Portrait of a Man with Red Hair

Hugh Walpole

This is a terrible story about Harkness, a timid American who travels all over Europe with his etchings as his only friends. While in London, he meets a man at the club who recommends visiting a small town during his holidays. The next 24 hours completely change his life. He made friends with a frightened young woman who is unhappily married and meets a man with red hair, a rich and sadistic man who loves to influence others by hurting them.

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Bolesław Prus

Bolesław Prus (18471912) polski prozaik i publicysta okresu pozytywizmu, współtwórca polskiego realizmu, kronikarz Warszawy, myśliciel i popularyzator wiedzy jest jednym z najwybitniejszych i najważniejszych pisarzy w historii literatury polskiej. W odróżnieniu od Henryka Sienkiewicza, którego twórczość powieściową można określić jako narodowo-pokrzepiającą, Prus w swoich utworach zwraca uwagę przede wszystkim na palące problemy Polski mu współczesnej. W jego prozie panuje realizm, a szczególny nacisk kładzie autor na opis codzienności. Twórczość prozatorska Prusa najbliższa jest pracom takich pisarzy jak Charles Dickens czy Anton Czechow. W multibooku znalazło się 5 największych powieści autora, takich jak: Lalka Emancypantki Faraon Placówka Dusze w niewoli

Marlow of the Mounted

T.C. Bridges

Keith Marlowe, who had just been trained at the Mounted Police Barracks, Regina, is heading to the country of Kuchin and the Rockies to gather white drug dealers. Keith has a long, painful journey, and many difficulties must be overcome before his mission is successfully completed.

The Passing of the Sphinx Emerald

Henry Bedford-Jones

The final series about the strange and mysterious gem The Passing of the Sphinx Emerald constitutes a veritable Outline of History or perhaps Highlights of History would be more accurate. For this reason the greatest event in all history could not be left out. Here, then, we see in Santa Fe, the story of this malign and magic jewel, which began in Ancient Egypt, comes to its strange conclusion.

Les Mysteres de Paris

Eugene Sue

Eugene Sue parle en détail de la vie de chacun des personnages, de sorte que certains deviennent de bons amis du lecteur, pour qui vous inquiétez jusquaux dernieres pages de lhistoire. Au début du livre, le personnage principal apparaît tombé, buvant, ne causant pas de la sympathie. Ensuite, son histoire sur son enfance la rend sympathique. Ici lhérone est exposée au risque de mourir de froid, de faim ou des mains de Sychiha, menaçant de la noyer pour des bonbons mangés. Mais lhérone senfuit.

Walka z szatanem

Stefan Żeromski

Pierwszy tom trylogii Stefana Żeromskiego Walka z szatanem , obejmującej panoramę życia polskiego w okresie przedwojennym i w latach pierwszej wojny światowej. Młody architekt Ryszard Nienaski podejmuje samotną walkę z szatanem o sprawiedliwszy świat. Symbolem jego dążeń społecznych jest m.in. niedoprowadzony do końca projekt odbudowy starego zboru ariańskiego i stworzenia w nim ludowego ośrodka oświatowego. Z właściwą sobie finezją przedstawił pisarz wątki romansowe. Wyróżniają się także obrazy życia czy to wielkomiejskiego Paryża, czy prowincjonalnej galicyjskiej Posuchy oraz obrazy wojny, kreślone z pasją wyrażającą antywojenny protest pisarza. Niektóre części utworu utrzymane są w poetyce drapieżnego naturalizmu.

The Saint

Max Brand

He was smiling continually, with such an air of removal above the concerns of ordinary mortals, with such an upward lifting of the head, that his fellows in the boat had called him, from the first day of labor and thirst, The Saint. This novelette filled with excitement, suspense, good guys and bad, and plot twists aplenty! Brand is a masterful story teller, slowly revealing his main characters unique idiosyncrasies, strengths and weaknesses that make them both human and admirable. Frederick Schiller Faust was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Faust also created the popular fictional character of young medical intern Dr. James Kildare in a series of pulp fiction stories.

