Publisher: KtoCzyta.pl
Maurice Leblanc
813 est plein de événements inattendus! Lugubre, parsemée de morts violentes, le roman afflue de la premiere la derniere page, le lecteur na pas du temps de prendre un peu de souffle. Il faut noter que Lupin a trouvé un adversaire sa taille: organisé et impitoyable. Que représente ce chiffre, 813, retrouvé dans la chambre de la victime? Arsene est-il devenu un meurtrier? Maintenant est le temps pour trouver les réponses.
Maurice Leblanc
Lupin is back after apparently dying in the assault on the hollow needle in the previous novel but this time, he appears to be a murderer! The mystery, written before the Great War, involves finding a package of letters once written to Bismarck, locating a clock on which the number 813 has significance, as well as causing a reigning emperor to make several journeys incognito. And Lupin, the clever but patriotic French thief, does engage with them and also with the French police of his day, even if on the point of disguising himself and proving to be one of the best detectives of them all. First published in 1919, 813 is one of the very best Lupin novels written by Maurice Leblanc and translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mottos. Always cheery, fast-paced, engaging, a beautiful adventure novel.
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"
9 najpiękniejszych komedii. MultiBook
Molier
Tom zawiera dziewięć najpopularniejszych utworów scenicznych Moliera, jednego z najwybitniejszych francuskich komediopisarzy. Autor wierzył w skuteczność nauczania ze sceny. Jego komedie charakteryzują się niezwykłą różnorodnością i najwyższymi walorami artystycznymi. Prezentują galerię wiecznych typów ludzkich. Stanowią satyryczny obraz francuskiej obyczajowości. W swych utworach Molier ośmiesza salonową przesadę, niezrozumienie życia rodzinnego, hipokryzję i zakłamanie dewotów, wielkopańską pozę arystokratów czy manię gromadzenia bezużytecznych bogactw. Komedie wchodzące w skład multibooka: "Szkoła żon Komedia w 5 aktach" "Świętoszek. Tartuffe Komedia w pięciu aktach" "Don Juan, czyli Kamienny gość Komedia w 5 aktach" "Lekarz mimo woli" "Mizantrop Komedia w 5 aktach" "Skąpiec" "Mieszczanin szlachcicem Komedia w 5 aktach z baletem" "Szelmostwa Skapena Komedia w 3 aktach" "Uczone białogłowy Komedia w 5 aktach"
9 największych tragedii starogreckich. MultiBook
Ajschylos, Sofokles, Eurypides
9 największych tragedii starogreckich to zbiór tragedii największych ateńskich poetów: Ajschylosa, Sofoklesa oraz Eurypidesa, twórców nowego gatunku, jakim jest dramat, ukazujący w sposób nowatorski ludzki los, cierpienia i namiętności. Do zbioru zaliczają się: Ajschylos Oresteja, Prometeusz w okowach, Sofokles Elektra, Król Edyp, Antygona, Eurypides Bachantki, Hippolytos uwieńczony, Ifigenia w Aulidzie, Medea.
A Bid for Fortune. Or, Dr Nikolas Vendetta
Guy Boothby
Guy Boothby, an Australian writer, became famous thanks to his famous character the mysterious Dr. Nicolas, who has truly terrible power over people, and a clever con man hiding under the guise of gentlemen. The author deliberately introduces us into the story through a generally outsider who accidentally gets involved in the ups and downs of this story. And the riddle here is not who the criminal is, but what he needs from his victim.
Fred M. White
Fred M. White gives us the opportunity to plunge into the past of Gladys Brooke. The book begins with the perfect life of Gladys in a small town. Then we come back three years ago, where we find out that she has a brother. And they, too, then lived well, but in another place. The main character begins to notice the strange behavior of her brother. At one point, a calm and perfect life ends.
Guy Boothby
The city itself, climbing a hillside almost at the waters edge, was painted pale pink at sunset, and even the old Vesuvius, from the top of which a thin column of black smoke seemed a little less gloomy than usual. Because of heaven, the sky was a mass of golden and raspberry-colored, and this was reflected in the calm waters of the bay until the whole world turned into a real radiance. The evening could hardly be desired. And yet this is not the city, mountain or sunset that we must make, but the first movement of the conspiracy, which was ultimately destined to shake one of the greatest Empires that the Earth has ever seen.
