Драмы и проза. MultiBook

Антон Павлович Чехов

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From Clue To Capture. A Series of Thrilling Detective Stories

Dick Donovan

Written by British journalist and author of mystery and horror fiction J. E. Preston Muddock. In these thrilling stories, Muddock writes under the guise of his fictional alter ego the private detective Dick Donovan. From the murky underworld of Victorian London to the grand houses of the upper classes, Donovan investigates crime in all its forms, recovering priceless jewels, exposing villainous conspiracies and solving dastardly murders!

Lost Illusions

Honoré de Balzac

Lost Illusions is a serial novel, written by the French writer, Honoré de Balzac, between 1837 and 1843. It consists of: Two Poets, A Distinguished Provincial at Paris, Eve and David, starting in provincial France, thereafter moving to Paris, and finally returning to the provinces. The story of Lucien Chardon, a young poet from Angouleme who tries desperately to make a name for himself in Paris, is a brilliantly realistic and boldly satirical portrait of provincial manners and aristocratic life. Handsome and ambitious but naive, Lucien is patronized by the beau monde as represented by Madame de Bargeton and her cousin, the formidable Marquise dEspard, only to be duped by them. Denied the social rank he thought would be his, Lucien discards his poetic aspirations and turns to hack journalism; his descent into Parisian low life ultimately leads to his own death.

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

H.P. Lovecraft

Despite being a horror story about necromancers, mutated creatures and summoning rituals, The Case of Dexter Ward is at its heart a cautionary tale about knowledge. As the story progresses, the full extent of Charles Dexter Wards madness is slowly revealed until the evil of the past seems ready to burst into the present with horrific consequences. Charles Dexter Ward is the scion of a well established Providence family who begins investigating esoteric matters and discovers that an ancestor, Joseph Curwen, was killed by a terrified town when they discovered his unhallowed necromantic studies. Here Lovecraft used all his talent to freak all his readers with a diabolic scheme filled with a frightful environment full of madness! The main character has discovered through Joseph Curwens manuscripts (An ancient resident involved with macabre subjects) some obscurities of the underworld. The more he gets involved with those things, the more he changes in a queer and sinister way. All the facts about the terrible deeds of Mr. Curwen and Charless insane behavior are described step by step by a third person (Charless doctor, Mr. Willett).

A Certain Dr. Thorndyke

R. Austin Freeman

John Osborne is a young gentleman who has left England for some, as of yet, unknown reason. He settles in Adaffia, an ends-of-the-earth type of town on the Gold Coast. Almost immediately he gets into a fight defending the only other white man in town, a drunken trader. And we see that Osborne is a tremendous fighter skilled at ju-jitsu, boxing, wrestling and strategy. These skills will come into play again and again, in a mutiny, a rebellion and other struggles with formidable opponents. His adventures at one point throw him into the company of a willful young lady who has an appetite for danger, and she and Osborne fall in love. Meanwhile back in England, a certain Dr. Thorndyke is investigating the crime that Osborne is supposed to have committed. This second half of the book is just as much fun as the first, involving bizarre searches for clues and meticulous examinations of minutiae, from mustache hairs to wormwood dust.

Pani Walewska. Powieść historyczna z epoki napoleońskiej

Wacław Gąsiorowski

Zachwycająco piękna pani Walewska wyrusza pod Warszawę na powitanie wielkiego cesarza Francuzów, obiecującego wolność ojczyźnie damy. Tak zaczyna się wielki, płomienny romans z wielką europejską polityką w tle. Czy Maria Walewska zdoła wpłynąć na Napoleona Bonaparte w kwestii polskiej? Czy Bonaparte inaczej spojrzy na Polaków pod wpływem swej urodziwej kochanki?

Litwa za Witolda. Opowiadanie historyczne

Józef Ignacy Kraszewski

Ignacy Kraszewski, mistrz powieści historycznej, tym razem przenosi czytelnika w czasy średniowiecza. Opisuje relacje pomiędzy wielkim księciem litewskim Witoldem i założycielem polskiej dynastii Jagiellonów. Obaj władcy uwikłani są także politycznie w stosunki z rodzącą się potęgą Zakonu Krzyżackiego, która zaczyna zagrażać zarówno Rzeczpospolitej, jak i Księstwu Litewskiemu.

Durchs wilde Kurdistan

Karl May

Kara Ben Nemsi und sein Gefährte Hadschi Halef helfen den Jesidi bei der Bekämpfung der türkischen Armee, reiten weiter, um den Sohn Mohammed Emins zu befreien und gelangen mitten in einen Krieg zwischen den mächtigen Kurden und den unterdrückten Christen. Auf ihrer Weiterreise zur Festung Amadijah treffen sie wieder auf Sir David Lindsay, der sich ihnen anschließt. Mit Hilfe einer List gelingt es den Freunden Amad es Ghandur zu befreien und sich auf die Heimreise zu begeben. Bei Kämpfen zwischen den Nestorianern und den Kurden gerät Kara Ben Nemsi in Gefangenschaft. Marah Durimeh schenkt Kara ein Amulett, das ihn beschützen soll und später wertvolle Dienste leistet.