Powieść „Córka Ewy” Honoriusza Balzaka należy do „Scen z życia prywatnego” cyklu „Komedia Ludzka”. Opowiada losy hrabiny Marii de Vandenesse. Kobie...więcej »
The moral of this story is clear to all, because it is relevant – envy. It was a large, beautifully furnished room, filled with priceless paintings, bronze and old furniture. It was the mansi...więcej »
After 8 years in prison for murder, Jimmy Geary returns to his town Yellow Creek, and his past, and an ambush. Jimmy was very happy to see town again. But there are three men who aren’t happy...więcej »
„Creep, Shadow! „ is the second novel in the Dr. Lowell series, preceded by „Burn, Witch, Burn! „. It’s short and it moves along very quickly but there’s plenty ...więcej »
Is murder is permissible in pursuit of a higher purpose? Meet Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student in St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an...więcej »
This is another great collection of short stories by Edward Phillips Oppenheim, the prolific English novelist who was in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrill...więcej »
On December 26, 2004, one of the largest earthquakes in human history occurred off the coast of Indonesia, causing a series of powerful tsunamis that hit countries bordering the Indian Ocean. Koh P...więcej »
It is the continuing saga of Max Brand’s finest heroine, Jack – Jacqueline Boone. Jack is blessed and cursed by the cross of Meilan when she meets Dix Van Dyck. Dix Van Dyck, is being p...więcej »
Originally published in 1901, „Crucial Instances” is the second collection of six short stories connected, as the title suggests, by a hinging moment in the narrative through which the ...więcej »
„Cud Mniemany, czyli Krakowiacy i Górale” to opera komiczna, uznawana za jedno z najwybitniejszych dzieł polskiego oświecenia. Osadzona w realiach wsi podkrakowskiej opisuje aktu...więcej »
Miłosny trójkąt pomiędzy bogatą panną Basią Szeliżanką, zakochanym w niej Giano oraz Jerzym Zawiślakiem. Nie brak w nim namiętności, nutki grozy i mroku. Wszystko to rozgrywa się w XVII-wiec...więcej »
Spirit of Old Essex draws together Arthur Morrison’s lost treasure of a novel „Cunning Murrell”, a jocular tale of witchcraft, old salts, pugilists, smuggling and country life lon...więcej »
It was a brilliant good Saturday morning before the harvest, and the large market and curves of the streets in Norwich proceed with a continuous crowd of farmers, livestock, dealers, county ladies ...więcej »
Five people were seated around a table in the private office of a well-known solicitor in Lincoln’s Inn. Their expressions and general attitude were sufficiently disturbed to suggest that the...więcej »
Tragikomedia autorstwa Pierre’a Corneille’a, w tłumaczeniu Stanisława Wyspiańskiego, to opowieść o młodym rycerzu Rodrigu Díaz de Vivarze, zwanym również Cydem Walecznym. ...więcej »
There are two main lines: the story of the lovers of Postum and Imogen and the story of lost and found royal sons. All this, like a silver frame, is framed by sufferings, oaths of loyalty, amazing ...więcej »
A melodramatic mystery, in which a young lawyer is called to the house of a dying woman to draw up her will. While searching for her legal heirs, meets a beautiful woman with a mysterious scar. The...więcej »
Cyrano de Bergerac to waleczny Gastończyk, człowiek wielu talentów, mistrz fechtunku. Ma jednak jedną wadę – bardzo długi nos, który jednocześnie jest jego ogromnym kompleksem. ...więcej »
This story provides background information about Cyrus, who is mentioned in the Bible. Cyrus is the king who liberated the Jews from Babylonian captivity. Abbott’s talent lies in the fact tha...więcej »