Middlemarch

George Eliot

Set in the fictitious Midlands town of Middlemarch during 182932, and widely considered the greatest of Victorian novels. It comprises several distinct (though intersecting) stories and a large cast of characters: Dorothea Brooke, the heroine, idealistic but naive; Rosamond Vincy, beautiful and egoistic: Edward Casaubon, the dry-as-dust scholar: Tertius Lydgate, the brilliant but morally-flawed physician: the passionate artist Will Ladislaw: and Fred Vincy and Mary Garth, childhood sweethearts whose charming courtship is one of the many humorous elements in the novels rich comic vein. Significant themes include the status of women, the nature of marriage, idealism, self-interest, religion, hypocrisy, political reform, and education. It is a fantastic story where the destinies of several locals meet and where from the very first pages we embark in a great adventure!

Souvenirs de la maison des morts

Fiodor M. Dostoevski

Souvenirs de la maison des morts lun des premiers ouvrages documentaires décrivant la gravité de la vie dans le camp. La base de Souvenirs de la maison des morts formait les souvenirs personnels de Fyodor Mikhailovitch Dostoievski, qui, apres sa condamnation dans le cas des Petrashevites, avait consacré quatre ans de sa vie aux travaux forcés. Gryachnikov a été condamné a dix ans de travaux forcés pour le meurtre de sa femme. Il réside dans une colonie située dans une petite ville sibérienne.

The Wrath to Come

E. Phillips Oppenheim

The mystery by E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) starts out in the Sierra Nevada mountains, 500 miles from San Francisco, at a gold mining camp. Bryan came to America from England, chasing a man who may have papers which explain Bryans mysterious origins. Enter heroine, the beautiful orphan Myra Mercier who is arriving to the camp where women are not allowed. Murder and mayhem ensue before the pair escapes to San Francisco. Bryan abandons Myra and travels back to England alone, where he takes up residence in the country, near the home of Lady Helen, the ward of Lord Wessemer. Bryan seeks to improve himself, and his status, in order to win the hand of the beautiful, but cold, Lady Helen. Finally, Myra makes her way to England as a actress, and Bryan decide who to wed.

The Forty-Five Guardsmen

Alexandre Dumas

The Forty-Five Guardsmen, by Alexandre Dumas (1894), the most celebrated of French romance writers, is in two volumes, and is the third of a series known as The Valois Romances. It basically deals with Diana de Meridor and her servant Remy who find a way to take revenge upon Duc dAnjou for his heinous betrayal of Bussy dAmboise. Historically it commences with the execution of Salcede and the arrival of the Forty-Five at Paris and deals with the Guise intrigues, the campaign of Anjou in Flanders and his death; the events in the novel take place in 1584-1585. Alexandre Dumas The Forty-Five Guardsmen, which has been translated into several languages, tells a wonderful story, full of the rich historical detail, rousing action, and gripping characters that mark the best of Dumas work.

Ordynat Michorowski

Helena Mniszkówna

Kontynuacja najsłynniejszego polskiego melodramatu Trędowata. Powieść kończy się śmiercią Stefci Rudeckiej, niezamożnej szlachcianki, która zdobyła serce Waldemara ordynata Michorowskiego. Dziewczyna została zadręczona przez niechętnych jej arystokratów, którzy nie mogli pogodzić się z tym, że ktoś skromnego pochodzenia zajął miejsce należne w ich opinii jedynie dziedziczce magnackiego rodu. Rodzina Waldemara oczekuje, że ordynacja dostanie potomka. Tymczasem młody ordynat żyje wspomnieniami, rozpamiętuje śmierć ukochanej Stefci... O względy ordynata zabiega Lucia, baronówna Elzonowska. W Lucii natomiast kocha się głęboko choć bez wzajemności Bohdan hrabia Michorowski. Konkurentem do ręki baronówny jest też hrabia Brochwicz. Podczas balu sylwestrowego mają być ogłoszone oficjalne zaręczyny Lusi z Brochwiczem. Dochodzi jednak do nieprzyjemnego incydentu. W jego wyniku Bohdan wyzywa na pojedynek Brochwicza, ale Waldemar jako głowa rodu korzysta z prawa pierwszeństwa i staje na placu zamiast Bohdana. Brochwicz pada...

A Scream in Soho

John G. Brandon

Detective Inspector McCarthy is a daredevil who investigates a murder at a site in Soho. Electricity is cut off throughout London and the mysterious murder of a woman takes place on the same day. Although the corpse was not there when the detective came to the cry. However, he found a clue that would lead to the killer.

Wonderful London

Edgar Wallace

People, mostly young people, came to Tressa to resolve their immediate problems, for Tressa was wise in the ways of men and women, had London and its queer code at her finger-tips, and, a greater asset than her sophistication, had never lost touch with the human heart. She was fifty, slim, white of hair and hand, and, sophisticated as she was, had the habit of innocent interpretation.

The Merry Wives of Windsor

William Shakespeare

In The Merry Wives of Windsor, there is everything that we love in Shakespeares comedies. The classic comedy of Shakespeare, except that the acting characters are not as noble as usual, and the jester is not enough. The plot is simple one fat knight Falstaff decided to roll up to two married ladies, and those who decided to teach him a lesson so that he would not allow himself such liberties to himself any more, which he did for life three times. At the same time, a story is being developed about an attempt to marry a young girl Anna for some fools, but the situation is resolved in favor of true love.

