The History of Troilus and Cressida

William Shakespeare

This is a very unusual play. Maybe thats why little known. The scene of action is Troy, the time of the siege that glorified it. Heroes Agamemnon, Priam, Achilles, Hector, Menelaus, Paris, Elena. The main reason for the war is to return the prodigal Helen Cuckold Menelaus. Yes exactly. Trojans defend themselves by doubting the right to hold an unfaithful wife. The Greeks besiege, doubting the reason to besiege.

Faust. A tragedy

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The great Goethe invented his Faust when he was a little over twenty years old, and completed the tragedy a few months before his death. This work was the result of the philosophical and artistic searches of the author a poet, playwright, prose writer, the greatest scientist of his time, a man of encyclopedic knowledge. The hero of the tragedy, Dr. Johann Faust, lived in the first half of the 16th century and was known as a magician and a warlock who, having rejected modern science and religion, sold his soul to the devil.

Queen Zixi of Ix. Or, The Story of the Magic Cloak

L. Frank Baum

Another enchanting tale of juvenile literature from the creator of The Wizard of Oz. L. Frank Baum dedicated the book Queen Zixi of Ix, or The Story of the Magic Cloak to his oldest son, Frank Joslyn Baum. In it, the queen of fairies creates a magic cloak which grants its wearer a single wish. Meanwhile, an orphan boy becomes the new king of Noland and his sister gains the cloak which is stolen by the Queen of Zixi, who wishes her mirror to show her as the beautiful young woman she appears instead of showing her appearance at her true age of 683 years. Adventures ensue, armies attack and retreat, and good wins out when the fairy queen takes back the magic cloak. The cloak turns out to be a source of trouble as well as a blessing. Baum packs this adventure with his customary humor, inventive fantasies, and captivating characters.

Cardillac

Robert Barr

Robert Barr (18491912) was a Scottish-Canadian short story writer and novelist, born in Glasgow, Scotland who relocated to London in 1881 where he founded the magazine The Idler in 1892 in collaboration with Jerome K Jerome. In 1895 he retired from its co-editorship and became a prolific novelist. His famous detective character Eugéne Valmont, fashioned after Sherlock Holmes, is said to be the inspiration behind Agatha Christies Hercule Poirot. Some of his works include: In the Midst of Alarms, a story of the attempted Fenian invasion of Canada in 1866; A Woman Intervenes, a story of love, finance, and American journalism; and Countess Tekla, a historical novel. Mr. Robert Barrs Cardillac is a machine-made historical tale of the time of King Louis XIII, set in old France.

The Earl of Nowhere

Edgar Wallace

Every city has its own peculiar voice. Neither the harsh roar of London, the nerve destroying staccato of sound which belongs exclusively to New York, nor the kettledrum buzz of Madrid is comparable with the voice of Paris, which is mainly vocal.""Queer thing about Paris, sir," said Jim Selby, "somebody is always talking.""The staid Vice-Councillor of the British Embassy lifted his head, and, being literally-minded, listened.""I hear nobodyexcept you," he said.""The Earl of Nowhere" includes the short stories from incomparable Edgar Wallace. Few people today would recognize the name "Edgar Wallace" but before his death in 1933 he was a literary force to be reckoned with. He was both prolific and popular and his books reportedly sold at the rate of 5,000 a day.

The Prairie. A Tale

James Fenimore Cooper

The Prairie: A Tale (1827) is a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, the 3rd novel written by him featuring Natty Bumppo. Civilization drives old hunter Natty Bumppo (Leatherstocking) west of the Mississippi to the prairies, where he becomes a trapper and helps a band of emigrants in their conflicts with Indians, miscreants, and the harsh environment. We find Hawkeye removed to the uncharted territory which would become Wyoming and the Dakotas. Having fled the relentless sound of axes hewing down his beloved forests in the east, the Leatherstocking is now in his eighties and has isolated himself in the land of the Pawnee, the Sioux and countless herds of buffalo. Culminating in a magnificently written death scene, The Prairie brings the old hunter full circle with images of his youth and reminiscences of the remarkable life which made him the prototype of the American Hero.

