The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

Set against the turbulent years of the Napoleonic era, Alexandre Dumass thrilling adventure story is one of the most widely read romantic novels of all time, along with The Three Musketeers. The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book, an adventure story primarily concerned with themes of hope, justice, vengeance, mercy, and forgiveness. It centers on Edmond Dantes who is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes from jail, acquires a fortune, and sets about exacting revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment. Acting as destinys agent, Dantes must face not only his enemies, but also the moral dilemmas raised by his ruthless quest for justice. His plans have devastating consequences for both the innocent and the guilty. Can the man who once had so much to live for, complete his mission and find peace, or will fate thwart his plan at the very last? Dumas novel presents a powerful conflict between good and evil embodied in an epic saga of rich diversity that is complicated by the heros ultimate discomfort with the hubristic implication of his own actions.

Oliwer Twist

Karol Dickens

Powieść Oliwer Twist to dzieło ukazujące życie XIX-wiecznego społeczeństwa angielskiego i prawa nim rządzące. Tytułowy bohater jest sierotą. Wraz z innymi pozbawionymi rodziny dziećmi został umieszczony w sierocińcu. Cierpi tam głód i zimno. Nieludzkie traktowanie dzieci z przytułku niejednokrotnie kończy się dla nich śmiercią. Oliwer, któremu udało się przeżyć mimo wszystko, w dniu swoich dziewiątych urodzin zostaje zabrany do kolejnego przytułku. Ma w nim zdobyć wykształcenie i nauczyć się pożytecznego rzemiosła. Tu także jest głodzony i poniewierany. Gdy pewnego dnia prosi o dokładkę, zostaje wyrzucony i odtąd musi sobie radzić sam. Naturalną koleją rzeczy chłopiec trafia do środowiska przestępczego, gdzie uczy się, jak przetrwać i walczyć o swoje...

Unsichtbare Kräfte

Hans Dominik

Unsichtbare Kräfte ist ein 1943 veröffentlichter Science-Fiction-Roman des Autors Hans Dominik. Ein Roman, der sich in noch gänzlich unerforschte Gebiete vorwagt und in dem die unvergleichliche dramatische Schilderungskunst des Altmeisters der Zukunftsliteratur einen Höhepunkt erreicht. Einem bisher unbekannten Erfinder gelingt die Konstruktion eines Apparats, der neuartige Strahlen aussendet. Vermöge dieser Strahlen ist es möglich, Menschen, Häuser und größere Komplexe zu entmaterialisieren und für das menschliche Auge unsichtbar zu machen. Um seine Ölfelder und Eisenerzgruben dem Zugriff einer großen Macht zu entziehen, wendet ein kleines Land diese neuen Strahlen an, zusammen mit einem geheimnisvollen Treibstoff, der ungeheure Energien entwickelt. Der Verteidigungskampf gipfelt in dem Einsatz eines Tauchflugboots. Die weit stärkeren Angreifer werden siegreich zurückgeschlagen, und der friedlichen Anwendung der neuen Erfindung steht nun nichts mehr im Wege.

Sixteen in Nome

Max Brand

Sixteen In Nome is narrated by young Joe May, an Arizonian who has come to Alaska to "make his stake for a ranch." Joe May, a starving, overgrown youth, had provided a small service for Hugh Massey, owner of the most famous husky in Alaska, in exchange for a monetary reward. Hed heard that Masseys life revolved around the dog and it was a chance to murder the man he hated with an undying rage. But he never thought he would become the bait Massey needed to lure his enemy into a deadly trap. Highly recommended, especially for those who love the Old Western genre.

The Outlaws of Mars

Otis Adelbert Kline

The Outlaws of Mars introduces you to Captain Jerry Morgan and his travel to Mars in the early 20th century. When Jerry, expert swordsman, left the American Army, his scientist uncle, Dr. Richard Morgan, had no difficulty in persuading the adventurous young man to take a trip to Raliad, largest city on Mars in a space ship, directed by mental telepathy. For Jerrys first moment there involved him in a costly mistake which was to throw him into conflict not only with the forces of evil and Mars many monsters but also against the trained weapons of a haughty empire! Solid planetary adventure romance in the vein of Edgar Rice Burroughs this has all the clichés, Mars setting, Earth hero, princess in distress, political strife, sword fights, villains etc.... A true pulp fiction classic from the master of the sword and planet genre Otis Adelbert Kline.

