More Spook Stories

E.F. Benson

This is one of the latest collections of Bensons ghost stories. All the villains are gathered here: a lame man, an imperious woman and other petty criminals. One of the stories tells about the elderly, and the ideal of their life is the clergy, for this they may die. Benson is one of those authors who writes masterpiece ghost stories.

Lilla Weneda. Tragedia w 5 aktach

Juliusz Słowacki

Dramat historiozoficzny wykorzystujący stylistykę mitologiczną. Pokazuje tragedię podbitego narodu Wenedów, metaforycznie odnosząc się do dziejów Polski. Autor wykorzystuje maskę czasów przedhistorycznych i najazd plemienia Lechitów na Wenedów, aby wyjaśnić naturę narodu polskiego i ukazać sens dziejów narodowych. Tłumaczy też poniekąd przyczyny klęski powstania listopadowego.

A Lost Lady of Old Years

John Buchan

John Buchan was a Scottish author and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada. He wrote a series of books that follow the adventures of Richard Hannay, an expatriate Scot who was first introduced in the classic novel The Thirty-Nine Steps. Set in Scotland in 1745, during the Jacobite Rebellion, this dark story of loyalty and betrayal on the road to Culloden Moor recounts the adventures of Francis Birkenshaw. The Jacobite cause means nothing to him until a chance meeting with the beautiful Margaret Murray presents an opportunity for profit and adventure. The fateful encounter marks the beginning of Franciss involvement with John Murray of Broughton, an infamous traitor and turncoat. Once described as a tale of adventure and betrayal on the long bloody road to Culloden Moor, A Lost Lady of Old Years is set in Scotland during the Rebellion of 45. Young Edinburgh-born Francis Birkenshaw cares nothing for the Jacobite cause until an encounter with the beautiful wife of Bonnie Prince Charlies secretary, Mrs Margaret Murray, leads to a dangerous involvement with her husband, John Murray of Broughton, an infamous turncoat. A dark and compelling portrayal of the Jacobite Rebellion.

The Lamp in the Desert

Ethel M. Dell

Ethel May Dell was a British writer of popular romance novels who produced about thirty novels and several volumes of short stories. The public loved her stories and the books were hugely popular. The scene of this splendid story is laid in India and tells of the lamp of love that continues to shine through all sorts of tribulations to final happiness. When Stella comes to India unaccompanied to join her brother Tommy with his regiment, the tongues wag. In order to become respected she foolishly marries a bounder, who, incidentally, has a wife back in England. There is passion, honor, pride, angst, suffering, and all sorts of happenings keeping the lovers mentally, emotionally and physically part. They grow, trust in God and find peace and long-lasting love in the end.

The India-Rubber Men

Edgar Wallace

The India-Rubber Men is a gripping thriller of Londons River Police, whose swift launches patrol the Thames and guard the ships that lie in port. Inspector John Wade is given the toughest job of his life when he is assigned the task of running to earth a gang of gunmen in rubber gas-masks, rubber gloves and crepe rubber shoes, who rob banks and jewelers, and even commit murder under the very eyes of the police, and get away with it. Through it all runs the Thames, and there is even time for a little excursion out of London to its upper reaches in Oxfordshire. A classic Wallace, stitching together his favorite themes with enough humor and vigor to keep the reader intrigued till the very end.

Rikos ja rangaistus. Kuusiosainen romaani ynnä epilogi

Fjodor Mihailovitš Dostojevski

Rikos ja rangaistus on Fjodor Dostojevskin tunnetuin teos. Vuonna 1866 julkaistu romaani on maailmankirjallisuuden klassikko. Teos käsittelee moraalisia ongelmia, ja siinä on myös salapoliisiromaanin ja rakkaustarinan piirteitä. Keskeisiä teemoja ovat syyllisyydentunto ja anteeksi saaminen katumisen kautta. Kirja kuvaa teon henkisiä ja fyysisiä vaikutuksia Raskolnikoviin. Raskolnikovia vaivaavat syyllisyydentunteet ja vainoharhat siitä, että kaikki epäilevät häntä. Hän tapaa hurskaan prostituoidun, Sonjan, jonka vaikutuksesta lopulta tunnustaa teon ja joutuu kahdeksaksi vuodeksi Siperian pakkotyöleirille, jonne Sonja seuraa häntä.

The Winds of the World

Talbot Mundy

It has always been a mystery to her how she knows everything that is happening in Delhi, India and in the great outer world, although they themselves give her information that no government could have landed on the quiet hills. They know where she keeps her cobra where a lot of jewelry knows some of her old stories. There were many maids in Yasmin, but no one, even her favorite, most proud ones, knew that in the small room there was a black stroll with stairs and steel doors at the top.

A Second Home

Honoré de Balzac

In a dark, narrow street in Paris lives an old widow and her pretty young daughter, sit by the window most days. They share a poor but contented existence, supporting themselves through embroidery work. They see a gentleman in a brown coat pass by in the mornings and return in the evenings. The mother always remarks that he appears either over-worked or in delicate health. The daughter ignores most of her remarks as her mother sees every passer-by as a possible protector for the daughter. But soon the gentleman begins to exchange glances with the daughter. A Second Home is a classic French romance novel by the great French novelist, Honoré de Balzac. It is an interesting investigation of a relationship between a normal person and a religious nutter.