The New Magdalen

Wilkie Collins

The adopted daughter of a wealthy aristocrat is a beauty who is waiting for a profitable marriage. What is her past hiding? Will the Princess have the courage to turn into Cinderella, to sacrifice love and wealth?

Zanoni

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Zanoni, first published in 1842, was inspired by a dream. This piece of literature describes a fascinating story of love and occult aspiration. The main character is Zanoni, a timeless Rosicrucian who has lived since the Chaldean civilisation. He falls in love with a young opera singer, Viola Pisani but to Zanoni, falling in love means losing his power of immortality. The story develops in the days of the French Revolution in 1789.

Lord Jim

Joseph Conrad

Lord Jim, Conrads most famous work, is also his most extensive examination of a persistent theme: the conflict between an individuals inner moral code and his or her outward actions. Jim, the well-loved son of an English parson, goes to sea to make a name for himself. With his youthful, romantic aspirations for the sea, he is physically powerful; he has Ability in the abstract. Throughout Conrads short stories and novels, his characters are often afraid, even obsessed, with the concern of how their personal standards will bear up under the stress of events. This situation is explicit in Lord Jim. He drifts from port to port, leaving when his identity is discovered. Finally, he abandons the world of Europeans altogether and heads upriver to a small Malay village. Even there, however, he finds he cannot escape the demands of his sensitive moral feelings and must prove to himself that he is not a coward.

Księga ognia

Stefan Grabiński

Księga ognia autorstwa Stefana Grabińskiego zawiera nowele powiązane tematem morderczego żywiołu, takie jak Czerwona Magda, Biały Wyrak, Zemsta Żywiołaków, Pożarowisko, Pirotechnik, Gebrowie, Muzeum Dusz Czyśćcowych, Płomienne Gody czy Zielone Świątki. Każda z nich ujmuje temat z nieco innej strony: od metaforycznej żarliwości wiary, przez inkwizyjne stosy i ogień miłości, aż po dosłownie rozumiane szaleństwo piromańskie. Autor eksploruje dogłębnie wszystkie występujące w kulturze skojarzenia i motywy związane z ogniem. Stefan Grabiński (18871936) uznawany jest za jednego z najwybitniejszych przedstawicieli nurtu grozy w polskiej literaturze międzywojennej, o czym świadczy miano polskiego Poe lub polskiego Lovecrafta. Jest też wysoko ceniony w zagranicznych kręgach literatury grozy.

Дьяволиада (Diaboliada). Повесть о том, как близнецы погубили делопроизводителя

Михаил Афанасиевич Булгаков, Michaił Afanasjewicz Bułhakow

Повесть имеет подзаголовок: 201eПовесть о том, как близнецы погубили делопроизводителя201d. В 201eДьяволиаде201d раскрывается проблема 201eмаленького человека201d, ставшего жертвой советской бюрократической машины, которая в больном воображении главного героя, делопроизводителя Короткова, ассоциируется с дьявольской силой (хотя он никогда не думает этого 201eнапрямую201d). Михаил Булгаков 2013 неподражаемый и таинственный писатель, сумевший передать всю фантасмагорию событий, а также чувств, мыслей, переживаний маленького человека, доведенного до безумия государственной бюрократической машиной. Мастер постановки нравственных проблем, заостренных до вселенского масштаба, Булгаков с самого начала поставил своей задачей писать увлекательно 2013 чтобы было не только интересно читать, но и тянуло перечитывать...

Dr Nikola

Guy Boothby

Nicola is a very interesting and creepy character, you are never sure how much he will go and what evil he is really capable of. The main character is actually recruited and works together with Nicola as a partner, which shows Nicolaou a more personal side. He could still do evil supernatural acts, and the threat to the traitors was still faced with the realization that you would become worse if you cross him, but thats all.

Cud mniemany. Czyli Krakowiacy i górale

Wojciech Bogusławski

Cud Mniemany, czyli Krakowiacy i Górale to opera komiczna, uznawana za jedno z najwybitniejszych dzieł polskiego oświecenia. Osadzona w realiach wsi podkrakowskiej opisuje aktualne wydarzenia społeczne oraz polityczne na tle insurekcji kościuszkowskiej. Autorem jest Wojciech Bogusławski polski aktor, śpiewak operowy, dramatopisarz, reżyser, tłumacz, propagator ideologii oświecenia, dyrektor Teatru Narodowego w Warszawie, żyjący w latach 17571829.

