Literatura
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Adam Mickiewicz
The Tempest The sail is torn, the rudder bursts, the waters roar, All people yell, the pumps release a baleful wail, The ropes yanked out of deckhands’ palms: we’ve lost the sail! Lo! Sun in blood-shade setting, hope there is no more. The gale in triumph howls, and on the sodden hills That rise above the chaos of the fatal sea, A genius of death ascended, and now he Assails the fortress long destroyed and further kills. Some on the deck lie dying, drowning in despair; Some fall in neighbor’s arms and sadly say good bye; Some pray to drive the death away, some pray to die. One passenger sat calmly in a corner there, And thought: Oh happy he who’s swooned amid this hell, Or prays or knows a man to say the last farewell! [...] Adam Mickiewicz Ur. 24 grudnia 1798 r. w Zaosiu koło Nowogródka Zm. 26 listopada 1855 r. w Konstantynopolu (dziś: Stambuł) Najważniejsze dzieła: Ballady i romanse (1822), Grażyna (1823), Sonety krymskie (1826), Konrad Wallenrod (1828), Dziady (cz.II i IV 1823, cz.III 1832), Księgi narodu polskiego i pielgrzymstwa polskiego (1833), Pan Tadeusz (1834); wiersze: Oda do młodości (1820), Do Matki Polki (1830), Śmierć pułkownika (1831), Reduta Ordona (1831) Polski poeta i publicysta okresu romantyzmu (czołowy z trójcy ?wieszczów?). Syn adwokata, Mikołaja (zm. 1812) herbu Poraj oraz Barbary z Majewskich. Ukończył studia na Wydziale Literatury Uniwersytetu Wileńskiego; stypendium odpracowywał potem jako nauczyciel w Kownie. Był współzałożycielem tajnego samokształceniowego Towarzystwa Filomatów (1817), za co został w 1823 r. aresztowany i skazany na osiedlenie w głębi Rosji. W latach 1824-1829 przebywał w Petersburgu, Moskwie i na Krymie; następnie na emigracji w Paryżu. Wykładał literaturę łacińską na Akademii w Lozannie (1839), a od 1840 r. literaturę słowiańską w College de France w Paryżu. W 1841 r. związał się z ruchem religijnym A. Towiańskiego. W okresie Wiosny Ludów był redaktorem naczelnym fr. dziennika ?Trybuna Ludów? i organizatorem ochotniczego Zastępu Polskiego, dla którego napisał demokratyczny Skład zasad. autor: Cezary Ryska Kupując książkę wspierasz fundację Nowoczesna Polska, która propaguje ideę wolnej kultury. Wolne Lektury to biblioteka internetowa, rozwijana pod patronatem Ministerstwa Edukacji Narodowej. W jej zbiorach znajduje się kilka tysięcy utworów, w tym wiele lektur szkolnych zalecanych do użytku przez MEN, które trafiły już do domeny publicznej. Wszystkie dzieła są odpowiednio opracowane - opatrzone przypisami oraz motywami.
The Temple of Fire. Or, The Mysterious Island
Fenton Ash
The Temple of Fire, or The Mysterious Island (1905), the authors seventh novel out of an eventual 14. It is an absorbing lost-world adventure, characterized by vividly imaginative. Francis Henry Atkins British speculative fiction writer, working mainly under two pseudonyms (Frank Aubrey and Fenton Ash) in sequence, was extremely successful and influential. He played an important role in the History of Science-Fiction.
E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Tempting of Tavernake is written by Edward Phillips Oppenheim. He composed some one hundred and fifty novels, mainly of the suspense and international intrigue nature, but including romances, comedies, and parables of everyday life. The hero of this novel, however, is very unusual for several reasons. Tavernake is unemotional, unable to sympathize or even understand the most common social situations. He is diligent, precise, obsessive in his pursuit of wealth, but oblivious to the feelings of the people around him. They simply dont matter. He meets Beatrice Burnay an American in London without any money. Odd, uncomfortable, almost autistic, he rescues from hunger and possible suicide, and in return she educates him on the possibilities of human emotion.
Anne Brontë
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Gilbert Markham is deeply intrigued by Helen Graham, a beautiful and secretive young widow who has moved into nearby Wildfell Hall with her young son. He is quick to offer Helen his friendship, but when her reclusive behavior becomes the subject of local gossip and speculation, Gilbert begins to wonder whether his trust in her has been misplaced. It is only when she allows Gilbert to read her diary that the truth is revealed and the shocking details of her past.
Max Brand
Red Anthony had the lazy look of a tenderfoot and the lighting draw of a devil. Raised in a circus, he grew up knife throwing and horse stunt riding. He follows a Frances Jones, who has stolen his heart, out to Dodge City. On his first day searching for her he makes enemies with some criminals. Theyre soon ganging up to find him and "shoot him dead". By the time Red rode out of Dodge City, he was one of the fastest gunmen around. And on his trail was a band of the toughest, most vicious outlaws ever collected in the West. Will The Tenderfoot escape the clutches of the evil criminals? Will he ever find Frances Jones? Highly recommended, especially for those who love the Old Western genre.
The Terrible Hobby of Sir Joseph Londe
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Sir Joseph is a brilliant surgeon from Australia who went mad after operating on vast numbers of soldiers during World War 1. His terrible hobby is cutting peoples heads open to steal bits of their brains. His wife is a former nurse who went mad alongside him. They are pursued across England and the continent by Mr. Daniel Rocke, codebreaker of the Foreign service: Miss Ann Lancaster, daughter of one of Londes victims, and Sir Francis Worton, known as Q20, head of the secret service. Londe adopts many disguises, and plots brilliant escapes. This short story collection also containing: The Scarlet Patch, The Terror of Elton Lodge, The House on Salisbury Plain, The Shaftesbury Avenue Murder and others.
Edgar Wallace
Clay Shelton is an outstanding forger and has been capable of cheating on an entire country. One day is finally arrested, convicted of the assassination for killing a policeman and sentenced to death. His execution is performed and the case is closed. Or this is what everyone thinks, until the judge who sentenced Shelton, his prosecutor and executioner are brutally murdered by the Terrible People, an mysterious secret organization. The next name on their list is the one of Arnold Betcher Long, the private eye who had caught the infamous forger. However, Long is all but an easy target... This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1926. The Terrible People is a classic mystery novel by this pioneer of the detective genre.
Edgar Wallace
A dangerous gang of criminals is imprisoned after a daring robbery, although the ringleader who masterminded the crime disappears with the loot. Finally released after ten years behind bars, they are out for vengeance on the man who betrayed them, and the trail leads to a lonely house haunted by organ music and the specter of a hooded figure who prowls its dark corridors. But the police are on their tail also wanting to find out who was behind the robbery. Another breathtaking novel by the master of mystery Edgar Wallace. Novelist, playwright and journalist, Edgar Wallace, is best known for his popular detective and suspense stories which, in his lifetime, earned him the title, King of the Modern Thriller.