Der Erbe. Band IIII

Friedrich Gerstäcker

Friedrich Gerstäcker wurde am 10.05.1816 in Hamburg geboren. 1837 wanderte er nach Amerika aus, wo er ein abwechslungsreiches und abenteuerliches Leben als Matrose, Heizer, Jager, Farmer, Koch, Silberschmied, Holzfaller, Fabrikant und Hotelier fuhrte. 1843 kehrte Gerstacker nach Deutschland zuruck. In Deutschland nahm Gerstäcker regen Anteil am politischen Geschehen der 48er Jahre, er verlor seine geliebte Ehefrau und war Kriegsberichterstatter im Deutsch-Französichen Krieg. In Der Erbe schildert Gerstäcker welche Verwicklungen das Vertauschen zweier Kinder aus komplett verschiedenen sozialen Schichten nach sich ziehen kann.

A Group of Noble Dames

Thomas Hardy

A group of "local historians" of men comes together and tells each other stories about women from the past. All stories are connected with love, marriage to the wrong person and illegitimate children. This says a lot about how women looked at that time. Even those in abundance had very little influence and were often convicted of using it when they had a chance.

The Mystery of Khufus Tomb

Talbot Mundy

The mystery of the tomb of Khufu is a story about Jeff Ramsden written by Talbot Mundy. In this fascinating story, Ramsden travels a lot and encounters his old friend, the beautiful Joan Angela Leich. Soon they go to the desert, try to unravel the mystery of the place of the tomb of Khufu and help the old Chinese mathematician, which is blocked by the usual shoemaker from the villains, trying to steal the treasure for himself. Much more modern and anti-imperial in the world than his predecessors Mandy wrote to a soul an interesting novel with a lot of adventures and acute sensations.

The Man Who Bought London

Edgar Wallace

Fleeing unfavorable regulation at home, American millionaire King Kerry and other American robber barons begin buying up London real estate and important London-based businesses, much to the dismay of their competitors and the people of the city. As his empire expands, Kerry is bedeviled by a mysterious enemy troubled by a dark secret from a past romance. Along the way we meet some good, honest people whom he brings into the fold and assists them to a better life, while dealing admirably with the criminals and near-criminals who are attracted to his money. The Man who bought London was written in the year 1915 by Edgar Wallace. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edgar Wallace, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.

The Woman Who Did

Grant Allen

In 1895, this scandalous book titled The Woman Who Did by Grant Allen promulgating certain startling views on marriage and kindred questions, became a bestseller. The book told the story of an independent, young, self-assured middle-class woman who has a child out of wedlock. Herminia Barton, Cambridge-educated daughter of the Dean of Dunwich, is more determined than most to arrange her own life. She accordingly enters into a relationship outside marriage with one of her own free and advanced kind, the lawyer Alan Merrick. The consequences of that decision test her resolve to the very limit. The author was sympathetic to the feminist cause and saw his novel as a means to propagate womens rights. However, the novel was controversial right from the start, with conservative readers as well as feminists criticizing Allen for the heroine he had invented.

Bez dogmatu

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Leon Płoszowski pochodzi z bogatej szlacheckiej rodziny. Jest to człowiek inteligentny, utalentowany i wszechstronnie wykształcony. Nie może jednak znaleźć miejsca w życiu. Upływa mu ono bezproduktywnie na rozrywkach, bywaniu w towarzystwie i podróżach po Europie. W swoim dzienniku nieustannie analizuje własne postępowanie i przeżycia. Niespodziewanie poznaje piękną Anielkę. Zakochuje się w niej i zaczyna zabiegać o jej względy. Kobieta odwzajemnia jego uczucie. Leon nie skrywa swoich zabiegów o serce dziewczyny, więc wkrótce wszyscy nabierają przekonania, że stara się o jej rękę. Niespodziewanie przychodzi wiadomość o śmiertelnej chorobie ojca bohatera, który wyjeżdża do niego za granicę. Tam, daleko od Anielki, nabiera do niej dystansu i zaczyna dziwić się swojemu zachowaniu... Historia dekadenta Płoszowskiego miała być w intencji autora atakiem na chorobę wieku, objawiającą się zanikiem woli, znużeniem i niechęcią do działania. Powieść Bez dogmatu zyskała sobie jednak popularność wśród młodych ludzi, którzy wbrew autorowi utożsamiali się z dekadencką postawą głównego bohatera.

The Challoners

E.F. Benson

The author tells the story of the twins Martin and Helen Challoner and their relationship against their father priest. Benson has a more serious purpose here and less superficial savvy than in some of his stories. His main theme is the absolute necessity of individual character and independent action. He depicts the sufferings of a holy and spiritual priest in relation to art, literature, and imagination when his son becomes a professional musician and Catholic.

