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Jack London
“The Mutiny of the Elsinore” 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. The Mutiny of the Elsinore is a novel by the American writer Jack London first published in 1914. The novel is partially based on London's voyage around Cape Horn on the Dirigo in 1912. The character "De Casseres", who espouses nihilistic viewpoints similar to the ideas of French philosopher Jules de Gaultier, is based on London's real-life friend and journalist Benjamin De Casseres.
Jack London
“The Night-born” 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. The Night-born is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of ten moving and thrilling stories such as: The Night-Born, The Madness of John Harned, When the World was Young or To Kill A Man.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
“The Oakdale Affair“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars. This is the third book in the Mucker series. In the home of Jonas Prim, president of an Oakdale bank, a thief makes off with a servant's clothing and valuables belonging to Prim's daughter Abigail. Abigail is thought to be absent visiting Sam Benham, whom her parents want her to marry. When the Prims discover the theft and learn that Abigail never arrived at Benham's. The incidents are assumed to be connected to other crimes, the assault and robbery of John Baggs and the murder of Reginald Paynter, who had been seen with two men and a girl. The local paper speculates Abigail might have been involved with Paynter's murder. Mr. Prim hires a private eye.
Jack London
“The People of the Abyss” 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. The People of the Abyss (1903) is a book by Jack London made up of his firsthand account of life in the East End of London. George Orwell was inspired by The People of the Abyss, which he had read in his teens. In the 1930s, he began disguising himself as a derelict and made tramping expeditions into the poor section of London. The influence of The People of the Abyss can be seen in Down and Out in Paris and London and The Road to Wigan Pier.
Charles Dickens
The Pickwick Papers - a novel by Charles Dickens, an English writer who is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. The novel's protagonist Samuel Pickwick, Esquire is a kind and wealthy old gentleman, the founder and perpetual president of the Pickwick Club. He suggests that he and three other "Pickwickians" should make journeys to places remote from London and report on their findings to the other members of the club. Their travels throughout the English countryside by coach provide the chief subject matter of the novel.
Karol May
"The Player" autorstwa Karola Maya to opowieść pełna intrygi, zdrady i mrocznych tajemnic, gdzie losy bohaterów splatają się w sieci morderstw, zemsty i skrywanych namiętności. Główny wątek powieści skupia się na trudnych relacjach między członkami rodziny Meltonów. Kiedy Thomas Melton zabija swojego brata Harry'ego, wywołuje tym czynem lawinę wydarzeń, które przyczynią się do upadku całej rodziny. Narracja prowadzi nas przez pełen napięcia proces zemsty i sprawiedliwości, w którym pozostali dwaj Meltonowie stają w obliczu zasłużonej kary. W tej części cyklu powieściowego pojawia się także postać Judyty, żony wodza plemienia Yuma, Przebiegłego Węża. Jej obecność rzuca cień podejrzliwości na wydarzenia i decyzje głównych bohaterów. Judyta, córka imigranta z wcześniejszej części powieści, staje się kluczową postacią w tym splocie emocji i tajemnic. "The Player" to literacka podróż przez zawiłe intrygi, emocje i relacje między postaciami. Karol May nie tylko ukazuje Dziki Zachód w swojej charakterystyczny sposób, ale również zgłębia psychologiczne aspekty postaci, ich wybory i motywacje. Ta trzymająca w napięciu opowieść o zdradzie, miłości i zemście to nieodłączna część cyklu powieściowego Karola Maya. "The Player" to lektura dla tych, którzy poszukują głębokich emocji, skomplikowanych relacji i pełnych zwrotów akcji opowieści.
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Poison Belt - a novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer and medical doctor. He created the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Challenger sends telegrams asking his three companions from The Lost World— Edward Malone, Lord John Roxton, and Professor Summerlee— to join him at his home outside London, and instructs each of them to 'bring oxygen'. During their journey there, they see people's behaviour become excitable and erratic. On arrival they are ushered into a sealed room, along with Challenger and his wife. In the course of his researches into various phenomena, Challenger has predicted that the Earth is moving into a belt of poisonous ether which, based on its effect on the people of Sumatra earlier in the day, he expects to stifle humanity. Challenger seals them in the room with cylinders of oxygen, which he (correctly) believes will counter the effect of the ether.
Charlotte Bronte
The Professor was the first novel by Charlotte Brontë. It was originally written before Jane Eyre. The book is the story of a young man, William Crimsworth, and is a first-person narrative from his perspective. It describes his maturation, his career as a teacher in Brussels, and his personal relationships.
Jack London
“The Red One” 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. The Red One is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of four moving and thrilling stories such as: The Red One, The Hussy, Like Argus of the Ancient Times and The Princess.
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Return of Sherlock Holmes - a collection of stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer and medical doctor. He created the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. This collection of stories consists of: "The Adventure of the Empty House" "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder" "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" "The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist" "The Adventure of the Priory School" "The Adventure of Black Peter" "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" "The Adventure of the Three Students" "The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez" "The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter" "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange" "The Adventure of the Second Stain"
Edgar Rice Burroughs
“The Return of Tarzan“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars. This is the second novel in a series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. The story follows Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
“The Return of the Mucker“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars. This is a second book in the Mucker series. Billy returns to his old Chicago haunts intending to clear his name. His time with Barbara imbued him with faith in the law and justice. However, he soon realizes that the system is more interested in finding someone guilty than in finding the guilty party. Awaiting the verdict, he reads that Barbara and Mallory are about to marry. He is found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. Disillusioned, he jumps from the train carrying him to the state prison.
