The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories

Mark Twain

The town of Gedliberg boasted of the purity of its morals and virtuous humility. But once the city fathers had the opportunity to pass a test for these qualities. Some eccentric bequeathed a huge amount of money to his benefactor from Gedliberg, whose name does not remember. It remains only to go and impersonate the heir...

Doctor Izard

Anna Katharine Green

Mary Earles mother passed away and then her father disappeared when she was very young. Now, after many years, being adult and not having her own money in her youth, she receives a rather large amount of money. Who wished this money and why? Of course, in this small town in Massachusetts there is a secret that happened many years ago!

Tajemnica żółtego pokoju

Gaston Leroux

Tajemnica żółtego pokoju to powieść w odcinkach autorstwa Gastona Leroux (18681927) francuskiego pisarza i reportera. Zasłynął jako autor powieści detektywistycznych oraz tzw. literatury weird fiction, z której największą sławę przyniósł mu Upiór w operze. W Tajemnicy żółtego pokoju po raz pierwszy pojawił się sympatyczny reporter-detektyw Joseph Rouletabille, którego postać podbiła serca szerokiej rzeszy czytelników.

The Garden Murder Case

S.S. Van Dine

The setting for The Garden Murder Case, the ninth detective novel by S.S. Van Dine, featuring stylish intellectual detective Philo Vance, is a rooftop penthouse. Vance receives a not-so-anonymous phone message that piques his interest in a gathering of Floyd Garden socialites and friends to hear the results of the race in the comfort of his fathers luxurious penthouse.

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.

Biedny Henryk. Baśń niemiecka

Gerhart Hauptmann

Adaptacja średniowiecznego poematu autorstwa Hartmanna von Aue. Opowiada historię szlachetnego rycerza, na którego Bóg zsyła śmiertelną chorobę trąd. Medyk o wątpliwej reputacji mówi mu, że jedynym ratunkiem jest krew z serca dziewicy, która ma dobrowolnie oddać za niego życie. Poemat ten został w 1815 roku przełożony na nowoniemiecki i opracowany przez braci Grimm. Jest to tradycyjna opowieść o trędowatym rycerzu, demonicznym lekarzu i kobiecej zbawicielce.

Ninety-Three

Victor Hugo

The historical novel of the famous and my beloved French writer, a fiery patriot of his homeland, a convinced democrat and great humanist. Hugo, in his novel, imbued with the spirit of freedom and humanity, shows the greatness of the revolutionary coup of the end of the 18th century, the fearlessness and heroism of the French revolutionary people, who staunchly defended their homeland from counter-revolutionary rebels and from foreign interventionists. Glorifying the courage of the French revolutionaries of the late 18th century, their patriotic devotion.

Mother

Maxim Gorky

The novel Mother, one of Gorkys most popular works, was based on the mass demonstration of 1902 in the city of Sormovo. Hence, an exciting plot based on real events, with a sharp political struggle, secret gatherings, searches, arrests, and the selfless heroism of the main revolutionary hero Pavel Vlasov. However, the central image in the novel is Pelageya Nilovna Vlasova, the mother of the hero, one of the most striking and exciting characters in Russian literature, symbolizing the eternal image of the Mother endowed with the gift of unlimited love and patience.

Iole

Robert W. Chambers

This fantasy novel would make a wonderful addition to any bookshelf and is highly recommended for fans and collectors of seminal works. A fantastic satire about the Art Nouveau poet and his eight daughters, who grew up in the countryside and in nature.

A Detectives Triumphs

Dick Donovan

A Detectives Triumphs (1891) by Dick Donovan eleven intriguing detective short stories including: The Mystery of Surgeon-Major Palmer; The Great Ruby Robbery; The Abduction, etc. Dick Donovan is the pseudonym of British author James Edward Preston Muddock (28 May 1843 23 January 1934) who created a private detective, also named Dick Donovan, in the 1890s. Dick Donovan achieved an international reputation as the master sleuth, and is reputedly responsible for American detectives being known popularly as Dicks.

