Kolomba

Prosper Mérimée

Kolomba to powieść Prospera Mérimée o młodej Korsykance, która z zemsty zmusza swojego brata do popełnienia morderstwa. Prosper Mérimée był francuskim dramaturgiem, historykiem, archeologiem oraz mistrzem krótkich opowieści, które zrewolucjonizowały powieść romantyczną. Inspirację stanowiła dla niego literatura francuska i rosyjska (przede wszystkim Puszkin), a jego powieści poruszały tematy mistyczne, niezwykłe oraz bardzo przygnębiające.

The Singing Bone

R. Austin Freeman

In this collection of short stories, the reader learns the killers identity long before the brilliant medical detective takes the stage. These are brilliant early examples of open secrets where the question is not who, but how will they be caught?

The Genius

Theodore Dreiser

The hero of the novel is a talented artist Eugene Vitla overcomes a thorny path to his goal of becoming a recognized artist. Experiencing ups and downs, Eugene gives an assessment of the life of a creative person in a capitalist society. Describes the life of the American elite and ordinary workers, whom the hero has to face on the path of life, against the backdrop of difficult family relationships. However, he did not break down after he experienced mental and creative crises.

Toilers of the Sea

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo wrote many of his works while in exile, which lasted 19 years. He spent most of this exile on the English islands. The story begins with the description of the islands... Letyerri has two loves in life his ship Durand and his niece Deryushetta. Letyerri, due to the machinations of his companion Kleben, is losing the ship. The ship is destroyed, but the steam engine itself is intact. Deryushettas hand is promised to someone who will be able to return him an expensive car.

The Complete Anne of Green Gables Series. MultiBook

Lucy Maud Montgomery

One of the most famous novels of the Canadian writer Lucy Mod Montgomery. A single brother and sister living on a farm decide to adopt a boy from a shelter in Nova Scotia so that he becomes an au pair. But due to a misunderstanding, on the island of Prince Edward, eleven-year-old Anne, a tireless inventor and a cheerful seeker of adventures, who will forever change their lives, falls. The multibook includes the most read novels of the author, such as: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne of Windy Poplars, Annes House of Dreams, Anne of Ingleside, Rainbow Valley, Rilla of Ingleside, Chronicles of Avonlea, Further Chronicles of Avonlea.

Powrót

Jerzy Żuławski

Powrót to pierwsza część dylogii Laus feminae. Znany i ceniony w środowisku artystycznym literat Roman Turski powraca do Krakowa jako majętny biznesmen, co wzbudza duże zamieszanie wśród miejscowych artystów. Szczególne zainteresowanie okazuje mu Helena Hazarapelianowa, znana femme fatale i łamaczka serc, otoczona licznym gronem adoratorów. Niegdyś należał do nich również główny bohater. To właśnie księżna Helena stanowiła przyczynę wyjazdu Turskiego. Mężczyzna jednak wierzy, że ten etap w jego życiu jest już zakończony i wyrusza do Zakopanego, aby rozpocząć tam interesy.

The Specimen Case

Ernest Bramah

Working name of UK author Ernest Brammah Smith (1868-1942) for all his writing; he is best-known for two series, the Max Carrados books about a blind detective, all of whose Perceptions are enormously enhanced, and a series of tales in which the Chinese Kai Lung tells stories often to stave off some unpleasant fate, like Scheherazade. At the height of his fame, Bramahs mystery tales, featuring the blind detective, appeared alongside Sir Arthur Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes stories in the Strand Magazine, even occasionally outselling them. This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1924. A collection of twenty-one short stories which bridge, in the process of their writing, thirty years of life, one featuring Kai Lung and another featuring blind detective Max Carrados. Highly recommended this entertaining reading!

The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

Oscar Wilde

Once they started a new interesting game in pseudonyms, which led to funny and curious consequences. Each time he came to London, he was convicted of only marrying a man named Ernest. Upon learning of an advanced friend, Algerie decides to play him, for which he goes to Jacks country estate, where he impersonates his brother Ernest, who immediately falls in love with charming Cecilia. Only friends forgot how important it is to be serious, because Ernestov and lies were too much, and there is very little truth.