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Wacław Potocki

Wacława Potockiego do dziś uznaje się za jednego z najważniejszych poetów dawnej Polski. W swojej twórczości łączył rozliczne wątki charakterystyczne dla baroku: ziemiańskie, religijne, antyklerykalne oraz patriotyczne. Uprawiał różnorodne gatunki poetyckie: romanse, fraszki, poematy, pieśni. Jest też autorem staropolskiej epopei narodowej zatytułowanej Transakcja wojny chocimskiej....

Скучная история (Nieciekawa historia). Из записок старого человека

Антон Павлович Чехов, Anton Pawłowicz Czechow

Одинокими мы приходим в этот мир и одинокими уходим из него. И только это есть несокрушимая истина. Живем мы тоже будучи одинокими, но столкновения с иными одиночествами рождает у нас иллюзию, что это не так. А вот те, кто осознает процесс собственного умирания, оказываются на самом ветродуе. Главному герою в полной мере досталась 201eчаша сия201d. «Скучная история» Антона Павловича Чехова (186020131904), впервые опубликованный в 1889 году 2013 это трагедия знаменитого ученого, благополучного и уважаемого человека, история, рассказанная 62 летним профессором Николаем Степановичем, более 30 лет прослужившем в университете, о жизни, взаимоотношениях с коллегами и домашними: женой, дочерью Лизой, воспитанницей Катей, о сложившихся привычках и представлениях...

Dr. Delmores Secret

Fenton Ash

Dr. Delmores Secret is an absorbing tale of mystery by Fenton Ash, author of at least three Lost-World novels. Little is known about Aubrey/Atkins. He was involved in a scandal at the turn of the century and sentenced to nine months imprisonment for obtaining money by deception. After leaving prison he dropped the name Frank Aubrey and in his early 60s, following a three-year hiatus began writing as Fenton Ash.

Twenty-Six and One and Other Stories

Maxim Gorky

The poem in prose Twenty-Six and One is based on the writers impressions related to life in Kazan and work in Semenovs bakery. Gorky considers the image of a tramp, revealing its negative qualities. The work tells about twenty-six bakers, attitude, feelings, the behavior of which is presented by the author as the attitude of one person. This is achieved by using Gorky a huge number of pronouns we are all

A Crime of the Under-Seas

Guy Boothby

There is an old saying that one half of the world does not know how the other half lives, but as far as this is true, very few of us really understand. In the East, indeed, it is almost amazing. There are people involved in trade, some of whom are very profitable, about whom the world as a whole has never heard of, and which an ordinary Englishman, in all likelihood, would refuse to believe, even if the most reliable evidence had been provided before him.

Privy Seal

Ford Madox Hueffer

Ford Madox Ford was a prolific English novelist and poet in the early 20th century. Ford wrote the best-selling novel The Good Soldier, as well as the Parades End series. Privy Seal is the second novel in the well-known Fifth Queen trilogy that recreates Tudor England in a masterful story of court intrigue, romance, and betrayal. Here Ford focuses on the figure of Thomas Cromwell, a powerful advisor to the King who comes to see Katharine as a rival whose good nature threatens his ambitious political agenda.

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit

Beatrix Potter

Do you know what happens to bad rabbits who dont say please? This, along with The Story of Miss Moppet was designed as a simple tale, intended for very young children with an important lesson in good manners, of what befalls a rude little rabbit who doesnt say please when he wants something, but instead just takes it from someone else. The fierce bad rabbit learns the consequences of his unkind actions in an unusual way! The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit is number 20 in Beatrix Potters series of 23 little books. One of the worlds greatest childrens writers and illustrators, Beatrix Potter created some of the most recognizable characters in English literature, including Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Benjamin Bunny.

The Story of Sonny Sahib

Sara Jeannette Duncan

Kanpur has a marble angel, which is located in a very quiet garden and fenced off even from trees and flowers by a wall. The angel looks down, miserable sorrow stands next to her, that no one wants to touch her with words. People just come, look and silently leave. Sonni Sahibs father believed that everything he could learn during his lifetime about the fate of his wife and young son was written there.