Eugeniusz Oniegin

Aleksander Puszkin

Poemat dygresyjny autorstwa Aleksandra Puszkina, wydany w całości w 1833 roku. Odznacza się kunsztowną formą i licznymi, charakterystycznymi dla gatunku dygresjami, ujawniającymi ironię romantyczną. Opowiada o człowieku rozczarowanym światem, znudzonym i zniechęconym, który szuka pociechy w ucieczce na wieś. Nie znajduje jej jednak i rusza w dalszą podróż po miejscach z przeszłości.

The Analects

Confucius

This is a collection of judgments. In The Analects the mystical layer is completely absent, as well as the natural-philosophical problems. Outwardly unsystematically arranged aphorisms are united by the theme of creating an ideal social order, which for Confucius is an expression of the Tao in the Celestial Empire. Its implementation is possible as a result of self-improvement of a person through familiarization with writing / culture (wen).

Speedys Bargain

Max Brand

Max Brand (Frederick Schiller Faust) is one of the greatest early Western writers who has been labeled one of the top three Western novelists of all time and Speedys Bargain is one of 9 Speedy stories that have seen print in various collections. Speedys Bargain features Speedy, Brands atypical western man of action who carries no gun and relies on his wits and psychological insights to stop crooks in their tracks. In it, an outlaw holds a family at gunpoint, threatening their deaths unless Speedy free his nephew from jail. Living by his wits rather than by his gun, Speedy is one of those characters that deserve to live once again in fiction. Highly recommended, especially for those who love Western genre!

The Fighting Chance

Robert W. Chambers

A very enjoyable novel that touches on topics that are relevant to this day. Rich people come together to start mysterious murders. This story will keep you in suspense until the very end.

The Man Who Fell Through the Earth

Carolyn Wells

The Man Who Fell Through the Earth is a traditional mystery novel by American author Carolyn Wells, set in 1920-s in New York. A lawyer is leaving his office on the top floor of an office building. He sees the shadows of two men fighting through the clouded glass of an office door followed by a shot from the office across the hall. He goes to investigate. He finds no sign of either victim or assailant despite the fact that no one could have passed him in the hallway without being seen. From there the story twists and turns whose the villains, whats the story behind the murder and who is the mystery man the man who fell through the earth? These are the mysteries that the detective Pennington Wise must solve in... The Man Who Fell Through the Earth!

The Queen of Hearts

Wilkie Collins

A novel about a young woman, Jessie Yelverton (also known as the Queen of Hearts), aged 20, who soon inherits an inheritance from her dead parents. Due to a strange set of circumstances, Jessie is forced to stay at her caregivers house for six weeks until her 21st birthday. The guardians name is Griffith, he is a lawyer and lives with his two older brothers.

Akropolis. Dramat w czterech aktach

Stanisław Wyspiański

Wydarzenia dramatu rozgrywają się w trakcie świąt Wielkiej Nocy w katedrze wawelskiej. Ożywione posągi, dekorujące dotychczas katedrę, wyrażają swoją pewność co do istnienia rezurekcji biologicznej oraz wyższości życia nad śmiercią. Dramat uznawany jest za ideową kontynuację Wesela oraz Wyzwolenia. Łączy polską tradycję z mitologią grecką, która od najmłodszych lat stanowiła fascynację autora.

Хозяин и работник (Gospodarz i robotnik)

Лев Николаевич Толстой, Lew Nikołajewicz Tołstoj

Иногда нужно столкнуться с непреодолимой трудностью в жизни, чтобы вынести урок с жизни. Это и хотел донести Лев Толстой в романе 201e Хозяин и работник201d. Рассказ о двух людях, которые попали в метель. Хозяин вынужден спасаться, чтобы спасти свою жизнь. Он оставил своего работника на произвол судьбы. Вследствие, у хозяина не получалось выбраться и оказавшись перед лицом смерти, он понял свою ошибку.

