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Marie Corelli
The main character, who is fond of music, being under the heavy pressure of a creative crisis, goes on a journey with her friends to improve her mental and physical health. There she meets an artist who once also became very discouraged, but who was lucky enough to be treated by a mysterious healer with fantastic abilities. In the midst of an ignorant society, a rumor has already been very successfully circulating about the doctor, as if he communicates with evil spirits, which is why his extraordinary skills. However, as it turns out later, the doctor is not at all a sorcerer and not a servant of Satan, but, on the contrary, a man of deep scientific interests and, even, achievements, to which he came purely thanks to sincere faith in God and the after life.
Virginia Woolf
The beauty of A Room of Ones Own is that it serves as an example of peace of mind, which, as Wooolf insists, is the defining quality of all great artists. Her transparent and elegant essay is devoted not only to the necessary material conditions of writing, but also to the self-overcoming of the creator. Virginia Woolf, in her essay, talks about a womans right to work. The writer considers a centuries-old story during which a woman was only a silent shadow of a man.
Fred M. White
A story that quite often happens in the modern world. Dorchester Gardens were filled with guests gathered in honour of the engagement between Lady Letty and Stephen Du Cros, the South African millionaire. Of course, it was a marriage of convenience they all admitted. Earl, her father, was in need of money.
A Russian Proprietor and Other Stories
Leo Tolstoy
In this work, the main character is Vasily Andreevich Brekhunov, this is the owner. And the worker, a man of about fifty, named Nikita, is from a neighboring village. The relationship of the owner with the workers is one of the most difficult topics not only in literature, but also in life. Leo Tolstoy in his story describes the characters of these people, comparing them. One miser, because the author is not in vain, gave this name to Vasily Andreevich. The second hero is not afraid of any work, flexible, but in his life, too, not everything is so smooth...
Jihyun Yun
Rzeka pamięta więcej, niż ktokolwiek chciałby przyznać. A niektórych sekretów nie da się wiecznie zatrzymać pod powierzchnią wody. Soojin odziedziczyła po przodkach magiczne zdolności. I zawsze trzymała się wpojonej zasady: nie próbuj wskrzeszać niczego większego niż własna dłoń. Do czasu, gdy umarła jej starsza siostra Kiedy ciało Mirae zostaje znalezione w rzece przepływającej przez ich małe nadmorskie miasteczko, Soojin łamie wszystkie zakazy. Sięga po magię i przywraca Mirae do życia. Początkowo siostry są szczęśliwe: nocami wymykają się z domu, ciesząc się, że znów są razem. Jednak życie w ukryciu zaczyna coraz bardziej ciążyć starszej z nich. Mirae z każdym dniem staje się coraz bardziej niespokojna i coraz bardziej głodna. Za wszelką cenę chce odkryć prawdę, która przed laty zniszczyła ich rodzinę. Kierują nią gniew i niepohamowana żądza zemsty. Gdy miasteczko nawiedzają gwałtowne ulewy, a następnie dochodzi do serii makabrycznych i niewytłumaczalnych zgonów, Soojin zaczyna rozumieć, że siostra, którą sprowadziła z zaświatów, nie jest sobą. Poruszająca opowieść o miłości silniejszej niż śmierć. I o cenie, którą trzeba za nią zapłacić. *** Yun mistrzowsko buduje atmosferę powoli narastającej grozy, pokazując, jak rodzinne historie potrafią prześladować kolejne pokolenia. Ta niepokojąca i poruszająca powieść bez reszty porywa w swój nieubłagany nurt. Trang Thanh Tran, pisarka, autorka bestsellerowej powieści She Is a Haunting
John G. Brandon
Detective Inspector McCarthy is a daredevil who investigates a murder at a site in Soho. Electricity is cut off throughout London and the mysterious murder of a woman takes place on the same day. Although the corpse was not there when the detective came to the cry. However, he found a clue that would lead to the killer.
Honoré de Balzac
In a dark, narrow street in Paris lives an old widow and her pretty young daughter, sit by the window most days. They share a poor but contented existence, supporting themselves through embroidery work. They see a gentleman in a brown coat pass by in the mornings and return in the evenings. The mother always remarks that he appears either over-worked or in delicate health. The daughter ignores most of her remarks as her mother sees every passer-by as a possible protector for the daughter. But soon the gentleman begins to exchange glances with the daughter. A Second Home is a classic French romance novel by the great French novelist, Honoré de Balzac. It is an interesting investigation of a relationship between a normal person and a religious nutter.
Fred M. White
A Secret Service is a spy story. Detective Moore fights with Russian seducers and German spies. All events take place before the Second World War. The plot, as always, is obsolete, but interesting for readers.