Master of Men

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Victorian Socialist Romance. Enoch Strone is a book-loving rustic loner who lives in a remote hand-built cabin. He works as a mechanical engineer in the industrial town of Gascester. One evening he meets a poor factory girl, Milly, who has been abandoned by her friends during a walk in the woods. On the same day he is accosted by the Reverand Martinghoe who introduces Strone to his beautiful, widowed, wealthy sister Lady Malingcourt. Strone is bewitched by her lovely singing and the seductive manners of the jaded upper class widow.

Oko proroka, czyli Hanusz Bystry i jego przygody. Powieść historyczna z XVII wieku

Władysław Łoziński

Akcja powieści toczy się w XVII wieku, zaraz po klęsce pod Cecorą. Hanusz Bystry udaje się na poszukiwania ojca, który ginie bez wieści. Podczas wędrówki w jego ręce trafia Oko proroka, cenny diament, który przysparza mu wielu kłopotów.

The Treasure of the Lake

H. Rider Haggard

In fact, this is one of several papers published after the death of Haggard. The Treasure of the Lake is another extreme adventure in the hidden heart of Africa. Allan Quatermain finds a village in the center of the Dark Continent, run by a man with a strange knowledge of future events. But what will the main character do with this knowledge? Can he change something? This is the last Quatermain book.

White Face

Edgar Wallace

A man ends up stabbed to death on a street in Londons Tidal Basin, victim of the almost mythical murderer roaming the streets of London, the Devil of Tidal Basin. But why is another bandit suddenly sighted in Tidal Basin as well? What connection had the Devil with White Face? Superintendent Mason, one of the Yards Big Five wanted to know, and what Superintendent Mason wanted to know he generally found out. Criminals knew him as Sympathetic Mason, because of his curious methods of cross-examination. This is Edgar Wallace at his best and Edgar Wallace is known the world over as the king of mystery writers. White Face involves more mystery than a number of his novels and recommended for people who like to treat a mystery story as a solvable riddle.

The Pickwick Papers

Charles Dickens

This novel demonstrates Dickens experimenting with building his own voice. The Pickwick Papers is a series of linear adventures, unlike the convoluted plots of Dickenss later novels. In other words, we follow our heroes from one stop to the next and meet interesting characters, rather than unraveling a mystery. The novel is a late example of the picaresque, a style of story in which we follow a rough, but still likable, hero through his adventures.The Pickwick Club sends Mr. Pickwick and a group of friends to travel across England and to report back on the interesting things they find. In the course of their travels, they repeatedly encounter the friendly but disreputable Mr. Jingle, who becomes a continual source of trouble for all who know him. Pickwick himself is the victim of a number of misunderstandings that bring him both embarrassment and problems with the law.

The Woman from the East and Other Stories

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. This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1934. The Woman From the East and Other Stories is an enjoyable collection of short stories that include The Chopham Affair, The Hopper, The Silver Charm, and many more. As the stories are rather short and quite fast-paced with a lot of scenery-changes and adventures, this nice. Its all great fun and Wallace keeps the action moving along swiftly, as he always did. If you havent discovered the joys of Wallaces thrillers there is a good place to start. Highly recommended.

Пиковая Дама (Dama pikowa)

Aleksander Puszkin

Повесть, которая отличается своей таинственностью и мистичностью. Молодой, амбициозный и достаточно беспринципный инженер Герман хочет разбогатеть. Игра в карты кажется ему подходящим, но слишком рискованным средством. Герман готов играть, но только зная беспроигрышный вариант. В обществе ходят слухи о том, что некая старая графиня знает особый секрет... Загадки судьбы и секрет трех мистических карт, которые приносят выигрыш. История о том, как неожиданно может обернуться жизнь 2013 о том что фарт непредсказуем, как в любви, так и в игре.

Ostatnie dni Pompejów

Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

Powieść ukazuje życie Pompejów w przededniu kataklizmu, który w 79 r. n.e. zniósł je z powierzchni ziemi. Główny wątek stanowi historia pary zakochanych rzymskiego patrycjusza, Glaucusa i pięknej Greczynki Iony. Obojgu za wszelką cenę stara się zaszkodzić zazdrosny o dziewczynę kapłan Arbaces. W powieści miłość miesza się z nienawiścią, chrześcijaństwo z magią, a prawda z obłudą. Gdy sprawiedliwość wydaje się być niema, rachunek krzywd wystawia przyroda. Wybucha Wezuwiusz! W obliczu śmierci tracą przywileje nawet najpotężniejsi...

