The Provincial Lady in Wartime

E.M. Delafield

This is the fourth and last of autobiographical novel series by English author E. M. Delafield (1890-1943). It takes the form of a journal of the life of an upper-middle class Englishwoman in the 1930s. The story of a volunteer in a womans underground canteen service in England during the World War 2 who must cope with gas masks, evacuated relatives etc.

Athalie

Robert W. Chambers

Robert W. Chambers is known for his science fiction, thrillers. He wrote a classic romance novel. When Mrs. Greensleeve first saw her child, she knew that he was different from other children.

Henryk Ofterdingen

Novalis

Novalis to pseudonim niemieckiego poety i prozaika, jednego z najważniejszych przedstawicieli wczesnego romantyzmu. Studiował on prawo, filozofię i nauki przyrodnicze, pracował jako urzędnik. W poglądach przeciwstawiał się racjonalizmowi, wartości upatrywał w uczuciowości i wierze. W twórczości literackiej stosował charakterystyczną dla późniejszych okresów kompozycję otwartą, stąd często nazywano go wielkim artystą fragmentu. Henryk Ofterdingen zalicza się do powieści edukacyjnych, zanurza się w mistyce i kreuje bohatera, którego przeznaczenie stanowi pouczająca wędrówka.

Вадим (Wadim)

Михаил Юрьевич Лермонтов, Michaił Jurjewicz Lermontow

201eВадим201d (1873) 2013 одно из уникальнейших произведений М. Ю. Лермонтова. Неоконченный исторический роман, в основе которого лежит восстание крестьян под предводительством Пугачева в 1773-75 годах, также именуемое крестьянской войной. В основе сюжета 2013 история мести за попранное человеческое достоинство. Главный герой 2013 нищий Вадим, являющийся сыном мелкопоместного дворянина, с малых лет видит несправедливость 2013 натура исключительная и страстная. Вокруг него драматично сплетены судьбы и других героев произведения. Глубокое потрясение он испытал в связи с тем, что богатый сосед разорил его отца. С детства в Вадиме растет желание отомстить. По мере взросления молодого человека, желание это лишь крепнет день ото дня. Роман полон романтизма, присущего раннему творчеству Лермонтова, увлекателен и ярок.

A Self-Made Thief

Hulbert Footner

A strange and inescapable force lures Frank Heberdon, socially prominent young lawyer, on to life of crime, and he finds his lovely rescuer in a denizen of the underworld where they join forces. The development of Franks criminal career and the way he goes from theft and blackmail to drugs and finally murder makes as thrilling and absorbing a tale as Hulbert Footner ever wrote with a smashing surprise at the very end.

Flappers and Philosophers

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Published soon after Fitzgeralds debut novel This Side of Paradise, the novel that had made him famous at the age of twenty-three, Flappers and Philosophers was the authors first iconic collection of short fiction. In these pages we meet Fitzgeralds trademark characters: the beautiful, headstrong young women and the dissolute, wandering young men who comprised what came to be called the Lost Generation. This collection evokes 1920s America through the eyes of a writer indelibly linked to that singular era.

Preston Fight. Or, The Insurrection of 1715

William Harrison Ainsworth

This is a historical novel. The story revolves around the Jacobite rising and the invasion of Preston. The book is considered one of the authors Lancashire novels.

Vanessa

Hugh Walpole

The book begins with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Judith, and we regret her death, as she was one of the most dominant and memorable characters in this series, starting with the second volume. During the conspiracy, Vanessas father dies in tragic circumstances and the love triangle between Vanessa, Ellis and Benji deepens. Two new characters will appear in this book: the younger brothers Sally and Tom. And lets hope someone post Judiths memories. As a historical background, we have the Boer War, the Great War and the period between the first and second wars.