David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

David Copperfield on Charles Dickensin romaani, joka ilmestyi 1850. Useimpien Dickensin romaanien tavoin se ilmestyi aluksi sarjana. David Copperfield on niin kutsuttu kasvuromaani, joka seuraa päähenkilön elämää syntymästä lähtien. Monet sen tapahtumat ovat peräisin Dickensin omasta elämästä, ja sanotaankin että se on Dickensin romaaneista omaelämäkerrallisin.

Scarlet and Hyssop. A Novel

E.F. Benson

The heroes of this story belong to the upper class. About them, in fact, is the story. It begins by introducing us to a couple of girls whose conversations are filled with learned ingenuity, so this may impressed some readers. Men, obviously, mean little, except for the chips in the game. A classic tale in the world of the highest middle class in Edwardian Britain.

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

Hugh Lofting

Tommy learns how to communicate with animals, thanks to Doctor Dolittle. Tommy finds himself with a kind doctor on a thrilling and dangerous journey to find Long Arrow, the native American and son of the Golden Arrow, who is considered the greatest living naturalist in the world. This is both an adventure story and a strong call for compassion for animals. The main character found a man in spirit and now they will travel together.

Off on a Comet. Or, Hector Servadac

Jules Verne

Jules Vernes novel Hector Servadac tells about the adventures of the captain of the French troops and his friends, who, as a result of an unprecedented disaster, fell on a fragment of the globe captured by a flying comet. Hector, his orderly, the Russian Count Timashev, a colony of English soldiers from Gibraltar, an Italian girl with a goat, a Jewish money-lender and another odd scientist are forced to organize their life in new conditions. The book contains a lot of information on astronomy, corresponding to the level of the second half of the XIX century.

The Raid of Le Vengeur

George Griffiths

The Raid of Le Vengeur is a mind game of scientists, so to speak. This is a story about dueling military scientists in Britain and France. They are trying to figure out how to unite in a race to learn how to improve their military power with the help of submarines. This story promises to be fascinating.

The Ranchman

Charles Alden Seltzer

In the style of the early writers of the modern western, the Charles Alden Seltzer paints a vivid story of the depths to which any person can sink without discipline, charity and love. This is one of the best Seltzers work. He wrote his westerns from the experience of living on his uncles ranch in New Mexico. Seltzers best works also include The Two-Gun Man, The Boss of the Lazy Y, etc. Many of his novels were turned into Hollywood movies. The Ranchman is a rootin-tootin western love story. Non-stop action, good guys and bad guys, and no shortage of gun-fighting to keep you guessing until the end whether the hero will actually get the girl. A real page turner, with action and romance trailing at every turn.

To the Last Man

Zane Grey

Imagine if Romeo and Juliet were set among the sheep ranching families of Arizona. Add in a heavy dash of frontier action and adventure, and that neatly sums up the plot of Zane Greys To the Last Man, which follows a blossoming romance among members of feuding clans in the vast open plains of the Wild West. To the Last Man is the story of Arizonas Pleasant Valley War, one of the most legendary conflicts of the Old West. Son of a cattleman, Jean Isbel tests family loyalty by falling in love with the daughter of a sheepherder, Ellen Jorth. The rivalry of generations is reawakened and the lovers are caught in the crossfire in a story that takes a chapter from the real family feuds of the early American West. The story was based on an actual feud in Arizona that Zane Grey researched.

Love of Life and Other Stories

Jack London

Love of life is not only the name of the story, but also the main quality of one of the characters. Such an acute, almost tangible desire took possession of man that he, exhausted by hunger, cold, chills, illness, dislocation, hallucinations and other troubles that can await a lonely generational man in the forest. He survived the battle with a bear, with a wolf, with his mind and body, persuading him to rise again, persuading him to survive. The story is small in volume, wild and completely killing every touch of romanticism, which will revive again, barely reaching extreme significance.

