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...

The Twister

Edgar Wallace

Edgar Wallaces The Twister, published in 1928, is a tale of murder, high finance, and intrigue. Lord Frensham knows exactly whos swindling him in the stock market Anthony Tony Braid, who many call The Twister. And hes not about to believe Braids crazy notion that his own nephew, his flesh and blood, is behind the embezzlement... Then Frensham is found dead in his office, but Inspector Elk of the Scotland Yard knows its not suicide, no matter the elaborate scheme the murderer invented. But who is the murderer? It is a highly entertaining little thriller. The characters are broadly drawn but vivid, the plot movers along at a breakneck pace, and its rather luridly sensationalistic for its era.

The Stretelli Case and Other Mystery Stories

Edgar Wallace

This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1930. The Stretelli Case and Other Mystery Stories is a collection of short stories, some also published in other collections of Wallaces works. This volume includes: Code No. 2, Red Beard, The Man Who Killed Himself, The Mediaeval Mind, and many more. This is a nice collection of eleven short stories loosely classified as mysteries; while thriller elements are certainly present in most of them, the stories, with one exception, are indeed mysteries of one sort or another. Several stories feature detectives per se; most of them have people under pressure who must decipher baffling situations in order to correct deformations in the social structure.

An Amiable Charlatan

E. Phillips Oppenheim

The Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephanos, it was an ordinary evening. Suddenly a man comes quickly to his desk, begins to eat his food and quietly transfers him a package under the table. This is how Paul Welmsleys acquaintance with American adventurer Joseph Parker and his beautiful daughter Eve begin. Very interesting adventure story for easy reading.

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.

Pleśń. Ryngraf. Farsa panny Heni

Maria Rodziewiczówna

Tom zawiera trzy krótkie powieści: Pleśń, Ryngraf i Farsa panny Heni. Pleśń to opowieść o pracy, niedoli, ale i radosnym trudzie. Historia opowiedziana w Ryngrafie osnuta jest na tle walk napoleońskich w Hiszpanii. Farsa panny Heni to z kolei przezabawna opowieść o uroczej siedemnastolatce Heni Dobrzyńskiej. Dziewczyna marzy o karierze operowej. Nim jednak wystąpi na scenach operowych Europy, musi wyrwać się spod kurateli stryja. Wolność tę może zapewnić młodej śpiewaczce tylko mąż. Ale taki, który małżeństwo potraktuje równie fikcyjnie jak i ona...

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.

Król-Duch

Juliusz Słowacki

Król-Duch to koronne dzieło Juliusza Słowackiego, stanowiące summę jego poglądów. Ma formę poematu historiozoficznego, powstawało do ostatnich lat życia wieszcza, nie zostało jednak ukończone. Rzecz, zwana czasem eposem wszechsłowiańskim, rozgrywa się u zarania dziejów państwa polskiego. Omawia wędrówki niszczycielskiego Ducha, który wraz z grozą niesie zmianę...

La Jangada

Jules Verne

Le roman Jangada se déroule en Amérique du Sud sur les rivages pittoresques mais dangereux de lAmazone. Le héros, qui a caché de nombreuses années aux autorités brésiliennes sous un nom demprunt, est accusé dun crime grave: le vol de diamants, pour lequel il nétait pas impliqué. Par une fatale concidence, il ne peut pas prouver son innocence. La peine de mort a déj été signée. Seule la solution du message crypté dun véritable criminel peut lui sauver la vie.

The Double

Edgar Wallace

One of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, Edgar Wallace was an immensely popular author, who created exciting thrillers spiced with tales of treacherous crooks and hard-boiled detectives. The Double is a story about a man who encounters his unknown double and the trouble that arises. When Dick Staines joined the police force the big case of the day had been the Staines murder. The only clue was an unknown thumb-print, the case was never solved. Ten years later and Detective Inspector Staines investigating a curious burglary in fashionable Belgravia finds a thumb-print on a glass. The strangest of murders with surgical overtones confronts Dick Staines our Cambridge educated detective.

Ken Ward in the Jungle

Zane Grey

An interesting read. Ken and Hal go canoeing in Mexico. The writing has a very early 20th century feel to it, it almost feels as though Im watching an old classic movie on Saturday afternoon. It provides a curious insight into the beginnings of writing adventure novels.

Powieści fantastyczne

E.T.A. Hoffmann

Opowiadania prekursora fantastyki grozy E.T.A. Hoffmanna wciąż powodują, że po kręgosłupie biegną ciarki, a nawet najodważniejsi czytelnicy przeżywają chwile niepokoju. W zbiorze znalazły się m.in. takie utwory, jak Kawaler Gluck, Don Juan, Piaskun, Ślub czy Narożne okno.

An Autumn Sowing

E.F. Benson

The main character, Mr. Keeling, is a simple self-worker who started his business with the fish trade. That is how he became popular and famous. Having a lot of money behind him, the main character decided to fight the class community. This book puts an intriguing twist on an old story about a middle-aged man who falls in love with his secretary.

Smoke Bellew

Jack London

The famous cycle of novels and short stories by the American writer Jack London is a peculiar and unique painting of life in inhuman conditions, where people still manage to remain human beings. The story is about a man who found the courage, courage and power to exchange the clerks prosperous, but dull and boring life for danger, the exciting and fascinating fate of an adventurer in the wild lands of the Northern Way. The whole North knew him under the name Smoke Bellew.

The Tragedie of Anthony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare

With a strong spirit and body, people who are ready to endure all sorts of hardships and difficulties for the sake of the cause of their whole life, their blood, their feats inscribing their names in the history of mankind, also end up being tested, which turn out to be stronger than them. And for the sake of this, a person is able to erase his entire former life overnight. This happens with Anthony, an honorary Roman who fell in love with the proud queen of Egypt. For his sake he forgot Rome and the family, and Caesar.

The Exploits of Danby Croker

R. Austin Freeman

What would you do if your doppelganger were committing crimes and making the police believe you were the perpetrator? In Danby Crokers case, he decides to retaliate! But that is only one of the problems besetting him in this set of interlinked stories. Given a job as an antique dealer, can he resist the temptations of earning some easy money through a bit of fencing and counterfeiting? And what on earth is he doing going round London dressed as a suffragette?! R. Austin Freemans The Exploits of Danby Croker involves mistaken identities, art forgery, antique swindles, and even a little cross-dressing. There is a price to be paid for breaking the law, but whos going to pay it? Originally written in 1911 by the great author of detective stories R. Austin Freeman, this is a comic novel that may surprise those who know Freemans work only through the Dr. Thorndyke stories! This rare collection of stories is an enjoyable romp through crime and romance.