Nędznicy

Victor Hugo

Powieść Wiktora Hugo Nędznicy stanowi panoramę społeczeństwa francuskiego XIX wieku oraz wykładnię poglądów autora na kwestie sprawiedliwego porządku społecznego, walki z nędzą i wykluczeniem. W powieści przenikają się wątki fabularne przygodowe, obyczajowe, kryminalne oraz eseistyczne dygresje o charakterze filozoficznym i historycznym, w których Hugo zawiera swój program polityczny i społeczny.

They See in Darkness

Ethel Lina White

The Elephant Never Forgets is a more psychological story. The main character, Anna, a young Englishwoman, wants to visit Russia because of her interest in a proletarian experiment and a faithless newspaper editor. The trip is delayed. Anna fell into a trap, stunned by the terrifying atmosphere of suspicion and the crazy tactic of postponing the Soviet Union...

Zielona mumia

Fergus Hume

Profesor Bradock to znany miłośnik i znawca starożytności. Mieszka wraz ze swą pasierbicą Łucją w starym opustoszałym domu. Na parterze urządził swój gabinet do pracy. To istne muzeum starożytności i wykopalisk egipskich i peruwiańskich. Pozbawiony zupełnie zmysłu praktycznego, wiecznie roztargniony i zamyślony, profesor Bradock był obojętny na codzienne wypadki życia. Jadał i sypiał pośród swoich mumii i hieroglifów. Pewnego dnia do domu profesora zostaje dostarczony sarkofag z mumią z Peru. Po otwarciu okazuje się, że nie ma w nim mumii, lecz martwe ciało Sidneya Boltona, narzeczonego Łucji...

Orangen und Datteln

Karl May

Orangen und Datteln vereinigt in sich einige der Reiseerzählungen Karl Mays. Dies ist ein Sammelband mit Kurzerzählungen des berühmten Autors. Enthalten sind: Die Gum, Christus oder Muhammed, Der Krumir, Eine Ghasuah, Nr es Semâ Himmelslicht, Christi Blut und Gerechtigkeit, Mater dolorosa, Der Verfluchte. Orangen und Datteln zählt zu dem Frühwerk Karl Mays und wurde vor den eigentlichen Orienterzählungen veröffentlicht.

The Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy

Young beauty Eustace Way, passionate, self-willed, selfish and ambitious, eager to break out of the hateful rural outback into a different life, full of splendor, fun and pleasure. Meanwhile, after several years of service as a manager in a Paris jewelry salon, Clime Ibright returns to his Blooms End estate, who also wants to live a different life - to settle in his native land and open a school for the rural poor. Soon, Eustace and Klyme meet - and this meeting is destined to be fatal for both ...

The Female of the Species

H.C. McNeile

The story revolves around revenge. First, the main character, Bulldog Drummond, kills his stormy enemy, Carl Peterson. And his mistress wants revenge for Peterson. Suddenly, Drummonds wife is kidnapped, but the criminal leaves traces. By which the main character is trying to find his wife. This chase takes place all over England, leading to an ominous house and a torture chamber.

The Traitors Gate

Edgar Wallace

This Edgar Wallace mystery takes place in London. Hope Joyner, ward of a Mr. Hallet whom she has never met, is in love with Sir Richard Hallowell. Diana Montague, who was once engaged to Sir Richard, now keeps very dubious company Sir Richards brother Graham for one. He has just been released from prison. Since Graham has been away Diana has acquired money, and she is now Press Secretary for the Prince of Kishlastan, who according to Colly Warrington, is totally besotted with her... About an attempt to steal the British crown Jewels, Edgar Wallace has woven a story that is distinctly superior to the general run of mystery yarns.

Der Wahnsinnige. Eine Erzählung aus Südamerika

Friedrich Gerstäcker

Der Weltenbummler Gerstäcker, dessen ausgedehnte Reisen ihn durch Nord- und Südamerika führten, gehört zusammen mit Karl Mai zu den populärsten Autoren von Abenteuerromanen seiner Zeit. Der Wahnsinnige ist eine Erzählung aus Südamerika. Argentinien um 1850: Don Morelos sitzt seit Jahren in einem Irrenhaus in Buenos Aires zu unrecht, denn er ist keinesfalls verrückt, sondern das Opfer einer Verschwörung des grausamen Diktators Rosas. So zumindest erzählt Morelos dem jungen Arzt Stierna, der vergeblich auch nur das geringste Anzeichen von Irrsinn bei dem vermeintlichen Irren zu entdecken sucht. Was passiert dann? Vom Schicksal seines Patienten tief bewegt, trifft Stierna eine folgenreiche Entscheidung...