The King Bird Rides

Max Brand

A good classic western by Max Brand (Frederick Faust) about the famous outlaw King Bird. The King Bird, a young, reckless and mystery bandit, whose definition of happiness is freedom, the best horse, a wonderful girl, faces difficult choices when he attempts to save an old friends runaway daughter from a dangerous gang of robbers. The King Bird Rides is a fast moving, exciting, plenty of gun play and adventure. Max Brands action-filled stories of adventure and heroism in the American West continue to entertain readers throughout the world. Brand penned over 200 full-length Westerns in his career, including Destry Rides Again and Montana Rides Again.

The Wasps

Aristophanes

Old Philokleon was so addicted to attending court hearings that his son Bdelikleon locked him in the house and stretched a net around the house. He wants to ensure a quiet life for his father, but Philokleon does not at all want peace. Hes a cocky, like a choir made up of his old friends, judges, and he likes to convict. The choir appears on the stage in wasp costumes and tries to help Philokleon slip away, but Bdelikleon prevents this.

Cheyenne Gold

Max Brand

The most dangerous killer in Alaska, Menneval sends a certain Bill Ranger to California in search of information about his father and son Crosson. After many setbacks, Bill finally finds the Crossons in the woods. The life of father and son is shrouded in deep mystery. Bill will be with them to become a member of incredible adventures and bloody skirmishes.

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

Great Expectations is one of the most famous and much-loved novels by the great master of Victorian prose, Charles Dickens, that has become one of English languages greatest and most recognized stories. Here Dickens tells the story of the growth and development of young Philip Pirrip (Pip) who begins his life as an orphan, neglected and abused, by his sister. Through a series of chance encounters, Pip rises above his disadvantaged beginnings to become a gentleman in every sense of the word. In this gripping tale of crime and guilt, revenge and reward, the compelling characters include Magwitch, the fearful and fearsome convict; Estella, whose beauty is excelled only by her haughtiness; and the embittered Miss Havisham, an eccentric jilted bride. Throughout the narrative, typical Dickensian themes emerge: wealth and poverty, love and rejection, and the eventual triumph of good over evil. It also reveals the novelists bittersweet understanding of the extent to which our deepest moral dilemmas are born of our own obsessions and illusions.

Fantôme dOrient

Pierre Loti

Fantôme dOrient est le titre de la petite nouvelle qui ouvre le recueil o il raconte lune de ses escapades stanbouliote la recherche de la sépulture dun amour passé. Ce texte larmoyant et nostalgique est suivie dune description tres intéressante de Constantinople en 1890 pour le compte

Red Shadows

Robert E. Howard

The moonlight shimmered hazily, making silvery mists of illusion among the shadowy trees. A faint breeze whispered down the valley, bearing a shadow that was not of the moon-mist. A faint scent of smoke was apparent. The man whose long, swinging strides, unhurried yet unswerving, had carried him for many a mile since sunrise, stopped suddenly. A movement in the trees had caught his attention, and he moved silently toward the shadows, a hand resting lightly on the hilt of his long, slim rapier.

Cleopatra. Being an Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis

H. Rider Haggard

Henry Rider Haggard relies on adventure and exotic concepts. This story unfolds in the era of the Ptolemaic era of ancient Egyptian history. The line of the dynasty defended by the priesthood of Isis is trying to survive in difficult circumstances. The main character Harmachis must overthrow Cleopatra, banish the Romans and return to Egypt its former status.

The Solution of a Mystery

J.S. Fletcher

One of the main characters, Richard Redford, is charged with murder. His life was threatened with death if he did not confess. But he chose such a point of view that he would have nothing to say to anyone. His indecision to speak causes bewilderment to others. Should a hero accept death with honor or not broken promises?

The Disintegration Machine

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Disintegration Machine is a story featuring Doyles famous character Professor Challenger. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in January 1929. The story centers on the discovery of a machine capable of disintegrating objects and reforming them as they were. This short story is a part of the Challenger series, a collection of stories about the wealthy eccentric adventurer Professor Challenger. Unlike Conan Doyles laid-back, analytic character, Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challenger is an aggressive, dominating figure. The professor is described as a lion of a man with a full beard and a rotund physique. One day, he is interrupted by the young journalist, Malone, to go investigate a machine designed by Latvian inventor, Theodore Nemor.