Czahary

Maria Rodziewiczówna

Akcja tej popularnej powieści rozgrywa się w końcu XIX wieku na Kresach. Tytułowe Czahary to majątek stanowiący część spadku, o który spierają się dzieci starego Janickiego. Dwaj zaborczy bracia nie chcą wziąć pod uwagę tego, co należy się trzeciemu, Wacławowi, uznanemu za zaginionego. Ich siostra Kasia upiera się jednak przy sprawiedliwym podziale dóbr. Tylko ona wie, że Wacław żyje... Opowieść o triumfie szlachetności, prawości i kobiecej odwadze na tle wspaniałych, kresowych krajobrazów.

Cadets of the Dolphin

Fenton Ash

Welcome to the important and meaningful boys adventure novel of Francis Henry Atkins which is The Cadets of the Dolphin. Aubrey, Frank (pseudonym of Francis Henry Atkins) was a British writer of pulp fiction, in particular science fiction aimed at younger readers. Despite his commercial success at the time, little is known about Atkins personal life.

Heart of the Sunset

Rex Beach

She was a brave young woman, born in the desert, alone, lost in the suffocating heat of the South Texas desert, with a sore throat from the drought. Elair Austin staggered to a watering hole she knew existed. And with him, she will find Texas Ranger David Lowe. She had no idea that this chance encounter at the only watering hole in fifty square miles of scorched desert would be the beginning of the greatest adventure of her life.

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

Cette histoire parle de méthodes déducation barbares. David est né a moitié orphelin. Au début, le garçon a grandi entouré de lamour de sa mere et de sa nourrice, mais avec lavenement de son beau-pere, un tyran tetu qui considere lenfant comme son fardeau, il a du oublier son ancienne vie. Beau-pere a décidé déduquer David par des méthodes grossieres.

His Fight for a Pardon

Max Brand

One of many recommended westerns by this prolific author. Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary westerns under the pen name Max Brand. In this short story told in the first person, Leon Porfilo, an outlaw of poor beginnings and lowly ancestry, goes up against Jeffrey Dinsmore, a gentleman outlaw born of the privileged class, in an attempt to clear his name and gain a pardon. In His Fight for a Pardon Max Brand depicts the power of the press to shape public opinion. Experience the West as only Max Brand could write it!

Valentine

George Sand

Cest une histoire sur les calculs libres, purs et dénués damour dune jeune et riche héritiere du titre comptant Valentina, qui a donné son coeur au pauvre jeune garçon Benoît. Pour le bien dun tre cher, la jeune fille est prte rompre les liens du domaine et faire des sacrifices. Grâce lhabileté de lauteur limage dune véritable sensualité et dune analyse subtile des expériences des personnages, cette intrigue apparemment ordinaire de la plupart des histoires damour captive des les premieres pages.

The Complete Sherlock Holmes Stories. MultiBook

Arthur Conan Doyle

It is this collection that includes stories that became insanely popular in the early 20th century and still remain popular. This story is about one of the greatest detectives of our time, recorded by his friend and partner. A resident of an unpretentious house on Baker Street, one after another, reveals the most difficult cases, easily transforms into bandits, booksellers, chimney sweeps. he multibook includes the most read novels of the author, such as: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Valley of Fear, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, His Last Bow, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes.

The Justice of Amru

Henry Bedford-Jones

Written in the cycle of tales by H. Bedford-Jones, The Justice of Amru tells how fanatic followers of Mohammed stormed out of Arabia in the seventh century to slaughter the Greek troops of the Great Eastern Empire and conquer Egypt... and again the strange Sphinx Emerald came to the scene to play its part in the unrolling historic drama.

Хаджи-Мурат (Hadżi-Murat)

Лев Николаевич Толстой, Lew Nikołajewicz Tołstoj

«Хаджи-Мурат» Льва Толстого 2013 известная историческая повесть, которая была опубликована только после смерти писателя и стала его последним произведением, а также художественным завещанием автора. Это история храброго аварца 2013 воина, отца и несгибаемого бойца 2013 Хаджи Мурата. Главный герой 2013 реальное историческое лицо, он был известным воином Кавказской войны, принимая участие в битвах против русских. В небольшую повесть Лев Толстой вкладывает десятки проблемных вопросов, заставляющих задуматься о морали, дружбе и предательстве, любви и ненависти. «Хаджи-Мурат» показывает настоящую цену счастья, описывая самые потайные уголки человеческой души, любящего жизнь, но идущего по краю пропасти. На что может пойти воин, семье которого угрожает опасность? Можно ли выйти с гордо поднятой головой на встречу со смертью и превзойти ее?