Mnich z Cruty

Edward Phillips Oppenheim

Romans z elementami powieści gotyckiej oraz powieści tajemnic. Bogaty Anglik zakochuje się w córce włoskiego arystokraty, który mieszka na wyspie Cruta w rejonie Morza Śródziemnego. Absolutna klasyka mistrza wśród twórców powieści sensacyjnych...

History of William the Conqueror

Jacob Abbott

This is a classic historical book about medieval life, in the time of William the Conqueror. This book will appeal to those who are delighted with the legends, knights and kings. As in all the stories of Jacob Abbott, he helps to know really interesting details. Jacob Abbott explain? how the geography and weather patterns of the English Channel influencedt he reign of William the Conqueror.

The Moon Metal

Garrett P. Serviss

An interesting early science fiction story written by Garrett Putman Serviss. A mad scientist offers to help save the world economy with valuable metal. He claims that he mines this metal himself, but actually brings it from the moon. And yet, will metal be able to save the world economy from ruin?

The Sign of the Four. Illustrated Edition

Arthur Conan Doyle

Illustrated edition with original illustrations by Richard Gutschmidt, a famous German painter, book illustrator and graphic artist. The Sign of the Four is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Sign of the Four is an incredible story of greed and revenge in which the worlds most famous detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson accompany a beautiful young woman Mary Morstan on a mission that leads to a terrifying, one-legged man in the dark heart of London. A thrilling experience for legions of Sherlock Holmes fans.

Lonesome Land

B.M. Bower

Pioneering Western writer Bertha Muzzy Bower was herself the wife of a Montana rancher for a time, so she brings a wealth of personal experience and psychological insight to this gripping narrative that follows protagonist Valeria as she enters into marriage and struggles with the often-harsh reality of rural life. Val is cast into circumstances that test her temper, strength, and sanity. One of her few contacts with the outside world is a friend of her husbands whom she despises. Their relationship gradually changes as her husbands true character is slowly revealed to her. Kent watches Val very closely as she struggles with poverty and a drunken husband. He knows Val is worthy of more than her husband can give. Is he the man to do it?

Land aus Feuer und Wasser

Hans Dominik

Ein bekannter Erfinder, dem die Aufgabe zuteil wurde, eine Flugzeugbasis in der Südsee zu gewinnen, plant kurzerhand, ein großes Land aus Feuer und Wasser zu schaffen. Das Experiment mit den Urgewalten der Tiefe Prof. Eggerth steht vor einer neuen Aufgabe: die vulkanischen Kräfte sollen entfesselt und in den Dienst der Menschheit gestellt werden. Kann der Mensch mit seinen besten technischen Vorraussetzungen solche Kräfte wie Wasser und Feuer bündeln und für sich gewinnen? Droht der Erde und den Menschen eine Katastrophe von unermesslichem Ausmaß? Immer brennender wird die Frage: Ist das Wagnis zu groß? Ein risikoreiches Abenteuer beginnt...

Leśna Różyczka (Tom 5). Leśna Różyczka. Piramida śmierci

Karol May

Piramida śmierci to piąty tom przygód z cyklu Leśna Różyczka, czyli prześladowania dookoła świata. Podczas licznych i szalonych podróży po wielu krajach i kontynentach odważni bohaterowie spotykają na swojej drodze różne postaci niektóre sprzyjają realizacji ich planów i wyciągają pomocną dłoń, inne wręcz przeciwnie narażają drużynę na niebezpieczeństwa i same proszą się o pogruchotanie kości w potyczce.

The Inheritors. An Extravagant Story

Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Hueffer

The Inheritors is a little-known book of two main British writers. The plot is based on a political scheme to undermine the British Empire, based on a Congo-like colonial enterprise and manipulated by journalists. The main character claims that she is from the Fourth Dimension and works to replace the human race.

The Hunchback of Westminster

Up to that time, I remember, my big brass plate, with the legend Mr Hugh Glynn, Secret Investigator, had only succeeded in drawing a very average and ordinary amount of business. True, I had had several profitable cases in which wives wanted to know what happened to their husbands when they didnt come home at the usual hours, and employers were anxious to discover certain leakages through which had disappeared a percentage of their cash; but for the most part my work had been shockingly humdrum, and already I had begun to regret the whim that had prompted me, after reading certain latter-day romances, to throw up my career as a barrister in Grays Inn to emulate the romancers heroes in real life.

