Michałko

Bolesław Prus

Przejmujące losy wiejskiego biedaka, któremu na imię Michałko. Okoliczni mówią o nim durny Michałko, bo zwraca na siebie uwagę, a do tego nie potrafi poradzić sobie w życiu. Po zakończeniu pracy na budowie nieopodal rodzinnej wsi Michałko nie miał dokąd wracać. Postanowił więc udać się do Warszawy. Bohater ma specyficzne wyobrażenie o wielkim mieście: Choć go nazywali durnym, tyle przecie rozumiał, że na świecie mniej przymiera się z głodu i łatwiej o nocleg aniżeli na wsi. O! na świecie chleb jest bielszy, na mięso można choć popatrzeć, domów więcej i ludzie nie tacy mizerni jak u nich. W Warszawie Michałko zatrudnia się przy budowie domu. Poznaje dziewczynę, która cierpi, bo jej amant często ją bije i odbiera wszystkie zarobione pieniądze. Michałko zakochuje się w niej. Wkrótce dziewczyna opuszcza go. Michałko nie może zrozumieć, dlaczego poszła za krzywdzącym ją człowiekiem.

A Maker of History

E. Phillips Oppenheim

In this romantic story tells about how in 1905 a young British tourist accidentally witnesses a strange meeting in Germany. Then, in Paris, he tells about it not in the company where it could be shared. His sister, who had to meet with him finds his brothers baggage at the hotel, but he himself disappeared. The French police are pretending to be looking for him persistently, but then the sister himself disappears. A childhood friend who is in love with her is asking her friend to help in the search. He agrees to look for this pair, finds hints, but gets a warning to stop the search.

The Moon Pool

A. Merritt

One of the most gripping fantasies ever written, The Moon Pool embodies all the romanticism and poetic nostalgia characteristic of A. Merritts writings. The plot concerns an advanced race which has developed within the Earths core. Eventually their most intelligent members create an offspring. This created entity encompasses both great good and great evil, but it slowly turns away from its creators and towards evil. The entity is called either the Dweller or the Shining One. A party of archeologists stumble upon this lost subterranean land and must fight to save their own world on the earths surface. With an exciting narrative full of thrilling action sequences, memorable characters, and a fascinating civilization of bizarre wonders, it is a great adventure novel that will thrill fans of classic science fiction.

A Daughter of Israel

Fred M. White

A Crime on Canvas is a story about a rich Blantyres family, which is one of the richest families in England. A few years later, the influence of Blantyres does not disappear. They are just as influential in their environment. The eldest of the Blantyres family decided to rent out their mansion. However, many bad rumors go about him.

Szewcy. Naukowa sztuka ze śpiewkami w trzech aktach

Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz

Dramat Szewcy określany jako groteskowy i modernistyczny powstawał w latach 19311934. Po raz pierwszy został wystawiony w Sopocie w 1957 r. na scenie kameralnej gdańskiego Teatru Wybrzeże. Fabuła utworu opowiada o losach szewców, którzy cierpią z powodu ciężkiej, bezsensowej i bezmyślnej pracy. Są w niej wykorzystywani i upokarzani. Ich ciemiężycielem jest Robert Scurvy. Obawia się on buntu swoich pracowników, postanawia więc wraz z Dziarskimi Chłopcami przeprowadzić zamach stanu i zdobyć pełnię władzy. Szewcy zostają zamknięci w leniwni i skazani na bezczynność. Dramat przedstawia katastroficzny obraz przyszłego społeczeństwa. Przedstawia wyobrażenia pisarza o mechanizacji społeczeństwa, w wyniku której dochodzi do upadku cywilizacji. Sztuka stanowi krytykę rewolucji, kapitalizmu, komunizmu i faszyzmu.

Mr. Pottermacks Oversight

R. Austin Freeman

Mr. Pottermack, wrongly convicted for forgery of checks, has escaped from jail, made his fortune in the US and come back to England to find his fiance. The only one who is cleverer than Mr. Pottermack is Freemans detective, Dr. Thorndyke. In this novel, the sympathetic, engaging and enterprising Mr. Pottermack commits the perfect crime, only to discover that a perfect crime is the last thing in the world he wants. Then Mr. Pottermack comes up against the legendary Dr. John Thorndyke, physician and lawyer, the dean of scientific detection, who seems to know far too much about what Mr. Pottermack did on a night when there was nobody around to see him. Will Dr. Thorndyke celebrate another triumph? Or will Mr. Pottermack avoid detection and finally find happiness?

Of Royal Blood. A Story of the Secret Service

William Le Queux

It is imperative that active steps must be taken to preserve Englands supremacy, and at the same time frustrate this aggressive policy towards us which is undoubtedly growing. I need not tell you that the outlook is far from reassuring. As a diplomatist you know that as well as I do. The war-cloud which rose over Europe at the end of the last Administration is still darkening. It therefore behoves us to avoid a repetition of the recent fiasco at St. Petersburg with regard to Port Arthur, and strive to prevent foreign diplomacy from again getting the better of us. You quite follow me?

This Side of Paradise

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgeralds first novel, This Side of Paradise, focuses on several themes and illustrates some social and moral changes in America during the early 20th century. This semiautobiographical story of the handsome, indulged, and idealistic Princeton student Amory Blaine received critical raves and catapulted Fitzgerald to instant fame. Amory Blaine is utterly an idealist. He indulges in every sense of his dreams, to the point that it becomes detrimental to the state of his status in life. Now, readers can enjoy the newly edited, authorized version of this early classic of the Jazz Age, based on Fitzgeralds original manuscript. In this definitive text, This Side of Paradise captures the rhythms and romance of Fitzgeralds youth and offers a poignant portrait of the Lost Generation. The novel explores the theme of love warped by greed and status-seeking.