Jack London
“The Scarlet Plague” 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. The Scarlet Plague is a post-apocalyptic fiction novel written by Jack London.. The book was noted in 2020 as having been very similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially given London wrote it at a time when the world was not as quickly connected by travel as it is today.
Jack London
“The Sea-Wolf” 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. The Sea-Wolf is a psychological adventure novel by American writer Jack London. It tells the story of a soft, domesticated protagonist — an intellectual man named Humphrey Van Weyden — forced to become tough and self-reliant by exposure to cruelty and brutality. The story starts with him aboard a San Francisco ferry, called Martinez, which collides with another ship in the fog and sinks. He is set adrift in the Bay, eventually being picked up by Wolf Larsen. Larsen is the captain of a seal-hunting schooner, the Ghost. Brutal and cynical, yet also highly intelligent and intellectual.
Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published as a book in 1911. Set in England, it is one of Burnett's most popular novels and is considered a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been made.
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of the Four - is a novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer and medical doctor. He created the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. The Sign of the Four is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Set in 1888, The Sign of the Four has a complex plot involving service in India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts ("the Four" of the title) and two corrupt prison guards. It presents Holmes's drug habit and humanizes him in a way that had not been done in the preceding novel. It also introduces Dr. Watson's future wife, Mary Morstan.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
“The Son of Tarzan“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars. This is the fourth novel in a series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. The story follows Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society.
Jack London
“The Son of the Wolf” 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. The Son of the Wolf is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of nine moving and thrilling stories such as: The Son of the Wolf, In a Far Country, The Wisdom of the Trail or The Wife of a King.
Jack London
“The Star Rover” 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. The Star Rover is a science fiction novel by American writer Jack London. A framing story is told in the first person by Darrell Standing, a university professor serving life imprisonment in San Quentin State Prison for murder. Prison officials try to break his spirit by means of a torture device called "the jacket," a canvas jacket which can be tightly laced so as to compress the whole body, inducing angina. Standing discovers how to withstand the torture by entering a kind of trance state, in which he walks among the stars and experiences portions of past lives.
Jack London
“The Strength of the Strong” 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. The Strength of the Strong is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of seven moving and thrilling stories such as: The Strength of the Strong, The Enemy of All the World or The Sea-Farmer.
Jack London
“The Turtles of Tasman” 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. The Turtles of Tasman is a series of short stories and plays by Jack London. It consists of eight moving and thrilling stories such as: By the Turtles of the Tasman, The Hobo and the Fairy or The First Poet.
Jack London
“The Valley of the Moon” 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. The novel The Valley of the Moon is a story of a working-class couple, Billy and Saxon Roberts, struggling laborers in Oakland at the Turn-of-the-Century, who leave city life behind and search Central and Northern California for suitable farmland to own. The book is notable for its scenes in which the proletarian heroes enjoy fellowship with the artists' colony in Carmel, and their settling in the Valley of the Moon.
Sinclair Lewis
“The Willow Walk” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. “The Willow Walk” is a short story by Sinclair Lewis. “From the drawer of his table Jasper Holt took a pane of window glass. He laid a sheet of paper on the glass and wrote, “Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.” He studied his round business-college script, and rewrote the sentence in a small finicky hand, that of a studious old man. Ten times he copied the words in that false pinched writing. He tore up the paper, burned the fragments in his large ash tray and washed the delicate ashes down his stationary washbowl. He replaced the pane of glass in the drawer, tapping it with satisfaction. A glass underlay does not retain an impression.” Preview.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 1
Edgar Allan Poe
Explore the compelling universe of Edgar Allan Poe with The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 1. Immerse yourself in "Spellbinding Tales of Gothic Terror and Eerie Suspense" that will transport you to the depths of Poe's mesmerizing imagination. In "The Raven," brace yourself for a chilling encounter as a lone protagonist grapples with an enigmatic visitor that will send shivers down your spine with every turn of the page. Feel the relentless beating of your own heart in "The Tell-Tale Heart," a tale of guilt that escalates into a haunting paranoia that will keep you guessing until the climactic conclusion. But Poe's brilliance goes far beyond that. Embark on a journey with the shrewd detective skills of C. Auguste Dupin in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," the forerunner of the modern detective story. Prepare for "gripping mysteries with twisted plots" that will keep you guessing until the very end. Poe's mastery of atmosphere and "evocative prose that lingers, haunting the mind and imagination" will transport you to a realm of foreboding unease that lingers long after you've closed the book. With every turn of the page, you'll be captivated by the intricate exploration of the human psyche and the uncanny fixations that characterize Poe's writing. More than a century after his death, Edgar Allan Poe's stories remain as powerful and chilling as ever, ensuring that his legacy of horror and dark romanticism will continue to haunt readers for generations to come. Extraordinary Stories: An Appreciation Edgar Allan Poe Death Of Poe The Unparalleled Adventures Of One Hans Pfaall The Gold-Bug Four Beasts In One-The Homo-Cameleopard The Murders In The Rue Morgue The Mystery Of Marie Roget The Balloon-Hoax Ms. Found In A Bottle The Oval Portrait