The Anthology includes previously untranslated essays and documentary prose by famous English writers of the XVI-XX centuries. The book opens with essays and aphorisms by the brilliant thinker Francis Bacon (1561-1626), a contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I, and completes an excerpt from the travel book Bitter Lemons by the "last English classic", our contemporary Lawrence Darrell (1912-1990). All texts are provided with detailed comments, thanks to which this impressive volume can become not only a fascinating reading, but also a help for all who study foreign literature. Comments A. Yu. Livergent are given in curly brackets , footnotes - usually translation of phrases - in rectangular [].