A Laodicean. A Story of To-Day

Thomas Hardy

Paula Power, daughter of a wealthy railroad tycoon, inherited De Stancy Castle, an ancient castle in need of modernization. She instructs a young London architect, George Somerset, to do this work. Somerset falls in love with Paulo. But Paula, the Laodicean title, referring to a person with a warm or indecisive soul, is torn between the admiration of George and the admiration of Captain de Stancy, whose romanticism in the old world contrasts with Somersets visionary gaze.

A Little Princess - With Audio Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library

Hodgson Burnett, Frances

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett. Sara Crewe is a very rich little girl. She first comes to English when she is seven, and her father takes her to Miss Minchin's school in London. Then he goes back to his work in India. Sara is very sad at first, but she soon makes friends at school. But on her eleventh birthday, something terrible happens, and now Sara has no family, no home, and not a penny in the world . . .

A Little Princess Level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library

Hodgson Burnett, Frances

A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Jennifer Bassett Sara Crewe is a very rich little girl. She first comes to English when she is seven, and her father takes her to Miss Minchin's school in London. Then he goes back to his work in India. Sara is very sad at first, but she soon makes friends at school. But on her eleventh birthday, something terrible happens, and now Sara has no family, no home, and not a penny in the world . . .

A Little Princess z podręcznym słownikiem angielsko-polskim A2

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Mała księżniczka to historia młodej Sary Crewe, która zostaje pozostawiona pod opieką szkoły z internatem Miss Minchin w Londynie, podczas gdy jej ojciec wyrusza walczyć na wojnie. Sara jest miłą i pomysłową dziewczyną, która wkrótce zaprzyjaźnia się ze wszystkimi dziewczętami w swojej klasie. Kiedy jednak umiera ojciec Sary, zostaje ona bez grosza przy duszy i zostaje zmuszona do pracy jako służąca w szkole. Sara jest okrutnie traktowana przez pannę Minchin, dyrektorkę szkoły, ale stara się zachować pozytywne nastawienie. Z niewielką pomocą przyjaciół i swojej wyobraźni, dziewczyna jest zdeterminowana, by znaleźć szczęście i swoje miejsce w świecie.

A Lodge in the Wilderness

John Buchan

John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist and historian and also served as Canadas Governor General. His 100 works include nearly thirty novels, seven collections of short stories and biographies. But, the most famous of his books were the adventure and spy thrillers, most notably The Thirty-Nine Steps, and it is for these that he is now best remembered. A Lodge in the Wilderness (1906) is a quasi-novel about an imaginary conference arranged by a multi-millionaire, Francis Carey, at a lodge, Musuru, located on the East Kenyan Plateau some 9000 feet above sea level, to discuss Empire. The conference is made up of nine men and nine women, taken from the upper and professional classes.

A London Life and Other Tales

Henry James

In this story, Henry James continues his favorite theme Old World vs New World. An American woman with a turbulent past, agitated, spontaneous, somewhat vulgar, but beautiful and not devoid of mind, sets out to join the European high society. For this, she tries to marry a young English Baronet on herself, a very stiff and cold man, but spellbound by that which he cannot understand. But this situation absolutely can not allow the mother of the baronet, a real English lady.

A Lost Lady

Willa Cather

This novel is dedicated to the generation of builders of the first railway in the West. This subtle powerful novel and very touching. Beautifully written in sharp, stingy language that enhances the meaning of the simplest gesture and the slightest statement.

A Lost Lady of Old Years

John Buchan

John Buchan was a Scottish author and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada. He wrote a series of books that follow the adventures of Richard Hannay, an expatriate Scot who was first introduced in the classic novel The Thirty-Nine Steps. Set in Scotland in 1745, during the Jacobite Rebellion, this dark story of loyalty and betrayal on the road to Culloden Moor recounts the adventures of Francis Birkenshaw. The Jacobite cause means nothing to him until a chance meeting with the beautiful Margaret Murray presents an opportunity for profit and adventure. The fateful encounter marks the beginning of Franciss involvement with John Murray of Broughton, an infamous traitor and turncoat. Once described as a tale of adventure and betrayal on the long bloody road to Culloden Moor, A Lost Lady of Old Years is set in Scotland during the Rebellion of 45. Young Edinburgh-born Francis Birkenshaw cares nothing for the Jacobite cause until an encounter with the beautiful wife of Bonnie Prince Charlies secretary, Mrs Margaret Murray, leads to a dangerous involvement with her husband, John Murray of Broughton, an infamous turncoat. A dark and compelling portrayal of the Jacobite Rebellion.