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.

Ethel Verney

Fenton Ash

Much the best of the Atkins adventures, with an imaginative sweep that causes one to forget momentarily the plot and character cliches. Altogether, Ethel Verney (1911) is a fairly good specimen of its class written by Francis Henry Atkins a British speculative fiction writer, mainly under two pseudonyms in sequence. He wrote under the pseudonyms Frank Aubrey and Fenton Ash.

The White Maniac. A Doctors Tale

Mary Fortune

The narrative comes from a young doctor who is approached by a strange baron. Why does the house and everyone in it have to be completely white? Who are its inhabitants? Are they really crazy? Who is the real madman among them is perhaps the most important question asked to the reader. This story makes you guess and think about what the outcome will be.

Fatalna trzynastka. Powieść harcerska

Kazimierz Rosinkiewicz

Fatalna trzynastka to powieść dla młodzieży rozgrywająca się w środowisku harcerskim. Kazimierz Rosinkiewicz (18651940) polski pisarz, autor książek dla dzieci i młodzieży, a także wynalazca. Propagował idee postępu, w książkach szczepił dzieciom wartości wynikające z partnerstwa, przyjaźni i życia w zgodzie ze społeczeństwem.

The Fighting Chance

Robert W. Chambers

A very enjoyable novel that touches on topics that are relevant to this day. Rich people come together to start mysterious murders. This story will keep you in suspense until the very end.

Wiersze. Wybór

Felicjan Faleński

Felicjan Medard Faleński żył w latach 18251910. Był polskim poetą, prozaikiem, dramatopisarzem i tłumaczem. Uważano go za przedstawiciela parnasizmu. Głosił przekonanie, że jako poeta nie jest nikomu potrzebny i nikt nie rozumie jego twórczości, przez co będzie skazany na zapomnienie. I miał rację spotykał się z ogromną krytyką, która zarzucała mu odtwórcze podejście do romantyzmu. Poeta zmarł w całkowitym osamotnieniu i zapomnieniu. Jednak wątki przewijające się w jego twórczości, dogłębnie humanistyczne, choć ukryte pod płaszczykiem cierpkiej ironii, pozostają wciąż aktualne.

A Smile of Fortune

Joseph Conrad

A Smile of Fortune is located on a beautiful island in the Pacific Ocean, on which the narrator, captain docked; ship suppliers are supposedly brothers who have not talked to each other for 18 years. One of the brothers, Ernest, is an assimilated citizen. He owes a lot of money, has parties, has taste and manners, and is trusted. He treats the half-blood servants as cruelly as the rest of the colonists. Another, Arthur, is an outcast, not because of his race or profession, although he was forced to make aggressive deals by beating his brother for incoming captains in order to get food and equipment contracts earlier than his brother