Walka z szatanem

Stefan Żeromski

Pierwszy tom trylogii Stefana Żeromskiego Walka z szatanem , obejmującej panoramę życia polskiego w okresie przedwojennym i w latach pierwszej wojny światowej. Młody architekt Ryszard Nienaski podejmuje samotną walkę z szatanem o sprawiedliwszy świat. Symbolem jego dążeń społecznych jest m.in. niedoprowadzony do końca projekt odbudowy starego zboru ariańskiego i stworzenia w nim ludowego ośrodka oświatowego. Z właściwą sobie finezją przedstawił pisarz wątki romansowe. Wyróżniają się także obrazy życia czy to wielkomiejskiego Paryża, czy prowincjonalnej galicyjskiej Posuchy oraz obrazy wojny, kreślone z pasją wyrażającą antywojenny protest pisarza. Niektóre części utworu utrzymane są w poetyce drapieżnego naturalizmu.

The Saint

Max Brand

He was smiling continually, with such an air of removal above the concerns of ordinary mortals, with such an upward lifting of the head, that his fellows in the boat had called him, from the first day of labor and thirst, The Saint. This novelette filled with excitement, suspense, good guys and bad, and plot twists aplenty! Brand is a masterful story teller, slowly revealing his main characters unique idiosyncrasies, strengths and weaknesses that make them both human and admirable. Frederick Schiller Faust was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. Faust also created the popular fictional character of young medical intern Dr. James Kildare in a series of pulp fiction stories.

Baden Powell of Mafeking

Joseph Smith Fletcher

Joseph Smith Fletcher is an English journalist and writer. He wrote over 230 books on a wide variety of topics, both fiction and non-fiction, and was one of the most prolific English mystery writers. This book describes English society, their life, their customs.

Thieves Wit

Hulbert Footner

Thieves Wit is a detective story. Aspiring Confidential Agent in search of a pearl necklace. The villain sets up her lover, but the detective foils the evil plot. A story that keeps you in suspense until the end.

Falk

Joseph Conrad

The tale begins, like many books about Konrad, with a group of travelers gathered together and exchanging maritime stories. Falk is subtle and minimalistic, and perhaps only the writer of the great Conrad can still do this; a calm, introspective story, which, however, is worth reading. This is a charming romantic tale in which Conrads usual gloomy, psychological fabrications, but evocative, but truly pedestrian story of a Marine... with a dark, primitive twist.

My Life. The Story of a Provincial

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The theme of the little man, which appeared in many of Chekhovs short stories, was also touched on in the novel My Life. The main character, Misail Poloznev, a nobleman by birth, becomes a simple worker. In order to live the way he wants, he breaks with his father. He is opposed to lies and hypocrisy, namely they, in his opinion, reign among the intelligentsia. The quote of the old house painter Radish: Aphids eat grass, rust iron, and lies the soul. According to the protagonist, moral self-improvement of a person is directly related to physical labor, which he would like to make mandatory for everyone.

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

David Copperfield is the story of a young mans adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the magnificently impecunious Micawber, one of literatures great comic creations.

Юность (Młodość)

Лев Николаевич Толстой, Lew Nikołajewicz Tołstoj

Идет шестнадцатая весна Николая Иртеньева. Он готовится к экзаменам в университет, переполнен мечтаниями и размышлениями о будущем своем предназначении. Богатый эмоциональный мир героя, его мечты о большой любви, о будущем супружеском счастье, его необыкновенная нравственная чистота вызывают к нему горячий интерес и симпатию. Иртеньев стремится к самодисциплине и нравственному самосовершенствованию. Для этих целей он заводит специальную тетрадь, чтобы записывать свои жизненные принципы, которым он намерен неукоснительно следовать. 201eЮность201d 2013 третья и заключительная повесть в псевдо-автобиографической трилогии Льва Николаевича Толстого, впервые напечатана в 1857 году.