Les Trois Mousquetaires

Alexandre Dumas pere

Les trois mousquetaires considéré comme chef-duvre dAlexandre Dumas et en mme temps cest un des livres les plus connu dans le monde entier. Pouvez-vous trouver quelquun, qui ne sait pas les noms des trois gentilshommes mousquetaires Athos, Porthos, Aramis et de jeune garçon dArtagnan? Le nom du Cardinal de Richelieu? Cette histoire est le mélange de lintrigue politique, de lamour et du grand courage, que nous prend immédiatement.

The Tidal Wave and Other Stories

Ethel M. Dell

If you enjoy the works of Ethel M. Dell then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection. Ethel Dell began to write stories while very young and many of them were published in popular magazines. Beneath her shy exterior, she had a passionate heart and most of her stories were stories of passion and love set in India and other British colonial possessions. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories collection includes the following short stories: The Tidal Wave, The Magic Circle, The Looker-On, The Second Fiddle, The Woman of His Dreams, The Return Game. The Tidal Wave is a very sweet love story with excitement and twists and turns, full of surprises and poignant moments. All the other stories are love stories and are very well written in the classic style of an old-fashioned inspirational love story and have surprises.

The Tale of Triona

William J. Locke

Trion is Alexis Trion, a man with a mysterious past, a tormented hero, a man who writes his story, which instantly becomes a bestseller. It was at this moment that Olivia enters his life. Olivia is a rich, recently orphaned young woman who wants adventure to see the world, etc. to start her new life. There she reads Alexeys book and meets him in person.

Don Kichot z La Manchy

Miguel Cervantes

Szlachcic Alonso Kechani, przybrawszy imię Don Kichota z La Manchy, wyrusza ze swym giermkiem w świat, bronić czci damy swego serca, Dulcynei z Toboso. Hoża wieśniaczka staje się w jego oczach najpiękniejsza z wszystkich niewiast na Ziemi, rycerze i poeci kochają bowiem nie istoty z krwi i kości, lecz te, które tworzy ich niezmordowana wyobraźnia. Poczciwy Sancho Pansa nie rozumie, co znaczy słowo ideał, ale doskonale pojmuje uczucie i pragnienia swego pana, wyjątkowo trafnie obdarzając go przydomkiem Rycerz Smętnego Oblicza. Don Kichot na swym koniu Rosynancie i Sancho Pansa na osiołku przemierzają świat, przeżywając serie groteskowych przygód, w których pomagają ludziom i bronią najsłabszych. Błędny rycerz i kierujący się zdrowym rozsądkiem giermek doskonale się rozumieją i wzajemnie uzupełniają, zawsze solidarni i nierozłączni w dążeniu do naprawiania świata. Przedłużająca się nieobecność rycerza niepokoi jego bliskich. Antonia, jego synowica, ochmistrzyni, wiejski pleban i specjalnie sprowadzony magister Samson Carrasco obmyślają, jak podstępem sprowadzić szlachcica do domu. Don Kichot z La Manchy to klasyka literatury europejskiej.

Stolen Souls

William Le Queux

Wrapped in furs until only my nose and eyes were visible, I was walking along the Nevski Prospekt in St. Petersburg one winters evening, and almost involuntarily turned into the Dominique, that fashionable restaurant which, garish in its blaze of electricity, is situated in the most frequented part of the long, broad thoroughfare. It was the dining-hour, and the place, heated by high, grotesquely-ornamented stoves, was filled with officers, ladies, and cigarette smoke, while the savoury smell of national dishes mingled judiciously with those of foreign lands.

