About the book: 2008 / The Anthology includes previously untranslated essays and documentary prose of famous English writers of the 16th–20th centuries. The book opens with essays and aphorisms by the brilliant thinker Francis Bacon (1561–1626), a contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I, and ends with an excerpt from the travel book “Bitter Lemons” by “the last English classic,” our contemporary Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990). All texts are provided with detailed commentaries, thanks to which this impressive volume can become not just a fascinating read, but also a help for everyone who studies foreign literature. Comments by A.Yu. Livergant are given in curly brackets {}, footnotes - usually translations of phrases - in rectangular [].