Sea Warfare

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling, acting as a kind of proto-rooted journalist, spoke about aspects of the Royal Navy in World War I that usually do not receive so much attention. In sections on minesweepers, a merchant marine, submariners, and destroyers, he gave a brief account of the important backstage work they did. Through an interview and a summary of the combat reports, he presented an idea of the culture in which they operate.

The Witch and Other Stories

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

A short story about an unhappy involuntary marriage. Family quarrels, like bad weather in the Russian wilderness: there is nothing worse than becoming an involuntary captive of a blizzard of someone elses spousal abuse. The main character of the story is an ordinary woman with an unfortunate fate. All its features consist only in youth and attractive appearance, and in the still alive soul, which writhes under the weight of the cargo that has landed on it and stubbornly does not want to die, does not want to give up, and everything continues to wait for someone or something. Her husband, a miserable man, considers his wife a witch.

Prince Roman

Joseph Conrad

Prince Roman is a Pole who relinquishes his comfortable position in the aristocracy to fight as an unknown soldier, resisting Russian oppression. In captivity, he has every opportunity to avoid punishment, but he declares his unconditional commitment to the liberation of Poland. As a result, he suffers a quarter century in the imperial equivalent of the Gulag Siberian mines in the ninth century, before returning to live in modest conditions in what should have been his own property, before devoting his life to helping other people.

The Evil Genius

Wilkie Collins

There is literally no such thing as an evil genius, just a lot of depressed people who were not lucky enough to live in the 1800s. This is a historical family drama. A very abrupt end. Its never quite clear who the evil genius is. But he certainly gave us a clear idea of just how devastating adultery can be.

Powrót

Jerzy Żuławski

Powrót to pierwsza część dylogii Laus feminae. Znany i ceniony w środowisku artystycznym literat Roman Turski powraca do Krakowa jako majętny biznesmen, co wzbudza duże zamieszanie wśród miejscowych artystów. Szczególne zainteresowanie okazuje mu Helena Hazarapelianowa, znana femme fatale i łamaczka serc, otoczona licznym gronem adoratorów. Niegdyś należał do nich również główny bohater. To właśnie księżna Helena stanowiła przyczynę wyjazdu Turskiego. Mężczyzna jednak wierzy, że ten etap w jego życiu jest już zakończony i wyrusza do Zakopanego, aby rozpocząć tam interesy.

A Bid for Fortune. Or, Dr Nikolas Vendetta

Guy Boothby

Guy Boothby, an Australian writer, became famous thanks to his famous character the mysterious Dr. Nicolas, who has truly terrible power over people, and a clever con man hiding under the guise of gentlemen. The author deliberately introduces us into the story through a generally outsider who accidentally gets involved in the ups and downs of this story. And the riddle here is not who the criminal is, but what he needs from his victim.

The Years

Virginia Woolf

The action of the novel Years, one of the most significant works of W. Woolf, takes place over fifty years from the 1880s to the mid 30s of the twentieth century. Victorian traditions are breaking down, cars and planes are appearing, the First World War is covering Europe... All this serves as the backdrop for the family saga the history of the Pargiter family: Colonel Abel Pargiter, his wife, lover, seven children, their wives, husbands, numerous relatives...

5 Best Historical Novels. MultiBook

Alexandre Dumas

He is a French writer whose adventure novels made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. He was also a playwright and journalist. Having hired several assistants, he writes novels for newspapers with a sequel adventure, pseudo-historical in nature, which both readers and publishers are happy to buy. Among these works are 5 famous historical multibooks such as: The Count Of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, The Black Tulip, La Reine Margot.

A Personal Record

Joseph Conrad

A Personal Record is the story of the design and manuscript of Caprice Olmeyer, Conrads first novel, as well as the story of his dream about the sea, and the story of his cousin who ate a dog, and the story of a beloved dog presented to his son, but above all, the story of the novel The Olmeyer Caprice, and the strange prototype of the hero of this novel, and a few more words about the man who was the first reader of this novel. At the same time, A Personal Record is not a classic autobiography, the book sometimes resembles a game of association, and it is impossible to predict where the author will bring another memory, another association and the story it generated.

The Inspector General

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

The play is about a petty official Khlestakov, who does not stand out for anything special. He is traveling from St. Petersburg on business with his servant, they stop in one county town, where there was a rumor that the inspector will visit the city soon. Khlestakov, by chance and human imprudence, is mistaken for an auditor who decided to remain incognito. From that moment, all city officials are looking for an opportunity to stay in good standing, give him a bribe so that nothing bad happens.

Co czytałem umarłym

Władysław Szlengel

Władysław Szlengel to jeden z najważniejszych żydowskich poetów okupowanej Warszawy. Jako mieszkaniec getta zapisywał na bieżąco obserwacje z życia w odizolowanej przez Niemców dzielnicy żydowskiej, stanowiące niezwykłe świadectwo o czasie, miejscu i ludziach. Tomik Co czytałem umarłym powstał w styczniu 1943 roku, tuż po akcji wywózki społeczności żydowskiej do obozu koncentracyjnego w Treblince. Po wojnie tomik stał się jednym z manifestów literackich sztuki warszawskiego getta.

The Case of Oscar Brodski

R. Austin Freeman

A suburban train runs over a man lying on the rails. Passengers at the nearest station recognize the famous gem dealer Oscar Brodsky as the deceased. Was it an accident, suicide or murder? In less than half a day, Dr. Thorndike, known for his scientific method of solving crimes, solves the mystery.

