A Laodicean. A Story of To-Day

Thomas Hardy

Paula Power, daughter of a wealthy railroad tycoon, inherited De Stancy Castle, an ancient castle in need of modernization. She instructs a young London architect, George Somerset, to do this work. Somerset falls in love with Paulo. But Paula, the Laodicean title, referring to a person with a warm or indecisive soul, is torn between the admiration of George and the admiration of Captain de Stancy, whose romanticism in the old world contrasts with Somersets visionary gaze.

The Usurper

William J. Locke

The Usurper is an affair with two heroes and two heroines. The double plot of love and ambition, in which fate. four intersect each other. The romance of the poet who dies young, loved by all men and women, is very cute. moving. But a greater interest in the book is to find out the life and character of Jasper Wellacot: a millionaire who is so amazingly flabbergasted in his wealth, a philanthropist who is almost ashamed of his good deeds.

The Lost Viol

M.P. Shiel

Romantic mystery novel first published in New York by Clode in 1905. Matthew Phipps Shiel (18651947) was a prolific British writer of West Indian descent. Shiel was more than just a writer of sensational tales of magic and mystery. There is an undercurrent of philosophic seriousness running beneath the finely textured prose of all his fiction. Like his contemporaries George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) and H. G. Wells (1866-1946), Shiel wrote out of the intellectual fervor of his times when the impact of Darwins theories and the revolutionary strides being made in the material sciences were shaking to the roots the philosophical and religious underpinnings of the closing nineteenth century.

Najpiękniejsze baśnie polskie

Praca zbiorowa

Klasyka baśni dla dzieci. W zbiorze znalazły się m.in. takie baśnie jak: Szklana góra, Waligóra i Wyrwidąb, Twardowski, Kwiat paproci, Z chłopa król, Królowa Bałtyku, O śpiących rycerzach w Tatrach, O Panu Jezusie i zbójnikach czy O rycerzu miłującym.

Gil Braltar

Jules Verne

Une armée de singes magotov dirigés par leur chef inhabituel a assiégé la forteresse anglaise de Gibraltar. La forteresse est la plus fortifiée du détroit de Gibraltar entre lEurope et lAfrique et est dirigée par le général McCackmail. Une armée de singes sempare dune forteresse de la péninsule ibérique la nuit grâce aux ruses de lEspagnol Gil Braltar, habillé en singe

The Secret of the Night

Gaston Leroux

Like The Mystery of the Yellow Room, The Secret of the Night is a Joseph Rouletabille mystery. The main character, detective Joseph Rouletabille must once again face a new riddle and solve it. This time it will be harder. In this case he is brought to Russia by the Czar to protect General Trebassof, whose assassination has been plotted by the revolutionariesthe Nihilists. The author again keeps all readers in tension to the end.

The Chinese Parrot

Earl Derr Biggers

Earl Derr Biggers second Charlie Chan novel took the detective to the California desert where he uncovers the reason for the mysterious disappearance of a millionaire. Biggers was always a great romance writer who simply incorporated mystery into his books to propel the story forward. The story concerns a valuable string of pearls which is purchased by a wealthy and eccentric financier. Charlie Chan embarks on an incognito journey across the desert to find the answer to a question a question posed by a dead parrot who spoke in Chinese. Chan goes undercover to solve a complex triple intrigue of fake identity, kidnapping and murder. Charlies first trip to the mainland is a sparkling adventure full of mystery and old-fashioned romance.

The Chorus Girl and Other Stories

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Everything is there: a devoted wife, an unexpected admirer, an architects wayward son, an alcoholic father, an undertaker, a late secretary and a secret date. The story of a modest love that lasted until old age. Some may even want to be equal to such love.