The Bulpington of Blup

Herbert George Wells

The Bulpington of Blup, a 1932 novel by H. G. Wells, is a character study analyzing the psychological sources of resistance to Wellsian ideology, and was influenced by Wellss acquaintance with Carl Gustav Jung and his ideas. Theodore Bulpington is a very ordinary man with a very vivid imagination. Ill at ease with himself, he sees a way to recreate his identity by adding layer upon layer of deception. This he does with such panache that eventually he becomes an impostor, a liar and a cheat. But with so many different masks to hold in place, his carefully woven deception soon spirals out of control and heads towards the chaos of mental torment. The novel is also of interest for its extended analysis of psychological responses to World War I.

Das Verrätertor. Roman

Edgar Wallace

Der wohlhabende Londoner Geschäftsmann Trayne hat einen raffinierten Plan ausgearbeitet, um die berühmten Kronjuwelen aus dem Tower zu rauben. Mühelos werden daraufhin die Juwelen erbeutet. Graham gerade aus dem Gefängnis entlassen. Da erfährt Graham von Dinah, dass Trayne ihn betrügen will. Graham schlägt Trayne nieder und flieht mit Dinah und den Juwelen. An Bord des Fluchtschiffs wird Graham versehentlich von Dinah getötet. Hope hat inzwischen die Polizei verständigt. Diese findet Trayne und erfährt von ihm, dass sich auf dem Schiff eine Zeitbombe befindet. Kurz bevor das Schiff explodiert, können die Juwelen gerettet werden.

Fairy Tales

Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

Previously, it never occurred to anyone to write down fairy tales. They were told to each other, passed down from generation to generation... and if not for scientists, such as the Grimm brothers, many stories would not have reached us. The reader is not only acquainted with the famous fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, but also learns what a fairy tale is, when it appeared and how it changed. He learns about the life of the brothers Jacob and William and about their difficult work on fairy tales.

Devils Dice

William Le Queux

Let me gaze down the vista of the tristful past. Ah! there are things that cannot be uttered; there are scenes that still entrance me, and incidents so unexpected and terrible that they cause me even now to hold my breath in horror. The prologue of this extraordinary drama of London life was enacted three years ago; its astounding dénouement occurred quite recently.

The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables

Robert Louis Stevenson

The wreck of the ships of the Spanish Golden Armada off the Scottish coast generates a lot of rumors and superstitions. At the invitation of his uncle, Gordon Darnaway, young Charles visits these places and, through the roar of the breakers, nicknamed the Jolly Fellows, tries to uncover the mystery of the ships Christ-Anna and Espirito Santo in order to secure the future for himself and his beloved.

The Golden Age

Kenneth Grahame

The stories generally tell about the childhood of 3 boys and 2 girls. Children call adults Olympians and believe that adults no longer know how to have fun. Each of the chapters is an adventure story that children make or imagine. The book will help you get rid of the everyday hustle and bustle of a simple, but spiritual story.

Der Findling

Jules Verne

Der Findling ist ein Roman des französischen Autors Jules Verne, der in Irland zum Auflauf des 19. Jahrhunderts spielt. Zu dieser Zeit war Irland von der Armut, der Menschenverachtung und der Willkür der Landbesitzer beherrscht. Er erzählt die Geschichte eines von seiner Mutter ausgesetzten Kindes. Die Zeit des Heranwachsens ist eine Zeit des Leidens, die das Kind an verschiedene Schauplätze führt. In einem kleinen Ort gastiert der reisende Papiertheater-Schausteller Thornpipe seine Vorführungen. Doch die Zuschauer erkennen schnell, dass hinter den automatischen Bewegungen der Puppen ein Geheimnis steht, das im Inneren des Wagens von Thornpipe verborgen sein muss.

W osiem dni dokoła świata. Powieść z niedalekiej przyszłości

Stefan Barszczewski

Powieść o tematyce podróżniczo-przygodowej i fantastycznonaukowej. Rozwój żeglugi parowej i kolei żelaznych pozwolił bohaterom powieści Juliusza Vernea objechać świat wokoło w ciągu 80 dni. Rozwój lotnictwa i radiotelegrafii pozwoliły stworzyć zuchwały plan podróży dokoła świata w ciągu dni... ośmiu.

Dave Fearless and the Cave of Mystery

Roy Rockwood

No manly boy ever grows tired of sea stories there is an irresistible fascination about them, and they are a recreation to the mind. A tale of being adrift on the Pacific Ocean, with Dave discovering a mysterious cave. Full of startling incident, clever dialogue, admirable descriptions of sky and water in all their aspects, and plenty of fun. Originally written for young men, this adventure tale is great reading for the whole family. The four-volume Deep Sea series was published in the 1900s by Roy Rockwood. Roy Rockwood was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for boys adventure books. Created by Edward Stratemeyer, the Stratemeyer Syndicate was the first book packager to have its books aimed at children, rather than adults.

