Szelmostwa Skapena. Komedia w 3 aktach

Molier

Szelmostwa Skapena, komedia pióra mistrza tego gatunku Moliera, rozgrywa się w Neapolu. Pod nieobecność ojców dwaj młodzieńcy ruszają za głosem serca jeden żeni się potajemnie z wybranką serca, drugi zakochuje się bez pamięci. Po powrocie ojców szukają ratunku u Skapena, sługi jednego z ojców. Ten, dzięki brawurowym intrygom oraz niezwykłemu zrządzeniu losu, pomaga wykaraskać się młodzieńcom z opresji.

History of Pyrrhus

Jacob Abbott

This book requires you to have a more detailed history.Pyrrhus is a defender of the city of Tarentum, protecting him from the Romans. Only by knowing the origins of the story can you feel this story. And if not, you will be interested in finding out.

A Broken Memory

Fred M. White

Fred M. White gives us the opportunity to plunge into the past of Gladys Brooke. The book begins with the perfect life of Gladys in a small town. Then we come back three years ago, where we find out that she has a brother. And they, too, then lived well, but in another place. The main character begins to notice the strange behavior of her brother. At one point, a calm and perfect life ends.

The Secret Agent. A Simple Tale

Joseph Conrad

Mr Verloc, the secret agent, keeps a shop in Londons Soho where he lives with his wife Winnie, her infirm mother, and her idiot brother, Stevie. Verloc is part of a group of anarchists who believe in overthrowing the government and who also function as somewhat ineffective terrorists. The group mainly produces anarchist pamphlets called F.P. (The Future of the Proletariat) and hold private meetings among themselves. The agent is secretly employed by a foreign embassy, probably Russia, to blow up the Greenwich Observatory. The Secret Agent is a a story set earlier (1886) telling an allegory of terrorists and anarchists based in Edwardian England. The complicated plot is masterful, the prose sophisticated, and the characterizations full and engrossing. The death of an innocent is heartrending. Joseph Conrad is often considered the best writer of the 19th century.

The Orange-Yellow Diamond

Joseph Smith Fletcher

This novel takes place in the London parish of Paddington. The story opens with the murder of an old Jewish pawnbroker. Our Scottish hero, Andrew Lauriston, a penniless aspiring writer, has the misfortune of finding the body, and is accused of killing and robbing the old man. But then its found the pawnbroker had had in his possession an extraordinary South African diamond worth over eighty-thousand pounds a diamond thats now missing. It falls to Melky Rubenstein to unravel the mystery and prove the young mans innocence. This is a great tale which you can immerse yourself in and will appeal to anyone who likes the old style crime/ mystery novels.

The Malefactor

E. Phillips Oppenheim

This 1907 novel was one of the early popular novels of society by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The story revolves around the conflict between a gentlemans obligation to defend the honor of a lady, and his responsibility to his own feelings, family, and freedom. Sir Wingrave, imprisoned wrongfully for killing a man, finishes his sentence and plans his vengeance against those who would not tell the truth to help him during his trial. He becomes misanthropic, seeking only revenge. He wishes to be a malefactor, doing only evil. His class, upbringing, and social ties all mitigate his evil. A young journalist, enamored with the thought of spending time with a man with such a history, offers himself as a secretary. Does Sir Wingrave succeed in taking his vengeance? Does his secretary betray him or help him?

W szponach szantażu. Współczesna powieść sensacyjna

Antoni Hram

Bohaterką powieści jest Anita Childs, pochodząca z zamożnej rodziny, prowadząca szczęśliwe życie u boku swego narzeczonego. Sielskie życie kończy się jednak, kiedy dziewczyna zostaje uprowadzona przez tajemniczego Kameleona.

The Possessed. Or, The Devils

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

The Possessed (also known in English as The Devils and The Demons) is the greatest novel ever written about the politics of revolution. It is a social and political satire, a psychological drama, and large scale tragedy. Published in 1871, Fyodor Dostoevskys novel foretold with uncanny prescience events that would occur almost fifty years later during the Bolshevik Revolution and the Communist tyranny that followed. Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horrified Russians in 1869, Dostoevsky conceived of Demons as a novel-pamphlet in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. The novels relevance, however, is not limited to Russia and its revolution. With its cast of idealistic murderers and suicides, seductive madmen and glamorous fanatics, The Possessed is a novel for our time as well.