Monday or Tuesday

Virginia Woolf

A woman looks at the mark on the wall and ponders the whims of thoughts and opinions; a series of couples is captured by nostalgia for their past as they stroll among the vibrant colors of Kew Gardens; the heron flies high above cities and towns, lakes and mountains, and below life continues in all its abundance; and blue and green are given in words.

The Huntress

Hulbert Footner

The Huntress written by Hulbert Footner who was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River and in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920. Published in 1922, here a frontier love story with a tough, but intriguing heroine and a reluctant, at first weak, but eventually worthy lover.

Speedy

Max Brand

They called him Speedy because he could outsmart bankers, outfox barkeeps, and outwit bounty hunters faster than any man alive. He arrived on an iron horse. The day he rode into Durfee, he was more than ready to use his skills to make a killing. To Speedy, Durfee didnt look any different from a hundred other towns hed seen before. There were fat bankers waiting for his smooth talk, and lovely young ladies ready to swoon over his smile and his guitar playing. But this time the charming trickster was about to meet his match in a girl out to steal his heart! Every page of this western is full of action and situations that you cant wait to find out how Speedy is going to get out of alive.

Devotee. An Episode in the Life of a Butterfly

Mary Cholmondeley

Mr. Gresley, the dim-witted and self-confident priest who was destined to be largely responsible for the novels runaway success, first appeared, accompanied by his adoring wife, in the short novel Devotee.

The Awakening and Selected Short Stories

Kate Chopin

Awakening is one of the greatest works in American literature. Brilliant beauty Edna Pontellier, together with her husband and two wonderful kids, spend the summer in the resort town of Grand Isle. Ednas unexpected meeting with Robert, a charming young man, suddenly changes the calm and measured life of a woman. Awakening was recognized only many years later.

12 najpiękniejszych powieści z cyklu Komedia ludzka. MultiBook

Honoriusz Balzak

Honoriusz Balzak (17991850) to obok Charlesa Dickensa i Lwa Tołstoja jeden z najważniejszych twórców współczesnej powieści europejskiej. Jest autorem monumentalnego cyklu powieściowego Komedia ludzka, na który składa się ponad 130 utworów. W cyklu tym Balzak potraktował człowieka jako gatunek przyrodniczy i rozpatruje jego odmiany występujące w różnych środowiskach. Siłą napędową jego postaci jest dążenie do kariery i zdobycie pieniędzy. Oprócz pieniądza ważnym tematem jest miłość. Balzak zgłębił psychikę kobiety jak mało który pisarz. W multibooku znalazło się 12 najpiękniejszych powieści z cyklu Komedia ludzka, takich jak: Córka Ewy Kobieta porzucona Gobseck Kobieta trzydziestoletnia Ojciec Goriot Kuratela Eugenia Grandet Proboszcz z Tours Muza z zaścianka Cierpienia wynalazcy Bank Nucingena Sekrety księżnej de Cadignan

Dr. Kildares Hardest Case

Max Brand

Lindley Parker Sessions, commandant of the Yard, stood with his hand on his hips and looked up. There is a saying that even the Devil would make a sailor if he could only learn to look up. However, the Rear Admiral was not staring at the leech of a sail; he was watching the ironworkers as they ran up a new portion of the ways. Welders did most of the construction in the Yard, but for lack of them at this point, Lieutenant Commander Henry Jervis, who supplied the engineering brains for the Rear Admiral, was using a riveting gang.

The Adventures of a Modest Man

Robert W. Chambers

The narrator is a widower with two daughters, living happily into a rather troubling middle age and pushing away his daughters suitors so that his daughters would live with him a little longer. A younger neighbor persuades him to buy a pig and then bets that the boredom of life has so eclipsed his intelligence that he wont be smart enough to stop someone from stealing it. If the narrator loses the bet, he will jump out of his rut by going to Paris.