Firebrand Trevison

Charles Alden Seltzer, Charles Alden Seltzer

Charles Alden Seltzer was one of 20th century Americas most prolific authors, and his specialty was Westerns that were so popular in the country in the decades after the frontier had been completely settled. In addition to the books he wrote, Seltzer would have a role in dozens of films as well, making him one of the most instrumental figures in the genre. "Firebrand Trevison is a story about a ranch owner who runs afoul of a land grabber, both of whom are in love with the same girl, the daughter of a railroad owner. Firebrand Trevison is a different kind of cowboy. He stands up for what he believes in despite the law. When Corrigan tries to swindle all the local homesteaders from their land its Treviston who saves the day. Twists and turns in the plot keeps the reader guessing.

A Midsummer Nights Dream

William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Nights Dream is a comedy where all the characters find themselves in a situation that completely changes their lives. In the play several plot lines that are closely intertwined with each other and affect each other. The main conflict of the play is a quarrel between the king of the elves of Oberon and his wife, Queen Titania. Because of this quarrel, all the madness of the summer night is happening. After all, Oberon decided to punish the spouse and play a little joke on her: he asks little Pac during sleep to rub Titanias eyes with a love potion so that the queen fell in love upon waking at the first comer.

Pójdźmy za Nim

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Akcja utworu Pójdźmy za Nim toczy się w starożytnym Rzymie. Patrycjusz Kajus Septimus Cinna prowadzi życie pełne zabaw. Ma jednak poczucie pustki i nie czuje się szczęśliwy. Pewnego dnia poznaje piękną Anteję. Szybko się w niej zakochuje. Wkrótce biorą ślub. Szczęście nie trwa jednak długo. Anteja zdradza objawy choroby psychicznej. Każdego dnia nawiedzają ją przerażające wizje. Wynajęci lekarze są bezradni. Cinna z żoną udają się do Jerozolimy. Liczą na to, że zdrowsze powietrze przyniesie poprawę. Wizje jednak nie ustają. Pewnego dnia oboje stają się świadkami egzekucji Jezusa Chrystusa...

Czarny Mustang

Karol May

Powieść przygodowa Karola Maya rozgrywa się na Dzikim Zachodzie, wśród plemion indiańskich Komanczów i Apaczów. Tytułowy Czarny Mustang to podstępny wódz Komanczów, który zamierza zaatakować osadę robotników kolejowych. Na drodze realizacji jego planów stają Winnetou i Old Shatterhand. Z pomocą przyjaciół, w szalonym tempie zawalczą o życie wielu niewinnych ludzi.

The Actress Daughter. A Novel

May Agnes Fleming

A child of Irish immigrants, writer May Agnes Fleming was born in Canada and has lived in the United States in recent years. The exciting romance novel The Actresss Daughter contains many elements that contributed to Flemings popular recognition: strong female characters, complex plot twists and many dark intrigues. On Christmas Eve, and the main characters this time cast a spell on the weather....

The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated Edition

Arthur Conan Doyle

Illustrated edition with original illustrations by Sidney Edward Paget, a famous British illustrator, best known for his illustrations that accompanied Arthur Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes stories in The Strand magazine. The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of thirteen short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. All of the stories are told in a first-person narrative from the point of view of Dr. John H. Watson, Holmes friend, assistant and sometime flatmate.

Divers Vanities

Arthur Morrison

Arthur Morrison, who was English novelist, short story writer and journalist, wrote pioneering realistic narratives about working-class life in Londons East End. He is also celebrated for his exciting mystery stories, featuring the detective Martin Hewitt, who served as a natural successor to Sherlock Holmes. This comprehensive book presents Morrisons collection of short stories. The collection includes: Chance of the Game, Spottos Reclamation, A Dead Un, The Disorder of the Bath, His Talk of Bricks, Teacher and Taught, A Blot on St. Basil, The Torn Heart and others. Each story features a fascinating look at life in the 20th century, and even includes some action along the way.

The Malefactor

E. Phillips Oppenheim

This 1907 novel was one of the early popular novels of society by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The story revolves around the conflict between a gentlemans obligation to defend the honor of a lady, and his responsibility to his own feelings, family, and freedom. Sir Wingrave, imprisoned wrongfully for killing a man, finishes his sentence and plans his vengeance against those who would not tell the truth to help him during his trial. He becomes misanthropic, seeking only revenge. He wishes to be a malefactor, doing only evil. His class, upbringing, and social ties all mitigate his evil. A young journalist, enamored with the thought of spending time with a man with such a history, offers himself as a secretary. Does Sir Wingrave succeed in taking his vengeance? Does his secretary betray him or help him?

