Young Lucretia and Other Stories

Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

Young Lucretia Raymond lives with her strict aunts Lucretia and Maria. During Christmas time, Lucretia is invited by other schoolchildren to cut the Christmas tree in the school building in preparation for the Christmas celebration.

Wiele hałasu o nic

William Shakespeare

Wiele hałasu o nic to historia dwójki młodych zakochanych, którzy przeżywają swoją pierwszą miłość. Tytuł odnosi się do zachowania młodych kochanków, którzy w euforii potrafią śmiać się, płakać, krzyczeć i jęczeć na zmianę, ponieważ uczucie to jest dla nich tak ważne. Dla dojrzałej i doświadczonej osoby zachowanie kochanków może być właśnie wielkim hałasem o nic. Ten utwór Szekspira jest uważany za jedną z najśmieszniejszych, a zarazem najbardziej błyskotliwą z komedii.

The New Magdalen

Wilkie Collins

The adopted daughter of a wealthy aristocrat is a beauty who is waiting for a profitable marriage. What is her past hiding? Will the Princess have the courage to turn into Cinderella, to sacrifice love and wealth?

Zanoni

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Zanoni, first published in 1842, was inspired by a dream. This piece of literature describes a fascinating story of love and occult aspiration. The main character is Zanoni, a timeless Rosicrucian who has lived since the Chaldean civilisation. He falls in love with a young opera singer, Viola Pisani but to Zanoni, falling in love means losing his power of immortality. The story develops in the days of the French Revolution in 1789.

Lord Jim

Joseph Conrad

Lord Jim, Conrads most famous work, is also his most extensive examination of a persistent theme: the conflict between an individuals inner moral code and his or her outward actions. Jim, the well-loved son of an English parson, goes to sea to make a name for himself. With his youthful, romantic aspirations for the sea, he is physically powerful; he has Ability in the abstract. Throughout Conrads short stories and novels, his characters are often afraid, even obsessed, with the concern of how their personal standards will bear up under the stress of events. This situation is explicit in Lord Jim. He drifts from port to port, leaving when his identity is discovered. Finally, he abandons the world of Europeans altogether and heads upriver to a small Malay village. Even there, however, he finds he cannot escape the demands of his sensitive moral feelings and must prove to himself that he is not a coward.

Red Shadows

Robert E. Howard

The moonlight shimmered hazily, making silvery mists of illusion among the shadowy trees. A faint breeze whispered down the valley, bearing a shadow that was not of the moon-mist. A faint scent of smoke was apparent. The man whose long, swinging strides, unhurried yet unswerving, had carried him for many a mile since sunrise, stopped suddenly. A movement in the trees had caught his attention, and he moved silently toward the shadows, a hand resting lightly on the hilt of his long, slim rapier.

Cleopatra. Being an Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis

H. Rider Haggard

Henry Rider Haggard relies on adventure and exotic concepts. This story unfolds in the era of the Ptolemaic era of ancient Egyptian history. The line of the dynasty defended by the priesthood of Isis is trying to survive in difficult circumstances. The main character Harmachis must overthrow Cleopatra, banish the Romans and return to Egypt its former status.

The Solution of a Mystery

J.S. Fletcher

One of the main characters, Richard Redford, is charged with murder. His life was threatened with death if he did not confess. But he chose such a point of view that he would have nothing to say to anyone. His indecision to speak causes bewilderment to others. Should a hero accept death with honor or not broken promises?

The Disintegration Machine

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Disintegration Machine is a story featuring Doyles famous character Professor Challenger. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in January 1929. The story centers on the discovery of a machine capable of disintegrating objects and reforming them as they were. This short story is a part of the Challenger series, a collection of stories about the wealthy eccentric adventurer Professor Challenger. Unlike Conan Doyles laid-back, analytic character, Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challenger is an aggressive, dominating figure. The professor is described as a lion of a man with a full beard and a rotund physique. One day, he is interrupted by the young journalist, Malone, to go investigate a machine designed by Latvian inventor, Theodore Nemor.

