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Max Brand, Max Brand
This collection includes three short novels from one of the top three Western novelists of all time Max Brand (Frederick Faust). The stories here are character studies of outlaws, the lives they lead and the lies and myths that spring up about them. The title novel, Peter Blue, is an excellent character study. Blue, wounded in a gunfight, has lost the use of his gun hand and is desperately trying to learn to shoot with his left hand before his enemies realize how vulnerable he is. In the meantime, being hold up in one place, he, too, learns the values of a normal, fulfilling life until one of the gunmen he beat in the past comes to even the score. Now, Blue, with so much more to live for, is unable to defend himself. Or is he?
J.M. Barrie
Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. The author behind one of the most beloved childhood fairytale characters of all time was known for his joyful embrace of youth and creativity, but there were dark elements surrounding his life that remain mysteries. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical island of Neverland as the leader of the Lost Boys, interacting with fairies, pirates, mermaids, Native Americans and the dastardly Captain Hook, and occasionally ordinary children from the world outside Neverland. He befriends Wendy, John and Michael and teaches them to fly with a little help from fairy dust. Humorous, satiric, filled with suspenseful cliff-hangers and bittersweet truths, Peter Pan works an indisputable magic on readers of all ages, making it a true classic of imaginative literature.
E. Phillips Oppenheim
With the police hot on his tail, Peter Ruff decides to turn from a life of crime to the more lucrative life of a private investigator. With his ties to the underworld and his skill at disguise, Peter is the perfect sleuth. Along with his trusted and beautiful assistant, Violet Brown, Mr. Ruff is brilliantly successful in his new career. As his reputation for solving crime grows, he is noticed and adopted as a leader by a large conglomerate of criminals who have chosen to turn their skills to good. Unfortunately, his success also gains the enmity of many people, including his former fiancées new husband and a notorious German spy. How he outwits these two men-and others-while satisfying his taste for adventure. Highly recommended for people who like to treat a mystery story as a solvable riddle!
Peter Ruff and the Double Four
E. Phillips Oppenheim
This is a connected collection of short stories about the leader of a secret society pledged to protect England and their German adversary. In The Double Four, Peter is called out of retirement by that organization, which, since his departure, has morphed into a sort of private diplomatic secret service. Peter acquires a title, some nice clothes, and a new archenemy, a German spy, Bernadine. Light hearted with a bit of romance along with the action and fancy pants English dialogue. This novel is an Oppenheim classic from 1919 about a high society villain: characteristic of Oppenheims typical works, with the characters living in luxury, and a very flowing and exact story.
Jacob Abbott
What Jacob Abbott really appreciates is his ability to uncover and animate well-known characters. So, for example, he did with Peter the Great. Most of the story is dedicated to the achievements of the great leader. But at the same moment he can describe the cruelty that lives in Peter the Great. What was particularly interesting in this book was Peters conflict with his son Alexis; it was an emotionally powerful narrative.
Pfarre und Schule. Eine Dorfgeschichte. Band III
Friedrich Gerstäcker
Der Weltenbummler Gerstäcker, dessen ausgedehnte Reisen ihn durch Nord- und Südamerika führten, gehört zusammen mit Karl Mai zu den populärsten Autoren von Abenteuerromanen seiner Zeit. Gerstäcker veröffentlichte eine Vielzahl von Erzählungen, Romanen und vor allem Berichte über seine verschiedenen Reisen. Pfarre und Schule ist eine Dorfgeschichte, eine klassische deutsche literarische Arbeit. Aufregendes Detail machen das zu einem außergewöhnlichen Interesse.
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The plot of the book contrasts with the life of two ladies Hazelden, named Maria and Lesbia. Lady Mary Hazelden is much more meek and stereotypically feminine than other heroes of sensational novels such as Alicia Audley, Marian Halcomb and Magdalen Vanstone. She falls in love with a poor man named Mr. Hammond and is trying to learn how to work to compensate for her lower social status after she marries him. Her grandmother seems not to mind if she gets married because she has freckles and tanned skin, because the Victorian ideal of beauty probably resembles a vampire.