Men, Women, and Guns

H.C. McNeile

Men, Women, and Guns collection of short stories. Events occur at the time of the First World War. The story of the soldiers who boldly defended their homeland and about women who helped their men. Although the topic of the story is more adult, for teenagers it will also be interesting and instructive.

The Stoneware Monkey

R. Austin Freeman

First, there are two seemingly unrelated events: the murder of a constable in pursuit of a diamond thief and the attempt to poison a potter by using arsenic. The connection lies in the presence of Dr. Oldfield, a Dr. Thorndykes former student, who happened to find the constable body and served as the consulting physician of the potter. Dr. Oldfield once again found a trace of murder: ashes of cremated human human body in the dustbin at the potters studio. The police tries to chase the supposedly real villain, but end up in vain. Facing with these puzzling events, Dr. Thorndyke has his own hypotheses. His inquiries results in the discovery of the real felon while the secret is concealed in the hideous figurine of a stoneware monkey. The Stoneware Monkey has everything that weve come to expect from a Thorndyke novel a highly complex and creative murder, a damsel in distress, telltale fingerprints, chemical analysis, brilliant theorizing by Thorndyke, faulty thinking by everyone else, and a dramatic surprise ending.

Frank Merriwells Alarm

Burt L. Standish

Burt L.Standish is best known as author of the Frank Merriwell stories. Frank Merriwells Alarm is one of these stories. The main characters, continuing their adventures, were in the desert. Now the obstacle is harder. After all, they were left without water. What will they do?

The Valley of Vanishing Men

Max Brand

Valley of the Vanishing Men begins with Ben Trainor receiving a letter from home that tells him that his brother who was bound for Alkali Valley has been missing. Alkali Valley was a lawless desert outpost, known for its gunplay and gold. Ben Trainor rode into town searching for his vanished brother. Within twenty-four hours he had been slugged, shot at, and bushwhacked. ""Go home while youre still in one piece"" the sheriff advised him. But Ben decided to stick it out. And when his friend Silvertip slipped into town to help him out, it was just the two of them against a pack of gun-happy killers. Two men against a gang of killers!

The Blotting Book

E.F. Benson

The Blotting Book ends with a murder story, but this is not a detective story. There is one amazing feature of this story that sets it apart from the others. The focus of the work is the human character and state, not action and history. This is an older writing style, and the author makes a compassionate analysis of human weakness, without being picky and offering no excuse for bad moral behavior.

Pieśni. Wybór

Horacy

Pieśni ( carmina), znane także jako Ody ( odes), zostały wydane w czterech księgach. Trzy pierwsze ukazały się w 23 r. jako oddzielny zbiór, zawierający 88 utworów lirycznych. Około 13 r. Horacy opublikował ostatnią, czwartą księgę liczącą 15 pieśni. Tematyka ód związana jest z życiem poety, jego wspomnieniami. Wiele ód to utwory okazyjne, skierowane do przyjaciół i znajomych autora. Wielokrotnie Horacy zabiera też głos w sprawach publicznych. Charakterystyczną cechą pieśni jest rozpoczynanie wiersza od jakiegoś konkretnego wydarzenia, niekiedy opowiedzianego szczegółowo, częściej ledwie wspomnianego. Wychodząc od tego wydarzenia, poeta przechodzi do refleksji natury ogólnej praktycznej lub filozoficznej.

David Blaize

E.F. Benson

This story is about school life, friendship and growing up at the end of the 19th century. The novel contains a mixture of everything. It is filled with humor, wit and rich details. The novel tells about the experience of our main character, starting with preparatory school and ending with the College of Marchester. The reader is experiencing the trials and victories of the protagonist.This story is about school life, friendship and growing up at the end of the 19th century. The novel contains a mixture of everything. It is filled with humor, wit and rich details. The novel tells about the experience of our main character, starting with preparatory school and ending with the College of Manchester. The reader is experiencing the trials and victories of the protagonist.

The Wooden Horse

Hugh Walpole

A magnificent classic tale of family life at a former age. The wooden horse is the story of the Trojans, a family that calmly accepted the belief that they were people for whom the world was created. But when Harry Troyan returned home twenty years later in New Zealand, with the democracy that he learned by working with his hands, he was a wooden horse who boldly carried an army of alien ideals into the walls of Troyan, which made a group of people out of this selfish family, satisfied with themselves.