Dave Dashaway, Air Champion. Or Wizard-Work in the Clouds

Roy Rockwood

Never was there a more clever young aviator than Dave Dashaway, and all up-to-date youths will be will surely wish to hear about about him. In this, the last volume of the Dave Dashaway adventure series, Dave, with the assistance of his loyal chum Hiram Dobbs, makes several daring trips, and then enters a contest for a big prize. They are preparing for a new aerial contest, but competition is fierce, and dirty! An old enemy lurks in the shadows, sending spies and saboteurs. An aviation tale thrilling in the extreme. Add some new friends and a diamond thief into the mix, and youre in for another exciting Dave Dashaway adventure! Written by Weldon J. Cobb under the Stratemeyer Syndicate pseudonym Roy Rockwood. A highly entertaining literature being written for young readers.

Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective

Ellis Parker Butler

A hilarious parody of the detective genre Philo Gubb dreams of becoming a detective like Sherlock Holmes and quitting his job as a wallpaper-hanger. He enrolls in a correspondence course which offers lessons and various disguises. He soon gets involved in several cases and much to his surprise and those around him proves to be rather adept at solving crimes. Amazingly, he solves many puzzles and even catches some real thieves and other criminals usually by some mistake or turn of circumstance that puts the criminals in his lap. Each of these stories is a complete mystery so if you read just one, you will know its beginning and the unorthodox methods by which Philo Gubb solves it using his woeful deteckative skills. Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective is one of the first and best detective parodies.

André

George Sand

Paris, apparaît soudainement une belle inconnue, Paula Monty. Son nom excite et dérange les habitués de la vie sociale parisienne. Le voile du secret enveloppe sa vie dont le but est la vengeance de lépoux décédé. Cependant, lenqute scrupuleuse, presque policiere de la belle révele linattendu...

Dombey and Son

Charles Dickens

Dombey and Son, Charles Dickenss story of a powerful man whose callous neglect of his family triggers his professional and personal downfall, showcases the authors gift for vivid characterization and unfailingly realistic description. Mr. Dombey, a wealthy London merchant, puts all his hopes in his sickly son Paul to succeed him in running the firm, and ignores his good daughter Florence. The firm is nearly ruined by a trusted employee named Carker who also runs away with Dombeys second wife, the scheming Edith Granger. This was the first novel in which Dickens attempted to portray the upper classes as well as the lower, and it also features strong female characters of all types and moral persuasions, if not a lot of depth. Another primary theme played out by various characters is the way in which adults mold (and ruin) their children.

The Duke in the Suburbs

Edgar Wallace

The Duke in the Suburbs was written in the year 1909 by Edgar Wallace. Rich Texas Cowboy with French noble lineage and knowledge of the manners of a Duke and George Hankey, who discovered silver in Los Madges, have moved to the suburbs of London and created a havoc with the neighbors there, the women, former enemies and friends. Duke de Montvillier has to avoid ambushes, avert sinister plots against him, found newspapers and much more. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edgar Wallace, and has been translated into several other languages around the world. Even though not a typical crime meller by Wallace, still entertaining and readable today.

Sąd nad Antychrystem. Powieść sensacyjna

Aleksander Błażejowski

W skromny, zapuszczonym pokoju starej kamienicy przy ul.Chmielnej zostaje dokonany szokujący mord. Ofiara ściska w dłoni zaszyfrowany tekst i połowę 100 dolarowego banknotu. Na miejscu zbrodni ukryto dużą sumę pieniędzy. Jaką rolę w tych zdarzeniach odegrał dramaturg Karnicki przygotowujący premierę swej nowej sztuki? Powieść ukazująca artystyczną stronę życia Warszawy lat 20. XX wieku. Barwnie ukazująca charakter warstw społecznych stolicy opowieść z rozbudowanym wątkiem kryminalnym.

Koszyk kwiatów. Powieść dla młodzieży

Christoph von Schmid

Opowieść o Marysieńce i jej ojcu, dla których najwyższą wartością jest niewinność i cnota. Te jednak zostają wystawione na próbę, kiedy Marysieńka zostaje oskarżona o kradzież pierścienia.

Dorothée, danseuse de corde

Maurice Leblanc

Maurice Leblanc, pere dArsene Lupin, raconte nous les mystérieuses et extraordinaires histoires. Cette fois laction se déroule autour de formidable héritage et des quelques familles. Une chasse au trésor fabuleux, une mort (ou un meurtre?) mystérieux, les secrets interminables... Et bien sr, il y a un peu damour dans ce roman. Ce livre est vraiment part dans lunivers de lauteur et réellement attachant.