Crushed by a loveless marriage to the cruel and arrogant Grandcourt, Gwendolen Harleth seeks salvation in the deeply spiritual and altruistic Daniel Deronda. But Deronda, profoundly affected by the...więcej »
First published in 1860, „Brother Jacob” is a short story about deception, imperial venture, and self-interest by George Eliot in which she explores the relationship between the selfish...więcej »
„All the Sad Young Men” is a collection of nine short stories by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. It includes two of his most famous – the beautifully elegiac „The Rich ...więcej »
Welcome to the important and meaningful boys’ adventure novel of Francis Henry Atkins which is „The Cadets of the Dolphin”. Aubrey, Frank (pseudonym of Francis Henry Atkins) was a...więcej »
”We are surrounded by hidden enemies – many of them deadly creatures... „ Meet another short science fiction novel from a British writer of „pulp fiction” Francis Henr...więcej »
Frank Aubrey, the author of „The Devil Tree of Eldorado,” has ventured again to write a wild and romantic tale of adventure. „A Queen of Atlantis” is the second of his trilo...więcej »
Fenton Ash is the first and main pseudonym of UK civil engineer and author Francis Henry Atkins (1847-1927) who was a writer of „pulp fiction”, in particular science fiction aimed at yo...więcej »
Liryka religijna, której autorami są księża, to dość znaczny obszar współczesnej poezji polskiej. Choć zaj-muje znaczące miejsce, pozostaje jednak zbyt często na obrzeżach opinii lite...więcej »
Książka ta jest próbą diagnozowania nowej sytuacji literatury w społeczeństwie medialnym, kształtowanej za sprawą procesów słyszenia i praktyk słuchania, a jednocześnie sytuacji kompa...więcej »
Autor stawia w książce wiele pytań. Jakie idee ukształtowały charakter i tożsamość Europy? Jak to się stało, że cywilizacja, która stworzyła filozofię i naukę, i która wymyśliła insty...więcej »
Przygotowana przez Dariusza Piechotę monografia jest fascynującą opowieścią o popkulturze, którą mam zamiar postawić na półce pomiędzy Understanding Popular Culture Johna Fiske’...więcej »
Książka zawiera wieloaspektowe analizy filmów prezentujących szeroki wachlarz – nieprzebadanych dotąd na gruncie filmoznawczym – różnorodnych zabiegów deziluzyjnych...więcej »
The story begins with Annette Georges choosing between two evil destinies. She is rescued by a kind woman who looks after her until she can live with her aunts in a village in „little England...więcej »
In this magnificent novel, love and death intertwine and dissolve into each other. But the characters are the perfect product of the best Victorian literature.więcej »
In this book you will find a description of the life and way of life of the indigenous inhabitants of the country – Indians and white settlers; numerous hunting scenes. The novel will not lea...więcej »
The young French robber Raoul Ivar appeared with his ship in a small harbor in the city of Porto Ferraio. He introduced himself as Jack Smith, but he was exposed: the English officer Griffin recogn...więcej »
This was the main character’s first professional visit to the Robinsons. Arthur Robinson had a bronchial coryza. He seemed – like most selfish people – very much in need of a list...więcej »
The novel ‟Two Admirals” tells about the events from the history of the naval war between England and France in the middle of the 18th century. At the center of the novel is a touching story ...więcej »
Marie’s skill lies in her powers of observation. She sees how men behave with women, how the rich behave with the poor, how power is based on political machinations, how actors bow to virtuou...więcej »
The writer shows us her society and shows that it doesn’t matter what stage you are on; at each level there are decent, kind people and, on the contrary, stupid, cruel ones.więcej »