R. Austin Freeman
John Osborne is a young gentleman who has left England for some, as of yet, unknown reason. He settles in Adaffia, an ends-of-the-earth type of town on the Gold Coast. Almost immediately he gets into a fight defending the only other white man in town, a drunken trader. And we see that Osborne is a tremendous fighter skilled at ju-jitsu, boxing, wrestling and strategy. These skills will come into play again and again, in a mutiny, a rebellion and other struggles with formidable opponents. His adventures at one point throw him into the company of a willful young lady who has an appetite for danger, and she and Osborne fall in love. Meanwhile back in England, a certain Dr. Thorndyke is investigating the crime that Osborne is supposed to have committed. This second half of the book is just as much fun as the first, involving bizarre searches for clues and meticulous examinations of minutiae, from mustache hairs to wormwood dust.
May Agnes Fleming
A good, old-fashioned story that would appeal to any fan of Jane Austen or Bronte. This takes place in St. John, NB. There are enough love interests, mysterious meetings, solemn balls and the necessary beautiful bouncer to pat all the hearts of young ladies. Indecision and murder provide the backdrop for this gothic novel.
Thomas Hardy
The stories that make up The Changed Man were written at different points in Hardys life, but this collection was not published until 1913. Hardy wrote really excellent short stories many of his stories had the scope and complexity of a full-length novel. This collection of twelve stories; Tales of soldiers, shepherds, milkmaids and dukes often contain some elements of the creepy or supernatural to some extent.
Robert Barr
The Chicago Princess is a historical novel with a romantic line, written by Robert Barr. Robert Barr (1849-1912) was a British-Canadian short story writer and novelist, who published the first Holmes parody, The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs in 1892. A novel The Chicago Princess first published in 1904. After working several years in foreign affairs, and after winning and then losing a fortune, Rupert Tremorne is stranded in Nagasaki, at the end of his wits and in some debt. His only chance is to take the post as private secretary to the Millionaire Mr. Hemster, and to sail on with him on his yacht. Sailing around Asia is big adventure for anyone, but it is a special one for Tremorne, because besides Mr. Hemster and his staff, there are the beautiful Miss Gertrude Hemster and her companion Hilda Stretton on board. And suddenly, Tremorne has his hands full with those two ladies.
Arthur Morrison
A Child of the Jago is London-born journalist Arthur Morrisons best known novel. It was first published in November 1896 and is set in a fictional East End slum known as the Jago, which Morrison based a real district called the Old Nichol. The novel recounts the brief life of Dicky Perrott, who is at heart full of humane instinct but his environment ensures his down fall. The Perrott family, and their friends and enemies, must struggle for their very survival in the harsh environment they live within. Tension and desperation amid the crime and roughness is constant in the overcrowded slums of the East End, with fortune hard to come by and danger ever present. The author, who rejected the label realist, doesnt minimize the violence of the community and A Child of the Jago is an exciting tale indeed.
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is one of the most legendary stories by Charles Dickens. This edition contains the original 1843 illustrations by celebrated caricaturist John Leech. The story has long since become one of the most beloved stories in the English language. As much a part of the holiday season as holly, mistletoe, and evergreen wreaths, this perennial favourite continues to delight new readers and rekindle thoughts of charity and goodwill. The tale begins on a cold and bleak Christmas Eve in London, exactly seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooges business partner, Jacob Marley. Scrooge, an old miser, hates Christmas. He refuses his nephew Freds Christmas dinner invitation. At home that night, Scrooge is visited by Marleys ghost, who is forever cursed to wander the earth dragging a network of heavy chains, forged during a lifetime of greed and selfishness. Marley tells Scrooge that he has one chance to avoid the same fatehe will be visited by three spirits, one on each successive evening, and he must listen to them or be cursed to carry chains of his own, much longer than Marleys chains.
George Orwell
Dorothy has always been a believer. Her father, a priest, helped her believe in God, and now the girl sincerely tries to be correct. She punishes herself for every misconduct, leads a household and an active social life, waiting with horror for censure. But one day she lost her memory. Now Dorothy is stuck with the vagabonds, where no faith exists.
Fred M. White
Fred M. White gives us the opportunity to plunge into the past of Gladys Brooke. The book begins with the perfect life of Gladys in a small town. Then we come back three years ago, where we find out that she has a brother. And they, too, then lived well, but in another place. The main character begins to notice the strange behavior of her brother. At one point, a calm and perfect life ends.