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Robert W. Chambers
This fantasy novel would make a wonderful addition to any bookshelf and is highly recommended for fans and collectors of seminal works. A fantastic satire about the Art Nouveau poet and his eight daughters, who grew up in the countryside and in nature.
Robert E. Howard
Shadows in the Moonlight is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written author Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in April 1934. Howard originally named his story Iron Shadows in the Moon. It is set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan escaping to a remote island in the Vilayet Sea where he encounters the Red Brotherhood, a skulking creature, and mysterious iron statues.
Zygmunt Krasiński
Irydion to zaraz obok Nie-boskiej komedii najwybitniejsze dzieło Zygmunta Krasickiego, wydane anonimowo w 1836 roku. Akcja dramatu rozgrywa się podczas panowania Heliogabala w roku 222 n.e., a jego głównym wątkiem jest bunt Irydiona, stanowiący aluzję do powstania listopadowego. Bohater musi podjąć działania na rzecz ważnych idei, które narażone są na oddziaływanie wszechobecnego tragizmu.
George Sand
Cest lun des romans les plus célebres. Pour quil ny ait pas de modernes, cela nous semblera moderne et intéressant. Isidora apparaît dans ce roman sous le nom de démon. Jacques ne sait pas qui choisir un ange ou un démon. Et cela le tourmente.
Robert Louis Stevenson
The famous novel by Robert Louis Stevenson tells about the exciting and dangerous adventures of young Jim and his older comrades who set off in search of a pirate treasure. Jim had to face such serious tests that an adult could not stand. But the courage, nobility, honesty and kindness of this wonderful boy helped him cope with all the difficulties!
Henry James
The Italian Watch is a book of travel writing by Henry James. Everything in the book indicates that James enjoyed this luxury to its fullest. Throughout the book, he is constantly returning to the beauty and delights of Italian life, despite being too often significant shortcomings. Venice and Rome are undergoing the most extensive treatment.
Walter Scott
Ivanhoe, the son of a Saxon nobleman, returns to England from the Crusades. Prince John is Regent in the absence of his brother, King Richard the Lionhearted who is imprisoned in Austria. Saxons have not accepted their Norman conquerors and there is much animosity between them. Ivanhoe arrives at court just as a jousting tournament begins and bests the three Norman noblemen who have agreed to take on all comers. Ivanhoe is seriously injured however and is cared for by Isaac of York and his beautiful daughter Rebecca. They are taken prisoner however, along with Ivanhoes father Cedric and his ward Rowena, by the three knights Ivanhoe bested in the tournament. With the assistance of Robin Hood, the mysterious Black Knight attacks the castle of Front-de-Boeuf where the captives are being held. Its left to Ivanhoe to rescue to rescue Rebecca however when she is accused of being a witch.
Jack and Jill. A Village Story
Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott, more famously known for her Little Women series, takes a familiar nursery rhyme and creates a whole novel out of it in one of her last books Jack and Jill: A Village Story. The story follows the lives of two 13-year-old neighbors, Jack and Jill, in the fictional Harmony Village. They go sledding on the first day of the season whereupon their adventurous natures and competitiveness get the better of them. After sledding down a particularly treacherous slope, both are seriously injured. Patience and sweetness of temperament arent Jack and Jills strong suits, and both struggle at times to control their tempers. Luckily they have the influence of their sweet mothers and a group of steadfast friends to show them the virtues of patience and fill their days with the joys of Christmas preparations, a theatrical production and many other imaginative events. As an early forerunner of the tough love philosophy of child rearing, Jack and Jill is indeed an interesting and entertaining read.
Jack Chanty. A Story of Athabasca
Hulbert Footner
In this tightly plotted novel, we follow the bizarre career of a man who loathes criminals. After Humphrey Challoner finds his wife killed by the bullet of a robber in his home, he vows to catch the man. Mr. Challoner is a wealthy savant, and he saved the fingerprints of the robber as well as some of the robbers strange hair which Challoners wife had in her hand. For twenty years Humphrey hunts for the killer, in the process revenging himself on Londons criminals class in a surprising and gruesome fashion. This Freeman work is not a Dr. Thorndyke mystery. Instead, it is the disturbing account of how a man wreaks vengeance on the miscreant who murdered his wife in a bungled robbery attempt. It also poses the question of how a moral society should deal with criminals.
