Смерть Ивана Ильича (Śmierć Iwana Ilicza)

Лев Николаевич Толстой, Lew Nikołajewicz Tołstoj

Всвоем произведении «Смерть Ивана Ильича» Лев Толстой рассказывает историю обыкновенного человека, напороге смерти ощутившего бессмысленность своей жизни. Умирание тела Ивана Ильича обернулось пробуждением его души. О чем думает человек, находясь на полпути в небытие? А что подумают о нем его товарищи, когда его не станет? В чем смысл жизни и что есть смерть? Толстой ставит вопросы, ответы на которые каждый должен найти для себя сам. Это повесть о процессе умирания человека. Наверное, нет более страшной книги, но гений Толстого позволяет не только ощутить ужас неизбежной гибели, но и помогает понять главное 2013 то, что почувствовал главный герой за секунду до смерти.

The Devil-Tree of El Dorado. A Romance of British Guiana

Frank Aubrey

Frank Aubrey was a pseudonym of Francis Henry Atkins (1847-1927), who contributed widely to the pre-science fiction pulp magazines, writing at least three Lost-World novels along with much else. The first and most successful of the three was The Devil Tree of El Dorado: A Romance of British Guiana, which capitalized on the contemporary interest in the Roraima Plateau lying athwart the disputed border between Venezuela and the British colony; Monella, the mysterious giant who leads Europeans to their goal, turns out to be the 2000 year old ex-king of all they now survey, and a kind of Wandering Jew.

Frank Merriwells Son

Burt L. Standish

This is one of the final stories about Frank Merriwell. It would seem that we still may not know about our hero. We already live his life and know enough. However, Burt L. Standish left the most interesting thing at the end. The intriguing development of the plot. Read to the end.

The Road to London

Edgar Wallace

Best remembered for penning the screenplay for the classic film King Kong, author Edgar Wallace was an astoundingly popular luminary in the action-adventure genre in the early twentieth century. Wallace was a very prolific writer despite his sudden death at age 56. In total Wallace is credited with over 170 novels, almost 1,000 short stories, and 18 stage plays. Wallaces works have been turned into well over 100 films. This traditional mystery features a girl with an unusual name, some mysterious tramps, gangsters and villainous members of British upper class. The Road to London is a story packed with intrigue, treachery, assassinations, and machinations, and it highlights Wallaces unmatched skill in setting a pulse-pounding pace. Highly recommended!

The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Mr. Roger Ferrison has just returned to London after several years of living rough in Canada. He takes a small room in the boarding house run by Mrs. Dewar. There he meets the bewitching invalid Fiona Quayne who rapidly develops a consuming passion for Ferrison. Meanwhile, back at the Boarding House, Colonel Dennett is murdered. One suspects from the very beginning that not all of the boarders at Mrs. Dewars establishment in Palace Crescent are what they appear to be, and Mr. Oppenheim does not attempt to hide for long the existence of some secret and probably criminal bond between Mrs. Dewar and some of her boarders. The sensational theft of a Jewelry collection, missing Indian rubies, and the lackadaisical intervention of Scotland Yard all contribute to the plot.

Captains of Souls

Edgar Wallace

Ambrose Sault finds a quasi-scientific way to insert his soul into another mans body before he is hanged for murder. The murder of Moropulos by Sault is a mystery in motive and deed. Twice a murderer, Sault is nevertheless a commanding figure and an appealing character. He is the center of a tragedy... The novel is long and breezy and a bit confusing, a comedy of manners at some points, a melodrama at others. This story from 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 Judgment Books. A Story

E.F. Benson

The poets career is always full of pitfalls and difficulties. On the one hand, there is a danger of gaining popularity too easily, and on the other, the discouraging effect of a lack of audience. Mrs Greenock is in danger. Some of her poems, which from time to time appeared in a local newspaper, attracted a lot of undeserved attention. The book is about high art.

Perfumy Czarnej Damy

Gaston Leroux

Powieść sensacyjna z cyklu przygód uroczego i błyskotliwego reportera-detektywa Józefa Rouletabilla. Jaką zagadkę musi rozwiązać on tym razem? Kim jest tajemnicza Czarna Dama? Zapraszamy do lektury...

