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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mountains of the Moon

T.C. Bridges

Jim was a tall boy, taller than Bart and probably a year older, and would have looked nice if not for his conceited expression. His hair was black as ink, he had very dark eyes, and his skin was darker than that of an ordinary Englishman. Behind him was a small plump guy who looked like a groom or nursery. The new arrival looked at his dogs, then turned to Bart.

Cheyenne Gold

Max Brand

The most dangerous killer in Alaska, Menneval sends a certain Bill Ranger to California in search of information about his father and son Crosson. After many setbacks, Bill finally finds the Crossons in the woods. The life of father and son is shrouded in deep mystery. Bill will be with them to become a member of incredible adventures and bloody skirmishes.

Pokonani

Hanna Cygler

Książka opowiada o barwnym i burzliwym życiu Hallmanów i Sarnowskich w niełatwych czasach odbudowy Polski i panującego w niej zamętu politycznego. Bohaterowie powieści próbują uwolnić się od koszmaru wojennych przeżyć, ale czy uwikłani w nie do końca nie wyjaśnione sprawy zdołają odzyskać utracony spokój... Ta pełna dramaturgii powieść skłania do refleksji nad wyborami, których dokonujemy każdego dnia i których dokonuje za nas historia.

In Praise of a Suffolk Cottage

Mary Cholmondeley

Most of the stories were written in a cottage in Suffolk. Everyone now has a so-called cottage. This is a story about how a seemingly simple cottage won the heart of the protagonist and it happened for a reason.

Wiersze. Wybór

Wacław Potocki

Wacława Potockiego do dziś uznaje się za jednego z najważniejszych poetów dawnej Polski. W swojej twórczości łączył rozliczne wątki charakterystyczne dla baroku: ziemiańskie, religijne, antyklerykalne oraz patriotyczne. Uprawiał różnorodne gatunki poetyckie: romanse, fraszki, poematy, pieśni. Jest też autorem staropolskiej epopei narodowej zatytułowanej Transakcja wojny chocimskiej....

Скучная история (Nieciekawa historia). Из записок старого человека

Антон Павлович Чехов, Anton Pawłowicz Czechow

Одинокими мы приходим в этот мир и одинокими уходим из него. И только это есть несокрушимая истина. Живем мы тоже будучи одинокими, но столкновения с иными одиночествами рождает у нас иллюзию, что это не так. А вот те, кто осознает процесс собственного умирания, оказываются на самом ветродуе. Главному герою в полной мере досталась 201eчаша сия201d. «Скучная история» Антона Павловича Чехова (186020131904), впервые опубликованный в 1889 году 2013 это трагедия знаменитого ученого, благополучного и уважаемого человека, история, рассказанная 62 летним профессором Николаем Степановичем, более 30 лет прослужившем в университете, о жизни, взаимоотношениях с коллегами и домашними: женой, дочерью Лизой, воспитанницей Катей, о сложившихся привычках и представлениях...

Dr. Delmores Secret

Fenton Ash

Dr. Delmores Secret is an absorbing tale of mystery by Fenton Ash, author of at least three Lost-World novels. Little is known about Aubrey/Atkins. He was involved in a scandal at the turn of the century and sentenced to nine months imprisonment for obtaining money by deception. After leaving prison he dropped the name Frank Aubrey and in his early 60s, following a three-year hiatus began writing as Fenton Ash.

Twenty-Six and One and Other Stories

Maxim Gorky

The poem in prose Twenty-Six and One is based on the writers impressions related to life in Kazan and work in Semenovs bakery. Gorky considers the image of a tramp, revealing its negative qualities. The work tells about twenty-six bakers, attitude, feelings, the behavior of which is presented by the author as the attitude of one person. This is achieved by using Gorky a huge number of pronouns we are all

A Crime of the Under-Seas

Guy Boothby

There is an old saying that one half of the world does not know how the other half lives, but as far as this is true, very few of us really understand. In the East, indeed, it is almost amazing. There are people involved in trade, some of whom are very profitable, about whom the world as a whole has never heard of, and which an ordinary Englishman, in all likelihood, would refuse to believe, even if the most reliable evidence had been provided before him.

Privy Seal

Ford Madox Hueffer

Ford Madox Ford was a prolific English novelist and poet in the early 20th century. Ford wrote the best-selling novel The Good Soldier, as well as the Parades End series. Privy Seal is the second novel in the well-known Fifth Queen trilogy that recreates Tudor England in a masterful story of court intrigue, romance, and betrayal. Here Ford focuses on the figure of Thomas Cromwell, a powerful advisor to the King who comes to see Katharine as a rival whose good nature threatens his ambitious political agenda.

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit

Beatrix Potter

Do you know what happens to bad rabbits who dont say please? This, along with The Story of Miss Moppet was designed as a simple tale, intended for very young children with an important lesson in good manners, of what befalls a rude little rabbit who doesnt say please when he wants something, but instead just takes it from someone else. The fierce bad rabbit learns the consequences of his unkind actions in an unusual way! The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit is number 20 in Beatrix Potters series of 23 little books. One of the worlds greatest childrens writers and illustrators, Beatrix Potter created some of the most recognizable characters in English literature, including Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Benjamin Bunny.

The Story of Sonny Sahib

Sara Jeannette Duncan

Kanpur has a marble angel, which is located in a very quiet garden and fenced off even from trees and flowers by a wall. The angel looks down, miserable sorrow stands next to her, that no one wants to touch her with words. People just come, look and silently leave. Sonni Sahibs father believed that everything he could learn during his lifetime about the fate of his wife and young son was written there.