Literatura
Jack London
“John Barleycorn” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. John Barleycorn is an autobiographical novel by Jack London dealing with his enjoyment of drinking and struggles with alcoholism. It was published in 1913. The title is taken from the British folksong "John Barleycorn".
John Barleycorn, czyli wspomnienia alkoholika
Jack London
John Barleycorn to autobiograficzna powieść Jacka Londona, opowiadająca o radości z picia i zmaganiach z alkoholizmem. Została wydana w 1913 roku. Tytuł pochodzi z brytyjskiej piosenki ludowej John Barleycorn. Tematem powieści jest męska przyjaźń. London omawia różne doświadczenia życiowe z alkoholem na różnych etapach swojego życia. Kluczowe etapy to późne lata nastoletnie, kiedy zarabiał jako marynarz, a także później, gdy był zamożnym, odnoszącym sukcesy pisarzem. W książce po raz pierwszy użyto określenia "widzieć różowe słonie" na człowieka w stanie głębokiego upojenia alkoholowego.
George Bernard Shaw
“John Bull's Other Island” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. John Bull's Other Island is a comedy about Ireland, written by George Bernard Shaw in 1904. Shaw himself was born in Dublin, yet this is one of only two plays of his where he thematically returned to his homeland, the other being O’Flaherty V.C.
John Buchan
John Burnet of Barns was Buchans first fully realised, full-length work of fiction. The authors third novel is story of adventure, treachery and revenge, set in the Scottish Borders in the 17th century, telling of a young nobleman who sets out to gain an education abroad, only to find himself betrayed in his absence by his cousin. Not just a romance, but adventures of a Scottish gentleman around the Netherlands and the wildest highlands of Scotland to find himself, regain his honour and save his true love. In this epic tale of a family torn asunder by a long-lasting feud, renowned action-adventure author John Buchan spins an engrossing account of two cousins locked in conflict and the horrible toll that their bad blood begets. In the wake of the ultimate betrayal, will the Burnet clan ever be able to bridge the chasm that has been created?
John Cornelius. His Life and Adventures
Hugh Walpole
This is a story about the life of a genius who has only dreams. But really make dreams a reality? After all, this is not a fantasy world. Walpole wrote mainly about a character whose life was never very real, and who could not find happiness, except in strange moments because of this abyss between him and the world. Walpoles romantic flights have a realistic break to temper them.
Edgar Wallace
Acht bis an die Zähne bewaffnete Männer von Scotland Yard bewachen einen Transport von 73000 Pfund Sterling. Aber der Geldtransporter mit Geld und seine Bewacher verschwindet auf der Straße von London nach Tilbury. Nach dem mysteriösen Verschwinden fehlt jede Spur. As wirklich geschehen?
John Buchan
Written in 1925, the novel opens with three gentleman friends lawyer Sir Edward Leithen, banker John Palliser-Yeates, and Cabinet member Charles Lord Lamancha discovering that they all suffer a common and debilitating malady, a loss of zest for life, all desperate to relieve the ennui that has engulfed them. The solution can only be something devilish, with a dash of daring. Enlisting the aid of another friend, Scottish landowner Sir Archibald Roylance, the trio contrives a plot to poach game deer or salmon from the hereditary lands of three of Archies Highland neighbors under the guise of an assumed false identity, John Macnab. On this, they stake their reputations and the danger proves innervating. This novel is a light interlude within the Leithen Stories series an evocative look at the hunting, shooting and fishing lifestyle in Highland Scotland.
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Edward, a handsome young soldier, considers Mary a charming child. John, the widow, is sick and poor, and asks Edward to keep an eye on Mary after his imminent death, whenever that happens. John stands in line, behind several other relatives, to inherit a huge mansion and income, and he warns Edward if he ever happens before his own death, beware of the evil relative who is next in line after himself because this person will do everything to snatch the inheritance from Mary.