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George Gordon Byron
Satyryczny poemat dygresyjny, pisany w latach 18181824, w którym George Gordon Byron odwraca historię Don Juana tym razem zamiast uwodzić, sam jest uwodzony przez liczne kobiety, które spotyka podczas swojej podróży. Pod pretekstem poematu autor przemyca swoje spostrzeżenia na temat ówczesnego życia społecznego, literatury czy też własnego życia, które ironicznie komentuje. Don Juan był inspiracją dla Beniowskiego Juliusza Słowackiego.
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Molier
Komedia Moliera przywołuje na poły legendarną postać hiszpańskiego szlachcica, słynącego z urody i uroku osobistego, a jednocześnie bezceremonialnego traktowania kobiet. Don Juan Moliera to cyniczny kochanek, który rozkochuje w sobie kobietę, a następnie w pojedynku zabija jej ojca. Dzięki obłudnej postawie unika zemsty ze strony pokrzywdzonych. Mimo to czeka go tragiczny finał.
Miguel Cervantes
Szlachcic Alonso Kechani, przybrawszy imię Don Kichota z La Manchy, wyrusza ze swym giermkiem w świat, bronić czci damy swego serca, Dulcynei z Toboso. Hoża wieśniaczka staje się w jego oczach najpiękniejsza z wszystkich niewiast na Ziemi, rycerze i poeci kochają bowiem nie istoty z krwi i kości, lecz te, które tworzy ich niezmordowana wyobraźnia. Poczciwy Sancho Pansa nie rozumie, co znaczy słowo ideał, ale doskonale pojmuje uczucie i pragnienia swego pana, wyjątkowo trafnie obdarzając go przydomkiem Rycerz Smętnego Oblicza. Don Kichot na swym koniu Rosynancie i Sancho Pansa na osiołku przemierzają świat, przeżywając serie groteskowych przygód, w których pomagają ludziom i bronią najsłabszych. Błędny rycerz i kierujący się zdrowym rozsądkiem giermek doskonale się rozumieją i wzajemnie uzupełniają, zawsze solidarni i nierozłączni w dążeniu do naprawiania świata. Przedłużająca się nieobecność rycerza niepokoi jego bliskich. Antonia, jego synowica, ochmistrzyni, wiejski pleban i specjalnie sprowadzony magister Samson Carrasco obmyślają, jak podstępem sprowadzić szlachcica do domu. Don Kichot z La Manchy to klasyka literatury europejskiej.
Max Brand
Frederick Schiller Faust penned his finest when he wrote his literary famous Westerns utilizing the pen name Max Brand. Donnegan Gunmans Reckoning has a thoughtful storyline which is enough to hold your interest throughout the book. Solitary, mysterious figure Donnegan is on the run from his past. The last thing he has time for is love. But like all matters of the heart, sometimes emotions bloom when they are least convenient as they do the first time Donnegan encounters the kind, free-spirited Lou Macon. Do they have a shot at a happy life somewhere or are Donnegans misdeeds bound to catch up with them?
Max Brand
Max Brand is an American writer, considered one of the best authors working in the Western genre. A gunmans reckoning is his understanding, and here, we have several gunmen and women, one in a main role, whose understandings of life ineluctably draw them together. Gunmans Reckoning is a psychological novel, with roots in Greek tragedy and with twists worthy of far better known writers.
Maurice Leblanc
Maurice Leblanc, pere dArsene Lupin, raconte nous les mystérieuses et extraordinaires histoires. Cette fois laction se déroule autour de formidable héritage et des quelques familles. Une chasse au trésor fabuleux, une mort (ou un meurtre?) mystérieux, les secrets interminables... Et bien sr, il y a un peu damour dans ce roman. Ce livre est vraiment part dans lunivers de lauteur et réellement attachant.
L. Frank Baum
Originally published in 1908, while Baum was resident in Coronado, California, Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz is considered one of the darker of the Oz tales. However, it also is enlivened by Baums considerable wit, penchant for puns, and dry social commentary. This fourth Oz novel sees Kansas farm-girl Dorothy Gale once again transported to magical lands, this time thanks to a California earthquake, during which our heroine falls into the depths of the earth, together with a boy name Zeb, his carriage-horse Jim, and Dorothys mischievous kitten, Eureka. Deep beneath the earth, Dorothy is reunited with her old friend the Wizard of Oz and his troupe of nine tiny piglets. Together, they embark on an adventure through the earth dealing with angry vegetables, invisible people and bears, and wooden gargoyles. Eventually, after confronting a cave full of dragonettes, the travelers are rescued by Ozma of Oz, who transports them to the Emerald City. Here Dorothy and Wizard meet many old friends, while Eureka meets trouble...