The Romance of Lust. A Classic Victorian Erotic Novel

Autor anonimowy

First published in 1873 of anonymous authorship and written during the years 18731876, this novel may well represent the highest moment in nineteenth-century sexual imagination. The four volumes included in this edition make this novel one of the longest and best erotic story ever written. It follows the exploits of Charlie, a virile and well-endowed young man with an apparently boundless appetite for sex. He chronicles his various sexual encounters involving his sisters Eliza and Mary, his governesses, and other various male and female friends. An unabashed portrait of a classic erotic drama, it is considered by critics of the form to be an unparalleled and wholly satisfying reading experience. The Romance of Lustl is a classic Victorian erotic novel not to be missed by fans and collectors of the genre.

The Weight of the Crown

Fred M. White

The sudden dismissal of Jessie Harcourt in a fashion boutique brought her into shock. It was as if she had an affair with a prince and she forced his to kiss her. This angered her boss, Madame Malmaison. But is everything the way Malmaison says or she want to substitute her?

Adam Bede

George Eliot

George Eliots (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans) first full-length novel, Adam Bede paints a powerful portrait of rural life, seduction, faith, self-deception and redemption. First published in 1859, this innovative novel carried its readers back sixty years to a time of impending change for England and the wider world. The story follows the rural lives in the fictional community of Hayslope a rural, pastoral and close-knit community in 1799. Adam Bede is a carpenter who falls in love with Hetty Sorrel, a vain, self-seeking country maid-girl who lives with the Poysers, uncle and aunt of Adam. In reality, the plot involves the love story among the four main characters: Adam, Hetty Sorrel, Arthur Donnithorne, a young squire who seduces Hetty, and Dinah Morris, Hettys cousin and an itinerant Methodist preacher. After have been seduced by Arthur, Hettys life become a turmoil of tragic events...

Obrona Sokratesa

Platon

Obrona Sokratesa to dzieło Platona, greckiego filozofa, twórcy systemu filozoficznego zwanego obecnie idealizmem platońskim, który był uczniem Sokratesa. Platon przedstawia w nim treść trzech mów, jakie Sokrates wygłosił na procesie w 399 r. p.n.e., na którym został skazany na karę śmierci. Obrona Sokratesa jest źródłem historycznym, dziełem literackim, lecz nade wszystko dziełem filozoficznym w najgłębszym sensie tego słowa.

The Conan Saga

Robert E. Howard

This collection contains all of Robert E. Howards Conan the Cimmerian stories published during his lifetime, contextualized with biographical details of their author. His Conan stories feature a young barbarian warrior who carves himself a kingdom and rules with a degree of wisdom and justice. Neither supernatural fiends nor demonic sorcery could oppose the warrior as he wielded his mighty sword and dispatched his enemies to a bloody doom on the battlefields of the legendary Hyborian age. Collected together in one volume are besides the poem Cimmeria A Poem and the essay The Hyborian Age Conans World Robert E. Howards tales of the legendary hero, as fresh and atmospheric today as when they were first published in the pulp magazines of more than eighty years ago: The Tower Of The Elephant, Rogues In The House , Shadows In The Moonlight and so many others.

Der Schatz im Silbersee

Karl May

Der Schatz im Silbersee mit seinen sagenhaften Reichtümern ist das Ziel einer Bande von Tramps unter Führung des berüchtigten Roten Cornel. In den Rocky Mountains liegt der Silbersee, und er hat reiche Silbervorkommen, wie Old Firehand hofft. Geruhsam verläuft seine Reise dorthin nicht: Unter den zweifelhaften Gestalten an Bord des Raddampfers Dogfish gibt es eine seltsame Tante Droll und den Schurken Cornel Brinkley, Anführer einer Bande Tramps, der im Besitz einer Schatzkarte ist. Bei so vielen schrägen Vögeln lassen Abenteuer nicht lange auf sich warten. Und dann treten auch noch Winnetou und Old Shatterhand auf den Plan. Winnetou und Old Shatterhand jagen hinter dem skrupellosen Ganoven Brinkley her, der mit aller Gewalt versucht, den sagenhaften Schatz im Silbersee zu finden. Mit Mord und Entführungen war es ihm gelungen, den Geheimplan für den Schatz in seine Hände zu bekommen. Die beiden Blutsbrüder werden bei ihrer Verfolgung immer wieder von verfeindeten Indianerstämmen aufgehalten und müssen mit ansehen, wie ihr Widersacher vor ihren Augen die Schatzhöhle erreicht. Brinkley bringt den Wächter der Grotte um und glaubt, nun am Ziel seiner Träume zu sein. Doch der sterbende Hüter des Schatzes kann mit letzter Kraft einen Mechanismus in Gang setzten, der die ganze Höhle zum Einsturz bring.

Pattys Fortune

Carolyn Wells

Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) was an American author and poet. She wrote more than 170 books. During the first ten years of her career, she concentrated on poetry, humor, and childrens books. After 1910, she devoted herself to the mystery genre. This is one of the later books in the popular Patty Fairfield series of novels for young readers. In this volume, Patty and her chums hole up at a lavish hotel for a weeks-long reunion party. Then the story takes a dramatic turn when a beloved family member falls ill and seeks out Patty to discuss her future. The story of 20 years old Patty is relatable for most of the girls, especially in the third world countries despite the fact that the setting of the story is much Victorian Europe.

Lieutenant Bones

Edgar Wallace

Wallace was a prolific author responsible for several series of popular novels featuring bold adventurers and crime fighters. For his series set in the highly evocative world of West Africa he created two of his most beloved and enduring characters, Colonial Administrator Sanders and his eccentric companion Lieutenant Tibbetts, known to all as Bones. However, yet again, the trouble-prone Bones, while meaning to assist, only manages to spread his own unique style of innocent and endearing mischief. Those who love classic adventure especially set against an African backdrop will discover a rich vein of reading pleasure in the six books of the Colonial adventures of Sanders and Bones set on the Dark Continent.