About the book: 2015 / Is it possible to intervene in the inexorable flow of time, find yourself in the distant past or go to hundreds of years in the future? How to change the course of history or look into tomorrow? The topic of time travel, long before the heyday of science fiction, was addressed by such recognized classics of literature as Washington Irving and Charles Dickens. Incredible adventures in the medieval past and wonderful visions of the future - in a collection about the very first time travelers. Contents***Washington Irving. Rip Van Winkle. Posthumous work of Diedrich KnickerbockerCharles Dickens. A Christmas Carol by Svatopluk Czech. Travels of Mr. Broucek. A new epoch-making journey of Pan Broucek, this time to the 15th century Mark Twain. Yankees at King Arthur's Court Jerome Klapka Jerome. New utopia