The Abysmal Brute

Jack London

This is a love story. For what, if not the love of the Friend-Master, was looking for a half-wolf, half-dog White Fang? This is a story about understanding. For only having understood the beast, in whose blood the famous call of the ancestors still beats, can you tame it... Many people know that we are all responsible for the one we tamed. But how many are able to understand how much we are tamed in the responsibility for us?

Captain Stormfields Visit to Heaven

Mark Twain

The old godless captain Stormfield believed neither in God, nor in hell, nor in paradise, nor in hell. Imagine his surprise when, after his death, flying through the bottomless depths of space, he nevertheless arrived in paradise. He was even more surprised when he became acquainted with the local order it was too painfully different from the stories about the paradise of priests on Earth...

Under the Deodars

Rudyard Kipling

Under Deodars is a collection of stories, against the backdrop of which the bizarre and calm environment of the Shimla mountains. The towering mountains, covered with ice, are dumb evidence of deception, debauchery and dedication of the main characters and opponents. The book begins with a story called Otis Yirs Education. The rude and enterprising Mrs. Hawksby proposes to create a salon in Simla, but to dissuade Mrs. Mallow from putting her plan into practice.

Secret Sharer

Joseph Conrad

This is a story of less than 100 pages, but in it Conrad demonstrates how many great writers do it, the simple and elegant power of short work. Here, a writer can briefly convey a compelling message in an economic way. The situation is in the southern seas, and we see that our narrator takes his first command near the Gulf of Thailand. A strange young captain finds refuge and harbors another man, and they make a strange friendship.

Notes on Life and Letters

Joseph Conrad

This book is a collection of some of Konrads reviews and writings. The collection is divided into two parts, primarily the sections Letters, its reviews. The second section is called Life, but this is only true in a limited sense. It contains Conrads views on some of the pressing political issues of the day. They range from the Russo-Japanese War and the question of the independence of Poland to the death of the Titanic.

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc

Mark Twain

The name of Joan of Arc became a legend: an illiterate village girl, standing at the head of the French army, delivered her country from English rule and enthroned the king, who later betrayed her. In the novel by Mark Twain, the story of Jeanne her childhood, her victories and death is presented to the reader on behalf of her friend and secretary. This is a story about a great and noble soul, about a disinterested female heart that can withstand any load, even beyond the strength of the mighty of this world.

Ciepła wdówka. Komedia w trzech aktach

Michał Bałucki

Ciepła wdówka to trzyaktowa komedia Michała Bałuckiego, polskiego pisarza i publicysty z okresu pozytywizmu. Zaliczał się on do nurtu tak zwanych przedburzowców, który istniał na przełomie późnego romantyzmu i pozytywizmu. Większość utworów Bałuckiego sytuuje się na granicy farsy oraz komedii, czerpiąc z twórczości Aleksandra Fredry. Akcja najczęściej rozgrywa się wśród średnio zamożnego mieszczaństwa.

Znaszli ten kraj?... Znaszli ten kraj?

Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński

Zbiór felietonów Tadeusza Boya-Żeleńskiego opisujących życie krakowskiej śmietanki artystycznej na przełomie XIX i XX wieku. Za pomocą humorystycznych anegdotek autor odtwarza mit artystycznej bohemy krakowskiej, skupionej wokół Stanisława Przybyszewskiego. Opowiada o przygodach Przybyszewskiego i innych członków krakowskiej cyganerii, a także o wydarzeniach z życia artystów, w których sam uczestniczył i lub był ich świadkiem. Lekki, finezyjny język znakomicie oddaje ducha tamtych czasów i atmosferę Krakowa.