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Quatrevingt-treize

Victor Hugo

Lanéé 1793, Bretagne du nord. Quatre-vingt-treize est un récit de lépoque de la Révolution française et aussi une histoire de trois personnages symboliques: un vieil aristocrate, le marquis de Lantenac, son neveu, Gauvain, un noble rattaché aux humbles Cimourdain, pere adoptif de Gauvain. Ici il y a les situations angoissantes et beaucoup de rebondissements. Pris en presse entre la loi et la raison, que décident Tellmarch, Gauvin, Cimourdain? Suis je hors la loi? Je nen sais rien. Mourir de faim, est ce tre dans la loi?

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Najpiękniejsze wiersze dla dzieci

Praca zbiorowa

Wiersze zebrane w tym niezwykłym tomie od pokoleń bawią i uczą najmłodszych czytelników. Nie może ich zabraknąć w żadnej dziecięcej biblioteczce. W książce znalazły się m.in. wiersze i wierszyki takich autorów jak: Aleksander Fredro (np. Małpa w kąpieli, Paweł i Gaweł), Stanisław Jachowicz (np. Chory kotek, Tadeuszek), Władysław Bełza (Katechizm polskiego dziecka), Maria Konopnicka (Krasnoludki, Stefek Burczymucha, Pan Zielonka) czy Ignacy Krasicki (Przyjaciele, Czapla, ryby i rak).

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Descent into Hell

Charles Williams

It is possible only on the fingers to list the authors who can write really ingenious novels. One of these authors is Charles Williams. Descent into Hell one of his greatest novels. The story of the people who struggle with the inner I, they are closed in themselves. The story of how a person can choose their happiness in exchange for the misfortune of another.

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The Big Four

Edgar Wallace

Best remembered for penning the screenplay for the classic film King Kong, author Edgar Wallace was an astoundingly popular luminary in the action-adventure genre in the early twentieth century. The Big Four is a story packed with intrigue, treachery, assassinations, and machinations, and it highlights Wallaces unmatched skill in setting a pulse-pounding pace. Wallace was an extremely prolific writer who wrote over 175 novels, plus numerous plays, essays and journalistic articles. During the peak of his success during the 1920s, it was said that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him. Many of his novels were made into films and TV dramas.

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Collected Short Stories (Vol. 6). Collected Short Stories. Volume 6

Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle never wasted time in getting his stories moving. His plots are always direct and refreshingly lucid, and the narrative has a velocity that sweeps you along right to the end. This was no doubt a large part of his immense worldwide success. Volume 6 continues the exciting adventures of the worlds most famous pipe-smoking detective, Sherlock Holmes, collecting works written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Volume includes The Adventure of the Gloria Scott, The Adventure of the Resident Patient, The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, The Adventure of the Final Problem. Here are three more Sherlock Holmes adventures from the pen of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This collection includes the following: The Adventure of the Priory School, The Red-Headed League and The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.

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Mary of Marion Isle

H. Rider Haggard

Mary of Marion Isle the penultimate novel by Henry Rider Haggard, which he wrote before his death. The young socialist doctor faced a series of obstacles in his life, and learned what unhappy love is. Then he found himself on a desert island. What will he do in this situation? By the way, Marion Isle is a real place and one of the Prince Edward Islands.

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The Trumpet-Major

Thomas Hardy

Hardys historical novel against the backdrop of the grandest Napoleonic wars tells about the love and sorrows of ordinary people who found themselves in unusual times. When the expected invasion brings several regiments to her small rural community, the young maid Anna Garland is looked after by three people in uniform: faithful trumpet major John Loveday, his sailor brother Bob, and the cowardly Festus Derriman of the cavalry of Yomanria.

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The Handsome Young Men

Hulbert Footner

A historical romance and tale of adventure, set in England during the fourteenth century. Descendent of a noble family, Nigel Loring is the last of his race, and living alone with his aged grand-mother, upon a small remnant of their great estate. In service to King Edward III, Sir Nigel Loring must prove himself worthy of the hand of his the Lady Mary by performing three deeds in her honor. On his way to the altar, Nigel rescues a woman from dishonor, fights a pirate leader, and battles against the Spanish at sea, among other heroic feats. Set against the fourteenth-century war between England and France, Sir Nigel is an action-packed adventure classic, filled to the brim with history, conflict, chivalry, and a dash of romance.