Дьяволиада (Diaboliada). Повесть о том, как близнецы погубили делопроизводителя

Михаил Афанасиевич Булгаков, Michaił Afanasjewicz Bułhakow

Повесть имеет подзаголовок: 201eПовесть о том, как близнецы погубили делопроизводителя201d. В 201eДьяволиаде201d раскрывается проблема 201eмаленького человека201d, ставшего жертвой советской бюрократической машины, которая в больном воображении главного героя, делопроизводителя Короткова, ассоциируется с дьявольской силой (хотя он никогда не думает этого 201eнапрямую201d). Михаил Булгаков 2013 неподражаемый и таинственный писатель, сумевший передать всю фантасмагорию событий, а также чувств, мыслей, переживаний маленького человека, доведенного до безумия государственной бюрократической машиной. Мастер постановки нравственных проблем, заостренных до вселенского масштаба, Булгаков с самого начала поставил своей задачей писать увлекательно 2013 чтобы было не только интересно читать, но и тянуло перечитывать...

Cud mniemany. Czyli Krakowiacy i górale

Wojciech Bogusławski

Cud Mniemany, czyli Krakowiacy i Górale to opera komiczna, uznawana za jedno z najwybitniejszych dzieł polskiego oświecenia. Osadzona w realiach wsi podkrakowskiej opisuje aktualne wydarzenia społeczne oraz polityczne na tle insurekcji kościuszkowskiej. Autorem jest Wojciech Bogusławski polski aktor, śpiewak operowy, dramatopisarz, reżyser, tłumacz, propagator ideologii oświecenia, dyrektor Teatru Narodowego w Warszawie, żyjący w latach 17571829.

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.

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

Great Expectations is one of the most famous and much-loved novels by the great master of Victorian prose, Charles Dickens, that has become one of English languages greatest and most recognized stories. Here Dickens tells the story of the growth and development of young Philip Pirrip (Pip) who begins his life as an orphan, neglected and abused, by his sister. Through a series of chance encounters, Pip rises above his disadvantaged beginnings to become a gentleman in every sense of the word. In this gripping tale of crime and guilt, revenge and reward, the compelling characters include Magwitch, the fearful and fearsome convict; Estella, whose beauty is excelled only by her haughtiness; and the embittered Miss Havisham, an eccentric jilted bride. Throughout the narrative, typical Dickensian themes emerge: wealth and poverty, love and rejection, and the eventual triumph of good over evil. It also reveals the novelists bittersweet understanding of the extent to which our deepest moral dilemmas are born of our own obsessions and illusions.

Achilleis. Sceny dramatyczne

Stanisław Wyspiański

Dramat Stanisława Wyspiańskiego, oparty na motywach Iliady, wydany w roku 1903. Skupia się na wydarzeniach, które rozegrały się podczas oblężenia Troi. Składa się z luźno powiązanych ze sobą scen i stanowi wyraz młodzieńczych zainteresowań autora dotyczących starożytności. Utwór charakteryzuje podkreślenie konfliktu w obu obozach greckim (spór Achillesa z Agamemnonem) oraz trojańskim (konflikt Hektora i Parysa).

Old Carver Ranch

Max Brand

After ten years of wandering, during which he has lived the life of a gambler and learned the ways of devious men, Tom Keene returns home, only to find his father alone and dying. Old John Keenes sole legacy to his son is a Bible, so with his fathers passing, Tom renounces his selfish, worthless past and sets out to preach to others that the greatest happiness is born of trust in one another. But Tom Keenes good intentions are about to cost him more than he knows... Tom is jailed for a crime he did not commit, beaten and bullied until he changes again, this time into a cunning, calculating man whose sole purpose now is to be avenged for the wrongs done to him. Once released, he chases the trail of the desperado that double-crossed him.

Утро помещика (Poranek ziemianina)

Лев Николаевич Толстой, Lew Nikołajewicz Tołstoj

После непродолжительной учебы в городском университете 19-летний князь Нехлюдов намеревается жить в деревне, чтобы сделать жизнь своих крепостных лучше и легче. То, что изначально задумывалось как благое дело, встретилось в штыки и с толикой непонимания происходящего. Его грандиозный план подвергся суровому испытанию на практике. Несмотря на честность и бескорыстность поступков, люди морально не готовы к колоссальным переменам. Тщетность его попыток наиболее точно объяснил Тургенев И.С.: 201e... пока будет существовать крепостное состояние, нет возможности сближения и понимания обеих сторон, несмотря на самую бескорыстную и честную готовность сближения... 201e.

