Konrad Wallenrod. Powieść historyczna z dziejów litewskich i pruskich

Adam Mickiewicz

Powieść poetycka napisana przez Adama Mickiewicza na zsyłce w Petersburgu, prawdopodobnie między 1825 a 1828 r., wydana zaś w lutym 1828 r. Uznawana za jeden z najbardziej znanych poematów polskiego romantyzmu. Akcja powieści rozgrywa się w siedzibie Krzyżaków, Marienburgu, oraz na Litwie. Głównym i tytułowym bohaterem powieści jest tajemniczy nie wiadomo, jak naprawdę się nazywał Litwin. Kiedy był dzieckiem, na jego miasto napadli Krzyżacy, złupili je, jego rodziców zabili, a jego porwali. Wychowywał się u rycerza Diterycha von Kniprode, ale często przebywał w towarzystwie litewskiego wajdeloty, Halbana. Ten wpoił mu tożsamość narodową i nakłaniał do zemsty na prześladowcach Litwy... Autor wykorzystał w dziele tzw. historyzm maski. Mimo iż akcja utworu rozgrywa się w średniowieczu, w istocie porusza problemy patriotyczne Polski XIX w. Mickiewicz, pisząc Konrada Wallenroda, wzorował się na modnej w okresie romantyzmu prozie historycznej Waltera Scotta, eposach Torquatoa Tassa oraz Pieśniach Osjana Jamesa Macphersona.

The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange

Anna Katharine Green

The Golden Slipper and Other Problems for Violet Strange is a collection of stories by Anna Katharine Green featuring an early edition of that familiar figure, the girl detective. Violet Strange is a pretty young debutante with a wealthy father and the spare time to secretly investigate various matters within her social sphere. Her knowledge of the aristocracy helps the police solve the crimes. Originally published in 1915, The Golden Slipper is the debut entry in the Violet Strange series. Miss Strange proves who is behind a series of high society thefts. It would seem to be one of group of friends known as The Inseparables with suspicion focused on one of the young ladies in particular. A golden slipper is the only clue that will help Violet find who the real thief is.

Roping Lions in the Grand Canyon

Zane Grey

Powells Plateau was the most distant, inaccessible corner of the Grand Canyon, when Zane Gray went there with a hunter to the buffalo, camp, a cowboy from Utah and a scout from Navajo State. With the help of ropes and rifles, five men traveled to Mustangs. They were not disappointed. Different paths penetrated through the brush of forest and rocks from all sides.

Mr. Justice Maxell

Edgar Wallace

Mr. Justice Maxell follows the story of two business partners, Maxell and Cartwright, one of whom becomes a judge and sentences the other to prison, the woman they both marry, and their respective cousins whom they take on as their own wards. Spanning roughly a decade, the plot hinges on multiple coincidences involving mutual acquaintances meeting one another at critical points on different continents, and maintains much of its suspense by instilling most of its main characters with shady backgrounds and dubious motivations. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edgar Wallace, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.

Children Stories

Charles Dickens

Here are 10 stories to introduce readers of all ages to Charles Dickens and his Victorian England filled with orphans, expectations, and Christmas spirits, including adaptations of Dickens geared toward young readers, engaging looks into the authors life, and a few kid-friendly classics straight from the authors quill. The most famous and funny short stories include the Childs Story, The Cratchits Christmas Dinner, A Christmas Carol, Hunted Down and The Poor Relations Story, Little Dorrit. In lots of these children were important characters. In his day, no one understood children better than Dickens, and he was the first writer to describe what children thought and felt and to capture the way they spoke. And he was not afraid to write about the hard and sad lives that many children led.

Majestys Rancho

Zane Grey

Majestys Rancho is the sequel to The Light of Western Stars, both by Zane Grey. Here we meet the next generation at the ranch. It is wild with college age fun and a mix of gangsters meeting the old west. After Lance Sidway comes to the defense of beautiful Madge Stewart and ends up on the wrong side of the law, he escapes to Arizona and finds work on her fathers ranch. Fate certainly seems to want these two together! However, gangsters are rustling cattle from Stewarts ranch and the leader, Honey Bee Uhl, has a thing for Madge as well. This crazy tangle comes to a head when Uhl kidnaps Madge for a ransom and wants to keep her for himself. Lance wont allow it, even if it means a fight to the death.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar

Maurice Leblanc

A contemporary of Arthur Conan Doyle, Maurice Leblanc was the creator of the character of gentleman thief Arsene Lupin who, in France, has enjoyed a popularity as long-lasting and considerable as Sherlock Holmes in the English-speaking world. This is the delightful first of twenty volumes in the Arsene Lupin series written by Leblanc himself. The collection includes nine stories dealing with various complicated plots in which Lupin proves himself to be the consummate escape artist. In the first story titled The Arrest of Arsene Lupin, told by a man who comes to admire the gentleman burglar, Lupin is apprehended on board a cruise ship. The later stories deal with his prison term, escape from jail and further adventures. One of the most famous Arsene Lupin stories, The Queens Necklace is also included here. The two immortals meet in the ninth story, Sherlock Holmes Arrives Too Late and naturally, Lupin manages to outwit the English bloodhound!