Edgar Wallace
This is one of Edgar Wallaces best and most exciting thrillers. Jack O Judgment is light-hearted, insouciant, masked mystery man, who sets out to expose a gang of daring crooks who are amassing millions regardless of their methods. Criminal mastermind Colonel Dan Boundary fights two enemies Stafford King, a dedicated detective, and Jack OJudgment. The tale opens with the murder of Snow Gregory, a drug lord linked with Boundary... This English detective story has an entirely concealed outcome, and the usual escapades and escapes from or to justice are freshly told. Edgar Wallace provides a thrill of another sort!
William Harrison Ainsworth
Set in the eighteenth century, the novel is a retelling of the story of real-life criminal turned tragic anti-hero Jack Sheppard. The sensational melodrama tells about the life of the eponymous anti-hero.
Jack Tier. Or, The Florida Reefs
James Fenimore Cooper
The novel takes place during the Mexican-American War. All main events take place on the ship. For Rose and her sweet aunt, this journey is meant to be rest, rejuvenation, and an escape from a world filled with worries. However, they soon learn that well-planned plans can go in unexpected directions.
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Jacobs Ladder begins: Seated at breakfast on that memorable July morning, Jacob Pratt presented all the appearance of a disconsolate man. His little country sitting-room was as neat and tidy as the capable hands of the inimitable Mrs. Harris could make it. His coffee was hot and his eggs were perfectly boiled. Through the open windows stretched a little vista of the many rows of standard roses which had been the joy of his life. Yet blank misery dwelt in the soul of this erstwhile cheerful little man, and the spirit of degradation hung like a gloomy pall over his thoughts and being. Only the day before he had filed his petition in bankruptcy.
Virginia Woolf
Jacobs Room is an impressionistic novel in which there is no defined plot; rather, random circumstances in the central characters life, Jacob Flanders, are portrayed as observations of the people who come in contact with him. Set in early 20th century England, Jacobs Room is simply the story of a young man who dies in the first world war, Jacob Flanderrs, as told in fleeting recollections by his mother and his close friends. The novel follows Jacobs life, but he is seen mainly at a distance, through the eyes of women who knew him more or less well, and the narrative itself is quite fragmentary, so that the reader experiences the same problem faced by Jacobs survivors how to piece together his life. Jacobs Room marks the beginning of Woolfs experimental literary techniques, stream of consciousness and interior monologue. Also, this novel defies the traditional style of time sequence by moving from the present to the future and back to the past.
George Sand
Le protagoniste du roman "Jacques" lincarnation des idéaux moraux élevés de lauteur. Personne ayant une expérience de vie difficile et un cur sensible, facilement guéri, plein de gentillesse et dardent soif damour, il se distingue par son humanité et sa noblesse des points de vue, son sens du devoir et son sens de la responsabilité personnelle légard du bonheur de ses proches.
William Shakespeare
Znakomita komedia mistrza teatru elżbietańskiego choć różnie oceniana przez krytyków, czasem mało pochlebnie, jest jednak jedną z najczęściej wystawianych stuk Szekspira i uwielbianą przez czytelników po dziś dzień. Zapewnia znakomitą rozrywkę, urzekając celnymi i błyskotliwymi dialogami, wyraziście zarysowanymi, pełnymi humoru postaciami i niezwykłym stosunkiem do natury.
Jan Bielecki. Powieść narodowa polska oparta na podaniu historycznym
Juliusz Słowacki
Jedna z pierwszych powieści poetyckich Juliusza Słowackiego. Problematyka utworu dotyka zdrady narodowej. Tytułowy Jan Bielecki jest sprawcą konfliktu, wielce tragicznego w skutkach. Klasyka godna polecenia.
