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George Sand
En raison de la dissidence, une personne pourrait tre envoyée sous le feu. Cétait des temps brutaux. Cela poignarde leur courage, mais cela leur permet de survivre de nombreuses façons. Le livre décrit bien les batailles, les guerriers et les émotions de la guerre.
E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Princess opened her eyes at the sound of her maids approach. She turned her head impatiently toward the door. Annette, she said coldly, did you misunderstand me? Did I not say that I was on no account to be disturbed this afternoon? Annette was the picture of despair. Eyebrows and hands betrayed alike both her agitation of mind and her nationality.
Stefania Sienkiewiczowa
Jedynaczka to nieznana dotąd, nowo odnaleziona nowela autorstwa matki Henryka Sienkiewicza, Stefanii Sienkiewicz z domu Cieciszowskiej. Utwór mimo iż pisany zapewne w celach zarobkowych odznacza się sporym kunsztem literackim. Opowiada o losach osieroconej dziewczynki, wychowywanej, a właściwie rozpieszczanej przez zakochanych w niej dziadków, co w konsekwencji prowadzi do pasma tragedii w dorosłym życiu kobiety. Nowela ma zwartą konstrukcję, ujętą w tak zwaną ramę. Utwór otwiera i zamyka scena w salonie, gdzie losy tytułowej jedynaczki relacjonuje gronu młodych panienek gwoli ostrzeżenia i przestrogi sędziwy Pan S***. Jedynaczka to swoisty XIX-wieczny moralitet, w którym Stefania Sienkiewiczowa, matka czterech dziewczynek, przedstawia swoje poglądy na temat współczesnego systemu wychowania dziewcząt. Niniejsza popularna edycja stanowi pierwsze od przeszło 150 lat książkowe wydanie noweli.
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Impatient of the numerous checks which had held up his car all the way from Croydon, Gerald Jennerton let down the window and looked out. London, he realised at once, was swallowing him up. Not the London upon which he had gazed half an hour ago from his earthward-gliding aeroplanea huge, tumbled chaos of obscurity, with its far-spreading myriads of lightsbut an engulfing wilderness of endless streets, through which cars from every direction seemed to be racing to some magnetic centre.
Theodore Dreiser
This is the story of an innocent beautiful young woman from the poorest family, who throughout her life is associated with men of high social status. How her family members react to such a connection became the basis of the plot. The novel takes place over several decades.
E. Phillips Oppenheim
American Millionaire meets Ruritanean Princess, Jeremiah Vavasour Strole meets the Princess Marya of Pletz at a weekend party in the Hamptons on Long Island. The year is 1933. Much of the world has been plunged into economic ruin by the stock market crash. Maryas country, Jakovia, is ruled by a playboy monarch who would rather spend his nights with courtesans in Paris, than pay attention to the starving people of his homeland. Michael Grogner, the chief of police and son of the Prime Minister, Nicholas Grogner, has followed the Princess to America to prevent her from seeking funds to overthrow her cousin, the King.
Hugh Walpole
This is a horror book, but prone to human psychology. The book begins: between the kitchen and the pantry there was a certain window, which was a favorite for Hamlet. Thirty years ago these chronicles of 1894 the basements of houses in provincial English cities, even large houses owned by wealthy people, were dark, cold, odorous caves sizzling with bad gas and smelling of poorly prepared cabbage. The basement of Coles house in Polchester was the same bad, like any other, but this small window between the kitchen and the pantry was higher in the wall than other basement windows.
Hugh Walpole
Horror built on the psychological game of characters. Jeremy at Crale is a third-age story published by Sir Hugh Walpole. Published to critical acclaim throughout the world, it quickly became a bestseller.