The Legacy of Cain

Wilkie Collins

This book not only wants to thrill its readers with a chilling story, but also touches on social issues in this case, the debate about whether there is a tendency to crime in a person. Blood is the genetic code, or can it be successfully counteracted by compassionate and virtuous parenting.

The Raw Youth

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

The protagonist in the novel is a young man of 19, Arkady Dolgoruky, the illegitimate son of the landowner Versilov and the peasant woman Sophia. From childhood, he almost did not see his parents. He was sent to a special institution for rich children, where he was always humiliated and called, a footman. And after graduating from school he receives a letter from his father, in which he calls Arkady to St. Petersburg, where the main events of the novel take place with him.

Powiastki filozoficzne. Wybór

Voltaire

Powiastka filozoficzna jako gatunek literacki rozwinęła się w oświeceniu, m.in. za sprawą Voltairea i Diderota. Pod płaszczykiem lekkiej narracyjnej formy, wykorzystującej satyrę obyczajową i wątki awanturnicze czy romansowe, propagowała idee filozoficzne i stawiała kluczowe dla danego nurtu pytania. Pisane ciętym, błyskotliwym, pełnym humoru językiem Powiastki Voltairea pozostają dziełem ponadczasowym, ilustrującym zamiłowanie autora do wolności i mądrości.

Flowing Gold

Rex Beach

Calvin Gray is a swindler who won immediate sympathy from readers. Its sleek, stylish, smart and full of life. However, the best thing about him is that he is sincere, noble and always on the right side of the law.

Ovingdean Grange

William Harrison Ainsworth

A historical romance with a lot of local flavor. The action takes place in the South Downs, England. Everything revolves around the Civil War.

Freya of the Seven Isles

Joseph Conrad

This is an exciting saga located in the Indian Ocean basin, against the stormy backdrop of barely suppressed military operations between the Dutch and British merchant fleets, told by one of Conrads classic passages. After all, Freyas unique perspective on the sharply etched nature is one of Conrads most piercing studies of how power hunger can lead people to greatness or its opposite.

Woyzeck

Georg Büchner

Dramat zainspirowany procesem sądowym tragicznego mordercy Woyzecka. Franz Woyzeck, mimo pełnienia służby wojskowej, nie posiada wystarczającej sumy pieniędzy, aby ożenić się z Marią, matką swojego dziecka. Ta zaś zakochuje się w postawnym majorze. Franz postanawia wyładować swoją frustrację na niewinnej osobie. Georg Büchner to niemiecki pisarz i rewolucjonista, a także wykładowca anatomii na uniwersytecie w Zurychu. Zmarł w wieku 23 lat na tyfus.

Mountains of the Moon

T.C. Bridges

Jim was a tall boy, taller than Bart and probably a year older, and would have looked nice if not for his conceited expression. His hair was black as ink, he had very dark eyes, and his skin was darker than that of an ordinary Englishman. Behind him was a small plump guy who looked like a groom or nursery. The new arrival looked at his dogs, then turned to Bart.