Otis Adelbert Kline
As we continue to follow adventures of Jan of the Jungle written by Otis Adelbert Kline, we find him engaged to his fiancée Ramona and reunited with his parents. Together with some friends, they start a cruise on the Indian Ocean. However, the happy days dont last long for Jan as he gets thrown in the shark infested waters and Ramona gets abducted. Follow the exploits of Jan of the Jungle as he strives to save his future wife from a hideous death at the fangs of the Black Tigress in a Temple of Kali! Otis Adelbert Kline was an adventure and science-fiction novelist of the pulp era, best known for his interplanetary adventure novels set on Venus and Mars, which instantly became science-fiction classics. Because of these, and several jungle-adventure novels also, Kline is often compared to Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Otis Adelbert Kline
Led to believe that his natural mother is a chimpanzee Chicma, a young boy knows only the savage ways of the great apes. Kept in a cage, he is systematically trained to become a savage killer by the fiendish Dr. Bracken. But the young boy, Jan, is clever enough to escape from the lab and make it out into the surrounding swamp with his chimp mentor at his side and emerge near the Lost Empire of Mu. The swamplands offer Jan has his first taste of freedom. He grows up fast, and has several run-ins with the wildlife of the swamps-crocodiles, snakes, bears, etc.... With all his fighting skill, there remained only one challenge to Jan: trace his origins and locate his man-parents. Full of intrigue and adventure, this classic from Otis Adelbert Kline is a must for adventure-pulp literature fans!
Charlotte Brontë
Orphaned into the household of her Aunt Reed at Gateshead, subject to the cruel regime at Lowood charity school, Jane Eyre nonetheless emerges unbroken in spirit and integrity. She takes up the post of governess at Thornfield, falls in love with Mr. Rochester, and discovers the impediment to their lawful marriage in a story that transcends melodrama to portray a womans passionate search for a wider and richer life than Victorian society traditionally allowed.
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
At first glance, this may seem like a simple fairy tale, but Mary quickly and with lively sympathy brings the various characters and settings to life. The main question is: what will happen to Jane and her daughter?
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Jane Stewart lives with her unhappy mother and stern grandmother in a dreary old mansion in Toronto. It is a world of rules and unhappiness. Her mother is weak and unable to stand up to Janes grandmother and Jane stoically suffers daily from her grandmothers verbal bullying. One day she discovers that the father she had long believed dead is alive and wants her to visit him. What follows is a blissful summer on Prince Edward Island where a dream of bringing her parents together begins to take shape. And there begins her journey of maturity and delight in a relationship with a father who sympathizes and loves the daughter he has been kept from for years.
Mark Twain
Na skutek tragicznego wypadku tajemnicze moce przenoszą Amerykanina Hanka Martina, z zawodu kowala, na dwór legendarnego króla Artura. Z miejsca popada w tarapaty. Uwięziony przez sir Sagramora zostaje uznany za ludożercę i wtrącony do lochu, gdzie oczekuje na wykonanie wyroku śmierci. Hank nie byłby jednak sobą ani tym bardziej sprytnym Jankesem, gdyby nie próbował wyjść cało z tarapatów. Szybko wkrada się w łaski króla i zostaje pasowany na rycerza. Naraża się jednak porywczemu sir Lancelotowi, któremu odbija narzeczoną... Jankes na dworze króla Artura to jedna z wazniejszych powieści autora.
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Akcja utworu toczy się w XIX wieku w polskiej społeczności, która żyje pod zaborem rosyjskim. Janko jest chorowitym chłopcem. Spośród innych wiejskich dzieci wyróżnia go talent muzyczny. Pewnego dnia zafascynowany dźwiękiem skrzypiec zakrada się do dworu, by dotknąć instrumentu. Zostaje oskarżony o próbę kradzieży i skazany na karę chłosty. Umiera z powodu zbyt surowej kary.