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Honoriusz Balzak
Powieść Muza z zaścianka Honoriusza Balzaka należy do Scen z życia prowincji cyklu Komedia Ludzka. Akcja powieści rozgrywa się w prowincjonalnym Sancerre. Dawny spekulant, Jean de la Baudraye, poślubia ambitną i utalentowaną Dinę Piédefer. Małżeństwo to służy mu do zdobycia prestiżu i wpływów. Piękna i uzdolniona literacko kobieta jest bowiem niekwestionowaną królową tamtejszych salonów. Źle się jednak czuje na konserwatywnej prowincji. Pewnego dnia nawiązuje romans z przebywającym w Sancerre przejazdem paryskim dziennikarzem Stefanem Lousteau. Ten jednak szybko nudzi się tym romansem. Porzucona Dina podejmuje ryzykowną decyzję o samotnej ucieczce do stolicy. Pragnie kontynuować romans ze Stefanem, a zarazem zyskać literacką sławę...
Willa Cather
The story of a boy who grew up in a wealthy farming family, not avoiding hardships and always ready to lend a helping hand. The story of a love that didnt happen, but rather happened, between the main character or Antonia, turns out to be more than growing up, more than just about the history of one country. This is a story about a change of mind.
Fred M. White
Fred M. White wrote a story about a real feminine and beautiful lady. For example, his story begins so: when a tall figure in black velvet and diamonds and lace appeared at the head of the staircase. Mrs. Eldred-Wolfram was tall and dark, and, although she was almost seventy years old, there was no gray hair on her smooth head. Her features were beautiful and arrogant, as befits Mrs. Eldred-Wolfram of Caradoc; her eyes were restless and changeable. She pledged her income to the last penny. My Lady Bountiful, as she was generally called.
Wilkie Collins
The novel My Ladys Money continues the detective line of Collins work: this time it is about investigating the loss of a 500-pound banknote, during the search for which the honest name of poor Isabella, suspected of stealing money, was defamed.
My Life. The Story of a Provincial
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
The theme of the little man, which appeared in many of Chekhovs short stories, was also touched on in the novel My Life. The main character, Misail Poloznev, a nobleman by birth, becomes a simple worker. In order to live the way he wants, he breaks with his father. He is opposed to lies and hypocrisy, namely they, in his opinion, reign among the intelligentsia. The quote of the old house painter Radish: Aphids eat grass, rust iron, and lies the soul. According to the protagonist, moral self-improvement of a person is directly related to physical labor, which he would like to make mandatory for everyone.
Mary Fortune
Mary Helena Fortune is one of the first female authors who became famous for detectives. My Lodger is no exception. This work captivated readers with a tense plot, where the reader must think.
Willa Cather
The story is about a rich girl deserting her riches for the love of her life. She is an Irish Catholic and the boy for whom she leaves everything is related to German Protestantism. The life seems to be good. But when at the end of her life as the couple is reduced to abject poverty, she probes few questions relating to her life.
Guy Boothby
A novel about a trio that robs some jewels, one of them escapes with them. This is followed by a whirlwind trip in Europe and Asia in pursuit of blood feud. Writing and plot points (despite the fact that they are more than a hundred years old) dont feel obsolete.