Around the World in Eighty Days

Jules Verne

The hero of the novel, Phileas Fogg, made a bet that he would be able to circumnavigate the globe from west to east in no more than 80 days, given the technical capabilities of 19th century transport. Foggs journey begins in England, and then he goes to France, Italy, Egypt, India, China, Japan and America. In India, Fogg and his servant, Jean Passepartout, save the beautiful Audu, who is about to be burned alive with the body of her late husband. Subsequently, she becomes Foggs wife. Detective Fix fixes the journey: the police are convinced that it was Fogg who stole a large sum from the Bank of England, and betting is an opportunity to evade punishment.

The House of the Dead. Or, Prison Life in Siberia

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

Aleksandr Petrovich lives through a spiritual re-awakening that culminates with his release from the prison camp. The narrator has been sentenced to penalty deportation to Siberia and ten years of hard labor for murdering his wife. Published in 1861, House of the Dead is a semi-autobiographical work based upon Dostoevskys exile to Siberia where he was punished with hard labor after he was initially convicted to be punished by death by firing-squad for his involvement in the Petrashevsky Circle. This experience allowed him to describe with great authenticity the conditions of prison life and the characters of the convicts. Dostoyevsky skillfully portrays the inmates of the prison with sympathy for their plight, and admiration for their energy, ingenuity and talent. The book is a loosely-knit collection of facts, events and philosophical discussion organized by theme rather than as a continuous story.

Szatan i Judasz (Tom 9). Szatan i Judasz. Jasna Skała

Karol May

Szatan i Judasz. Jasna Skała to dziewiąta część z 11-tomowego cyklu przygodowego autorstwa Karola Maya. Grupa dzielnych bohaterów odbywa wspólnie szalone podróże, aby mierzyć się z wszelkiej maści niegodziwcami, walczyć o sprawiedliwość i odnajdywać zaginione skarby. Dzięki pracy zespołowej, zaufaniu i wzajemnej pomocy udaje im się wyjść obronną ręką z najgorszych opresji.

Typee. A Peep at Polynesian Life

Herman Melville

Basically, it turns out that the Typee tribe untouched by civilization is children of nature, surrounded by the care and warmth of their native land, spending their easy days in the shade of a palm tree, eating the fruits of breadfruit, bananas and coconuts. Here, Melville begins to compare civilized countries with a clearly backward society and concludes that the former are at a lower stage of development. And the natives with their cannibalism and promiscuity are in many ways more advanced and healthy people in social and psychological terms.

Cierpienia wynalazcy

Honoriusz Balzak

W Angouleme Dawid Séchard kupuje od ojca nieuznającego prostego przekazywania z pokolenia na pokolenia drukarnię, z zamiarem udoskonalenia panującego w niej sposobu produkcji. Wkrótce udaje mu się poważnie ulepszyć pracę w swojej drukarni. Jednak jego naiwność sprawiła, że drogą misternej intrygi został oszukany przez konkurentów braci Cointet i wtrącony do więzienia. Zrozpaczony Lucjan, czując się współwinnym za los przyjaciela, postanawia popełnić samobójstwo, topiąc się w stawie. Po drodze spotyka jednak tajemniczego księdza, Hiszpana Carlosa Herrerę (w rzeczywistości Jacques Collin, znany już z Ojca Goriot), który odwodzi go od tego kroku. Namawia Lucjana, by wrócił do Paryża i na nowo spróbował wspiąć się na szczyty towarzyskiej drabiny, jednak za cenę całkowitego posłuszeństwa jego radom. Lucjan zgadza się, wysyła Dawidowi pieniądze potrzebne do uregulowania wszystkich wierzytelności, po czym wraca do stolicy. Cierpienia wynalazcy to klasyka twórczości autora.

Told in the East

Talbot Mundy

Guards, go out! he ordered. Twelve men went out one by one from the house he had left. They seemed to feel more warm than Brown did, because they fell into the sword of Brown. In this nameless sanatorium there was no flag, and no flag was there, so the sword, without her nail, performed duties, pointing down to the ground as the totem pole of the empire. Brown was stuck there, like the Boanerges sandals, and there he stayed from the sunrise to the sunset, so that he would be replaced by whoever dared to do it, at his peril.

Sen srebrny Salomei. Romans dramatyczny w 5 aktach

Juliusz Słowacki

Dramat Juliusza Słowackiego nawiązujący do wydarzeń konfederacji barskiej, z których autor wysnuwa wnioski historiozoficzne dotyczące dziejów narodu polskiego. Osią fabuły jest bunt chłopstwa ukraińskiego przeciw szlachcie polskiej i polskiemu klerowi, zwany koliszczyzną. Sprowokowany prawdopodobnie przez Rosję odznaczał się wyjątkowym okrucieństwem.