The Devil-Tree of El Dorado

Frank Aubrey

The Devil-Tree of El Dorado concerns the discovery of the legendary city of Manoa in British Guiana, high atop Mt. Roraima, at that date an incredibly remote part of the world. Most desirable, all the expected thrills of an Atlantean thriller plus some: flying damsels; immortals; a satisfying variety of monsters including the frightful shape, with its maddening leer and its blood-curdling scream that welcomes us to the book.

The Kennel Murder Case

S.S. Van Dine

Vance, an independently wealthy college educator, amateur detective, uses his deductive skills and psychological knowledge to help his friend New York County Attorney solve the murder of Archer Coe. At first he thought of suicide when Coes body was found in a room locked from the inside with all the windows closed. As usual, the action takes place in New York. Vances methods are unconventional and run counter to the more stringent police investigation methods and legal requirements of a lawyer.

The Beautiful and Damned

F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgeralds second novel, first published in 1922, which brilliantly satirizes a doomed and glamorous marriage of would-be Jazz Age aristocrats Anthony and Gloria Patch: they are beautiful, shallow, pleasure-seeking, and vain. As they await the inheritance of his grandfathers fortune, their reckless marriage sways under the influence of alcohol and avarice and disintegrates under the weight of their expectations, dissipation, jealousy and aimlessness...

Женитьба (Ożenek)

Николай Васильевич Гоголь, Nikołaj Wasiljewicz Gogol

К чему может привести нерешительность? На какие поступки готов пойти надворный советник, чтобы избежать 201eсемейного счастья201d? Надворный советник Подколесин решает, что пора женится. В подобных ситуациях прибегают к помощи профессиональной свахи. Он решает воспользоваться услугами свахи Феклы Ивановны, у которой на примете есть купеческая дочь с богатым приданным, которое осталось ей после смерти маменьки и папеньки. В истории, которую написал известный русский и украинский писатель Николай Васильевич Гоголь в 183320131835 гг., сваха Фекла 2013 не ординарная личность. Она и 201eпсихолог201d, и 201eторговка201d, и 201eподружка201d, и 201eмать родная201d 2013 смотря как ситуация сложится. Когда же Феклу Ивановну решают обойти, она решается на коварную месть. Тут то вся история и начинается...

9 najpiękniejszych komedii. MultiBook

Aleksander Fredro

Tom zawiera dziewięć najpopularniejszych utworów scenicznych Aleksandra Fredry, jednego z najwybitniejszych komediopisarzy w historii literatury polskiej. Są to przede wszystkim komedie obyczajowe z życia szlachty, głównie prowincjonalnej. W utworach tych Fredro wprowadzał akcenty humorystyczne i elementy komiki ludowego teatru, ówcześnie właściwe tylko farsie. Ujawniał mistrzostwo w tworzeniu charakterystyki bohaterów, kształtowaniu akcji i giętkości języka. Jego komedie weszły na stałe do kanonu polskiej literatury i teatru. W multibooku znalazło się 9 najzabawniejszych i ponadczasowych komedii autora, takich jak: "Mąż i żona. Komedia w trzech aktach wierszem" "Pan Geldhab. Komedia w trzech aktach wierszem" "Damy i huzary. Komedia w trzech aktach prozą" "Pan Jowialski. Komedia w czterech aktach prozą" "Śluby panieńskie, czyli Magnetyzm serca. Komedia w 5 aktach wierszem" "Zemsta. Komedia w czterech aktach wierszem" "Wielki człowiek do małych interesów. Komedia w pięciu aktach" "Odludki i poeta. Komedia w jednym akcie wierszem" "Pierwsza lepsza, czyli Nauka zbawienna. Komedia w jednym akcie wierszem"

Ramshackle House

Hulbert Footner

Traveling through southern Florida, a New Yorker Don Counsel is being framed by Ernest Riever for a murder he did not commit. Riever is holding the real killer captive on his yacht while detectives are searching for Counsel. Meanwhile a young Pen Broome tries to help Counsel out. Rievers men find Counsel and trap him in a ballast bulkhead, but Pen rescues him. Will Counsel be able to prove his innocence?

The Plunder Pit

T.C. Bridges

Short and stout as he was, Pip could handle a boat with any man, and the speed with which he got the sail up and tied down the reef points was worth watching. As he finished, the great arch of cloud swept over the sun, wiping, out its bright light. Then with a roar the wind was on them.

Beyond The City. The Idyll of a Suburb

Arthur Conan Doyle

Beyond the City explores the relationships between the residents of three adjoining homes. The cast of characters includes a widowed doctor with two daughters, a retired admiral with a wife and son, and a feminist living with her nephew. Destiny brings these three peculiar households together in the placid English countryside. The desire for money and romance drive these Victorians beyond the natural boundaries of their middle-class lives. As the web of lust and deceit draws these accidental neighbors ever closer, a financial scandal befalls one of them. An outside rank pirate is linked somehow to one of the neighbors. Who could it be? In this work, Conan Doyle exhibits the practiced subtlety and complexity for which he has become so well known.