as always, victory, even moral, remains with romance.