In White Raiment

William Le Queux

So strange, indeed, were all the circumstances, and so startling the adventures that befell me in my search after truth, that until to-day I have hesitated to relate the narrative, which is as extraordinary as it is unique in the history of any living man. If it were not for the fact that a certain person actively associated with this curious drama of our latter day civilisation, has recently passed to the land that lies beyond the human ken, my lips would have perforce still remained sealed.

Fizjologia małżeństwa

Honoriusz Balzak

Utwór stanowi wgląd w życie małżeńskie, aż po najbardziej intymne szczegóły. Całość utworu dzieli się na trzy części. Pierwsza zawiera Uwagi ogólne, druga Środki obrony wewnątrz i zewnątrz, trzecia mówi O wojnie domowej między małżonkami. Sześć początkowych rozdziałów tego brewiarza makiawelizmu małżeńskiego przedstawia stan małżeństwa francuskich warstw ludzi bogatych i proponuje serię reform mających poprawić pozycję małżeńską kobiet, a jednocześnie przeszkodzić im zdradzać mężów. Poczynając od rozdziału siódmego mąż zostaje zepchnięty do defensywy, na pozycję osoby, której szczęście małżeńskie zostaje zagrożone. W rozdziale ósmym autor wskazuje symptomy, po których mąż może rozpoznać zapowiedź kryzysu małżeńskiego oraz moment, w którym kobieta zaczyna myśleć o zdradzie. Kończący część pierwszą rozdział dziewiąty książki Fizjologia małżeństwa przedstawia historię małżeństwa we Francji i powtarza propozycje autora mające służyć naprawie małżeństwa. Część druga stanowi kodyfikację środków ostrożności, które powinien podjąć roztropny mąż, aby swą małżonkę zachować dla siebie. W części trzeciej autor maluje klęskę męża, który jest niezdolny do przewidzenia nadchodzącej zdrady i przyprawienia mu rogów.

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows is book that made Kenneth Grahame popular. Wind in the willows is an elegant parable about class struggle, about the dangers of decadent country life in the face of powerful revolutionary forces. This story explores the life of four generations. Kenneth Grahame wrote this story in a difficult period:women were propagandising for the vote,the Irish were demanding Home Rule.

Divers Vanities

Arthur Morrison

Arthur Morrison, who was English novelist, short story writer and journalist, wrote pioneering realistic narratives about working-class life in Londons East End. He is also celebrated for his exciting mystery stories, featuring the detective Martin Hewitt, who served as a natural successor to Sherlock Holmes. This comprehensive book presents Morrisons collection of short stories. The collection includes: Chance of the Game, Spottos Reclamation, A Dead Un, The Disorder of the Bath, His Talk of Bricks, Teacher and Taught, A Blot on St. Basil, The Torn Heart and others. Each story features a fascinating look at life in the 20th century, and even includes some action along the way.

La Vie infernale

Émile Gaboriau

Emile Gaboriau commence ce livre avec les beaux mots: En écrivant votre nom la premiere page de ce volume permettez-moi dattester une amitié dont je suis fier. Cétait un jeudi soir du 15 octobre 1869, depuis longtemps déj la nuit était venue. Il faisait froid, le ciel était noir comme de lencre, la vent soufflait en tempte, il pleuvait. Les sombres nouvelles étonnent Marguerite, jeune fille que le comte a retirée dun orphelinat...

The League of Five

Aidan de Brune

Aidan de Brune was a big name in Australian literature but is forgotten today. He was a prolific author who wrote in a variety of genres. Lots of novels by De Brune were reputedly published in the USA under various pseudonyms, but these have not been traced. A new story by this popular author entitled The League of Five. The plot is laid mostly in Sydney, and centers round a mysterious band which goes under the name from which the tale takes its name. A love interest threads through the most sensational happenings, and it is one of the best stories we are offering readers. Highly recommended.

Les Tribulations dun Chinois en Chine

Jules Verne

Jeune riche et ennuyé, Arthur a reçu de la vie tout ce quil pouvait et sest désintéressé delle. Par conséquent, il joue courageusement avec la mort, provoquant des situations mettant sa vie en danger, mais toutes ses tentatives pour se séparer de la vie saverent infructueuses. Tout cela est obligé dobserver sa mariée Susie, sa mere Alice et lami dArthur, M. Go. Enfin, M. Guo propose son ami l opération: Arthur doit assurer sa vie pendant un mois sur deux millions, somme qui, en cas de déces, sera partagée entre Suzy et M. Guo.

The Iron Heel

Jack London

The Iron Heel is a distopian utopian socialist novel, told in first person by someone that have read the manuscript finded in a oak, hidden 600 years ago that tolds the life and adventures of a socialist activist Avis Everhard and her husband Ernst Everhard executed in 1932. The Iron Heel is a story with stories within stories...its about a past, a present, and a future...all told from the perspective of a man (Jack London) in 1906...read by current readers almost 100 years later. The Iron Heel foreshadows the current events of today by painting a picture of an oligarchy of the rich disenfranchising the poor and middle class. Its about a future time with its own history...a substantially fictional history about the very time spanning its writing and our current reading. This fictional writer is the narrator within the story, but theres another narrator (presenting the whole story) far in the future...looking back and remembering. In short, London has written a multi-level novel, which is, itself, a speculative prophecy of things to come in our own time.

