Bleak House

Charles Dickens

Money often changes peoples lives. If you inherited a substantial amount of money would it change yours? Would you work or quit your job? Would you feel entitled to various privileges because of your wealth? Would you behave differently? These and other issues are the subject of the English novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Bleak House, like many of Dickens writings, is about various social issues. Bleak House is a satirical story about Dickens view of the British judiciary system. Both Esther Summerson, one of the characters in the story, and a separate third person narrator, tell the story. Esther speaks about the experiences of her life, and the third person narrator speaks about the experiences of some of the people of the town.

At the Sign of the Sword

William Le Queux

Warm, brilliant, and cloudless was the July noon. Beneath the summer sun the broad, shallow waters of the Meuse sparkled as they rippled swiftly onward through the deep, winding valley of grey rocks and cool woods on their way from the mountains of Lorraine, through peaceful, prosperous Belgium, towards the sea.

Mike Flannery On Duty and Off

Ellis Parker Butler

Ellis Parker Butler (1869-1937) was a contemporary of many big names in American fiction straddling the 19th and 20th centuries, but today hes almost completely forgotten. The selections in Mike Flannery On Duty and Off book include three humorous stories, Just Like a Cat, The Three Hundred and Fleas Will Be Fleas, by this American humorist, whose first success, Pigs is Pigs (1906), remained his greatest. Nevertheless, the Mike Flannery stories are among his best. Just Like a Cat is a story of Mikes problems when a dead cat arrives at the express office where he works. Mike tries to think of a word to replace dead in his report and that sets off a series of problems for him. The further stories of Mike Flannery, a character made famous as the agent of the Interurban Express Company in Butlers short story, Pigs is Pigs.

Poglądy księdza Hieronima Coignarda

Anatole France

W Poglądach księdza Hieronima Coignarda Anatole France noblista, erudyta i bibliofil daje wyraz własnych przekonań na temat instytucji życia publicznego, wymiaru sprawiedliwości i ludzkich postaw. Ukrywa je pod maską minionego wieku, jednak złośliwe aluzje do czasów współczesnych autorowi są doskonale widoczne i świadczą o aktualności prozy Francea.

Claudius Bombarnac

Jules Verne

Claudius Bombarnak, journaliste au journal Twentieth Century, a pour mission de décrire un voyage le long du grand chemin de fer transasiatique qui commence Uzun-Ada, traverse le Turkestan russe et chinois et se termine Beijing. En chemin, il rencontre des personnes intéressantes de différentes nationalités, comme le baron allemand Weisschitzerdurfer, qui tente de battre le record du monde de vitesse en 39 jours, et le roumain Kinko qui voyage dans une boîte amoureuse, qui sauve plus tard tous les passagers et léquipage du train.

The Finer Grain

Henry James

The Finer Grain a collection of small stories. The A Round of Visits is a thoughtful tragedy that triggered the opening of Watch and Trusteeship. The Bench of Desolation, located in an English seaside town, is a touching story of reconciliation after some very offensive and bitter misunderstandings.

The Quest of Lee Garrison

Max Brand

Lee Garrison, a solitary fence rider in the southwest, is entranced with stories he has read of daring medieval adventures. Then a dying Indian stumbles into his camp, telling of a magnificent wild mustang called Moonshine. Garrison pursues the elusive horse across the plains on a quest of self-discovery. The chase would lead him across thousands of miles of plains, deserts, and rivers, and before his quest had ended, Lee Garrison would learn the meaning of hope and the cost of dreams. And he would be forced to make a terrible, shattering decision - a decision that might destroy him. Highly recommended, especially for those who love the Old Western genre.

Das indische Tuch. Roman

Edgar Wallace

Lord Willie Lebanon, Herr auf Schloss Marks Priory, könnte ein glücklicher Mann sein. Aber der alte Lord Lebanon wurde mit einem indischen Tuch erdrosselt. Die Erben versammeln sich und vernehmen den vorletzten Willen des Verblichenen: Die untereinander verfeindete Familie soll sechs Tage und Nächte in seinem Schloss verbringen, um sich auszusöhnen, erst dann werde das endgültige Testament verlesen. Die Erben fügen sich der Bedingung und werden bald immer weniger. Bei ihrer Spurensuche nehmen Tanner und Totty von Scotland Yard zunächst Lady Lebanon ins Visier: Was hat sie hinter der verschlossenen Tür im Obergeschoss zu verbergen?