La Comédie humaine. Volume V. Scenes de la vie de Province. Tome I

Honoré de Balzac

Quest-ce qui pourrait tre pire lorsquun jour, vous réalisez quune personne qui semblait toujours amicale et attentionnée vous déteste vraiment avec toutes les fibres de son âme?! Cest avec cela quau cours de sa vieillesse, il a rencontré une petite bagatelle ordinaire, de bonne humeur et aimante, quil sagisse dun feu dans une cheminée ou dun fauteuil confortable, le vicaire François Biros. Apres la mort de son ami labbé Chaplu, le rve de François se réalise il sinstalle dans la maison de son regretté ami, dans une maison dont la situation lui faisait jadis une envie blanche.

Swatty. A Story of Real Boys

Ellis Parker Butler

First published in 1920, Swatty: A Story of Real Boy is another breathtaking tale from American author Ellis Parker Butler (December 5, 1869 September 13, 1937). Butler, the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays, is most famous for his short story Pigs is Pigs in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs that soon start proliferating geometrically. His writing spanned more than forty years and his stories, poems and articles were published in more than 225 magazines. Swatty: A Story of Real Boy is a challenging read. A good over view of life, recommended highly!

A Study in Scarlet. Illustrated Edition

Arthur Conan Doyle

Illustrated edition with original illustrations by Richard Gutschmidt, a famous German painter, book illustrator and graphic artist. A Study in Scarlet is the first Sherlock Holmes book written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Dr John H. Watson meets the great detective Sherlock Holmes and together they solve a case of murder, in which Watson is amazed at Holmes science of deduction. The only clues are a wedding ring, a gold watch, a pocket edition of Boccaccios Decameron, and a word scrawled in blood on the wall.

A Lost Leader

E. Phillips Oppenheim

The state of the working class in the early 20th century caused significant changes in the left-wing political parties. The Liberal Party, which enjoyed the support of the working class, was threatened by the Party of Labor and trade unions that were in the forefront of the socialist and communist movement. In this novel, we are talking about a great deal of sympathy for the poorest workers who lost their jobs due to automation, recession and mass layoffs. The use of taxes on foreign trade to protect the British industry is a major political issue in this history.

Frank Merriwell Down South

Burt L. Standish

The book begins with the search for the protagonist of the lost Silver Palace in Mexico. After that, he goes to Mardi Gras in New Orleans and must unravel the mystery of the queen of flowers. Many obstacles appear on his way. But they make him stronger.

La Curée

Émile Zola

Le personnage principal veut augmenter le bruissement de largent dans ses poches. Lhistoire de laventurier et joueur déchange Aristide Saqqara, qui gagne de largent avec tout. Les projets de restructuration de Paris ouvrent un large champ a la fraude financiere. Le désir dobtenir le plus dargent possible rend le protagoniste anormal.

The House of the Schemers

Fred M. White

There were various rumors about house No.13. There were no lights, badly painted blinds were always lowered, windows were black over the years. The feeling of loneliness and secrecy permeated the interior of No.13. Surprisingly there lived a young beautiful lady, about 20 years old. However, she was very frightened. And all this darkness was displayed on it.

Pokój zmarłego

Sven Elvestad

Powieść kryminalna, którą cechuje stopniowo i precyzyjnie budowane napięcie. W powieści można zaobserwować luźne nawiązanie do teorii Freuda, która fascynowała autora. Na uwagę zasługuje konstrukcja fabuły i portretów psychologicznych postaci.