Rytmy abo wiersze polskie

Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński

Rytmy abo wiersze polskie to tomik poetycki autorstwa Mikołaja Sępa Szarzyńskiego, polskiego poety przełomu epok renesansu i baroku, najznakomitszego obok Jana Kochanowskiego twórcy literatury staropolskiej. Na Rytmy... składa się cykl sześciu sonetów (bodajże pierwszych wierszy w literaturze polskiej napisanych w tej formie), sześć pieśni parafrazujących biblijne psalmy, dziewięć pieśni religijnych o wymowie teocentrycznej, trzydzieści epitafiów i napisów na herby. Zbiór został wydany po śmierci autora w 1601 r. przez jego brata Jakuba. Stanowi jeden z pierwszych przejawów baroku w literaturze polskiej.

Matornis Vineyard

E. Phillips Oppenheim

In an interesting precursor to the later I Spy television series, the novel follows the activities of a young British tennis professional, Mervyn Amory, who is spending the season in Monte Carlo. While traveling from Paris on Le Train Bleu, he meets an Italian secret agent who is carrying documents which show the treachery of the dictator Matorni. Matorni is a thinly disguised Mussolini. (The title of the novel bears no relation to the book). Interestingly, this novel was written in 1928, which was only 2 years after Mussolini assumed dictatorial powers over the country. The partisan resistance to the fascists are given the name red shirts.

The Sky Pirate

Garrett P. Serviss

For some time, sky pirates took public attention, because everyone was shocked by their brave actions. The handsome and sophisticated captain Alfonso Payton was one of the most daring. They decided to steal the billionaires daughter, Helen Grayman, and her servant. Their goal is to squeeze money out of the most wealthy person in the USA. Do these pirates again get what they want?

Świętoszek. Tartuffe. Komedia w pięciu aktach

Molier

Świętoszek to komedia Moliera napisana w 1661 r., a wystawiona po raz pierwszy w 1664 r. Swój rozgłos sztuka zawdzięcza nie tylko walorom artystycznym, lecz także skandalowi, jaki wywołała w XVII-wiecznej Francji. Tytułowy Tartuffe to człowiek, który dla osiągnięcia własnych korzyści wykorzystuje Orgona i jego rodzinę. Udaje przy tym osobę wielce religijną i pobożną. Orgon początkowo jest niewrażliwy na przestrogi rodziny dotyczące hipokryzji Tartuffea. Swój błąd uświadamia sobie dopiero po zapisaniu Tartuffeowi całego majątku. Zdemaskowanie hipokryzji Tartuffea jest powszechnie uznawane za jedną z najdoskonalszych scen w historii teatru.

Marsz weselny

Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson

W tytułowym marszu weselnym z opowieści Bjrnstjerne Bjrnsona skupia się historia i tradycja pewnego norweskiego rodu. Utwór skomponowany przez jednego z przodków towarzyszy rodzinie od kilku pokoleń, łączy się zawsze z radością i symbolizuje rodzinne szczęście. Historia zmienia swój bieg, gdy podczas jednego ze ślubów marsz nie wybrzmi. Jak to zaburzenie tradycji wpłynie na losy rodziny?

W polskiej dżungli. Powieść

Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski

Powieść przygodowa Antoniego Ferdynanda Ossendowskiego, której akcja rozgrywa się w okresie międzywojennym. Czworo młodych turystów rusza na Polesie, aby przeżyć wakacyjną przygodę. Ciekawi ich piękno poleskiej natury, a także dokonujący się tam postęp cywilizacyjny. Polesie zaskoczy ich jednak jako kraina dzika, pełna niebezpieczeństw i ludzi o dziwnych zwyczajach istna polska dżungla.

The Cossacks. A Tale of 1852

Leo Tolstoy

The main character of the story, Dmitry Olenin, is close to the author both in spiritual experience and in moral aspirations. Like Tolstoy, he finds himself in the Caucasus in an attempt to start a new life, "in which there will be no more mistakes, there will be no remorse, and probably there will be only happiness." But instead of imagining paintings on the way to the Caucasus in the spirit of Russian romantic literature, the hero of the story had to see real life and feel like a stranger in a world untouched by civilization.

The Yellow Crayon

E. Phillips Oppenheim

E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) was an internationally renowned author of mystery and espionage thrillers. His novels and short stories have all the elements of blood-racing adventure and intrigue and are precursors of modern-day spy fictions. 1924s The Wrath to Come is one of his novels that are fascinating extrapolations of the political dangers that faced Europe and America in the first half of the twentieth century. This novel is very occasionally mentioned as being the weird book that seems to predict WWII. Written in the lull between the two great wars it postulates a German/Japanese alliance and the main plot revolves around Britain trying to shanghai America into foreign intrigue. The novel is extremely exciting reading and Oppenheim keeps the action moving along swiftly, as he always did.