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Robert Louis Stevenson
Zanurz się w psychologiczny thriller "Markheim", gdzie Robert Louis Stevenson, mistrz zgłębiania mrocznych zakamarków ludzkiej duszy, zabiera czytelnika do wiktoriańskiego Londynu w wigilię Bożego Narodzenia. W ciemnym, zakurzonym sklepie z antykami dochodzi do morderstwa, a tytułowy Markheim zostaje sam na sam nie tylko ze swoją ofiarą, ale przede wszystkim z własnymi demonami. Gdy tajemniczy przybysz - sumienie, diabeł czy halucynacja? - zjawia się nieoczekiwanie, rozpoczyna się fascynujący pojedynek moralny, podczas którego Markheim musi zmierzyć się z prawdą o sobie samym. Ta mistrzowska nowela, łącząca elementy kryminału, opowieści gotyckiej i filozoficznego traktatu, stanowi głębokie studium ludzkiego sumienia, winy i możliwości odkupienia. Stevenson z niezwykłą precyzją psychologiczną kreśli portret człowieka stojącego na krawędzi moralnej przepaści, oferując czytelnikowi hipnotyzującą podróż w głąb ludzkiej natury, gdzie granica między dobrem a złem jest równie cienka jak ta między rzeczywistością a złudzeniem.
Jack London
Martin Eden is one of the most famous novels of the famous American writer Jack London. The novel is largely autobiographical the writer, like his hero, emerged from the bottom of society and achieved outstanding success in literature exclusively by his own efforts. Martin Eden, who comes from the very bottom of the social ladder of American society at the beginning of the 20th century, falls in love with a young girl, Ruth, who belongs to the bourgeois class. Seeing in her the exact opposite of the base dirt and rudeness that surrounded him from birth, Martin somewhat idealizes her image and from that moment, the only goal in his life is to become worthy of her hand. To do this, not sparing literally a minute, he begins to transform himself from an illiterate sailor into a man who looked no worse than the middle class.
H. Rider Haggard
Mary of Marion Isle the penultimate novel by Henry Rider Haggard, which he wrote before his death. The young socialist doctor faced a series of obstacles in his life, and learned what unhappy love is. Then he found himself on a desert island. What will he do in this situation? By the way, Marion Isle is a real place and one of the Prince Edward Islands.
Karol May
"Służący trzasnął z bicza na znak, że zrozumiał polecenie. Konie ruszyły galopem. Mknęli tak szybko, że dziesięć minut przed czwartą dotarli do browaru. Skręcili w boczną aleję parku i wkrótce powóz zatrzymał się. Niebawem nadjechały pozostałe. Przywitano się lekkim skinieniem głowy. Służący stanęli na warcie, lekarz przygotował instrumenty i opatrunki. (...) Sekundanci von Platen i von Golzen obeszli plac. Von Golzen podszedł do powozu Ravenowa i przyniósł tureckie szable. / Idź już, drogi Kurcie - szepnęła Różyczka. - Von Ravenow czeka... / Czy zniesiesz widok krwi? - zatroskał się. / Mam nadzieję, że to nie będzie twoja." (fragment) Tagi: klasyka,
Charles Dickens
Originally a regular magazine written entirely by Charles Dickens from April 4, 1840-December 4, 1841, Master Humphreys Clock uses an elderly gentleman named Master Humphrey as a frame for a number of stories. He is a lonely, crippled old man who lives in London. He keeps manuscripts in an antique clock by the chimney. He decides to start a little club, Master Humphreys Clock, at which the members eventually six in total, including Mr. Pickwick would write and read out their manuscripts to the others. A mirror club in the kitchen, Mr. Wellers Watch, includes Master Humphreys maid, the barber, and Sam Weller. Ultimately, the periodical included the complete novels The Old Curiosity Club and Barnaby Rudge. These two novels are, however, referenced in the recording, when Master Humphrey and his friends refer to them. This recording presents all the published material except for the two novels.
Henry Bedford-Jones
The fourth part in the series, Master of the World continues adventures of strange and mysterious gem named the Sphinx Emerald that leaves its trail through history. Alexander of Macedon had conquered most of the world, and his legions were rolling toward Carthage when a wily little priest strangely presented to him the Sphinx Emerald...
Jules Verne
In the first part of the story, the brave inventor Robur sets off on a world tour on a giant helicopter Albatross in order to prove the superiority of aircraft heavier than air over balloons. The work has an intrigue that unfolds in a rather interesting way, as well as a very unpredictable ending. This is in the style of Verne when the heroes of one work can easily appear in another, remember the same Mysterious Island. There is a similar picture.
Harold Bindloss
In the Spartan simplicity on the prairie there were many young Englishmen. They are looking for some elegance of culture or sophistication in the woman they marry. And few of these women are willing to do hard work to help a man. At the heart of the plot is a love story, where the main characters have to prove that they can do anything for their second half.