The Honour of His House

Fred M. White

Borne Abbey a miracle of architecture. And there is nothing more outstanding or more beautiful in the English countryside than Borne Abbey. Indeed, this place had its own atmosphere. For nearly four hundred years the Cranwallis family had lived here, lords of broad acres and suzerain of a many goodly manors. Everything changed after the brazen millionaire came to this house.

Der Erbe. Band IIII

Friedrich Gerstäcker

Friedrich Gerstäcker wurde am 10.05.1816 in Hamburg geboren. 1837 wanderte er nach Amerika aus, wo er ein abwechslungsreiches und abenteuerliches Leben als Matrose, Heizer, Jager, Farmer, Koch, Silberschmied, Holzfaller, Fabrikant und Hotelier fuhrte. 1843 kehrte Gerstacker nach Deutschland zuruck. In Deutschland nahm Gerstäcker regen Anteil am politischen Geschehen der 48er Jahre, er verlor seine geliebte Ehefrau und war Kriegsberichterstatter im Deutsch-Französichen Krieg. In Der Erbe schildert Gerstäcker welche Verwicklungen das Vertauschen zweier Kinder aus komplett verschiedenen sozialen Schichten nach sich ziehen kann.

The Worlds Great Snare

E. Phillips Oppenheim

A breathtaking tale of intrigue, romance, and revenge from one of the twentieth centurys most prolific and popular authors of suspense. The Wicked Marquis is a story of privilege and the attempt to keep what has been lost. Marquis will go to any length to get enough money to enjoy his title, including forcing one of his daughters to marry an unsuitable candidate with money. Although this novel was published in 1919, its setting and subject is more consistent with a pre-war period. The morality of the Marquis, and his attitude towards other people, is clearly a product of the 19th century. The droit du seigneur is even invoked several times in the story. There is an interesting interplay among the characters regarding the evolution of morals, the rights of women, the effect of rigid moralism, and religious inflexibility.

The Orator

Edgar Wallace

This decent collection presents short stories that include The Mind-Readers, The Sirius Man, The Couper Buckle, and many more stories featuring Chief Inspector Oliver Rater, written by a famous British author Edgar Wallace.? ne of the stories are told in the third person, but one is told by Rater himself, which is unexpected. The stories are fast-paced with some surprising twists, well written and great to read but definitely a product of their time and place. One of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, Edgar Wallace was an immensely popular author, who created exciting thrillers spiced with tales of treacherous crooks and hard-boiled detectives. He provides a thrill of another sort!

Avalanche

Zane Grey

Pearl Zane Grey (1872 1939) was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the American frontier. Zane Grey is the author of 86 books, he is today considered the father of the Western genre, with its heady romances and mysterious outlaws. Raised together in the wild country of the Tonto basin, Jake and Verde grew up closer than brothers. But when they both fell in love with the same fickle woman, their friendship turned to raging hate. The only force that could mend that shattered trust was the raging fury of nature itself. Grey, a word-painter of the western landscape, gives readers his best in describing the mountain winter, but not until he has frolicked with the hearts of two jealous brothers.

Conrad and Kirowan

Robert E. Howard

Professor John Kirowan is a fictional character from Robert E. Howards contributions to H.P. Lovecrafts story cycle the Cthulhu Mythos. Kirowan is often partnered with the character John Conrad, to the extent that these stories are often referred to under the group title Conrad & Kirowan. Professor Kirowan is a younger son of a titled Irish family and a scholar of the Mythos who travelled widely in search of forbidden knowledge. His ancestor, Sir Michael Kirowan was a medieval knight famous for killing a particularly fierce and notorious villain, whose ghost Kirowan will meet and escape from.

La Comédie humaine. Volume III. Scenes de la vie privée. Tome III

Honoré de Balzac

Les deux comédies humaines La vieille fille et Un mené de garçon nous révelent tous les tenants et les aboutissants de la personne: le désir de profiter aux dépens de quelquun dautre, de séclairer, de trahir. En mme temps, lauteur ne prend pas la position dobservateur extérieur propos de tout ce qui se passe, il évalue au contraire assez séverement les maux dans lesquels une personne est embourbée. La vieille fille Rosa Cormont et le célibataire Jean-Jacques Rouget sont au centre des récits.

Lato leśnych ludzi

Maria Rodziewiczówna

Trójka przyjaciół Rosomak, Pantera i Żuraw spędza lato w leśnej głuszy. Swój czas poświęcają pomocy zwierzętom i podziwianiu piękna krajobrazu. Doświadczonym leśnym ludziom towarzyszy młody praktykant. Jest to chłopak z miasta, który u ich boku nabiera doświadczenia i zdobywa zaszczytne miano Orlika. Lato leśnych ludzi to opis życia w głuchej puszczy jest pretekstem do ukazania piękna i siły natury. Bohaterowie doskonalą się poprzez życie w naturze i wspólną pracę.