A Studio Mystery

Frank Aubrey

Weird mystery with rationalized supernaturalism featuring private detective Matthew Grimlock. A Studio Mystery is a secret, and there is not much of a secret about the murder of the artist Arnold. The suspicions of the reader fall at once on Gustave. There is a certain ingenuity, however, in the working out of the motive of the crime. Altogether, A Studio Mystery is a fairly good specimen of its class written by Frank Aubrey. Francis Henry Frank Atkins (18471927) was a British writer of pulp fiction, in particular science fiction aimed at younger readers, writing at least three Lost-World novels along with much else. He wrote under the pseudonyms Frank Aubrey and Fenton Ash.

George Sand. Kobieta nieposkromionych namiętności. Ostatnia miłość w życiu Chopina

Stanisław Antoni Wotowski

Historia życia George Sand ekscentrycznej kochanki Fryderyka Chopina. Autor opisuje jej relacje z kompozytorem. Obrazuje też dziwactwa, z których zasłynęła tytułowa postać. Barwnie opisane losy niezwykłej kobiety.

LÉclat dobus

Maurice Leblanc

quelques kilometres de la frontiere allemande, non loin de la petite cité lorraine de Corvingy il y a un château d Ornequin. En juillet 1914 les jeunes mariés Paul et Elisabeth Delroze arrivent l. Depuis la mort de la comtesse Hermine, la femme du comte dAndeville et la mere dElisabeth, ce château est abandonné. Pendant le séjour dans le château Paul fait une découverte, qui va bouleverser sa vie. Et cest le défi. Cest une histoire pasionnante et extraordinaire de la persécution et de la guerre.

Der unheimliche Mönch. Roman

Edgar Wallace

Nacht für Nacht Im Herrenhaus von Monks Hall hört man Orgelmusik. Über das Anwesen geistert eine Gestalt in einer schwarzen Mönchskutte. Nachts, wenn der unheimliche Mönch umgeht und sich seine Opfer sucht. Doch wer ist der unheimliche Mönch, der nachts im Herrenhaus umherschweift und seine Opfer sucht? Wird Inspektor Elk noch rechtzeitig eingreifen können?

Baskervillen koira

Arthur Conan Doyle

Baskervillen koira on Doylen tunnetuimpia teoksia. Romaani perustuu löyhästi Dartmoorin myyttiin, joka kertoo hohtavasta koirasta. Suuri, pimeässä hohtava koira toimii myös romaanin lähtöajatuksena. Brittiläisessä kansanperinteessä on tarinoita mustasta kuoleman hurtasta, jonka tyyppisiä kertomuksia myös Doyle hyödynsi romaanin aineksia kootessaan.

The Forty-Five Guardsmen

Alexandre Dumas

The Forty-Five Guardsmen, by Alexandre Dumas (1894), the most celebrated of French romance writers, is in two volumes, and is the third of a series known as The Valois Romances. It basically deals with Diana de Meridor and her servant Remy who find a way to take revenge upon Duc dAnjou for his heinous betrayal of Bussy dAmboise. Historically it commences with the execution of Salcede and the arrival of the Forty-Five at Paris and deals with the Guise intrigues, the campaign of Anjou in Flanders and his death; the events in the novel take place in 1584-1585. Alexandre Dumas The Forty-Five Guardsmen, which has been translated into several languages, tells a wonderful story, full of the rich historical detail, rousing action, and gripping characters that mark the best of Dumas work.

The Long Shadow

B.M. Bower

Billy Boyle knows cattle and horses better than most. Alexander P. Dill, the merchant from Michigan, knows little of livestock and needs Billys help to make it in the business. Billy is eager to oblige, but can he beat the weather, the barbed wire, and the mysterious maneuvers of old man Brown? And what is the Pilgrim up to? Surely no good when it comes to Flora Bridger, who Billy wants to make his own. B. M. Bower was one of the most prolific and popular writers in the early days of the Western genre, and stories like The Long Shadow explain the authors abiding popularity.

King Richard the Third

William Shakespeare

Heroes of the work are ready for terrible deeds for the sake of power. Richard is a model of canonical evil, almost a fairy-tale villain, in whom there is nothing light. The main character goes to power through numerous crimes and deceptions. He does not spare underage nephews, ordering to kill them in the Tower, and then dies in a battle with another claimant to the throne.