Wesele Figara. Komedia w pięciu aktach prozą

Pierre Beaumarchais

Figaro, sługa hrabiego Almavibyego, chce wziąć ślub z pokojówką Zuzanną, ale jego pan planuje przywrócić prawo pierwszej nocy, aby zdobyć kobietę. Figaro, Zuzanna oraz hrabina obmyślają więc sprytny plan, w którym to hrabina przebiera się za dziewczynę i idzie do łoża swego męża. Przebranie okazuje się być tak dobre, że nie wprowadza w błąd jedynie hrabiego, ale też samego Figara. Komedia odniosła duży sukces i spotkała się z bardzo dobrym odbiorem, choć nie obyło się bez kontrowersji na dworze francuskim.

Let Loose

Mary Cholmondeley

A tale of the sinister afterlife of Sir Robert Depard, a local magnate who lived a dissolute life in Yorkshire. The story is told by an unnamed gentleman who travels around Holland with his brother-in-law (Mr Blake) to study architecture. The gentleman wonders why Mr. Blake never takes off his high collar around his neck.

Madam Crowls Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

This short story is an excellent representative of the Victorian era Gothic prose. Bright, capacious, in the details and most importantly interesting. An elderly governess decided to share a scary story from her past by the fireplace. When the woman was still young, she went to help her aunt for an ancient old woman who had survived from her mind. It was a little uneasy when Madame Crowley got up from her bed in a crazy outfit, in high heels, with long nails and false eyebrows and scared the girl half to death. The mumbling of the dead boy added to the sensation of something terrible.

Dr. Thorndykes Case-Book

R. Austin Freeman

This book is a collection of short stories about one of Sherlock Holmes most prominent rivals: Dr. Thorndyke and Jervis. Doyles characters may be better, but Freeman spins a lot of mysteries based on reasoning.

The Barbarians

Robert W. Chambers

This is the story of what happened to a dozen malcontents who could no longer tolerate dirty business in Europe and politicians at home. This is an exciting story that will keep you in suspense until the end of the story.

Notwithstanding

Mary Cholmondeley

The story begins with Annette Georges choosing between two evil destinies. She is rescued by a kind woman who looks after her until she can live with her aunts in a village in little England along with a vicar and afternoon tea. There she meets and befriends various people, and her past seems to have some bearing on the lives of those she befriends.

Kaprys. Komedia w jednym akcie

Alfred de Musset

Pogrążona w nieszczęściu Matylda próbuje odzyskać swojego męża Henryka de Chavigny, który po roku małżeństwa traci zainteresowanie i wdaje się w romans. Aby nakłonić mężczyznę do powrotu, w tajemnicy przygotowuje dla niego niespodziankę ręcznie wykonaną sakiewkę. Ten jednak posiada już jedną, darowaną mu przez kogoś innego. Zrozpaczona kobieta zwierza się swojej przyjaciółce, pani de Lerry, a ta postanawia dać nauczkę niewiernemu Henrykowi.

Wyllards Weird

Mary Elizabeth Braddon

Wyllards Weird is a little-known sensational novel by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. The story mainly concerns the riddle of a young girl who dies as a result of a fall from a train in motion. Was it a murder? Or was it suicide? Amateur detective makes his mission to solve the mystery at the request of old love. The discoveries he makes lead him to a double murder committed ten years ago. Were they connected? If so, then the same murderous hand struck again.

Tess of the dUrbervilles. A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented

Thomas Hardy

This story of temptation, love and betrayal formed the basis of the scripts of several film adaptations. The young beauty, the daughter of an impoverished descendant of an ancient aristocratic family, seemed to be created for happiness. But suffering persecutes Tess, she becomes a victim of the words of the voluptuous bourgeois, loses her child, experiences the betrayal of her husband... Once a victim is a victim for life! Such is the law! She says, but a riot ripens for her soul...

The Misers Daughter

William Harrison Ainsworth

Randulph Crewe is an unusual name for a young hero. Hilda Scarve is the daughter of a titled miser. The denouement of the plot hinges on the making of wills and inheritance of property, and there is a secret love affair (between Randulphs uncle and Hildas mother) that comes from the past.

Toilers of the Sea

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo wrote many of his works while in exile, which lasted 19 years. He spent most of this exile on the English islands. The story begins with the description of the islands... Letyerri has two loves in life his ship Durand and his niece Deryushetta. Letyerri, due to the machinations of his companion Kleben, is losing the ship. The ship is destroyed, but the steam engine itself is intact. Deryushettas hand is promised to someone who will be able to return him an expensive car.

Across the Stream

E.F. Benson

A mixture of romance and paranormal. The story of a child who belongs to the upper class. The main character, Archie, saw something strange in women. They wore skirts that might have hidden some kind of abnormality that would be scary to contemplate. Men were a true example of courage.

Going Some

Rex Beach

Four cowboys leaned over the barbed-wire fence that marked the dividing line between the Centipede Ranch and their own, gazing mournfully into a summer night that only distant southwestern countries know. The great yellow stars hung thick and low, so low that it seemed as if an outstretched hand might rip them off, and the silent air swept over the thousands of open miles of land lying fresh and fragrant under the velvety darkness.