Guy Boothby
There was a Victorian / Edwardian fascination with evil geniuses. Professor Moriarty, Fu Manchu, Count Fosco, Dracula, Dr. Nicola they and many others were hiding in the shadows, using their magnetism to persuade others to their will and their significant mental gifts for evil purposes. This is an exciting story for those who like the somewhat predictable traditions of late Victorian history.
Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective
Ellis Parker Butler
A hilarious parody of the detective genre Philo Gubb dreams of becoming a detective like Sherlock Holmes and quitting his job as a wallpaper-hanger. He enrolls in a correspondence course which offers lessons and various disguises. He soon gets involved in several cases and much to his surprise and those around him proves to be rather adept at solving crimes. Amazingly, he solves many puzzles and even catches some real thieves and other criminals usually by some mistake or turn of circumstance that puts the criminals in his lap. Each of these stories is a complete mystery so if you read just one, you will know its beginning and the unorthodox methods by which Philo Gubb solves it using his woeful deteckative skills. Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective is one of the first and best detective parodies.
Piczomira, królowa Branlomanii. Tragedia w trzech aktach
Aleksander Fredro
W królestwie Branlomanii królowa Piczomira wprowadza przyzwolenie na rozwiązłość kobiet, a mężczyznom nakazuje utrzymywać cnotliwość aż do ślubu. Armia mężczyzn nie może się pogodzić z nowym prawem i rozpoczyna oblężenie miasta.
Herman Melville
In America, in the rich family estate of Saddle Meadows, the Glendinning family leads a luxurious and carefree existence Mrs. Glendinning rotates in the upper circles of local society; her son, Pierre, an athlete and a talented young writer who gained his first fame, is going to marry the lovely Lucy, whom he seems to have a crush on. But an accidental meeting with the mysterious beauty Isabel threatens to destroy Pierres entire happy life, as she opens the veil of gloomy family secret.
Pierścień i róża. Czyli historia Lulejki i Bulby
William Makepeace Thackeray
Powieść fantastyczna dla najmłodszych. Losy władców dwóch państw Pawlagonii i Krymtatarii. Książę Lulejko mimo iż powinien zasiadać na tronie wiedzie beztroski żywot. Jest narzeczonym pięknej Angeliki, córki uzurpatora. O względy dziewczyny walczy też przystojny książę Bulbo. Miłość, magia i przygoda.
Pierścień Wielkiej Damy. Tragedia w trzech aktach
Cyprian Kamil Norwid
Pierścień Wielkiej Damy, wydany w 1872 roku, jest białą tragedią, czyli gatunkiem stworzonym przez Norwida na potrzeby tego utworu. Łączy on w sobie dramat i komedię nie opisuje scen brutalnych, jednak wykazuje wiele aluzji i nawiązań. Opowiada o kradzieży pierścienia hrabiny Harrys, która o dokonanie czynu posądza swego dalekiego krewnego Maksa-Yksa, potajemnie w niej zakochanego. W końcu zguba odnajduje się, ale zagadką pozostaje, kto zabrał pierścień.
Pierwsza lepsza, czyli Nauka zbawienna. Komedia w jednym akcie wierszem
Aleksander Fredro
Alfred pragnie się ożenić, a jego wybranką jest piękna Julia, z którą jest już po słowie. Nie jest jednak pewien tego ożenku, ponieważ Julia jest wdową. Postanawia więc poślubić pierwszą lepszą kobiete, jaką zobaczy w ogrodzie, a tam napotyka się na budzącego grozę babsztyla.
Honoriusz Balzak
Ubogi młodzieniec Oskar Husson podróżuje dyliżansem z Paryża do wiejskiej rezydencji hrabiego de Sérisy, senatora i zamożnego arystokraty. Matka zaplanowała dla niego karierę zarządcy na miejsce obecnego zarządcy pana Moreau. Między pasażerami wywiązuje się rozmowa, podczas której Oskar, chcąc zaimponować towarzyszom podróży, szczyci się rzekomą znajomością z hrabią i zdradza jego sekrety. Okazuje się jednak, że hrabia podróżuje incognito tym samym dyliżansem...