Морфий

Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков

201eМорфий201d погружает нас в пропасть, приоткрывает мрак души человеческой, попавшей в ловушку наркотической зависимости, врача, пытающегося подавить осознание проблемы и нашедшего выход, избавляющий от жизни, не найдя избавления от зависимости. Самоубийство 2013 единственный путь? Быстрое или медленное, разница невелика.

The Lifted Veil

George Eliot

During a period of illness, Latimer first discovers he is able to read other peoples minds and see visions of the future. Rather than being a gift, this strange phenomenon increasingly becomes a curse. But the one thing that keeps him going is his love for Bertha. But everything changes when Latimer finally does gain sporadic insight into Berthas mind... and finds her thoughts are much more sinister than he had anticipated... In this dark novella George Eliot explores clairvoyance, fate and the possibility of life after death.

Cyrano de Bergerac. Komedia bohaterska w pięciu aktach

Edmond Rostand

Cyrano de Bergerac to waleczny Gastończyk, człowiek wielu talentów, mistrz fechtunku. Ma jednak jedną wadę bardzo długi nos, który jednocześnie jest jego ogromnym kompleksem. Ta wada dokucza mu na tyle, że potrafi wyzwać na pojedynek każdego, kto rzuci głośną uwagę na ten temat. Jest zakochamy w swojej pięknej kuzynce, ale boi się odrzucenia, ponieważ uważa, że nie jest dla niej wystarczająco przystojny. Jednak obiekt jego westchnień w końcu umawia się z nim na spotkanie. Co z tego wyniknie?

Mrs. Ames

E.F. Benson

E. F. Bensons subject is always the petty concerns of petty people, but his talent is to make those concerns nearly as important to us as they are to his characters. For us, what happens to Bensons people is also much funnier than it is to them. This is another of Bensons social comedies with women battling it out for social supremacy in the village. Mrs. Ames, first published in 1912, has been described as a forerunner to the authors Mapp and Lucia novels

Les Quatre Filles du docteur Marsch

Louisa May Alcott

Guerre civile américaine en Amérique. Le Dr March a rejoint larmée du Nord, ne laissant que sa femme et ses quatre filles, quatre surs aux tempéraments et aux passions opposés. Meg est sentimentale, Beth aime la musique, Joe est la fois un garçon manqué et un écrivain novice.

One of Ours

Willa Cather

This is the story of a young man who strives with all his might to free himself from the oppressive patriarchal atmosphere of life in the Midwest. The hero rejects the fate destined for him and chooses military adventures in France during the First World War.

The Clouds

Aristophanes

The old farmer Strepsiad is in debt because of his son Fidippida, squandering money for equestrian sports. Strepsiad seeks help from a neighbor the sage of Socrates; Having come to the thought room, where Socrates teaches young people, Strepsiad asks to teach him tricky speeches and evasions, which would allow not to repay debts. But Strepsiad turns out to be unsuitable for science, and then Fidippid goes to study instead

This Unique Crime and Mystery Collection of E. Phillips Oppenheim. MultiBook

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Edward Phillips Oppenheim is an English novelist, creator of adventure novels that gained immense popularity in the early 20th century. His espionage novels were widely known, where the writer was a pioneer. His works to a large extent contributed to the fact that the detective acquired not only the will and mental ability of the great detectives, but also iron grip, the ability to dodge and strike at the right time. The multibook includes the most read novels of the author, such as: The Great Impersonation, The Zeppelins Passenger, The Devils Paw, The Avenger, An Amiable Charlatan, Jacobs Ladder, The Yellow Hous, The Cinema Murder, Anna the Adventuress, The Wicked Marquis, The Box with the Broken Seals, The Moving Finger, The Black Box, The Golden Web, The Great Secret, The Double Traitor, The Vanished Messenger, Havoc, The Pawns Count, The Yellow Crayon, The Mischief Maker, Mysterious Mr. Sabin, Jeanne of the Marshes, The Malefactor, A Lost Leader, The Survivor, The Great Prince Shan, Berenice, The Hillman, A Millionaire of Yesterday.

