Auriol

William Harrison Ainsworth

The action is completely framed as a fantasy. In this story, the atmosphere of the imprisonment of a madman (and possible recovery) and a villain, the story of his keeper, is completed.

Little Novels

Wilkie Collins

These are Victorian melodramas set in England with a strong focus on the class system, but in the end thats what makes the stories so special. There are several common themes of Wilkie Collins, including the general theme of the return of a character presumed dead. Great for readers of Victorian fiction.

Powrót posła. Komedia w trzech aktach

Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz

Akcja utworu rozgrywa się we dworku, w trakcie obrad Sejmu Wielkiego, podczas których omawiane są reformy. Autor obrazuje konflikt między dwoma obozami politycznymi konserwatystami oraz reformatorami. Sam Niemcewicz był zwolennikiem reform, dlatego Powrót posła ma na celu ukazać ich słuszność. Porusza takie ówczesne problemy, jak prawa różnych grup społecznych, liberum veto czy polityka zagraniczna Polski.

Miss Hurd. An Enigma

Anna Katharine Green

The story of a strange, impenetrable, charming woman. Miss Hurd is certainly a very unusual person: Miss Hurd in the garb of a working woman, and with a working womans bundle in her lap, but striking as ever in her appearance possibly more so, and as conspicuous among the mass of commonplace people surrounding her as she had ever been when clad in the habiliments of a lady and moving among persons of her own rank in life.

The Complete Silvertip Series. MultiBook

Max Brand

Max Brand is an American writer, considered one of the best authors who worked in the Western genre. In total, he wrote about 500 works, of which 300 were in this genre. Silvertip is a western novel about revenge and quest completion. Silvertip wanted to kill a cold-blooded Bandini, but it was a child in a Bandini cloak...The multibook includes the most read novels of the author, such as: Silvertip, The Man from Mustang, Silvertips Strike, Silvertips Roundup, Silvertips Trap, The Fighting Four, Silvertips Chase, Silvertips Search, The Stolen Stallion, Valley Thieves, Mountain Riders, The Valley of Vanishing Men, The False Rider.

The Crater, or, Vulcans Peak. A Tale of the Pacific

James Fenimore Cooper

Two surviving American sailors, Mark and Bob, found themselves on a bare volcanic rock in the middle of the ocean. Gradually, they manage to form a soil layer using silt, guano and algae. As a result of a storm, Bob is carried away on a boat to the ocean, but he manages to get to America, from where, after stories about adventures, a party of their 9 relatives and friends of sailors arrives.

The Redskins, or, Indian and Injin. Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts

James Fenimore Cooper

The unfolding struggle for land in North America prompted Cooper to write a series of novels about the life and fate of large landowners. The main character, American Hedges Littlepage, and his elderly uncle have been living in Europe for a long time. But suddenly events begin in America that force them to go on a long journey, to their homeland.

Gra na cztery

Hanna Cygler

Gra na cztery to współczesna powieść obyczajowa o dwóch skrzypaczkach z gdańskiej filharmonii, menadżerce kwartetu smyczkowego oraz dziennikarce kulturalnej. Każda z kobiet pragnie odnieść sukces i zdecydowana jest poświęcić dla niego naprawdę wiele. Czy jednak do celu zawsze należy iść po trupach? Życie nieustannie miesza bohaterkom szyki. Zazdrośni koledzy z pracy, toksyczne relacje z mężczyznami to ich chleb powszedni. Na dodatek zaczynają wychodzić na jaw pewne rodzinne sekrety, które życie każdej z nich przewracają do góry nogami... Powieść w charakterystyczny dla autorki sposób momentami zabawny, to znowu wzruszający opowiada o życiowych i emocjonalnych sprawach współczesnych kobiet.

Nowe niebo

Hanna Cygler

Matylda Halman stawia wszystko na jedną kartę i wraz z osieroconymi przez brata dziećmi emigruje za ocean. Trafia do Winony w Ameryce, gdzie już wcześniej osiedliło się wielu Kaszubów. Zderzenie z nową rzeczywistością jest twarde. Los nie oszczędza rodziny Halmanów, jednak ani Matylda, ani jej podopieczni się nie poddają. Walczą o lepsze życie, choć jego ścieżki są kręte i pełne wybojów. Najtrudniejszą wybiera Felicja, ulubienica Matyldy, która chce być sobą. A to kosztuje...

