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.

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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

Dr. Kildares Hardest Case

Max Brand

Lindley Parker Sessions, commandant of the Yard, stood with his hand on his hips and looked up. There is a saying that even the Devil would make a sailor if he could only learn to look up. However, the Rear Admiral was not staring at the leech of a sail; he was watching the ironworkers as they ran up a new portion of the ways. Welders did most of the construction in the Yard, but for lack of them at this point, Lieutenant Commander Henry Jervis, who supplied the engineering brains for the Rear Admiral, was using a riveting gang.

The Adventures of a Modest Man

Robert W. Chambers

The narrator is a widower with two daughters, living happily into a rather troubling middle age and pushing away his daughters suitors so that his daughters would live with him a little longer. A younger neighbor persuades him to buy a pig and then bets that the boredom of life has so eclipsed his intelligence that he wont be smart enough to stop someone from stealing it. If the narrator loses the bet, he will jump out of his rut by going to Paris.

Барышня-крестьянка (Panna włościanka)

Александр Сергеевич Пушкин, Aleksandr Siergiejewicz Puszkin

Повесть Пушкина «Барышня-крестьянка» 2013 это замечательная, трогательная, легкая и веселая, романтическая история. Помещики Муромский и Берестов 2013 ближайшие соседи, недолюбливающие друг друга по причине разных взглядов на жизнь. У Муромского была дочь-красавица Лиза, а у Берестова 2013 сын Алексей, привлекательный молодой человек. Лиза, заинтересовавшись Алексеем, решает переодеться простой крестьянкой, чтобы хоть издали одним глазком взглянуть на молодого соседского барина. С первой же их встречи они искренне полюбили друг друга. Несмотря на сословное неравенство, Алексей готов жениться на крестьянке, назвавшейся Акулиной. В то же время их отцы решают помириться и поженить своих детей. Влюбленный в Акулину Алексей отказался от женитьбы на Лизе и отправился к ней, чтобы объясниться. Каково же было его удивление и радость, когда в Лизе узнал он свою возлюбленную Акулину...