Brylant śmieci

Joseph Smith Fletcher

W jednym z londyńskich lombardów Andrew Lauriston znajduje zwłoki właściciela przybytku, starego Daniela Multeniusa. Podejrzenia policji od razu kierują się w stronę Lauristona początkującego, wybitnie nieśmiałego literata. Tylko czy byłby on zdolny dokonać tak makabrycznej zbrodni? Na miejscu znaleziono również pozostawiony manuskrypt oraz platynową szpilkę z grawerunkiem. Do kogo należały? I czy ma to jakiś związek z morderstwem?

On the Wallaby. Or, Through the East and Across Australia

Guy Boothby

A prolific Australian novelist, Guy Boothby was noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century. In 1894 he published On the Wallaby; or, Through the East and Across Australia, an account of the travels of himself and his brother, including a description of their journey across Australia from Cooktown to Adelaide. He wrote over 50 books over the course of a decade.

Matka. Dramat w czterech aktach

Stanisław Przybyszewski

Matka to dramat autorstwa Stanisława Przybyszewskiego, wydany w 1902 roku. Konrad od lat dziecięcych jest zakochany w córce przyjaciela swojej matki, Hance. Uczucie to zostaje przerwane po śmierci ojca, gdy na prośbę matki wyjeżdża na 10 lat za granicę. Po powrocie odkrywa, że jego dawna miłość jest już młodą kobietą, jeszcze piękniejszą, niż ją zapamiętał. Dawne uczucia odżywają, ale ani matka, ani jej partner, nie patrzą przychylnie na małżeństwo młodej pary.

Laus feminae

Jerzy Żuławski

Laus feminae to dwuczęściowa powieść (która w zamyśle miała być trylogią, jednak plan zniweczyła śmierć autora) o znanym i cenionym w środowisku artystycznym literacie Romanie Turskim. Powraca on do Krakowa jako majętny biznesmen, co wzbudza duże zamieszanie wśród miejscowych artystów. Szczególnym zainteresowanie okazuje Helena Hazarapelianowa, znana femme fatale i łamaczka serc, otoczona zawsze licznym gronem adoratorów, do których niegdyś należał również główny bohater.

A Clergymans Daughter

George Orwell

Dorothy has always been a believer. Her father, a priest, helped her believe in God, and now the girl sincerely tries to be correct. She punishes herself for every misconduct, leads a household and an active social life, waiting with horror for censure. But one day she lost her memory. Now Dorothy is stuck with the vagabonds, where no faith exists.

Życie i miłostki imperatorowej Katarzyny II

Stanisław Antoni Wotowski

Stanisław Antoni Wotowski to owiany aurą tajemniczości i kontrowersji twórca okresu dwudziestolecia międzywojennego. Zasłynął jako znawca okultyzmu, magii i masonerii. Był policjantem, a jako prywatny detektyw tropił skandale towarzyskie, skąd czerpał materiał do swojej twórczości. Pisał kryminały, których akcja często rozgrywała się w wyższych sferach, oraz tzw. sensacyjne powieści historyczne, w których wątki faktograficzne oplatał sensacyjną fabułą. Równie tajemnicza jak jego życie była jego śmierć do dziś niewyjaśniona.

La Comtesse de Rudolstadt

George Sand

Consuelo fait partie des uvres les plus célebres et les plus populaires de lécrivain français George Sand. Femme tempéramentale et romantique, George Sand a généreusement partagé avec son hérone des souvenirs et des fruits de pensées inspirées... Une nouvelle rencontre avec Consuelo la peau sombre est une excellente occasion de vous plonger dans latmosphere de cette époque galante pleine de dangers et de passion authentique, quand les gens ont su vivre en pleine force et mourir avec le sourire.

15 Collected Westerns of Zane Grey. MultiBook

Zane Grey

Zane Gray was an American author, known on both sides of the ocean for his Westerns popular novels and adventure stories that represented a solid, idealized image of the Old West. From his pen came out over 60 books of westerns, on which more than 100 films were shot. The multibook includes the most read novels of the author, such as: Forlorn River, Nevada, Arizona Ames, Majestys Rancho, Knights of the Range, Under the Tonto Rim, The Thundering Herd, West of the Pecos, The Hash Knife Outfit, Twin Sombreros, Lost Pueblo, The Trail Driver, The Drift Fence, Valley of Wild Horses, The Wilderness Trek.

9 największych tragedii starogreckich. MultiBook

Ajschylos, Sofokles, Eurypides

9 największych tragedii starogreckich to zbiór tragedii największych ateńskich poetów: Ajschylosa, Sofoklesa oraz Eurypidesa, twórców nowego gatunku, jakim jest dramat, ukazujący w sposób nowatorski ludzki los, cierpienia i namiętności. Do zbioru zaliczają się: Ajschylos Oresteja, Prometeusz w okowach, Sofokles Elektra, Król Edyp, Antygona, Eurypides Bachantki, Hippolytos uwieńczony, Ifigenia w Aulidzie, Medea.

A Queen of Atlantis

Frank Aubrey

Frank Aubrey, the author of The Devil Tree of Eldorado, has ventured again to write a wild and romantic tale of adventure. A Queen of Atlantis is the second of his trilogy of novels. This story relates the discovery of a telepathic race living in the Sargasso Sea. A wonderful tale of the mythical continent, told with outstanding imaginative ingenuity, chronicling the adventures of the near-immortal Monella. The readers interest is sustained from the start and the experiences are thrilling!