Юность (Młodość)

Лев Николаевич Толстой, Lew Nikołajewicz Tołstoj

Идет шестнадцатая весна Николая Иртеньева. Он готовится к экзаменам в университет, переполнен мечтаниями и размышлениями о будущем своем предназначении. Богатый эмоциональный мир героя, его мечты о большой любви, о будущем супружеском счастье, его необыкновенная нравственная чистота вызывают к нему горячий интерес и симпатию. Иртеньев стремится к самодисциплине и нравственному самосовершенствованию. Для этих целей он заводит специальную тетрадь, чтобы записывать свои жизненные принципы, которым он намерен неукоснительно следовать. 201eЮность201d 2013 третья и заключительная повесть в псевдо-автобиографической трилогии Льва Николаевича Толстого, впервые напечатана в 1857 году.

Фауст (Faust). Трагедия в двух частях

Иоганн Вольфганг фон Гёте, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Это одно из лучших литературных произведений, написанных Гете. Миф о безумном ученом, который готов заключить договор с Мефистофелем. Дьявол выполняет все его желания на Земле. Однако, расплата очевидна 2013 ученый должен служить дьяволу после смерти. Главный герой проживает и вправду прекрасный отрезок своей жизни. Он влюбляется и наслаждается прекрасным времяпровождением со своей возлюбленной. Но время сделки подходит к концу и время расплаты настало.

The Flaming Jewel

Robert W. Chambers

Its an action-packed story set deep in an American forest shortly after World War I. There are international jewel thieves, rum dealers, gruesome deaths, a couple of sweet romances, betrayal, hidden identities, and multiple plot twists.

7 to 12. A Detective Story

Anna Katharine Green

A tall, elegant middle-aged woman sat in front of a mirror, and the finishing touches of her rich toilet seat young woman were kneeling on the floor next to her. The noted picture, and this is not from belonging to the wealth and splendor observed everywhere, but from the character of two persons who, although of completely different composition, and possibly belong to the two extremes of society, were both remarkable for their strength and individuality of expression, but also the appearance of anxiety and suppressed anxiety that made them both look like the shadows of one deep dark thought

The Lovels of Arden

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.

Sheila McLeod. A Heroine of the Back Blocks

Guy Boothby

It was raining a little before noon, and now, standing on the veranda of my station, looking at the blue lagoon with the edge of a boiling surf, I was lucky not only to have one of the best paintings in the South Pacific, but to clearly smell the sweet aroma of flowers jasmine and wild lime in the jungle that covered the hillside behind me. I went to one end of the veranda and stopped watching a group of local girls who were preparing a tappa at the nearest hut then to the other, and looked into my crowded copra shed and from it to the bare shelves of the large trading room opposite.

Cross Currents

Ladbroke Black

On December 26, 2004, one of the largest earthquakes in human history occurred off the coast of Indonesia, causing a series of powerful tsunamis that hit countries bordering the Indian Ocean. Koh Phi Phi is a beautiful butterfly-shaped island off the coast of Thailand, an island that has long been a favorite destination for tourists. This is a fictional account of this disaster, of what happened, of the tragedies and triumphs of that day.

Kobieta o dwóch nazwiskach

Josef Smith Fletcher

Anglia, początek XX wieku. Marshall Allerdyke dostaje w nocy telegram od kuzyna Jamesa, w którym zostaje poproszony o niezwłoczne spotkanie. Jednak gdy zjawia się na miejscu, zastaje tam martwego kuzyna oraz klamerkę od damskiego pantofla. Właścicielką zguby okazuje się tajemnicza kobieta, która przedstawia się jako panna Lennard. Co łączy ją ze sceną zbrodni? I czy na pewno jest tym, za kogo się podaje? Odkrycie tej tajemnicy okazuje się dużo trudniejsze, niż się z początku wydawało.

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.

Najpiękniejsze opowieści dla dzieci. MultiBook

Janusz Korczak

Janusz Korczak, właśc. Henryk Goldszmit (18781942) był polsko-żydowskim lekarzem i pedagogiem, a także pisarzem i działaczem społecznym. Wypracował oryginalny system pracy z dziećmi, oparty na partnerstwie i szacunku. Przyświecające mu idee formułował w postaci opowieści dla dzieci. Na tom składają się następujące utwory: Król Maciuś Pierwszy, Król Maciuś na wyspie bezludnej, Kajtuś czarodziej, Mośki, Joski i Srule, Józki, Jaśki i Franki oraz Bankructwo małego Dżeka.

The Man from Manchester

Dick Donovan

The book, written in the 19 c. by British journalist and author of mystery and horror fiction J. E. Preston Muddock. For a time his detective stories were as popular as those of Arthur Conan Doyle. It is about a married gentleman, first accused of murder of his lover and later acquitted due to brilliant investigation by police in spite of alleged heavy evidence against the gentleman. The real murder, ex-husband of the victim, is pretty evident to the reader.