Pan Tadeusz. Czyli Ostatni zajazd na Litwie

Adam Mickiewicz

Epopeja narodowa z elementami gawędy szlacheckiej, powstała w latach 18321834 w Paryżu. Składa się z dwunastu ksiąg pisanych wierszem. Jest 1811 r. Do rodzinnego dworku w Soplicowie wraca po zakończeniu nauk dwudziestoletni Tadeusz Soplica. Gospodarzem Soplicowa jest stryj i opiekun młodzieńca, Sędzia Soplica. Wydaje się, że dwór jest pusty. Jego mieszkańcy wybrali się do pobliskiego lasu. Zwiedzając stare zakamarki, Tadeusz trafia do swego pokoju dziecinnego. Zastaje w nim Zosię, córkę Ewy Horeszkówny. Piękna dziewczyna porusza wyobraźnię młodzieńca. Wieczorem, podczas kolacji wydanej na Zamku, o który się toczy spór pomiędzy ziemiańską rodziną Sopliców a Hrabią, ostatnim potomkiem Horeszków, Tadeusz spotyka uwodzicielską Telimenę. Nawiązuje z nią romans... Adam Mickiewicz nigdy nie nazwał Pana Tadeusza eposem lub epopeją. Nie określili go też w ten sposób pierwsi czytelnicy utworu. Wyrażali nawet swoje niezadowolenie z powodu niewielkiej ilości podniosłego tonu w utworze. Uważano, że zawiera za dużo treści rubasznych. Zauważono także, że nie pojawia się w utworze żadna wielka postać historyczna (pojawienie się takiej osoby miało być zgodne z kanonami eposu). Status arcydzieła literatury polskiej oraz eposu narodowego Pan Tadeusz uzyskał po 1863 r.

Facing the Flag

Jules Verne

The flag of the homeland, tells the story of Tom Rock, the inventor of a devastating means of tremendous power. The desire to cash in on his invention makes Rock crazy, and his fulgurator becomes the property of international pirates. Based on this novel, the famous film by Karl Zeman The Secret of the Back Island Cap.

Secret of the River

Fred M. White

Vern is an excellent example of medieval architecture with soft pink brick and curved chimneys. Neville Ashdown crossed the park on a winter day to call the house where he was born. However, so much time has passed. New home owners. New story. But this place is full of secrets.

The Angel of the Revolution. A Tale of the Coming Terror

George Griffiths

This is a story about the coming terror. George Griffiths tells the story of the Great War that never happened. Airship squadrons and steam fleets clash over the worlds great kingdoms, leaving panic and devastation in their wake. Can the good side win this time? What happens to the planet? Many questions require an answer.

Collected Short Stories. Volume 11

Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle never wasted time in getting his stories moving. His plots are always direct and refreshingly lucid, and the narrative has a velocity that sweeps you along right to the end. This was no doubt a large part of his immense worldwide success. Not surprisingly, each time he tried to end the series, his fans would howl in protest. But, as he says in the preface to his last collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, all good things must come to an end. And so it is with this series, as we have now arrived at the end of the Sherlock Holmes tales, Conan Doyles most magnificent creation. The collection includes the famous stories about Sherlock Holmes, the brilliant detective. A mysterious light in a strange valley leads to danger and more... The mystery of the Mary Celeste solved! ... An ailing and paranoid General threatens his daughters marriage... These are the first two short stories, and first novel for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which started one of the most successful writing careers of all times!

Again the Ringer

Edgar Wallace

Seventeen short stories featuring that master of disguise, Henry Arthur Milton, known as The Ringer. An exiting page-tuner full of intrigue and mystery, Again the Ringer is a must-read for all fans of thrilling crime fiction. Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875 1932) was a prolific English writer. During his lifetime, he wrote 18 stage plays, 957 short stories, numerous articles in newspapers and journals and over 160 films have been made of his novels. He was an immensely popular author, who created exciting thrillers spiced with tales of treacherous crooks and hard-boiled detectives.

Frank Merriwells Pursuit

Burt L. Standish

Do you know what is striving for your dream? Most likely, each person aspires to some peak. Frank Merriwell is no exception. The protagonist of the hero demonstrates how to go to his goal, what a difficult path to the top. After this story, you will again believe in your strength.