Killer Kay

Edgar Wallace

Killer Kay is one of the mystery story from collection which includes the following short stories by Edgar Wallace, a famous British author of mystery genre: The Business-Woman, Blue Suit, Battle Level, The Air Taxi, The Convenient Sea, The Vamp and the Librarian, Thieves Make Thieves. Fast-paced, with good twists and turns, an unusual mystery scheme and a little romance. Edgar Wallace was an immensely popular British writer of mystery thrillers. Today, Wallace is still popular in Great Britain. His impact has been greatly felt in the German motion-picture industry, where many of his books were made into excellent screen thrillers.

Накануне (W przededniu)

Иван Сергеевич Тургенев, Iwan Siergiejewicz Turgieniew

Роман Ивана Сергеевича Тургенева «Накануне» принадлежит к шедеврам не только русской, но и мировой классики. Он был создан великим писателем в 1861 году, в год отмены крепостного права в России, накануне новой исторической эпохи... В центре романа 2013 образы молодежи поколения 1850-х годов. Молодая и перспективная Елена Стахова, девушка из богатой дворянской семьи, и Дмитрий Инсаров 2013 малообеспеченный болгарин, пламенно жаждущий освободить свою родину от турецких оккупантов. Влюбившись в Инсарова, Елена бесстрашно оставляет дом и свою родину, и идет за своим избранником... Тургенев, со свойственным ему необыкновенным лиризмом, написал удивительную книгу о счастье и долге, об эгоизме и самопожертвовании и о всепобеждающей любви, вступающей в противоречие с самой действительностью.

Pustelnia parmeńska

Stendhal

Pełna intryg, napięcia i niedomówień opowieść o miłości. Główny bohater, Fabryc del Dongo, zostaje odrzucony i wydziedziczony przez własnego ojca z powodu odmiennych poglądów politycznych. Chłopak przyzwyczajony do wystawnego życia i kontaktu z ojcem czuje się zagubiony i nieszczęśliwy. Szuka pocieszenia wśród znanych sobie kobiet. Powieść idealnie oddaje klimat dworski przełomu XVIII i XIX wieku.

The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

There is a trial of the bare and thin peasant Denis Grigoriev. He is accused of unscrewing the nut, which rails are attached to the cross ties. The little man does not deny this, but does not see his guilt. The investigator finds out that Denis, like other men, unscrews the nuts in order to make them sinkers. The defendant sincerely does not understand that such unscrewing can lead to train accidents and death. The investigator sends the attacker to prison, but he still does not understand what he did.

The Swindler and Other Stories

Ethel M. Dell

The Swindler and Other Stories is a collection of stories first published in 1923 by the hugely successful English writer of popular romances Ethel May Dell. The Swindler: As a young girl Cynthia holds a professional swindler in admiration, since he cleverly swindled her out of five hundred pounds. On a voyage she meets a private detective called West who is bent on capturing this swindler called Nat Verney. Little did Cynthia know what the favor she asked of West would lead to. What follows is a mans lies to save the woman he loves from herself and another mans love for Cynthia, and how far he will go to make her happy, at his own expense. The rest of the stories are love stories and have many surprises.

Krwawa hrabina. Sensacyjna powieść historyczna

Stanisław Antoni Wotowski

Powieść historyczna z elementami biograficznymi. Elżbieta Batorówna, tytułowa krwawa hrabina, oddawała się rytualnym sesjom upiększającym. Zażywała kąpieli we krwi młodych kobiet. Miało to zagwarantować jej wieczną młodość... Studium psychologiczne głównej bohaterki.

Judgment at Chelmsford

Charles Williams

Judgement at Chelmsford is a pageant play, written for a church setting. The author Charles Williams (1886-1945), who was a British theologian, playwright, novelist and poet, was commissioned to produce this play to mark the 25th anniversary of The Diocese of Chelmsford in 1939. In it, he created a huge, sprawling drama about the history of Chelmsford. Eight episodes, a prologue and epilogue, make this a formidable work. It was intended to be a large-scale pageant play and explores both historical and spiritual themes. Thus the complete pageant offers a representation not only of the history of the diocese, but of the movement of the soul of man in its journey from the things of this world to the heavenly city of Almighty God.

The Corsican Brothers

Alexandre Dumas

The bonds that tie family together are among the strongest on earth. But what of those between two brothers born as Siamese twins? The Corsican Brothers is a richly drawn tale of fraternal love and revenge. Alexandre Dumas weaves the compelling story of Siamese twins who are separated physically but never in spirit. They have a truly remarkable psychic link, and can feel each others pains and triumphs. When one of the brothers is murdered, the other leaves Corsica for Paris to avenge the killing. Dumas, a master storyteller, brings this thrilling tale to life with his fascinating descriptions of Italy and France and his powerful portrayal of the undying love of brother for brother. One of Dumas earliest novels, and set in the present (1841), the book falls outside of Dumas historical canon.

Prince Otto

Robert Louis Stevenson

In the historical novel "Prince Otto", the romance of adventure is combined with the exact recreation of local color and historical setting. This novel is about Prince Otto, who is not very concerned about government affairs and problems, and he devotes all the time to hunting and other entertainments. Once during a hunt, he stumbles upon ordinary peasants who did not recognize him and agreed to shelter him for the night. During the evening dinner, the unrecognized prince tries to find out from the peasants what they think about their ruler, and those, as ordinary people, told him everything they think about Prince Otto.