Edgar Wallace
Various people had tried, and failed, to break the strong will of Diana Ford. Her lawyers, for instance, thought they could dissuade her from coming to England. Her cousin, Gordon Salisbury, found she had moved in as a permanent houseguest, uninvited and defiant of convention. So, it was not surprising that when she suspected Gordon of being the victim of a clever impersonation, Diana should take charge. Recommended for Edgar Wallace fans and fans of old-time, classic crime thrillers. Edgar Wallace was one of the most popular and prolific authors of his era.
Aidan de Brune
Not all buried treasure is found in a pirates chest... A chill-packed mystery from the master of suspense. This is what Aidan de Brune is all about, a complex, old fashioned mystery, with a highly unlikely solution. De Brunes novel Douchards Island was published in 1931. Other novels by De Brune were reputedly published in the USA under various pseudonyms, but these have not been traced. Aidan De Brune was a Canadian-born writer who settled in Australia. In the 1920s and 1930s a number of his novels appeared in Australian newspapers as serials, and he also appears to have written serials specifically for publication in newspapers.
Down and out in Paris and London
George Orwell
Down and out in Paris and London is a dramatic and at the same time full of Orwell caustic humor autobiographical story of a young English intellectual, who lives in the capitals with odd jobs as a dishwasher in restaurants. A dark, brilliant and accurate self-portrait of one of the typical representatives of the European lost generation.
Edgar Wallace
British novelist Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932), was a Reuters war correspondent who wrote thrillers to earn additional money. He also wrote Hollywood screenplays and died while drafting King Kong. Wallace was a very prolific writer despite his sudden death at age 56. In total Wallace is credited with over 170 novels, almost 1,000 short stories, and 18 stage plays. Wallaces works have been turned into well over 100 films. This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1918. Down Under Donovan is a crime novel by this prolific author of detective fiction. An ex-con man wins in gambling but murder is in the air.
Victor L. Whitechurch
Victor Whitechurch, a clergyman who became a mysterious writer, well known for his detective story Railroad Stories, was admired by Ellery Queen and Dorothy L. Sayers for impeccable conspiracy and factual accuracy: he was one of the first authors to submit his manuscripts to Scotland Yard to check for a police procedure. Downlands echoes analyze the life of a small village and the interaction of all the characters who live in it in everyday situations, from the funeral to the visit of the bishop.
Fenton Ash
Dr. Delmores Secret is an absorbing tale of mystery by Fenton Ash, author of at least three Lost-World novels. Little is known about Aubrey/Atkins. He was involved in a scandal at the turn of the century and sentenced to nine months imprisonment for obtaining money by deception. After leaving prison he dropped the name Frank Aubrey and in his early 60s, following a three-year hiatus began writing as Fenton Ash.
Edward Bellamy
Edward Bellamy is an American writer who wrote the novel Dr. Heidenhoffs Process. This story is about a doctor who seemingly did good deeds. He wanted to eliminate painful memories from the human brain and replace them with good ones. But what consequences does this entail?
Max Brand
After graduating from medical school, Dr. James Kildar returns to his small hometown where his proud parents Stephen and Martha Kildar and childhood friend Alice Raymond expect him to join his father in his medical practice. However, he is more ambitious, although he is not sure what he wants to do. He recruited as an intern at New York Hospital.
Max Brand
When young doctor James Kildare and his fiancée, nurse Mary Lamont, make plans for their wedding day, brother Mary Douglas arrives at her. Douglas asks Kildare to arrange an appointment with a wealthy Mr. Chandler, whose daughter Kildare rescued at Young Doctor Kildare to ask for a fund to create three subsidized trading schools to train unskilled workers. Kildare does not want to impose Chandler for ethical reasons, but is concerned that Doug, who hears nonexistent sounds, may be an undiagnosed epileptic.