Poskromienie złośnicy

William Shakespeare

Baptista Minola, bogaty mieszczanin z Padwy, chciałby wydać za mąż swoje córki: starszą humorzastą i nieznośną Katarzynę oraz łagodną i piękną Biankę. O ile do Bianki ustawia się kolejka adoratorów, którzy podstępem usiłują przekonać jej ojca, o tyle Katarzyna nie cieszy się niczyimi względami. Ojciec stawia jednak warunek: najpierw starsza. Czy Petruchiowi z Werony uda się poskromić złośnicę?

The Clue of the Twisted Candle

Edgar Wallace

An excellent crime novel which contains a cunning villain, love, revenge and locked room murder by the master of British thrillers. The hero John Lexman, is a mystery writer, like the author himself, and is married to a lovely woman who hides a secret. The Greek aristocrat, Remington Kara is stunningly handsome and immensely rich and he nurses an unrequited passion for Lexmans wife. When Lexman gets himself into financial problems with an Albanian moneylender, the plot begins to thicken. Kara, who is terrified of candles due to events in his shady past, is found dead and Lexman is framed for the murder. Lexmans friend T. X. Meredith, who is Scotland Yard detective, tries to prove his innocence.

The First Part of Henry the Fourth

William Shakespeare

The play is a continuation of another Shakespeares work Richard the Second. The famous historical drama Henry IV, Part 1 takes place at the beginning of the fifteenth century, in England. The plot of the play revolves around the confrontation of the king with his rebel vassals.

Max Carrados Mysteries

Ernest Bramah

Max Carrados Mysteries is a collection of Bramahs classic detective tales containing The Secret of Headlam Height, The Mystery of The Vanished Petition Crown and many other stories. Carrados is a cerebral detective, solving the crimes with facts, information and his advanced senses, which over-compensate for his blindness. In The Coin of Dionysius we first meet the suave sleuth Max Carrados to help determine whether an old coin is real or a clever fake. In The Game Played in the Dark, Max Carrados is contacted by the British Museum about a horde of stolen ancient coins. On the lookout for the coins, he is intrigued by the approach of an Italian lady who takes him from the safety of his study to a meeting with some recognisable former adversaries... The stories deal with the theft of an ancient coin, the odd disappearance of a little girl, a ghost fond of running the bath, a scientific approach to murdering a wife, poison mushrooms, devious disguises, an automated card-playing machine and other curious matters.

Le Magasin dantiquités

Charles Dickens

Le Magasin dantiquités est un roman de Charles Dickens. Le Magasin dantiquités raconte lhistoire de Nell Trent. Nell est un orphelin, vit avec son grand-pere dans ses décombres. Elle vit seule, son seul ami est Keith, un garçon honnete qui travaille dans le magasin, et son grand-pere tente de préserver son héritage en jouant aux jeux dargent. Ceci est une confirmation de la nécessité de ne pas poursuivre largent.

Le Fantôme de lOpéra

Gaston Leroux

Le fantôme de lOpéra a réellement existé! Oui, il a existé, en chair et en os, bien quil se donnât toutes les apparences dun vrai fantôme, cest--dire dune ombre... La tension afflue de la premiere la derniere page et ne donne pas le temps pour prendre un peu de souffle. Accidents et disparitions, pendaison du machiniste, chute dun lustre dans le public, enlevements et séquestration... Quest-ce que cest? Ce roman gothique tres envotant.

The Garden of Eden

Max Brand

Rascal, rogue, and gambler, Ben Connor was about to meet his match... Ben Connor liked fine clothes, lovely ladies and smooth-drinking liquor. But what he liked most was a horse that won races. The moment he saw an Eden Gray run, he knew he had laid eyes on the finest piece of horseflesh ever to win a race... or make a gamblers dream come true. So why not find the reclusive deaf mute who owns the Eden Gray, buy one, enter it in races and watch his fortune grow? The plans seem solid, but theyre stymied when the owner refuses to sell. A great horse story coupled with the typical excitement one expects from Max Brand makes this a great book.

Seven Mile House

Max Brand

If you enjoy a fast moving Western dealing with vengeance and well-deserved payback, youll like "The Seven Mile House" by Max Brand. Neatly plotted and briskly told, it illustrates Brands remarkable gift for storytelling. One of the greatest Western authors of all time. Max Brand leads the reader on a very authentic tale of the old west the way it was. Brands action-filled stories of adventure and heroism in the American West continue to entertain readers throughout the world. Brand penned over 200 full-length Westerns in his career, including "Destry Rides Again" and Montana Rides Again".