Uncles Dream

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

Uncles Dream is a somewhat comic small-town society tale. It satirizes Petersburg society with an emphasis on the evils of gossip. When the aging Russian Prince, Prince K., arrives in the town of Mordasov, Marya Alexandrovna Moskaleva, a doyenne of local society life, takes him under her protection, with the aim of engineering his marriage with her 23 year old daughter Zina. Yet with many rivals for the hands of both parties, events are not guaranteed to run smoothly. In this novel, vanity and pride are everyday humans obsessions and the word love loses its meaning in the socially-arranged marriages. It is a must read for any fan of not only Dostoyevsky, but of Russian literature and the goings-on of the Russian upper crust.

The Unknown Wrestler

H.A. Cody

This is a story about a young pastor who decides to go to his newly appointed ward in disguise, to find out what factors in the community repel all pastors working there before they leave the community. As the secret is revealed, we meet many citizens of the community and become familiar with their problems and misfortunes. The pastor becomes an integral part of the community he seeks to serve when he is accepted.

A Sleeping Memory

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Why not destroy someones memory in the hope that they will remember past lives. It turned out that this is a reverse scenario of Pygmalion. He fell in love with the girl and then destroyed her. I like the idea that a person is a common set of his experiences and experiences, but if they are erased, the person who is left will be completely different. Probably one of the best opengame stories.

Promień

Stefan Żeromski

Powieść Promień opisuje stagnację prowincjonalnego polskiego miasteczka. Jej bohater podejmuje samotnie walkę z zacofaniem prowincjonalnego miasta. Na kształt powieści niewątpliwie miały wpływ kieleckie doświadczenia i obserwacje pisarza. Stefan Żeromski - polski prozaik, publicysta i dramaturg. Jest autorem kilku powieści oraz licznych nowel i opowiadań. Wielokrotnie, podejmując tematykę historyczną, nawiązywał do problemów współczesności. Wielkim zainteresowaniem cieszyły się jego powieści społeczno-obyczajowe Syzyfowe prace i Ludzie bezdomni oraz powieść polityczna Przedwiośnie. Wydarzeniem stała się też wielka powieść historyczna z okresu wojen napoleońskich Popioły oraz klechda z czasów powstania styczniowego Wierna rzeka.

Eine Gemsjagd in Tyrol

Friedrich Gerstäcker

Friedrich Gerstäcker veröffentlichte eine Vielzahl von Erzählungen, Romanen und vor allem Berichte über seine verschiedenen Reisen. Der Weltenbummler Gerstäcker, dessen ausgedehnte Reisen ihn durch Nord- und Südamerika führten, gehört zusammen mit Karl Mai zu den populärsten Autoren von Abenteuerromanen seiner Zeit. Eine Gemsjagd in Tyrol ist einer dieser Abenteuerromane. Aktionen entfalten sich in die Alpen.

Listy z podróży do Ameryki

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Listy z podróży do Ameryki to cykl reportaży pisanych podczas pobytu pisarza w Ameryce. Utwory te były wysyłane do kraju w formie listów i publikowane na łamach Gazety Polskiej od lutego 1876 r. do grudnia 1878 r. W listach z podróży po USA pisarz błysnął olśniewającym talentem obserwatora i artysty. Zawarł w nich świetne opisy polowań i puszczańskiego życia w Kalifornii, dowcipne scenki z życia Amerykanów, próby szerokich syntez społecznych i obyczajowych, szkice o doli i niedoli polskiej emigracji. Listy z podróży do Ameryki są wybitnym dziełem literackim i bogatym zbiorem wiadomości o USA drugiej połowy XIX wieku.

Head in Green Bronze and Other Stories

Hugh Walpole

In Walpole style, an excellent collection of short story bedside tables in the guest room, for recovering or reading aloud. There is nothing modern cynicism; the stories seem somewhat outdated but in the end it often reassures. One group may be left alone, Let the storm tremble, built on the fascinating idea of business to rid society of boring ones.

The Law of the Just Men

Edgar Wallace

Written in 1905, this is the first of Edgar Wallaces adventures to feature the Four Just Men, a collective of European men of position who see it as their duty to execute those criminals that, for whatever reason, the law cannot or will not touch. In this adventure, the Four Just Men set their hand against the British Foreign Secretary. Concerned that an extradition bill about to be passed into law will result in the deportation of certain leading dissidents back to their home countries where they face torture and death, they tell the minister that if the bill is not stopped then he will die. The Minister tries to ignore the threats and determines to pass the bill into law. Will he evade death? Will the police track down his persecutors? Will their devilishly cunning scheme work?