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Stefan Żeromski
Stanisława Bozowska bohaterka utworu Siłaczka to młoda kobieta, która marzyła o studiach medycznych. Trudne warunki materialne zmusiły ją jednak do rezygnacji z marzeń o nauce. Poświęciła się realizowaniu hasła pracy u podstaw wśród ludu. Została działaczką oświatową. Poświęciła się służbie społecznej, wobec której wszystko inne stało się niezmiernie małe i nieważne.
George Sand
Dans ce roman, de nombreux héros historiques sont impliqués. Écrit au milieu de la séparation de George Sand avec son mari, le baron Dyudevant, ce roman comporte des rencontres avec Lamennet et Michel de Bourges. En 1825, le comte Fougeres, émigré Trieste, reprit possession de son château et apprit que sa fille sortait avec le comte.
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Edward Phillips Oppenheim is considered one of the originators of the thriller genre, his novels also range from spy thrillers to romance, but all have an undertone of intrigue. This novel is one of E. Phillips Oppenheims best works and opens with a fantastic description of the boring life of Mr. Peter Cradd, leather merchant, husband, father, slave to his family, stoic self denier, and all-around put upon man in the bowler hat. He is barely able to pay his bills, has a wife who seems him only as a wallet, and two children whose most favorable opinion of him is disappointment. He answers a letter from a lawyer, and finds out that he has inherited a fortune. What he does with it, where he moves, how he educates himself, and whom he loves form the rest of the story?
Sind Götter?. Die Halfred Sigskaldsaga
Felix Dahn
Felix Dahn (1834-1912) war ein deutscher Professor für Rechtswissenschaften, Schriftsteller und Historiker. Zwischen 1882 und 1901 ließ Dahn in 13 Bänden Kleine Romane aus der Völkerwanderung, zwischen 1890 und 1895 ebenfalls in mehreren Bänden eine etwa dreitausendseitige Autobiografie folgen. Sind Götter? Die Halfred Sigskaldsaga eine nordische Erzählung aus dem zehnten Jahrhundert, 1874.
Hulbert Footner
We learn from the very beginning that the main character dies. But, of course, readers need to find out who is the killer. There were many people in her entourage: friends, journalists, lawyers, lieutenants, and maids. What do these guys have in common? And how did the main character die?
Viktor Rydberg
Singoalla är en roman av Viktor Rydberg och handlar om kärleken mellan riddaren Erland Mnesköld och den mystiska Singoalla. Singoalla utspelas under 1340- och 1350-talen och handlar om en riddares son, Erland, som blir förälskad i dottern, Singoalla, till ett kringvandrande folk, romer, som rastar ngra dagar nära slottet. Deras första möte är vid bäcken som rinner genom den skog som tillhör Erlands fars slott. Detta blir ett kort möte d Singoallas folk ska ge sig av igen samma kväll. Erland kan inte glömma Singoalla och när hennes folk ett r senare tervänder och ber Erlands far om att f sl upp sitt läger i hans skog d de ska stanna en vecka och vänta in en annan grupp s ser Erland sin chans att f träffa henne igen.
E. Phillips Oppenheim
This is another collection of interlinked short stories about the good life in Monte Carlo and Beausoleil after the first World War. Ten stories about Peter Hames, the former Inspector on the New York police department that got tossed off the force when he tried to stop an innocent man being railroaded by a corrupt police force. Disillusioned, but after inheriting a million dollars, he moves to France to become a painter. But the detective instincts never left and he gets involved in various adventures. Oppenheim follows three characters through adventures wherein they solve crimes, thwart criminals, and are duped by professionals.
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Scotland Yard unearths the mysterious disappearance of a wealthy, eccentric banker, the reason for a dead man in his bank, and the vanishing of the banks funds. The background shifts from the bank to the club, and the missing millionaires known habits give necessary leads to the unscrambling of the mystery. Oppenheim continues to hold up his end. An enjoyable read! E. Phillips Oppenheim was a British author who wrote nearly 150 novels during his career. He styled himself as the prince of storytellers, and is credited with creating the rogue male genre of adventure thrillers and was one of the earliest writers of spy fiction.
Mary Cholmondeley
The writer shows us her society and shows that it doesnt matter what stage you are on; at each level there are decent, kind people and, on the contrary, stupid, cruel ones.
