Une femme

Maurice Leblanc

Une femme nest pas comme les autres romans de Maurice Leblanc. Il ny a pas des meutres, dénigmes, des voleurs et des affaires. Cette une histoire simple, qui raconte du mariage bourgeois au début du siecle dernier. Celle de Lucie qui est mariée Robert Chalmin. Elle découvre en mme temps les joies et les affres de la vie avec lui. Cest le livre, qui fait quelque bruit sa sortie, le livre de la jeunesse de Maurice Leblanc.

Syzyfowe prace

Stefan Żeromski

Królestwo Polskie, lata dziewięćdziesiąte XIX wieku. Trwa okres wzmożonej rusyfikacji. Marcin, syn szlachcica, daje się wciągnąć przez nauczycieli i dyrekcję gimnazjum w działalność propagującą ideę panslawizmu ukrytą formę rusyfikacji. Swoje zniewolenie dostrzega dopiero w atmosferze działań patriotycznych inspirowanych przez nowego kolegę, Bernarda Zygiera, wyrzuconego ze szkoły w Warszawie za działalność w konspiracyjnych kołach młodzieżowych. Swoistym przełomem w życiu Borowicza jest spotkanie z Andrzejem Radkiem, chłopskim synem, który z uporem zdobywa wiedzę. Zdarzenia, w których chłopcy wzajemnie sobie pomagają, stają się początkiem ich przyjaźni. W utworze Syzyfowe prace nie brak też wątku pierwszej miłości. Marcin zakochuje się w pięknej pensjonarce Birucie. Po maturze ich uczucie wystawione jest na ciężką próbę. Okazuje się bowiem, że dziewczyna wraz z całą rodziną wyjechała w głąb Rosji.

A House of Pomegranates

Oscar Wilde

A House of Pomegranates is the second collection of fairy tales by the brilliant writer, master of European aesthetics Oscar Wilde, author of the novel Portrait of Dorian Gray, plays Salome, Fan Lady Windermere and Ideal Husband, letters of confession De profundis, and also numerous short stories, short stories, poems and essays about art. The text is published in two languages, which allows you to fully appreciate the unique originality of the works belonging to the pen of one of the most sophisticated British writers and stylists.

She. A History of Adventure

H. Rider Haggard

She and Allan is a unique story written by Henry Rider Haggard. After all, he unites characters from three different series. Allan is looking for Ayesha in the hope of finding answers about his dead loved ones. He becomes involved in the rescue attempt of a young Portuguese-Scotch woman, and also fights with Ayeshas enemies. This is truly one of the most exciting stories of a successful author.

Jerry Todds Poodle Parlor

Leo Edwards

This story begins with a summer vacation in the small town of Tutter, Illinois, where the protagonist was born and raised. These are the adventures of the boys during their summer holidays. Many events revolve around the Woodlawn Bay Hotel and the old Windmere House, which stood side by side on the south bank of the river, each with about fifty acres of forested land around it. It was a new hotel, with its modern amenities, which put the old Hotel out of business. Now, after many years of idleness, the old hotel was demolished and its lumber and equipment were sold.

The Avenger

Edgar Wallace

Over a period of time, men disappear, and later their heads are found. Meanwhile a young actress in a small part in a film on location, is disturbed by the actions of the owner of the place where they are filming. A detective comes to investigate, and finds many puzzling things going on. Several of the characters are suspicious, in one way or another, and as the plot unfolds, it grips you. Edgar Wallaces The Avenger is a perfectly fine example of what a page-turning thriller looked like, early in the last century. What Edgar Wallace has over modern writers is the willingness to insert a girl-snatching, sapient orangutan in his plot. Surely the seeds for his King-Kong screenplay can be found here.

The House of Invisible Bondage

J.U. Giesy, Junius B Smith

Two main assistants of our hero help their friend astrologer to solve the mystery. After all, Imer Lamb was locked in a sanatorium for killing his friend. Is he mad or the victim of a devilish conspiracy? Many secrets that readers must solve.

Tam O the Scouts

Edgar Wallace

The book consists of 10 short stories about Tam a brilliant Scottish pilot, a thriller novel fan, socialist and cigar addict. The stories of Tam the pilot are not mysteries. Tams dialogue is written phonetically and he is great fun and saves the rather silly pre-Biggles stories from being too ridiculous to be enjoyable. The characters are broad, the situations light, but the stories are exciting and fun. Tam is a real person, and all the adventures set forth have actually happened, though names and places are necessarily fictitious. These are some of the earliest examples of air pulp, which exploded in popularity a decade after this books publication, following Linderbergs famous flight, and the release of Wellmans Wings.