Murzyn z załogi Narcyza. Opowiadanie o Kasztelu

Joseph Conrad

Załoga Narcyza, statku handlowego płynącego z Bombaju do Londynu, składa się w większości z białych marynarzy. Jedyny czarnoskóry James Wait staje się głównym bohaterem opowiadania bynajmniej nie z uwagi na kolor skóry, ale na szczególną postawę, która przysporzy załodze przygód. Grymaśny James twierdzi bowiem, iż zaciągnął się na statek, aby... umrzeć.

The Mutable Many

Robert Barr

First published in 1896 and considered one of Robert Barrs best works, this historical novel set in London at the beginning of the 20th century and centering on an industrial strike and a love triangle. The men in Monkton and Hopes factory strike. Sartwell, their manager, refuses to compromise with them, but discusses the situation with Marsten, one of their number, who clings to his own order, at the same time that he avows his love for Sartwells daughter Edna. Sartwell forbids him to speak to her. The strike is crushed, Marsten is dismissed, and becomes secretary to the Labor Union. He sees Edna several times, she becomes interested in him, and her father sends her away to school... A great read, The Mutable Many is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of any home and for lovers of historical novels.

Intentions

Oscar Wilde

Ceci est une collection des histoires dOscar Wilde. Dans la contribution principale Critique en tant quartiste, nous organisons un dialogue en plusieurs actes entre deux esthetes, dont lun prononce des jugements complets sur toutes les ouvres dart. Lintention principale de Wilde est ici de démontrer pourquoi la critique elle-meme est un processus de création aussi fructueux que, a son avis, un véritable art.

The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice

William Shakespeare

It is amazing, beautiful, and the lines flow like a song. Very characteristic images, living, breathing. You empathize with all the heroes and fiercely despise Iago. This is certainly the highest skill, so clearly convey the characters in the play, without going into the descriptions, but only with randomly dropped phrases. Othello turned out to be an extremely tragic character.

Jack OJudgment

Edgar Wallace

This is one of Edgar Wallaces best and most exciting thrillers. Jack O Judgment is light-hearted, insouciant, masked mystery man, who sets out to expose a gang of daring crooks who are amassing millions regardless of their methods. Criminal mastermind Colonel Dan Boundary fights two enemies Stafford King, a dedicated detective, and Jack OJudgment. The tale opens with the murder of Snow Gregory, a drug lord linked with Boundary... This English detective story has an entirely concealed outcome, and the usual escapades and escapes from or to justice are freshly told. Edgar Wallace provides a thrill of another sort!

Les Indes noires

Jules Verne

Histoire romantique fascinante. Dans les montagnes écossaises, il existe un systeme développé de mines de charbon appelé Les Indes noires. Dans les profondeurs des mines épuisées, la jeune Nelle grandit, ne voyant jamais de sa vie ni le jour ni mme la lune ou les étoiles. Mais avec laide damis inattendus, elle parvient toujours remonter la surface un jour...

The Island of Gold

Fenton Ash

Fenton Ash (pseudonym for Francis Henry Atkins) also known as Fred Ashley, Frank Aubrey (1840 1927), wrote a number of scientific romances beginning with The Devil Tree (1896). He was involved in a scandal at the turn of the century and sentenced to nine months imprisonment for obtaining money by deception. After leaving prison he dropped the name Frank Aubrey and in his early 60s, following a three-year hiatus began writing as Fenton Ash. The Island Of Gold (1918) is a fantasy adventure would suit anyone interested in old fantasy novels for children and young people. Wonderful entertainment and highly entertaining. If you havent discovered the joys of Fenton Ashs adventures there is a good place to start. Highly recommended!

Leśna Różyczka (Tom 12). Leśna Różyczka. Radość i łzy

Karol May

Radość i łzy to dziesiąty tom przygód z cyklu Leśna Różyczka, czyli prześladowania dookoła świata. Grupa ciekawych świata bohaterów podróżuje po różnych krajach i kontynentach. Mierzą się przy tym z nowymi wyzwaniami, stawiają czoła niebezpieczeństwom, odkrywają tajemnice i podejmują walkę z różnej maści opryszkami, stając w obronie dobra i sprawiedliwości.