Off on a Comet. Or, Hector Servadac

Jules Verne

Jules Vernes novel Hector Servadac tells about the adventures of the captain of the French troops and his friends, who, as a result of an unprecedented disaster, fell on a fragment of the globe captured by a flying comet. Hector, his orderly, the Russian Count Timashev, a colony of English soldiers from Gibraltar, an Italian girl with a goat, a Jewish money-lender and another odd scientist are forced to organize their life in new conditions. The book contains a lot of information on astronomy, corresponding to the level of the second half of the XIX century.

Ben Hur. Opowiadanie historyczne z czasów Jezusa Chrystusa

Lewis Wallace

Juda Ben Hur jest bogatym żydowskim księciem, kupcem z Jerozolimy. Przyjaźni się z rzymskim żołnierzem, Messalą, którego zna od dziecka. Messala obecnie dowódca legionów rzymskich w Judei pragnie zdławić żydowską rebelię. Prosi o pomoc Ben Hura. Ten jednak odmawia udziału w bratobójczej walce. Wkrótce obok domu Ben Hura odbywa się uroczysta parada na cześć nowego namiestnika Judei. Siostra Ben Hura przypadkowo strąca dachówkę, która pechowo trafia w namiestnika. O czyn ten zostaje oskarżony Juda. Sądzi go sam Messala. Chociaż wie, że to był tylko wypadek, wysyła Judę na galery, a jego matkę i córkę do więzienia. Ben Hur poprzysięga zemstę... Jedna z największych powieści wszech czasów, pełna porywającej akcja, scen lirycznych i dramatycznych, w której wątki polityczne splatają się z miłosnymi.

Un billet de loterie

Jules Verne

Le theme principal de luvre est lhistoire touchante de lamour romantique dun homme et dune femme vivant en Norvege. Ils sappellent Gulda Hansen et Ole Camp. Ole va nager apres les fiançailles et Gulda reste dans son village natal, Telemark Daal. Ole écrit une lettre sa mariée dans laquelle il mentionne la richesse quil apporte avec lui. Gulda commence sinquiéter pour son fiancé.

LExilée

Pierre Loti

Lexilé nous emmene Venise, o Elizabeth, de plus en plus gravement malade, repose, mais toujours souriante, fait vivre ses invités des moments inoubliables au charme vénitien et lit des extraits de son livre: Dire que ce livre, presque toujours brillant, o il a mis le plus vivant de ses grandes âmes, est sans doute aujourdhui perdu, déchiré, brlé; que les hommes ne le liront jamais!

Les Maîtres sonneurs

George Sand

Bien que George ait écrit cette uvre pour son fils, le livre convient la lecture et un âge plus avancé. Cest une histoire de gens de lart qui se soucient de leur talent avec égosme et passion, car cause de cela, ils sont injustes et ingrats. Lhistoire de la rivalité éternelle des gens, savoir que lenvie, la colere et les limites de certaines personnes empchent des personnes de vivre et de travailler désireuses de travailler et de faire tout ce quelles ont faire.

The Lady in Blue

Fred M. White

Fred M. White was a science fiction writer and wrote many spy stories. Events in the story The Lady in Blue take place in London. The main character, Rupert Kelso, returns from Norway and lives his usual life, until fate decided intervene. Kelso should assist in an investigation into the robbery of a gemstone.

Nicholas Goade, Detective

E. Phillips Oppenheim

E. Phillips Oppenheim was a popular 20th century writer best known for penning suspenseful thriller novels like The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown. Many of his more than 100 novels are still read today. His novels and short stories have all the elements of blood-racing adventure and intrigue and are precursors of modern-day spy fictions. Nicholas Goade, Detective is a collection of short mysteries about a Scotland Yard detective on holiday. As he travels across England with his dog in his old car, he keeps stumbling across little mysteries. Its a cross between a classic police procedural and a 1930s update of Sherlock Holmes, with Goade solving odd cases through a combination of careful detective work, leaps of intuition, and his ability to understand and communicate with people.

The Touch of Abner

H.A. Cody

This is a novel that tells the story from a dramatic moment when Abner signs $ 1,000 to a shelter fund and detonates a financial bomb at a close gathering of Glucom people. Abner Andrews is a naughty old farmer who promises a thousand dollars, which he does not have, to a new shelter. How will he fulfill his promise, especially with a crooked lawyer, to prevent him?