Uncle Toms Cabin. Or, Life among the Lowly

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Toms Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Eliza, a slave who has a young child, pleads with Tom, another slave, to escape with her. Tom does not leave, but Eliza flees with her child. After getting some help to escape the slave traders who are looking for her, she then must try to cross the icy Ohio River if she wants to be free. Meanwhile, Tom is sold from one master to another, and his fortunes vary widely

Mademoiselle La Quintinie

George Sand

Mademoiselle Quintini est lhistoire dun prtre avec toute la sévérité de ses jugements. Les progres de lillumination reflétaient et annulaient lathéisme; sa mort est la liberté de discussion. Les progres de la moralité publique ont tué lhypocrisie; sa mort est une impunité, que tout le monde méprise.

The Return of the Rancher

Max Brand

Accused, tried, and convicted of robbery and murder that he did not commit, Jim Seton rotted in jail for five long years. Although the townspeople said he was lucky not to hang, that wasnt how Jim saw it. He didnt take kindly to being railroaded. Now he was free and ready. He was an innocent man whod been sent to hell, and he was ready, willing, and able to return the favor. The Return of the Rancher is a classical western excitement at its very best by a master of the genre. Max Brand is one of the most exciting and talented writers working in the Western genre who has been labeled one of the top three Western novelists of all time so western fans will be in for a treat.

On the Wallaby. Or, Through the East and Across Australia

Guy Boothby

A prolific Australian novelist, Guy Boothby was noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century. In 1894 he published On the Wallaby; or, Through the East and Across Australia, an account of the travels of himself and his brother, including a description of their journey across Australia from Cooktown to Adelaide. He wrote over 50 books over the course of a decade.

Tales for Fifteen. Or, Imagination and Heart

James Fenimore Cooper

This book is meant to be read by young women at that tender age, when the feelings of their nature begin to act most insidiously on them, and when their minds are least prepared by reason and experience to fight their passions. This is a powerful, beautiful, heartbreaking story. Charlotte is one of the women who can really lead by example.

Roksolanki

Szymon Zimorowic

Roksolanki to poemat miłosny napisany w 1629 roku przez Szymona Zimorowica z okazji zaślubin brata poety Józefa Bartłomieja Zimorowica z Katarzyną Duchną Dymidecką. Tematem Roksolanek są różne aspekty miłości. Utwór, należący do gatunku sielanki, zwraca uwagę wyszukaną kompozycją. W pieśniach wyśpiewywanych w formule turnieju poetyckiego 69 osób dzieli się swoimi przeżyciami. Pieśni ułożone są w symetryczną strukturę, która kształtuje cały utwór.

Folkungaträdet

Verner von Heidenstam

Bjälboarvet är en roman av den svenske författaren Verner von Heidenstam. Den handlar om striderna mellan Birger jarls söner Valdemar Birgersson och Magnus Laduls p 1200-talet.                           

Jennie Gerhardt

Theodore Dreiser

This is the story of an innocent beautiful young woman from the poorest family, who throughout her life is associated with men of high social status. How her family members react to such a connection became the basis of the plot. The novel takes place over several decades.