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton

One of Edith Whartons most famous novels the first by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize exquisitely details a tragic struggle between love and responsibility during the sumptuous Golden Age of Old New York, a time when society people dreaded scandal more than disease. Newland Archer, a restrained young attorney, is engaged to the lovely May Welland but falls in love with Mays beautiful and unconventional cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska who returns to New York after a disastrous marriage to a Polish count. Torn between duty and passion, Archer struggles to make a decision that will either courageously define his life or mercilessly destroy it. An incisive look at the ways desire and emotion must negotiate the complex rules of society, The Age of Innocence is one of Whartons most moving works.

A Son of the Stars

Fenton Ash

As may be imagined from the title, Mr. Fenton Ashs book does not lack for marvelous adventure. A Son of the Stars novel is a complete rewrite of Fenton Ashs earlier novel A Trip to Mars. An exciting science fiction adventure, in which two heroes journey on a trip to Mars, where they have various adventures. In A Son of the Stars the heroes, who bear the names Gerald Wilton and Jack Lawford in A Trip to Mars, are called Bruce Mortimer and Maurice Somers. The names of other characters have also been changed, and there are major plot differences between the two works. All in all, they differ sufficiently to merit their classification as two separate novels. Highly recommended!

The Seven Conundrums

E. Phillips Oppenheim

British author E. Phillips Oppenheim achieved worldwide fame with his thrilling novels and short stories concerning, mystery, international espionage and intrigue. Many of his novels have been adapted for the screen. Mr. Oppenheim can be depended upon to give his plots that turn which is as admirable as it is unexpected, and The Seven Conundrums is one of the best of his many good and exciting books. His plotting is as smooth as silk, with the virtue of creating believable characters of genuine sophistication and wit. Readers of Mr. Oppenheims novels may always count on a story of absorbing interest, turning on a complicated plot, worked out with dexterous craftsmanship. Highly recommended!

Die zweite Frau

Eugenie Marlitt

Detailgetreu zeichnet die Autorin jede einzelne ihrer Figuren. Feinsinnig webt sie eine Geschichte in eine höfische Umgebung hinein, in der ernsthafte Kritik sowohl an den festgefügten Familien- und Lebensbedingungen des Adels als auch am überkommenen Ständesystem und an tradierten Hierarchien geschickt verpackt transportiert wird. Der reiche Baron Raoul von Mainau nimmt die verarmte Gräfin Juliane von Trachenberg zur Frau. Was Juliane nicht ahnt: Es ist keine Heirat aus Liebe, vielmehr will sich der Baron an der jungen Frau rächen. Und so sieht sich die ahnungslose Gräfin, kaum dass sie ihrem Ehemann auf Schloss Schönwerth folgt, einer bösen Intrige ausgesetzt. Die junge Adlige Juliane von Trachenberg wird in der Ehe mit dem Baron Raoul nicht glücklich. Bald sehnt sie sich nach ihrem früheren Leben und ihrer Familie bis sie eines Tages einen verborgenen Teil des Schloßgartens entdeckt...

The Forsaken Inn

Anna Katharine Green

The Forsaken Inn by Anna Katharine Green is an exceptional novel of gothic horror set in late 18th-century Revolutionary America. Told from the perspective of a Mrs. Truax, the owner of an inn, The Forsaken Inn is a locked-room mystery that keeps readers guessing about what has happened. Edwin Urquhart, loved by two sisters, chooses to marry the elder. Arriving at the Forsaken Inn for their honeymoon, they occupy an apartment containing a secret chamber. That night, the young bride is murdered and buried in this secret room. Did her new husband commit the crime or is something much more sinister afoot? Yet, many people saw that bride leave with her husband. How can this be?

The Wanderers Necklace

H. Rider Haggard

The book is full of unforeseen incidents. At the heart of the story is a guy who is much more honest and bolder than he seems. And of course there is love. Love leads this story, love strengthens it, and also corrupts it in a cunning way. This is a power struggle, a story about kindness, true friendship, sacrifice, conspiracy, and so on.