Jądro ciemności

Joseph Conrad

Marynarz Charles Marlow opowiada towarzyszom rejsu historię, gdy jako kapitan małego statku płynął rzeką Kongo do serca afrykańskiej dżungli z misją odnalezienia zaginionego poszukiwacza cennych afrykańskich towarów. Z jego opowieści wyłania się obraz okrucieństw epoki kolonializmu. Rajska kraina okazuje się zdominowana żądzą władzy i zysku, które budzą w ludziach najgorsze instynkty.

An Act in a Backwater

E.F. Benson

The brother and sister of the poor nobleman settle in a simple town and bring a new element to the quiet life of this place, which gives many opportunities for comedy. Ginny Avesham is an attractive heroine, but the author tries so hard to show her kindness to the reader that she overdoes her and makes her a little theatrical. A simple story, with many good characters, but also with life features. Benson gave us a small but pleasant exploration of life in a small town.

The Abysmal Brute

Jack London

This is a love story. For what, if not the love of the Friend-Master, was looking for a half-wolf, half-dog White Fang? This is a story about understanding. For only having understood the beast, in whose blood the famous call of the ancestors still beats, can you tame it... Many people know that we are all responsible for the one we tamed. But how many are able to understand how much we are tamed in the responsibility for us?

Captain Stormfields Visit to Heaven

Mark Twain

The old godless captain Stormfield believed neither in God, nor in hell, nor in paradise, nor in hell. Imagine his surprise when, after his death, flying through the bottomless depths of space, he nevertheless arrived in paradise. He was even more surprised when he became acquainted with the local order it was too painfully different from the stories about the paradise of priests on Earth...

Under the Deodars

Rudyard Kipling

Under Deodars is a collection of stories, against the backdrop of which the bizarre and calm environment of the Shimla mountains. The towering mountains, covered with ice, are dumb evidence of deception, debauchery and dedication of the main characters and opponents. The book begins with a story called Otis Yirs Education. The rude and enterprising Mrs. Hawksby proposes to create a salon in Simla, but to dissuade Mrs. Mallow from putting her plan into practice.

Sir Charles Danvers

Mary Cholmondeley

The writer shows us her society and shows that it doesnt matter what stage you are on; at each level there are decent, kind people and, on the contrary, stupid, cruel ones.

Notes on Life and Letters

Joseph Conrad

This book is a collection of some of Konrads reviews and writings. The collection is divided into two parts, primarily the sections Letters, its reviews. The second section is called Life, but this is only true in a limited sense. It contains Conrads views on some of the pressing political issues of the day. They range from the Russo-Japanese War and the question of the independence of Poland to the death of the Titanic.

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

Mark Twain

The name of Joan of Arc became a legend: an illiterate village girl, standing at the head of the French army, delivered her country from English rule and enthroned the king, who later betrayed her. In the novel by Mark Twain, the story of Jeanne her childhood, her victories and death is presented to the reader on behalf of her friend and secretary. This is a story about a great and noble soul, about a disinterested female heart that can withstand any load, even beyond the strength of the mighty of this world.

The Lust of Hate

Guy Boothby

Each person at some point in his life begins an adventure, after which he is destined to look back with a sensation very close to surprise. Someone said that adventure is for adventure. The vocation of a sailor in these times of giant steamboats is so much different from what it was in the old days of sailing ships and long voyages, that with the most ordinary luck, a person could easily climb along the ridges from the apprentice to the skipper less danger than that with which one might come across at the merchants London office.

La Comtesse de Rudolstadt

George Sand

Consuelo fait partie des uvres les plus célebres et les plus populaires de lécrivain français George Sand. Femme tempéramentale et romantique, George Sand a généreusement partagé avec son hérone des souvenirs et des fruits de pensées inspirées... Une nouvelle rencontre avec Consuelo la peau sombre est une excellente occasion de vous plonger dans latmosphere de cette époque galante pleine de dangers et de passion authentique, quand les gens ont su vivre en pleine force et mourir avec le sourire.

Городок Окуров (Gorodok Okurow)

Максим Горький, Maksim Gorki

Максим Горький (1868 2013 1936) принадлежит к числу писателей и мыслителей, определивших образ русской литературы XX века. Великий художник слова, он был и выдающимся литературным критиком, публицистом, издателем. 201eГородок Окуров201d (1909) можно назвать книгой о мещанстве как общественном слое, взятом во всей его сложности и пестроте, со всеми его противоречиями: здесь и зажиточное мещанство, преимущественно торгаши, и беднота слободская, главным образом мастеровые, ремесленники. Уездный 201eгородок Окуров201d отражал типические явления российской действительности периода политической реакции. В нем немало картин, символизирующих общее государственное состояние царской России. Автор стремился показать в ней то, как мещанство принимает революционную бурю 1905 года. Именно на решение этой задачи направлены все структурные элементы повести.

Les Aventures dArsene Lupin. LAiguille creuse

Maurice Leblanc

Arsene Lupin le charmant héros des romans policiers de lécrivain français Maurice Leblanc. Lupin révele des crimes enchevetrés, vole habilement des bijoux, laissant la police dans le froid. Lupin choquant, rusé, mais rien de plus. Nous comprenons quil y aura un crime, que Lupin le commet, il nest pas toujours vrai de savoir comment il peut le faire. Il entre en concurrence avec le détective, essayant de se cacher de lui.

Blue-Bird Weather

Robert W. Chambers

Another romantic family adventure thriller by Robert W. Chambers about a young man who comes to an island with a gun he owns to hunt waterfowl. He meets the man who runs the club and falls in love. Everything is going well until he meets his daughters father.

Wiele hałasu o nic

William Shakespeare

Wiele hałasu o nic to historia dwójki młodych zakochanych, którzy przeżywają swoją pierwszą miłość. Tytuł odnosi się do zachowania młodych kochanków, którzy w euforii potrafią śmiać się, płakać, krzyczeć i jęczeć na zmianę, ponieważ uczucie to jest dla nich tak ważne. Dla dojrzałej i doświadczonej osoby zachowanie kochanków może być właśnie wielkim hałasem o nic. Ten utwór Szekspira jest uważany za jedną z najśmieszniejszych, a zarazem najbardziej błyskotliwą z komedii.

The Path of a Star

Sara Jeannette Duncan

This is a novel about how the British colonizers of late Victoria in Calcutta fall in love with the wrong people. Hilda Howe is a travel-loving actress clearly on her way to the top of her profession before she meets Stephen Arnold, a Catholic priest.

Żywe kamienie

Wacław Berent

Akcja wydanej w 1918 roku powieści Wacława Berenta Żywe kamienie rozgrywa się na przełomie XIII i XIV wieku. Opowiada o średniowiecznych wędrownych artystach, których przybycie zmieniło oblicze miasta całkowicie pogrążonego w marazmie. Historia przedstawia zmierzch średniowiecznej kultury teokracji. Utrzymana w duchu Młodej Polski rozprawia na temat znaczenia sztuki i artysty oraz ich posłannictwie.