Iole

Robert W. Chambers

This fantasy novel would make a wonderful addition to any bookshelf and is highly recommended for fans and collectors of seminal works. A fantastic satire about the Art Nouveau poet and his eight daughters, who grew up in the countryside and in nature.

A Detectives Triumphs

Dick Donovan

A Detectives Triumphs (1891) by Dick Donovan eleven intriguing detective short stories including: The Mystery of Surgeon-Major Palmer; The Great Ruby Robbery; The Abduction, etc. Dick Donovan is the pseudonym of British author James Edward Preston Muddock (28 May 1843 23 January 1934) who created a private detective, also named Dick Donovan, in the 1890s. Dick Donovan achieved an international reputation as the master sleuth, and is reputedly responsible for American detectives being known popularly as Dicks.

Monday or Tuesday

Virginia Woolf

A woman looks at the mark on the wall and ponders the whims of thoughts and opinions; a series of couples is captured by nostalgia for their past as they stroll among the vibrant colors of Kew Gardens; the heron flies high above cities and towns, lakes and mountains, and below life continues in all its abundance; and blue and green are given in words.

The Huntress

Hulbert Footner

The Huntress written by Hulbert Footner who was a Canadian writer of non-fiction and detective fiction. His first published works were travelogues of canoe trips on the Hudson River and in the Northwest Territory along the Peace River, Hay River and Fraser River. He also wrote a series of northwest adventures during the period 1911 through 1920. Published in 1922, here a frontier love story with a tough, but intriguing heroine and a reluctant, at first weak, but eventually worthy lover.

Speedy

Max Brand

They called him Speedy because he could outsmart bankers, outfox barkeeps, and outwit bounty hunters faster than any man alive. He arrived on an iron horse. The day he rode into Durfee, he was more than ready to use his skills to make a killing. To Speedy, Durfee didnt look any different from a hundred other towns hed seen before. There were fat bankers waiting for his smooth talk, and lovely young ladies ready to swoon over his smile and his guitar playing. But this time the charming trickster was about to meet his match in a girl out to steal his heart! Every page of this western is full of action and situations that you cant wait to find out how Speedy is going to get out of alive.

Devotee. An Episode in the Life of a Butterfly

Mary Cholmondeley

Mr. Gresley, the dim-witted and self-confident priest who was destined to be largely responsible for the novels runaway success, first appeared, accompanied by his adoring wife, in the short novel Devotee.

The Awakening and Selected Short Stories

Kate Chopin

Awakening is one of the greatest works in American literature. Brilliant beauty Edna Pontellier, together with her husband and two wonderful kids, spend the summer in the resort town of Grand Isle. Ednas unexpected meeting with Robert, a charming young man, suddenly changes the calm and measured life of a woman. Awakening was recognized only many years later.

12 najpiękniejszych powieści z cyklu Komedia ludzka. MultiBook

Honoriusz Balzak

Honoriusz Balzak (17991850) to obok Charlesa Dickensa i Lwa Tołstoja jeden z najważniejszych twórców współczesnej powieści europejskiej. Jest autorem monumentalnego cyklu powieściowego Komedia ludzka, na który składa się ponad 130 utworów. W cyklu tym Balzak potraktował człowieka jako gatunek przyrodniczy i rozpatruje jego odmiany występujące w różnych środowiskach. Siłą napędową jego postaci jest dążenie do kariery i zdobycie pieniędzy. Oprócz pieniądza ważnym tematem jest miłość. Balzak zgłębił psychikę kobiety jak mało który pisarz. W multibooku znalazło się 12 najpiękniejszych powieści z cyklu Komedia ludzka, takich jak: Córka Ewy Kobieta porzucona Gobseck Kobieta trzydziestoletnia Ojciec Goriot Kuratela Eugenia Grandet Proboszcz z Tours Muza z zaścianka Cierpienia wynalazcy Bank Nucingena Sekrety księżnej de Cadignan