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Skarb watażki Powieść z końca XVIII wieku
Władysław Łoziński
Trzymająca w napięciu powieść o skarbach, pojedynkach, hajdamakach, zbójcach, rycerzach i pięknych kobietach na tle dziejów chylącej się ku upadkowi Rzeczpospolitej.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Odkryj mniej znaną, lecz fascynującą perełkę w dorobku Roberta Louisa Stevensona - "Skarb z Franchard", satyryczną opowieść osadzoną w malowniczym regionie francuskiego lasu Fontainebleau. Poznaj ekscentrycznego doktora Desprez i jego żonę, którzy przyjmują pod swój dach młodego sierotę Jeana-Marie, gdy ich spokojne życie zostaje wywrócone do góry nogami przez odkrycie starożytnego skarbu. Stevenson z charakterystycznym dla siebie humorem i błyskotliwą ironią snuje opowieść o ludzkich słabościach, chciwości i nieprzewidzianych konsekwencjach spełnionych marzeń. Ta wnikliwa nowela, pełna barwnych postaci i nieoczekiwanych zwrotów akcji, stanowi doskonałe studium ludzkiej natury, gdzie materializm ściera się z prostotą, a pragnienie bogactwa prowadzi do zaskakujących odkryć o prawdziwej wartości życia. Daj się porwać mistrzowskiej narracji Stevensona, który nawet w krótszej formie ukazuje swój niezrównany talent do tworzenia opowieści jednocześnie zabawnych i głęboko poruszających.
Sketches by Boz. Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People
Charles Dickens
Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836. The 56 sketches concern London scenes and people and are divided into four sections: Our Parish, Scenes, Characters, and Tales. The material in the first three of these sections is non-fiction. The last section comprises fictional stories. It was Dickenss first book, published when he was twenty-four, and in it we find him walking the London streets, in theatres, pawnshops, law-courts, prisons, along the Thames, and on the omnibus, missing nothing, recording and transforming urban and suburban life into new terrain for literature. Originally, the sketches were published in various newspapers and periodicals from 1833-1836 before being published collectively in one volume. If you enjoy the works of Charles Dickens then this collection is highly recommended for your book collection.
Charles Dickens
Sketches of Young Couples is similarly a relatively early and short work by Charles Dickens in which he outlines in a humorous and vaguely satirical way various types of couples (young, old and matured) in society under different subjects describing their actions, thoughts and decisions as couple. These subjects are chosen as a moral essay to raise the awareness and information in young couple for coming generation of both sexes. As always, Dickens scatterings of humor help make it an enjoyable read. Its mainly an exercise in characterization, but each little chapter reads like a story, or part of a story. These satirical portraits, specially timed to Queen Victorias 1839 engagement to the future Prince Albert, not only reveal the dazzling brilliance of young Dickenss genius, but also offer a humorous glimpse into Victorian mores and attitudes.
Charles Dickens
Following the phenomenal popularity of Sketches by Boz, Dickens produced two short volumes of Sketches of Young Gentlemen and Sketches Young Couples". Dedicated to The Young Ladies of the United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as to other young ladies, Sketches of Young Gentlemen scrutinizes in a very witty and humorous fashion certain familiar characteristics of Victorian men and women. Indeed, the sketches center around certain social stereotypes developed by the author. Whimsical, satirical, witty and exuberant, the sketches ridicule the behavior of their subjects with perfect comic effect, offering fascinating evidence of a writer learning his craft and refining his style. To modern readers, these sketches reveal a hidden facet of the great Victorian novelist as they give a glimpse of his little-known beginnings. Highly recommended!
Jan Grabowski
Wróble, szpaki, kosy, gołębie, kurczaki - wszelkie ptaki domowe i podwórkowe harcują ponad głowami ludzi. Mieszkańcy domów czule się nimi opiekują - rozmawiają z nimi i dokarmiają - ale są też tacy, którzy siłą usiłują je przegonić. Na szczęście skrzydlaci bohaterowie mają wsparcie ze strony innych zwierząt domowych, zwłaszcza pieska Duszka. Pouczająca bajka o akceptacji, przyjaźni i wsparciu może przypaść do gustu miłośnikom twórczości Janusza Korczaka.
B.M. Bower
First published in 1918, Johnny Jewel is a the story of a cowboy-cum-aviator in Americas Old West. Johnny learns of a damaged plane abandoned in the desert on the Mexican side of the border, and comes up with a plan to put it to work. His affairs are being monitored by Mary V, the ranch owners spunky daughter, who is slowly taking interest in Johnny. But in the meantime, a gang of rustlers are taking advantage of his passion for flying in order to distract him from his job of keeping an eye over the ranchs horses. This charming and exciting tale of Western ranch life is highly recommended for lovers of Western fiction, and it is not to be missed by those who have read and enjoyed other works by this author.
Max Brand
Another Sleeper story, featuring Sleeper, a gunslinger turned horse-thief, from the collection More Tales of the Wild West. Six action-packed stories of the Old West, filled with unforgettable characters, includes A Lucky Dog, in which mans best friend helps a would-be killer and thief find salvation, along with A First Blooding, Inverness, (aka Sleeper Turns Horse-Thief) and Death in Alkali Flat. In this story Sleeper is hired to break a horse and turns horse-thief. No pulp writer was more prolific than Frederick Faust, who wrote nearly 15 million words under the pen name of Max Brand and seventeen others. Brand has been labeled one of the top three Western novelists of all time so western fans will be in for a treat.