Joseph Smith Fletcher was an English journalist, writer and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He studied law before turning to journalism. This book opens with the first page of his experienc...więcej »
Alfred John Church (1829-1912) was an English classical scholar. He was born in London and was educated at King’s College London, and Lincoln College, Oxford, he took holy orders and was an a...więcej »
The long table was filled with guys from Overton’s school, everyone was busy with breakfast and talked from sixteen to a dozen. Only two days remained until the end of the summer semester, an...więcej »
First published in 1932, „Lucky Larribee” is another great read by Max Brand. Alfred Larribee likes drinking, not working. He likes gambling, too. Maybe that’s what drives him to ...więcej »
C’est l’histoire de l’actrice italienne Lucretia Floriani et du mépris spirituel du peuple, l’aristocrate slave, le prince Carol von Roswald. Les contemporains ont ap...więcej »
Bohaterem powieści „ Ludzie bezdomni ” jest Tomasz Judym – młody lekarz. Tomasz odbywa praktykę lekarską w Paryżu gdzie poznaje panią Niewadzką, jej wnuczki – Natalię Orszeń...więcej »
”Lukundoo and Other Stories” is one of those stories that are scary to read. The story of a man who breaks a taboo, then bears a cruel punishment. Curse is one of the punishments. The s...więcej »
Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch – an exciting historical adventure novel. The action takes place during the Spanish Inquisition and describes some of the horrors that occurred, giving you an ide...więcej »
A woman named Lysistrata, determined to stop the senseless war, gathers women from all over Greece in the square in front of the Acropolis of Athens. She offers them „until the men make peace...więcej »
Ma confession – l’histoire de Léon Tolstoi a propos de la recherche de la foi. Il parle de son athéisme juvénile, qui l’a amené a 50 ans de déce...więcej »
This was not until they left their right front and went to a narrow, single-track road that lay under the wall and was securely guarded. Suddenly there appeared an awkward Asian gentleman, who once...więcej »
Dramatyczne perypetie Pokotynki – młodej dziewczyny, która po kłótni z ojcem porzuca rodzinny dom. Od tej chwili musi radzić sobie sama. Los nie szczędzi jej kłopot&oacut...więcej »
This short story is an excellent representative of the Victorian era Gothic prose. Bright, capacious, in the details and most importantly interesting. An elderly governess decided to share a scary ...więcej »
The two men hesitated upon the tee, gazing down the glade towards the distant-green. Their caddies were still pointing in excitement to a motionless object stretched upon the smooth turf close to t...więcej »
Madame Bovary – un grand roman de l’écrivain français Gustave Flaubert. Le personnage principal, Emma Bovary, souffre de l’incapacité de réaliser ses r...więcej »
„Madame Bovary” is a novel by Gustave Flaubert, often considered his masterpiece. Emma Bovary yearns for a life of luxury and passion of the kind she reads about in romantic novels. But...więcej »
Madame Chrysanthème Pierre Loti est une combinaison inhabituelle d’un travail superbement écrit et d’une dureté morale indescriptible. C’est l’histoire ...więcej »
The image of a young American woman is central to the story „Madame de Mauves”, which prefaces the „Portrait of a Woman”. Deceived by the wife of an impoverished French aris...więcej »
Even a short novel like „Madame de Treymes” shows you what a masterful writer Edith Wharton was. It is a captivating portrait of turn-of-the-century American and French culture. Inspire...więcej »
‘"When Rogues Fall Out” incorporates some wonderful conundrums to hoodwink and hinder the cleverest of crime readers. This book contains three interconnected stories. In the first,...więcej »