The Curious Quest

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction. This novel is an Oppenheim classic from 1919 about a high society villain: characteristic of Oppenheims typical works, with the characters living in luxury, and a very flowing and exact story. Much of Oppenheims work possesses a unique escapist charm, featuring protagonists who delight in Epicurean meals, surroundings of intense luxury, and the relaxed pursuit of criminal practice, on either side of the law. The Curious Quest is a lovely tale of a rich man having to spend a year earning his own money because he is bored and ill. Full of action and scams.

The Gentle Grafter

O. Henry

O. Henry (whose real name is William Sydney Porter) is famous for his many short stories of everyday-life America, full of wit, charm, and inventiveness. This collection of classic tales set on the wrong side of the law showcases a master craftsman at the top of his form. The Gentle Grafter is a collection of 14 short stories about grafters who travel, peddle and swindle in the South. Those grafters have different business ethics and moral senses, and their artistic plots lead them to an unsuspected but comic ending. Each chapter is either told by an anonymous narrator or by Jeff Peters and Andy Tucker, two other con men. All of the con work was done somewhere within the United States. With the surprising twists and turns, not to mention the wit and humor throughout the book, The Gentle Grafter will leave the reader smiling and asking for more.

Księga dżungli

Rudyard Kipling

Księga dżungli to opwieść o Mowgli, który jako małe dziecko gubi się w dżungli. Tam zostaje przygarnięty i wychowany przez wilki. Kiedy chłopiec dorasta, grozi mu niebezpieczeństwo ze strony tygrysa Szir Hana. Zwierzęta decydują wysłać dziecko do ludzkiej osady.

King Richard the Third

William Shakespeare

Heroes of the work are ready for terrible deeds for the sake of power. Richard is a model of canonical evil, almost a fairy-tale villain, in whom there is nothing light. The main character goes to power through numerous crimes and deceptions. He does not spare underage nephews, ordering to kill them in the Tower, and then dies in a battle with another claimant to the throne.

Proboszcz z Tours

Honoriusz Balzak

Powieść Proboszcz z Tours Honoriusza Balzaka należy do Scen z życia prowincji cyklu Komedia Ludzka. Ksiądz Franciszek Birotteau jest jednym z księży katedry Świętego Gracjana w Tours. Oczekuje właśnie nominacji na kanonika katedralnego. Wynajął niedawno piękny pokój u starej panny Zofii Gamard. Nie wie, że mieszkający wcześniej u Gamard kanonik Troubert zazdrości mu wpływowych przyjaciół i bywania w towarzystwie. Nie wie również, iż swym mimowolnym postępowaniem uraził pannę Gamard. Kanonik Troubert oraz panna Gamard wspólnie organizują intrygę przeciw niepodejrzewającemu niczego ojcu Birotteau...

The Eye of Zeitoon

Talbot Mundy

Do you need to talk about Zeitoon? The only thing I can say is that the Turks have never won or won. They came once and built a fort on the opposite side of the mountains to impress us. We took this assault! We dropped all their guns down to the bottom of the stream and there they lie to this day!

And Still I Cheat the Gallows

E. Phillips Oppenheim

A series of stories telling about the graceful crimes of a high class robber, a forger, a robber, a murderer. Stories in each of which are the same criminal, but under different names travels around the world, assuming new identities, avoiding militias and theft of fate. In one story, he helps the British intelligence in restoring critical documents from a foreign state. In another, he uses his skills to help a servant in trouble. In general, stories are of average quality, but they cover interesting situations. One in Jamaica, several others in Paris and London.

Tales of Hearsay

Joseph Conrad

This collection of four stories. One of the stories is Prince Roman. It tells about the Polish people and their hero. The conversation was about aristocracy. How did this discredited item come about? However, neither the great Florentine artist, who did not close his eyes at death while thinking about his city, nor Saint Francis, who blessed the city of Assisi with his last breath, were barbarians.