Барышня-крестьянка (Panna włościanka)

Александр Сергеевич Пушкин, Aleksandr Siergiejewicz Puszkin

Повесть Пушкина «Барышня-крестьянка» 2013 это замечательная, трогательная, легкая и веселая, романтическая история. Помещики Муромский и Берестов 2013 ближайшие соседи, недолюбливающие друг друга по причине разных взглядов на жизнь. У Муромского была дочь-красавица Лиза, а у Берестова 2013 сын Алексей, привлекательный молодой человек. Лиза, заинтересовавшись Алексеем, решает переодеться простой крестьянкой, чтобы хоть издали одним глазком взглянуть на молодого соседского барина. С первой же их встречи они искренне полюбили друг друга. Несмотря на сословное неравенство, Алексей готов жениться на крестьянке, назвавшейся Акулиной. В то же время их отцы решают помириться и поженить своих детей. Влюбленный в Акулину Алексей отказался от женитьбы на Лизе и отправился к ней, чтобы объясниться. Каково же было его удивление и радость, когда в Лизе узнал он свою возлюбленную Акулину...

Najpiękniejsze utwory prozą. MultiBook

Stendhal

Tom zawiera pięć najpiękniejszych utworów prozatorskich Stendhala, francuskiego pisarza, prekursora realizmu w literaturze. Powieści i opowiadania autora stanowią połączenie wątków miłosnych i społecznych. Postacie zapełniające karty utworów Stendhala traktują życie jako przestrzeń, która służy do realizowania swoich pragnień. Chcą podporządkować sobie rzeczywistości. Zwykle odrzucają normy moralne, religijne czy obyczajowe. Swoje namiętności realizują w licznych romansach. W tomie znalazły się następujące utwory: Czerwone i czarne, Pustelnia parmeńska, Kroniki włoskie, Życie Henryka Brulard i Pamiętnik egotysty.

Поликушка (Polikuszka)

Лев Николаевич Толстой, Lew Nikołajewicz Tołstoj

Главной темой произведений великого русского писателя Льва Николаевича Толстого (1828-1910) стало исследование внутреннего мира человека, моральных основ личности. С гениальной дотошностью, почти документально воспроизводит Толстой страшные события крепостной эпохи. Судьбы нескольких людей в этой повести трагически переплетаются 2013 по причине, как считает Толстой, греховной власти денег. Протагонист истории 2013 крестьянин Поликей, у которого очень дурная репутация из-за его пьянства и халатности. Хитрый приказчик решил отдать Поликея в солдаты, спасая от рекрутчины сына богатого мужика Дутлова. А у Поликея пятеро детей 2013 один другого меньше. Взбалмошная и глупая барыня решает пожалеть Поликея и, чтобы дать ему возможность искупить свои прежние вины, она даже даёт ему поручение заехать в город за конвертом с деньгами...

His Back Against the Wall

Max Brand

Bad News for Bad Men is an excellent classic story by the incomparable Max Brand (Frederick Faust). Great read with Maxs leading off to unexpected places with characters you come to know personally. Max leads the reader to characters bigger than life, they come to life as people we wish we knew personally. People who deal with life by taking an active part instead of just observing as it passes by. Brand along with Zane Grey and Louis LAmour form the holy trinity of western writers. If youve read the other two and not Brand, then youre not experiencing everything the western can be. Highly recommended, especially for those who love the Old Western genre!

Last Post

Ford Madox Hueffer

First published in 1928, Last Post is part four of Ford Madox Fords hugely successful Parades End tetralogy. It is about Christopher Tietjens and his life, with World War I as the backdrop. This book is set during a few hours of a day in June, where Tietjens is making a living as a dealer of old furniture. The series has taken the reader from before the war, to during it, and this final novel explores the legacy of it.

Wybór pism. Apologia

Ksenofont

Wybór pism Ksenofonta zawiera niemal wszystkie prace greckiego pisarza i historyka. Pierwszą grupę stanowią pisma sokratyczne i dialogi, które na wzór dialogów Platona przedstawiają obraz i sposób myślenia Sokratesa. Ksenofont rzuca jednak odmienne światło na filozofa, prezentując inne poglądy i zainteresowania. Drugą grupę pism stanowią rozprawy polityczne, historyczne oraz biograficzne.