A Friend of Caesar. A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic

William Stearns Davis

Although it is a work of fiction and the story, dialogue and structure are perfect, the historical facts and perspective are very reliable as the author was a university professor specializing in this period. You will see how the pagan religions of that time influenced men and women. This book will appeal to fans of historical novels about the Roman Empire.

The Frogs

Aristophanes

Aristophanes is revered as the father of comedy. He wrote over forty works, of which eleven reached us. Centuries have passed, but the comedies of Aristophanes continue to live. The political events that Aristophanes criticized in his works have long faded into the past, but the author enjoys the inexhaustible comic ingenuity of the author, his wit and ingenious courage with which he derives the funny from everything that he touches.

Faust. Tragedii część pierwsza i druga

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Dramat w dwóch częściach niemieckiego polityka, badacza i poety Johanna Wolfganga von Goethego, tworzony przez niego blisko 60 lat. Faust to uczony, który po latach, mimo ogromu swojej wiedzy, odkrywa, że ludzki umysł jest zbyt ograniczony, aby w pełni poznać sens istnienia. W jego pracowni pojawia się Mefistofeles, który założył się z Bogiem, że uda mu się opętać duszę uczonego. Kusi go, proponując zostanie jego duchowym przewodnikiem, co ma pozwolić mu poznać sens istnienia. W zamian za to Faust musi oddać mu swoją duszę.

A Daughter of To-day. A Novel

Sara Jeannette Duncan

This is a short novel about Elfrida, a young girl who gets her art education before being forced to realize that her talents may lie elsewhere instead. She runs away to Europe hoping to find a career in journalism. She read in many magazines.

Milly Darrell

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Milly Darrell isnt the narrator, but the story is based around her. Mary Crofton is a new governess who meets her in school, and agrees to spend her vacation with Milly. She soon has to deal with the intrigues of Millys evil stepmother Augusta and possessive cousin Julian. Fortunately, Mary figures out that Milly is being poisoned thanks to noticing the wrong cork on a medicine bottle. Augustas no Lady Audley.

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.

Man and Wife

Wilkie Collins

The novel is set in England in the mid-nineteenth century. Due to the imperfection of the marriage legislation of England, Ireland and Scotland and the presence of conflicting articles in it, a woman becomes a victim of her scoundrel husband, and then her daughter falls into the same situation many years later. But fate, although cruel, is fair with the help of friends, the girl manages to overcome all difficulties and obstacles, save her life and find her happiness.

The Kidnapped President

Guy Boothby

Many changes, hesitations, lives at stake... It is not easy to put this story aside. It is unpredictable and full of action. When the presidents are fighting for a share of power, our hero can do everything to keep his honor and not get caught in the crossfire.

The Infidel

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Antonia Thornton is raised to be a religious skeptic by her father, but has doubts after meeting with Oxford Methodists, such as Stobard. Lord Killrush is impressed by her beauty and intelligence and suggests making her his mistress. Dying from consumption, as people did in the old days, Killrush agrees to marry her. Provided that she marries no one.

Palę Paryż

Bruno Jasieński

Powieść Brunona Jasieńskiego Palę Paryż została opublikowana w 1928 roku w odcinkach na łamach socjalistycznej francuskiej gazety LHumanité, co wzbudziło duże kontrowersje. Utwór stanowił odpowiedź na nowelę Paula Moranda Palę Moskwę, którą Brunon uznał za antyproletariacki paszkwil. Postanowił więc odgryźć się i spalić burżuazyjną Francję. Wywołało to ogromny skandal i falę protestów paryżan, którzy domagali się wydalenia Jasieńskiego z Francji.

The Haunted and the Haunters. Or, The House and the Brain

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), a prolific Victorian novelist, member of Parliament, and Secretary of State for the colonies, wrote in a variety of genres, including historical fiction, mystery, romance, the occult, and science fiction. The protagonist of this book thinks that all stories related to ghosts, could be explained with a reasonable point of view. Now he has to solve the mystery of a haunted house... What adventures did he face? Read the story to know!

Sun and Sand

Max Brand

A collection of three short exciting stories by Max Brand aka Federick Faust. Brand has been labeled one of the top three Western novelists of all time so western fans will be in for a treat. It includes The Flaming Rider, Outlaw Buster and Sun and Sand. Three western stories about men who appear to be lacking the intelligence and skills to survive on the frontier but are able to achieve success where others had failed. Sun and Sand is the story of a youth known only as Jigger. It is his misfortune to buy a key chain from a pawnbroker that has on it a key to a post office box. In that box, Jigger finds a map to a notorious outlaws cache, buried in a fierce desert region; however, Jigger is not the only one seeking this treasure...

Rewards and Fairies

Rudyard Kipling

A year has passed. Dan and Una have matured and again return to the village for the summer. There, Pak is already waiting for them with new stories and acquaintances, to again lead the children into the intricate labyrinth of British history, mythology and folklore.

After Dark

Wilkie Collins

When Night Falls is a complex novel. Six fascinating stories, full of mystery and tension, are collected by the author into a single picture, worthy of taking its place among the most exquisite works of classic English literature. The stories consist of formal introductions to each story, including character sketches of the alleged narrators, a fictional portrait painter taking a break from sore eyes, and diary entries of the artists wife.