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.

Lucias Progress

E.F. Benson

Lucias Progress, previously published in the U.S. as The Worshipful Lucia is the fifth of E. F. Bensons famous series, opening about a year after the previous story ended. In this volume both Lucia and Mapp stand for election to the Town Council, and Lucia speculates in gold shares. While re-decorating Miss Mapps house, Lucia discovers and hide the remains of a Roman Villa. Excitements ensue!

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist est un excellent exemple de fiction persuasive. Cest lune des histoires les plus célebres de Charles Dickens. Des personnages comme le maléfique Fagin avec son groupe de voleurs et de méchants. Lhistoire dOliver Twist, orphelin et bombardé par le mal et le malheur. Le roman est sans aucun doute fascinant, avec beaucoup de mysteres et de tournures insidieuses.

A Lucky Dog

Max Brand

Seattle-born author who worked as a cowhand in California, attended Berkeley, joined then deserted the Canadian Army, and finally settled down to writing full-time. Max Brand was incredibly prolific and wrote numerous books under his birth name (Frederick Faust) and a variety of pseudonyms. He does it again in the eminently enjoyable novel A Lucky Dog. Hagger is a man on the run, a thief and would-be killer. Hes no good on a horse, and feels miserable and out of place in the snowbound high country. But, then, Hagger comes upon a white bull terrier, abandoned in a mountain cabin, and his whole life begins to change...

Wiersze. Wybór

Józef Czechowicz

Józef Czechowicz to słynny polski poeta awangardowy dwudziestolecia międzywojennego, uznany za jednego z najbardziej oryginalnych twórców swoich czasów. Do najbardziej charakterystycznych elementów jego twórczości należy asyndeton konstrukcja składniowa zaliczana do figur retorycznych polegająca na łączeniu zdań lub ich części bez użycia spójnika. Poezja Czechowicza jeszcze przed II wojną poruszała tematy katastrofy, strachu, przeczucia nadchodzącego niebezpieczeństwa.

Mrs. Ames

E.F. Benson

E. F. Bensons subject is always the petty concerns of petty people, but his talent is to make those concerns nearly as important to us as they are to his characters. For us, what happens to Bensons people is also much funnier than it is to them. This is another of Bensons social comedies with women battling it out for social supremacy in the village. Mrs. Ames, first published in 1912, has been described as a forerunner to the authors Mapp and Lucia novels

Akropolis. Dramat w czterech aktach

Stanisław Wyspiański

Wydarzenia dramatu rozgrywają się w trakcie świąt Wielkiej Nocy w katedrze wawelskiej. Ożywione posągi, dekorujące dotychczas katedrę, wyrażają swoją pewność co do istnienia rezurekcji biologicznej oraz wyższości życia nad śmiercią. Dramat uznawany jest za ideową kontynuację Wesela oraz Wyzwolenia. Łączy polską tradycję z mitologią grecką, która od najmłodszych lat stanowiła fascynację autora.

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

Mark Twain

The name of Joan of Arc became a legend: an illiterate village girl, standing at the head of the French army, delivered her country from English rule and enthroned the king, who later betrayed her. In the novel by Mark Twain, the story of Jeanne her childhood, her victories and death is presented to the reader on behalf of her friend and secretary. This is a story about a great and noble soul, about a disinterested female heart that can withstand any load, even beyond the strength of the mighty of this world.

Городок Окуров (Gorodok Okurow)

Максим Горький, Maksim Gorki

Максим Горький (1868 2013 1936) принадлежит к числу писателей и мыслителей, определивших образ русской литературы XX века. Великий художник слова, он был и выдающимся литературным критиком, публицистом, издателем. 201eГородок Окуров201d (1909) можно назвать книгой о мещанстве как общественном слое, взятом во всей его сложности и пестроте, со всеми его противоречиями: здесь и зажиточное мещанство, преимущественно торгаши, и беднота слободская, главным образом мастеровые, ремесленники. Уездный 201eгородок Окуров201d отражал типические явления российской действительности периода политической реакции. В нем немало картин, символизирующих общее государственное состояние царской России. Автор стремился показать в ней то, как мещанство принимает революционную бурю 1905 года. Именно на решение этой задачи направлены все структурные элементы повести.