Морфий

Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков

201eМорфий201d погружает нас в пропасть, приоткрывает мрак души человеческой, попавшей в ловушку наркотической зависимости, врача, пытающегося подавить осознание проблемы и нашедшего выход, избавляющий от жизни, не найдя избавления от зависимости. Самоубийство 2013 единственный путь? Быстрое или медленное, разница невелика.

The Lifted Veil

George Eliot

During a period of illness, Latimer first discovers he is able to read other peoples minds and see visions of the future. Rather than being a gift, this strange phenomenon increasingly becomes a curse. But the one thing that keeps him going is his love for Bertha. But everything changes when Latimer finally does gain sporadic insight into Berthas mind... and finds her thoughts are much more sinister than he had anticipated... In this dark novella George Eliot explores clairvoyance, fate and the possibility of life after death.

Cyrano de Bergerac. Komedia bohaterska w pięciu aktach

Edmond Rostand

Cyrano de Bergerac to waleczny Gastończyk, człowiek wielu talentów, mistrz fechtunku. Ma jednak jedną wadę bardzo długi nos, który jednocześnie jest jego ogromnym kompleksem. Ta wada dokucza mu na tyle, że potrafi wyzwać na pojedynek każdego, kto rzuci głośną uwagę na ten temat. Jest zakochamy w swojej pięknej kuzynce, ale boi się odrzucenia, ponieważ uważa, że nie jest dla niej wystarczająco przystojny. Jednak obiekt jego westchnień w końcu umawia się z nim na spotkanie. Co z tego wyniknie?

Mrs. Ames

E.F. Benson

E. F. Bensons subject is always the petty concerns of petty people, but his talent is to make those concerns nearly as important to us as they are to his characters. For us, what happens to Bensons people is also much funnier than it is to them. This is another of Bensons social comedies with women battling it out for social supremacy in the village. Mrs. Ames, first published in 1912, has been described as a forerunner to the authors Mapp and Lucia novels

Les Quatre Filles du docteur Marsch

Louisa May Alcott

Guerre civile américaine en Amérique. Le Dr March a rejoint larmée du Nord, ne laissant que sa femme et ses quatre filles, quatre surs aux tempéraments et aux passions opposés. Meg est sentimentale, Beth aime la musique, Joe est la fois un garçon manqué et un écrivain novice.

One of Ours

Willa Cather

This is the story of a young man who strives with all his might to free himself from the oppressive patriarchal atmosphere of life in the Midwest. The hero rejects the fate destined for him and chooses military adventures in France during the First World War.

The Clouds

Aristophanes

The old farmer Strepsiad is in debt because of his son Fidippida, squandering money for equestrian sports. Strepsiad seeks help from a neighbor the sage of Socrates; Having come to the thought room, where Socrates teaches young people, Strepsiad asks to teach him tricky speeches and evasions, which would allow not to repay debts. But Strepsiad turns out to be unsuitable for science, and then Fidippid goes to study instead

This Unique Crime and Mystery Collection of E. Phillips Oppenheim. MultiBook

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Edward Phillips Oppenheim is an English novelist, creator of adventure novels that gained immense popularity in the early 20th century. His espionage novels were widely known, where the writer was a pioneer. His works to a large extent contributed to the fact that the detective acquired not only the will and mental ability of the great detectives, but also iron grip, the ability to dodge and strike at the right time. The multibook includes the most read novels of the author, such as: The Great Impersonation, The Zeppelins Passenger, The Devils Paw, The Avenger, An Amiable Charlatan, Jacobs Ladder, The Yellow Hous, The Cinema Murder, Anna the Adventuress, The Wicked Marquis, The Box with the Broken Seals, The Moving Finger, The Black Box, The Golden Web, The Great Secret, The Double Traitor, The Vanished Messenger, Havoc, The Pawns Count, The Yellow Crayon, The Mischief Maker, Mysterious Mr. Sabin, Jeanne of the Marshes, The Malefactor, A Lost Leader, The Survivor, The Great Prince Shan, Berenice, The Hillman, A Millionaire of Yesterday.