Ghost Hills

Henry Bedford-Jones

An old secret and a lovely woman and three men: Barr Radison, an American adventurer, searching for the mysterious source of black and silver fox pelts, Macferris Montenay, a ruthless giant of a man, trying to carve out his own kingdom in the wilderness, and Jean Nichemus, a halfbreed and Montenays henchman, harboring his own sinister plans. Ghost Hills is one of the adventure stories of a prolific H. Bedford-Jones who is rightly called the King of Pulps.

Klasztor i morze

Stefan Grabiński

Klasztor i morze to powieść autorstwa Stefana Grabińskiego z 1928 roku. To dość nietypowy, bo bardziej realistyczny utwór w dorobku mistrza literatury grozy. Prezentuje życie kaszubskich rybaków oraz pustelniczą codzienność sióstr anuncjatek, Morskich Panien, zamieszkujących nieco tajemniczy klasztor zbudowany na nadmorskich skałach. Powieść rejestruje piękno języka kaszubskiego, czerpie obszernie z folkloru, zwyczajów i legend Kaszubów. Istotnym jej bohaterem jest samo morze, będące zarówno sprzymierzeńcem mieszkańców wybrzeża i ich karmicielem, jak i nieustannym dla nich zagrożeniem. Z niego też wynurzają się różne przedmioty i tajemnice...

The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago

Arthur Conan Doyle

This volume includes two novels, The Shadow of a Great Man and The Tragedy with Corosco, as well as historical stories. The Romans, who conquered Britain several hundred years ago, received orders to return to their homeland, besieged by barbarian troops. And at that moment a British deputation came to the Roman governor to ask for self-government.

Jane Field

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

At first glance, this may seem like a simple fairy tale, but Mary quickly and with lively sympathy brings the various characters and settings to life. The main question is: what will happen to Jane and her daughter?

The Mirror of the Sea

Joseph Conrad, Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrads Mirror of the Sea was a compelling read. From love to death, Conrad explains all this, using his life in the sea to match the human condition. The Mirror of the Sea is mainly about the adventures of Joseph Conrad when he was at sea. In the adventures described above, the author discusses the risks, struggles and dangers of sailing for sailors. While he and the crew sailed, they often encounter a great terrible storm. Sailors always run the risk of a storm, and their ship is sinking. The good thing about this book is that it has a lot of personification.

Czy Polacy mogą się wybić na niepodległość?

Józef Pawlikowski

Tę rozprawę polityczną wydano anonimowo w roku 1800 w Paryżu, ze względów konspiracyjnych podając w publikacji fałszywe miejsce wydania. Rzeczywiste autorstwo, przypisywane wcześniej błędnie m.in. Tadeuszowi Kościuszce, udało się ustalić ponad wiek później. Józef Pawlikowski był prawnikiem, publicystą jakobińskim i pamiętnikarzem epoki rozbiorów, na emigracji sekretarzem i bliskim współpracownikiem Kościuszki. Na postawione w tytule pytanie odpowiada warunkowo.

Temporal Power. A Study in Supremacy

Marie Corelli

This book depicts the machinations and problems concerning the royal family and politicians in power in fictional England. A revolutionary conspiracy gathers momentum in an imaginary country ruled by an unpopular monarch, but it is eventually revealed that a surprising figure is the driving force behind the movement.

The Greene Murder Case

S.S. Van Dine

Gracie Allen in this case is not a famous artist, but a worker in a perfume factory. She involuntarily gives the enchanted Philo Vance all the important clues in this murder of a gangster, in those days when Riverdale in the Bronx was a rural paradise. Vance meets her when she interacts with nature, and then again in a trendy restaurant where her brother plays an important role. For a moment, her mother appears, a gentle, faded lady who turns out to be as sharp as Gracie.