Arthur Conan Doyle
A historical romance and tale of adventure, set in England during the fourteenth century. Descendent of a noble family, Nigel Loring is the last of his race, and living alone with his aged grand-mother, upon a small remnant of their great estate. In service to King Edward III, Sir Nigel Loring must prove himself worthy of the hand of his the Lady Mary by performing three deeds in her honor. On his way to the altar, Nigel rescues a woman from dishonor, fights a pirate leader, and battles against the Spanish at sea, among other heroic feats. Set against the fourteenth-century war between England and France, Sir Nigel is an action-packed adventure classic, filled to the brim with history, conflict, chivalry, and a dash of romance.
May Agnes Fleming
A book with some gothic trends in the beginning. Dark and stormy night, terrible secrets, fainting of women and orphans. The December night was wet and wild around Thetford Towers. A strange, massive, old house built during the time of James the First by Sir Hugo Thetford, the first baronet of the name, and as strong and strong now as it was then. The December day was overcast and gloomy, but the December night was stormy and wild. On this stormy winter night, the last of the Thetford baronets was dying.
John Buchan
In the mid-sixteenth century, Jean de Rohaine, a middle-aged French nobleman, journeys to Scotland in search of adventure and a new beginning. In Scotland he meets up with his old friend, Quentin Kennedy, who informs him of a great battle to be waged. Having witnessed Royalist troops butchering suspected Covenanters, he follows the example of godly refugees and escapes to the safety of the hills around Eskdalemuir and the head of Ettrick Water. Whilst staying at the Manse of Lindean, he falls in love but honour forbids he should win a woman he has pledged to protect for another. It is a unique novel of a haunting Scottish lifestyle that differs from Buchans later works, such as The Thirty-Nine Steps. The love story here is also central in a way that it is not to later works by Buchan, so that aspect of the narrative will prove interesting to readers who might be curious about how Buchan examines gender and sexuality in his fiction.
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser is a famous American prose writer, publicist and public figure. This is the story of the rise of the main character, the young provincial Caroline Meeber, achieved at the cost of numerous moral compromises, and the descent of the manager of a prestigious bar, George Hurstwood, to the bottom of life.
Max Brand
Renowned Western writer Max Brand does it again in the eminently enjoyable novel Six Golden Angels. Max Brands action-filled stories of adventure and heroism in the American West continue to entertain readers throughout the world. Brand penned over 200 full-length Westerns in his career, including Destry Rides Again and Montana Rides Again. But in this work, we see Brand in a new role. A familiar situation in the story of the murder of a millionaire which is dismissed by the police but investigated by his nephew. A varied cast of suspects gamblers, actresses, fake socialites lead to a tie-up with a politician and an underworld gang. A few new turns and a fast action story not to mention dialogue with a hard punch.
O. Henry
Sixes and Sevens is a first collection of humorous short stories from the author of The Four Million, his stories deal for the most part with ordinary people: clerks, policemen and waitresses and often use twist endings which turn on an ironic or coincidental circumstance in his stories. O. Henry proves that he is the master of the short story format. This collection has quirky as well as nice little stories, each differing in style from the other. Most of his stories are set in his contemporary present, the early years of the 20th century. Many take place in New York. Fans of classic short fiction will relish this collection of gems from one of the unquestioned masters of the form, O. Henry. Its a must-read for anyone in need for a dose of entertaining, worthwhile writing.
Max Brand
This is the story of the toughest barn in the Wild West, the most reliable of all that has ever lived. Wherever Roniki Dawn goes, trouble is sure to follow. So Dun was not surprised when he went to Twin Springs and ended up in the middle of a deadly war between two rival families.
Autor anonimowy
Six-Gun Gorilla is one of the most fun and exciting comics in recent years. This book is a fusion of past and present. The plot of this book is fascinating and unusual: the action takes place in the 22nd century. People who want to die will be sent to the war zone, and their death will be transmitted on screens as a reality show. But this time everything happens differently.
Max Brand
Sixteen In Nome is narrated by young Joe May, an Arizonian who has come to Alaska to "make his stake for a ranch." Joe May, a starving, overgrown youth, had provided a small service for Hugh Massey, owner of the most famous husky in Alaska, in exchange for a monetary reward. Hed heard that Masseys life revolved around the dog and it was a chance to murder the man he hated with an undying rage. But he never thought he would become the bait Massey needed to lure his enemy into a deadly trap. Highly recommended, especially for those who love the Old Western genre.