Sabinki. Tragedia w pięciu aktach

Paul Heyse

Dramat na podstawie jednej z najstarszych legend rzymskich. Podczas igrzysk na rozkaz rzymskiego władcy Romulusa mężczyźni porywają tytułowe Sabinki, czyli dziewczyny z plemienia Sabinów. Te, wbrew własnej woli, zostają wydane za swoich porywaczy. Nie godzą się jednak na to, solidaryzują się i postanawiają wszcząć bunt. To pokazuje mężczyznom, że nie wzięli sobie za mąż posłusznych dziewczynek, tylko silne i niezależne kobiety.

The Complete Charlie Chan Series. MultiBook

Earl Derr Biggers

Charlie Chen the hero of the detective series, owned by the pen of the American writer Earl D. Biggers. Biggers wrote about two dozen action stories and plays, but he has been preserved in the memory of many generations of readers primarily as the creator of the image of this handsome inspector, the immense thickness of a Chinese living in Honolulu, where he now has to deal with purely Chinese dexterity. The multibook includes the most read novels of the author, such as: The House Without a Key, The Chinese Parrot, Behind That Curtain, The Black Camel, Charlie Chan Carries On, Keeper of the Keys.

The Wyvern Mystery

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

There are two vampires in this story: the traditional bloodsucker Carmilla and the information vampire Laura. Ever since reading Pride and prejudice, she has suspected that a delicate English rose is a threat to others. A married-up girl living in the wilderness will complicate the life of anyone, whether you are at least a rich bachelor, even an ancient vampire. Information hunger pushes to terrible crimes. Dying from boredom, the girl will turn inside out any guest for the sake of new gossip.

Votes for Men

Mary Cholmondeley

Votes for Men by Mary Cholmondeley, a tribute to the famous suffragist play Votes for Women. It begins with in two hundred years, maybe less, which tells you everything you need to know about this suffrage era suffrage allegory.

15 Collected Westerns of Zane Grey. MultiBook

Zane Grey

Zane Gray was an American author, known on both sides of the ocean for his Westerns popular novels and adventure stories that represented a solid, idealized image of the Old West. From his pen came out over 60 books of westerns, on which more than 100 films were shot. The multibook includes the most read novels of the author, such as: Forlorn River, Nevada, Arizona Ames, Majestys Rancho, Knights of the Range, Under the Tonto Rim, The Thundering Herd, West of the Pecos, The Hash Knife Outfit, Twin Sombreros, Lost Pueblo, The Trail Driver, The Drift Fence, Valley of Wild Horses, The Wilderness Trek.

10 Most Famous Novels. MultiBook

John Buchan

One of the founders of the genre of espionage novel, but also an employee of British intelligence, and later a prominent political figure, whose career ended as Governor General of Canada. His first novel, Thirty-nine Steps, was a resounding success, published in 1915, in the midst of World War I. It first appears the charming image of Richard Hanney a hero who later wandered through the pages of Bakens novels, and the plot is associated with the activities of a group of German secret agents in England and Scotland. The multibook includes novels such as Sir Quixote of the Moors, John Burnet of Barns, A Lost Lady of Old Years, The Half-Hearted, A Lodge in the Wilderness, Prester John, Salute to Adventurers, The Path of the King, Midwinter, Witch Wood.

Dr. Kildares Girl

Max Brand

In the crowded waiting room of Dr. Gillespie there were people of ten nations of more than ten degrees, from the old pugilist with rheumatism in his broken hands to the Indian mystic whose eyes already were forgetting this world; but little Florrie Adams took precedence over all of these. Her mother lagged breathless, a step behind, as Florrie was led quickly on by a nurse so pretty that the little girl had to keep looking up at that freshness and that bloom; and so her stumbling feet forgot their way.