Żołnierz samochwał

Plaut

Najpopularniejsza sztuka rzymskiego pisarza Plauta, która swoją sławę zdobyła dzięki tytułowej postaci żołnierza samochwała. Pyrgopolinices to zakochany w sobie wojak, postrzegający siebie jako żołnierza odważnego, nieziemsko przystojnego (bo z urodą wywodzącą się od Wenus i Marsa) i mającego wielkie powodzenie u kobiet. Swoją wielkość i boskie pochodzenie podkreśla bogatym strojem. W rzeczywistości jednak jest on tchórzliwym błaznem.

Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends with a Biographical Sketch

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Correspondence with Knipper is interesting not only as a chronicle of the last years of Chekhovs life, not only as a valuable source of information about the first years of the Art Theater. Knipper took an exceptional place in Chekhovs spiritual life in recent years, and letters to her most fully reflect his inner world in those years, to the extent that Chekhov generally considered it necessary to open this inner world to other, even closest people. In letters to his wife, Chekhovs ability to say something important, significant in a playful form, as if by chance, without lengthy explanations, was especially pronounced.

The Legacy of Cain

Wilkie Collins

This book not only wants to thrill its readers with a chilling story, but also touches on social issues in this case, the debate about whether there is a tendency to crime in a person. Blood is the genetic code, or can it be successfully counteracted by compassionate and virtuous parenting.

Six Golden Angels

Max Brand

Renowned Western writer Max Brand does it again in the eminently enjoyable novel Six Golden Angels. Max Brands action-filled stories of adventure and heroism in the American West continue to entertain readers throughout the world. Brand penned over 200 full-length Westerns in his career, including Destry Rides Again and Montana Rides Again. But in this work, we see Brand in a new role. A familiar situation in the story of the murder of a millionaire which is dismissed by the police but investigated by his nephew. A varied cast of suspects gamblers, actresses, fake socialites lead to a tie-up with a politician and an underworld gang. A few new turns and a fast action story not to mention dialogue with a hard punch.

The Raw Youth

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

The protagonist in the novel is a young man of 19, Arkady Dolgoruky, the illegitimate son of the landowner Versilov and the peasant woman Sophia. From childhood, he almost did not see his parents. He was sent to a special institution for rich children, where he was always humiliated and called, a footman. And after graduating from school he receives a letter from his father, in which he calls Arkady to St. Petersburg, where the main events of the novel take place with him.

Eros i Psyche. Powieść sceniczna w siedmiu rozdziałach

Jerzy Żuławski

Składający się z siedmiu części dramat autorstwa Jerzego Żuławskiego opowiada o walce duszy (Psyche) z materią. Akcja rozgrywa się na przestrzeni kilku wieków, poczynając od starożytności. Autor przedstawia wielkie znaczenie idei w życiu człowieka. Utwór spotkał się z mocną krytyką, uznany za zbyt płytki, podbił jednak serca publiczności. Doczekał się również interpretacji w postaci libretta operowego, skomponowanego przez Ludomira Różyckiego.

Powiastki filozoficzne. Wybór

Voltaire

Powiastka filozoficzna jako gatunek literacki rozwinęła się w oświeceniu, m.in. za sprawą Voltairea i Diderota. Pod płaszczykiem lekkiej narracyjnej formy, wykorzystującej satyrę obyczajową i wątki awanturnicze czy romansowe, propagowała idee filozoficzne i stawiała kluczowe dla danego nurtu pytania. Pisane ciętym, błyskotliwym, pełnym humoru językiem Powiastki Voltairea pozostają dziełem ponadczasowym, ilustrującym zamiłowanie autora do wolności i mądrości.

The Scarab Murder Case

S.S. Van Dine

All the action takes place within 36 hours, and during this time, Van Dyne collected many action games, red herring, suspects, humor and lessons from Egyptian history. He is joined by his friend John F. Markham, the New York County District Attorney, and his able assistant Sergeant Ernest Heath. Kyle was found dead in the private museum of the Egyptologist Dr. Mindrum V.K. Bliss at the foot of a large statue of Anubis with a smaller statue of Sakhmet, which seemed to have fallen on his skull from the top of a neighboring shelf.

Flowing Gold

Rex Beach

Calvin Gray is a swindler who won immediate sympathy from readers. Its sleek, stylish, smart and full of life. However, the best thing about him is that he is sincere, noble and always on the right side of the law.

Ovingdean Grange

William Harrison Ainsworth

A historical romance with a lot of local flavor. The action takes place in the South Downs, England. Everything revolves around the Civil War.

Freya of the Seven Isles

Joseph Conrad

This is an exciting saga located in the Indian Ocean basin, against the stormy backdrop of barely suppressed military operations between the Dutch and British merchant fleets, told by one of Conrads classic passages. After all, Freyas unique perspective on the sharply etched nature is one of Conrads most piercing studies of how power hunger can lead people to greatness or its opposite.

Woyzeck

Georg Büchner

Dramat zainspirowany procesem sądowym tragicznego mordercy Woyzecka. Franz Woyzeck, mimo pełnienia służby wojskowej, nie posiada wystarczającej sumy pieniędzy, aby ożenić się z Marią, matką swojego dziecka. Ta zaś zakochuje się w postawnym majorze. Franz postanawia wyładować swoją frustrację na niewinnej osobie. Georg Büchner to niemiecki pisarz i rewolucjonista, a także wykładowca anatomii na uniwersytecie w Zurychu. Zmarł w wieku 23 lat na tyfus.