Żółta róża. Opowieść kryminalna

Michael Zwick

Frank Rull wysiadł z taksówki przed hotelem Francuskim, w którym zatrzymał się w Paryżu. Po licznych koktajlach, które wypił tego wieczora, szumiało mu w głowie. Przed drzwiami swego pokoju wydobył klucz, wsadził do zamka i chciał przekręcić. Na próżno! Przycisnął klamkę. Ku wielkiemu zdumieniu przekonał się, że drzwi były otwarte. Na palcach wszedł do pokoju. Spuszczone story nadawały mu ponurej ciemności. Rull zaświecił światło. Pokój był pusty. Jednak mężczyzna nie miał wątpliwości, że ktoś pod jego nieobecność złożył tu wizytę. Nagle zauważył na dywanie płatek żółtej roży. Podniósł go i z gorzkim uśmiechem schował do kamizelki. Już pięć osób otrzymało w ostatnim czasie takie płatki i wszystkich prędzej czy później spotkała śmierć w tajemniczych okolicznościach... Gratka dla miłośników sensacji międzywojenne wydanie Żółtej róży z 1934 roku w tłumaczeniu Marii Sandoz.

Twice-Told Tales

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Twice-Told Tales is a two-volume collection of thirty-nine Hawthorne works, consisting of short works of art, allegories, and narrative essays. The greatest gift a reader receives when reading all these stories, including sometimes too superficial vignettes and too obvious allegories, is a close acquaintance with young Hawthorne: thoughtful, reflective, with a deep interest in colonial and revolutionary history, given solitary walks and meditations.

Crazy Rhythm

Max Brand

After 8 years in prison for murder, Jimmy Geary returns to his town Yellow Creek, and his past, and an ambush. Jimmy was very happy to see town again. But there are three men who arent happy to see Jimmy Geary return, and they conspire to make his stay this time very short... Neatly plotted and briskly told, it illustrates Max Brands remarkable gift for storytelling. One of the greatest western authors of all time, Frederick Faust wrote under sixteen different pseudonyms, including the best known being Max Brand. Although he wrote under many genres, westerns were his forte. Max Brand leads the reader on a very authentic tale of the old west the way it was.

The Romance of His Life

Mary Cholmondeley

There are eight unrelated shorts in this book. The author tells us about the cottage she lives in and the memorable experience she had during the war.

Jerusalem

Selma Lagerlöf

Jerusalem är en roman i tv delar av den svenska författarinnan Selma Lagerlöf. Jerusalem utspelar sig i Dalarna och i Jerusalem under 1800-talet, där man fr följa ngra människor och deras närstende under flera r. Selma Lagerlöf skriver om mnga olika personer ur olika generationer, bland annat om dem som lever p den stora Ingmarsgrden, där man fr bekanta sig med deras, inte alltid s okomplicerade, relationer till varandra.

Candide. Or, The Optimist

Voltaire

Candide, who grew up in a rich mans family, who absorbed real mentor sermons on the fact that everything in the world happens for the better, serves its purposes and in general is accomplished in the best of all possible worlds, despite all the misfortunes that have happened to people this is also for the better. By the will of fate, Candide sets off on a round-the-world trip, where everyone literally screams that the world is unfair, misfortunes are often meaningless and lead only to great misfortunes, and people everywhere do not shy away from bribes, anger and self-interest. Besides the semi-mythical Eldorado, of course. But its not so easy to get into it. And its not so easy to get out of it.

The Double. A Petersburg Poem

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

In the book The Double Dostoevsky appears before the reader as a writer with an inimitable sense of humor. The author shows an extraordinary skill in describing comic episodes from life and makes the reader cheerfully laugh at the shortcomings of his characters and the comic nature of the situations. Before the reader St. Petersburg streets of the XIX century come to life, he will get acquainted with the mores of the inhabitants of St. Petersburg.

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

David Copperfield is the story of a young mans adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the magnificently impecunious Micawber, one of literatures great comic creations.