Zamek kaniowski

Seweryn Goszczyński

Zamek kaniowski Seweryna Goszczyńskiego to mniej oczywiste oblicze polskiego romantyzmu. Poemat przenosi nas w mroczny i brutalny świat ziem ukraińskich, których mieszkańcy wszczynają bunt przeciw polskiej szlachcie i Kościołowi. Tytułowy zamek jawi się jako siedlisko zła, któremu pisana jest zguba. Dramatyczne wydarzenia opisane są plastycznym, budzącym grozę językiem.

Terror Keep

Edgar Wallace

Terror Keep is a 1927 Edgar Wallace thriller featuring perhaps the most memorable of all Wallaces heroes, Mr. J. G. Reeder. Reeder is at pains to point out that he is not a detective, which is technically true. He is not a policeman, and has no power to arrest suspects. He works as an investigator of banking crime, particularly forgery. He is nonetheless the terror of the criminal classes. This time detective and his attractive secretary, Margaret Belman, almost suffered the wrath of John Flack, an unusual villain who pairs maniacal insanity with genius. Detective and criminal are well matched and the reader is kept in the dark about the outcome of this deadly duel for a long time. Terror Keep is an exceptionally effective and thoroughly entertaining thriller.

The Marriage of Meldrum Strange

Talbot Mundy

This is an immoral story. Ommony Cottwolves is inaccurate in the report. The report is incorrect. They say that the press is saying this, and with it it can be learned that Maddrum String is a billionaire with brains, but without a heart; that his heart, if he has it, is made of iron sheets; that his stomach is of bronze, and the feet of clay; that his friendship is imaginary, but his enmity is a bitter and terrible truth; that he lacks repentance, but he has crazy ambitions; and that his superficial external resemblance to General Ulysses Grant was manifestly devised by Satan to bring the memory of this gallant soldier to bad weather.

La Demoiselle aux yeux verts

Maurice Leblanc

Quand Arsene Lupin se promene dans Paris, il remarque un homme, qui suit une jolie femme blonde aux yeux bleus. Intrigué il commence aussitôt les filer et traverse le chemin de la demoiselle aux yeux verts. Il ne se doute pas des nombreuses péripéties qui lattendent. Une mystérieuse histoire couvre les yeux verts, tout le monde sacharne autour deux. Presque par hasard Arsene entre une histoire de ses plus formidables aventures, de cambriolages, de meurtres, de poursuite du trésor, de secret de famille et, en premier lieu, au sauvetage de la demoiselle qui est en détresse coupable ou pas de crimes énigmatiques.

Salamandra. Powieść fantastyczna

Stefan Grabiński

Salamandra to powieść fantastyczna, która bohaterem jest niejaki Jerzy. Człowiek ten ustawicznie spotyka wciąż tego samego, nieznanego mu osobnika. Co więcej, jego pojawianie się jest poprzedzone złudzeniem dostrzegania jego twarzy w fizjonomii całkiem niepodobnych przechodniów. Wkrótce Jerzy poznaje tajemniczego osobnika i się z nim zaprzyjaźnia. Od tej chwili w życiu bohatera pojawia się kalejdoskopowa mieszanina zjawisk niesamowitych i przerażających. Mamy tu między innymi sataniczną metafizykę, obrządki magiczne, hipnozę, letargi i najprzeróżniejszą masę okultyzmu.

Frank Merriwells Backers

Burt L. Standish

The story of Frank Merriwell continues. Frank is an energetic young guy. He was the best in everything: in sports, in school, he helped his friends. But now he needs help. After all, he falls into the trap and his enemies take away securities from him. Who will help him?

The House in Dormer Forest

Mary Webb

In this dense novel, the house in which the Darke family exists apparently has its own impassive but claustrophobic influence on the family, which, in turn, tied itself up too quickly in its network of special hate agreements and connections. Jasper fights against his religion, Ruby is trapped between her need for conventions and her own desires, and Peter is forced to rebel.

Havoc

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Havoc occurs when European countries are discussing covert alliances. The story revolves around the creation of a secret alliance between Germany, Russia, and Austria. The English hope to split Russia away by holding the Czar to his previous public commitments, but they need proof of what was done to create the pressure. All the pressures that lead to WWI are there, but the intrigues and secret treaties create an interesting background to the twists and turns of the plot.

Les Amours dune empoisonneuse

Émile Gaboriau

Cétait le mercredi 15 novembre de lan de grâce 1665. Ce soir-l, il y avait petit souper et grande companie, rue Vieille-du-Temple, chez la Vienne, le baigneur la mode, léluviste en renom, le barbier du monde élégant... Texte et intrigue dune autre époque, histoire dun jeune homme, qui avec toute la poésie du cur rve de développer son roman damour avec une belle dame.