Skarb w Srebrnym Jeziorze. Powieść z Dzikiego Zachodu
Karol May
Fabuła rozpoczyna się na pokładzie statku, którym płynie samozwańczy pułkownik Brinkley, zwany Czerwonym Cornelem wraz ze swoją bandą. Już wtedy zaczynają się kłopoty, które doprowadzą wszystkich do kopalni srebra w pobliżu Srebrnego Jeziora. Wódz Apaczów Winnetou i jego biały przyjaciel Old Shatterhand będą musieli stoczyć niejedną bitwę, aby uratować skarb i przyjaciół.
Zofia Żurakowska
Skarby stanowią pierwszą część planowanej trylogii autobiograficznej Zofii Żurakowskiej. Kolejno powstał tom Pożegnanie domu, jednak ze względu na zawieruchy dziejowe pisarce nie udało się dokończyć cyklu. Skarby utożsamiane są z domem rodzinnym, szacunkiem, miłością, krainą dzieciństwa, które pozwalają budować dorosłą tożsamość bohaterów powieści.
Molier
Skąpiec to prozatorska komedia Moliera, wystawiona na deskach teatru po raz pierwszy w 1668 r. Tytułowy skąpiec to Harpagon. Jest wdowcem. Ma dwoje dorosłych dzieci. Córka Eliza jest zakochana z wzajemnością w Walerym, który nie tak dawno uratował jej życie. Młodzi muszą jednak ukrywać swą miłość ze względu na ojca Elizy. Walery nie ma majątku, więc chce się wkraść w łaski Harpagona. Użył podstępu, by się dostać do jego domu jako rządca. Syn Harpagona, Kleant, jest w podobnej sytuacji co jego siostra. Jest zakochany w Mariannie, dziewczynie ładnej, dobrej i uczciwej, ale niezbyt bogatej. Kleant nie może więc liczyć na przychylność ojca. Sam stara się zdobyć pieniądze na swoje utrzymanie i pomoc dziewczynie, bo od skąpego taty ich nie dostanie.
Sketches by Boz. Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People
Charles Dickens
Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836. The 56 sketches concern London scenes and people and are divided into four sections: Our Parish, Scenes, Characters, and Tales. The material in the first three of these sections is non-fiction. The last section comprises fictional stories. It was Dickenss first book, published when he was twenty-four, and in it we find him walking the London streets, in theatres, pawnshops, law-courts, prisons, along the Thames, and on the omnibus, missing nothing, recording and transforming urban and suburban life into new terrain for literature. Originally, the sketches were published in various newspapers and periodicals from 1833-1836 before being published collectively in one volume. If you enjoy the works of Charles Dickens then this collection is highly recommended for your book collection.
Charles Dickens
Sketches of Young Couples is similarly a relatively early and short work by Charles Dickens in which he outlines in a humorous and vaguely satirical way various types of couples (young, old and matured) in society under different subjects describing their actions, thoughts and decisions as couple. These subjects are chosen as a moral essay to raise the awareness and information in young couple for coming generation of both sexes. As always, Dickens scatterings of humor help make it an enjoyable read. Its mainly an exercise in characterization, but each little chapter reads like a story, or part of a story. These satirical portraits, specially timed to Queen Victorias 1839 engagement to the future Prince Albert, not only reveal the dazzling brilliance of young Dickenss genius, but also offer a humorous glimpse into Victorian mores and attitudes.
Charles Dickens
Following the phenomenal popularity of Sketches by Boz, Dickens produced two short volumes of Sketches of Young Gentlemen and Sketches Young Couples". Dedicated to The Young Ladies of the United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as to other young ladies, Sketches of Young Gentlemen scrutinizes in a very witty and humorous fashion certain familiar characteristics of Victorian men and women. Indeed, the sketches center around certain social stereotypes developed by the author. Whimsical, satirical, witty and exuberant, the sketches ridicule the behavior of their subjects with perfect comic effect, offering fascinating evidence of a writer learning his craft and refining his style. To modern readers, these sketches reveal a hidden facet of the great Victorian novelist as they give a glimpse of his little-known beginnings. Highly recommended!