Baden Powell of Mafeking

Joseph Smith Fletcher

Joseph Smith Fletcher is an English journalist and writer. He wrote over 230 books on a wide variety of topics, both fiction and non-fiction, and was one of the most prolific English mystery writers. This book describes English society, their life, their customs.

Thieves Wit

Hulbert Footner

Thieves Wit is a detective story. Aspiring Confidential Agent in search of a pearl necklace. The villain sets up her lover, but the detective foils the evil plot. A story that keeps you in suspense until the end.

Falk

Joseph Conrad

The tale begins, like many books about Konrad, with a group of travelers gathered together and exchanging maritime stories. Falk is subtle and minimalistic, and perhaps only the writer of the great Conrad can still do this; a calm, introspective story, which, however, is worth reading. This is a charming romantic tale in which Conrads usual gloomy, psychological fabrications, but evocative, but truly pedestrian story of a Marine... with a dark, primitive twist.

My Life. The Story of a Provincial

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The theme of the little man, which appeared in many of Chekhovs short stories, was also touched on in the novel My Life. The main character, Misail Poloznev, a nobleman by birth, becomes a simple worker. In order to live the way he wants, he breaks with his father. He is opposed to lies and hypocrisy, namely they, in his opinion, reign among the intelligentsia. The quote of the old house painter Radish: Aphids eat grass, rust iron, and lies the soul. According to the protagonist, moral self-improvement of a person is directly related to physical labor, which he would like to make mandatory for everyone.

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

David Copperfield is the story of a young mans adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the magnificently impecunious Micawber, one of literatures great comic creations.

Миргород (Mirgorod)

Николай Васильевич Гоголь, Nikołaj Wasiljewicz Gogol

201eМиргород201d 2013 двухтомный сборник повестей гениального писателя Николая Васильевича Гоголя. В первую часть входят 201eСтаросветские помещики201d и 201eТарас Бульба201d, во вторую 2013 201eВий» и 201eПовесть о том, как поссорился Иван Иванович с Иваном Никифоровичем201d. Одной из особенностей этого сборника, в отличие от 201eВечеров на хуторе близ Диканьки201d, является отсутствие единого повествователя. Н. В. Гоголь 2013 одна из самых загадочных фигур в русской и украинской культурах. Вся его жизнь была беспрерывным подвигом восхождения к высотам творчества, оказавшего исключительно сильное воздействие на все последующее развитие как русской, украинской так и мировой литературы. Жизнь и творчество Гоголя наполнены таинственностью и мистицизмом, благодаря чему он был, есть и будет самым загадочным писателем, гениальным сатириком и непревзойденным драматургом.

Persuasion

Jane Austen

Persuasion est un roman plutôt petit de Jane Austen. Lhistoire raconte lhistoire de la femme et, des les premieres pages, il est assez difficile de comprendre laquelle des héroines se trouvera au centre de lintrigue. Ann Elliot avait une apparence attrayante et un esprit subtil. Elle aurait pu etre heureuse en épousant le lieutenant Frederick Wentworth, avec qui elle avait un sentiment profond et fort, mais son pere était contre. Plus tard, tout le monde regrettera cette décision.

Ravensdene Court

Joseph Smith Fletcher

On the same night, two brothers were killed at a distance of 400 miles from each other. Their bodies were apparently searched by the killers, but money and valuables were left on the corpses. What were the killers looking for? The author unravels the complex history associated with these two brothers.

A Diversity of Creatures

Rudyard Kipling

Despite the fact that, as the name implies, they are diverse in nature, most of these stories are affectionate satires with the participation of the social strata into which he belonged and who knew best of all a class of officers from a public school. The Honor of the War was a funny story of hooliganism in which Kipling seemed to fully endorse this practice; Regulus removes the lid from the can; while the Marines were a carefully crafted soldiers practical joke involving a horse and some fireworks