Trzeci i zarazem ostatni tom quasi-autobiograficznego cyklu „W Poszukiwaniu Straconego Czasu”. Autor przedstawia życie arystokracji francuskiej. Z utworu bije podziw i zachwyt nad wysta...więcej »
The boy knew all too well that his father was fighting to preserve the farm. The land was poor and they had three bad seasons. Unable to even pay for the labor, the farmer Holt and his seventeen-ye...więcej »
Doktor medycyny John H., weteran wojenny, powraca do Londynu. Tu poznaje ekscentrycznego detektywa amatora Sherlocka Holmesa. Wkrótce potem Holmes dostaje list od oficera Scotland Yardu z pr...więcej »
Considered by some to be her finest work, Edith Wharton’s „Summer” created a sensation when first published in 1917, as it was one of the first novels to deal honestly with a youn...więcej »
A collection of three short exciting stories by Max Brand aka Federick Faust. Brand has been labeled „one of the top three Western novelists of all time” so western fans will be in for ...więcej »
When the train pulls into Wagontongue, the reader becomes Trueman Rock, returning to town after killing a man six years earlier. Now he returns to find trouble again, but this time his trouble is c...więcej »
This collection dates from 1893 and includes 13 short stories written by British journalist and author of mystery and horror fiction J. E. Preston Muddock. Many of Muddock’s mystery stories f...więcej »
Boken är en satir över det samtida Sveriges radikala författare, som kallade sig själva Det unga Sverige, och en av den svenska litteraturens mest kända och beryktade nycke...więcej »
Swallow is a lonely Dutch girl. She dreams that a loved one appears in her life. And soon she finds herself face to face with a sunken ship, stranded by the storm. So, off the coast of Africa the s...więcej »
Swann’s Way is one of the preeminent novels of childhood – a sensitive boy’s impressions of his family and neighbors, all brought dazzlingly back to life years later by the famous...więcej »
First published in 1920, „Swatty: A Story of Real Boy” is another breathtaking tale from American author Ellis Parker Butler (December 5, 1869 – September 13, 1937). Butler, the a...więcej »
Kirby O’Donnell is a Howard hero less familiar to most readers. Howard only wrote three stories about O’Donnell’s exploits, of which only two actually saw print during his lifetim...więcej »
One moment the glade lay empty; the next a man poised tensely at the edge of the bushes. No sound warned the red squirrels of his coming, but the birds that flitted about in the sunlight took sudde...więcej »
In the Twelfth Century an intrigue at the court of the great Sultan Saladin brings forth the Sphinx Emerald to play its strange magic role. A miniature image of the sphinx hypnotizes its owners and...więcej »
The main character is in front of 2 worlds. One is the real world. Another is a world that occurs during sleep. In real life, an ordinary man will introduce a quiet life. Communicates with friends,...więcej »
If you think that the story about Alice is the most fantastic, then you are mistaken. Sylvie and Bruno are proof of that. There are many hidden gems here, mostly sweet, sentimental stories of the f...więcej »
Królestwo Polskie, lata dziewięćdziesiąte XIX wieku. Trwa okres wzmożonej rusyfikacji. Marcin, syn szlachcica, daje się wciągnąć przez nauczycieli i dyrekcję gimnazjum w działalność propaguj...więcej »
Debiut powieściowy Josepha Conrada. Tytułowemu Almayerowi, Holendrowi mieszkającemu na wyspie Borneo, nie wiedzie się zbyt dobrze. Jest niezaradny, zacietrzewiony i podejmuje nie do końca przemyśla...więcej »
Zbiór dziewięciu nowel i opowiadań z gatunku literatury grozy. Ich bohaterom przytrafiają się niezwykłe rzeczy, które odsłaniają prawdę o świecie znanym (realnym) i nieznanym (...więcej »
Litwin Wawer Karewis pracuje w Niemczech – pod nazwiskiem Lorenz – jako kapitan statku. Jest człowiekiem pracowitym ponad miarę i odważnym do szaleństwa. Pewnego dnia postanawia na kilk...więcej »