Chapitres tres courts. Pourquoi courber ton front plus bas que de coutume? Quel mal avons-nous fait, pour ne plus nous cherir? Vois, la lampe palit, l’atre scintille et fume; Si tu ne parles ...więcej »
On the eve of her wedding day, Madeleine Van Norman, a beautiful young lady who is soon to come into her family fortune is found dead, apparently stabbed with an ominous blood-stained letter opener...więcej »
Strikingly bright characters. Such a well-designed image of moods, places and feelings. Maggie Cardinal’s father dies very suddenly, leaving her alone, not very upset, since he never showed s...więcej »
Harmer John went to Italy to study art there. He was enraged by the desire to develop a plan to save the world. Life is a pure flame, and we live under the invisible Sun inside us... „We all ...więcej »
One of Edith Wharton’s most famous novels – the first by a woman to win the Pulitzer Prize – exquisitely details a tragic struggle between love and responsibility during the sumpt...więcej »
À Venise, au début du 19e siècle, le ténor Lelio parle de ses deux grands sentiments amoureux devant un tableau des éclats de rire des artistes. Le premier, quand...więcej »
Fleming Stone №23. On the eve of her marriage to Rodney Sayre, Emily Duane disappears. She had left her Hillside Park home to visit the hospital but never arrived there. Foul play is feared when Ji...więcej »
Originally published in 1916, but actually written in 1890, „Bunner Sisters” is a compelling, heartbreaking little novella about two sisters, who have never been apart, struggling to ee...więcej »
Événements se déroulant dans la ville de Berry. Les livres examinent la vulnérabilité des femmes de haut rang aux commérages et le concept selon lequel cer...więcej »
Captain Nicolas is the author’s most recognizable character. One for which it’s immediately clear whose story it is. Hugh Walpole tells the story of a family conflict. This is an ideal ...więcej »
Carolyn Wells inspires and entertains with her classical mystery masterpiece, „The Vanishing of Betty Varian”, guaranteed to feed the mystery monster that craves suspense! The book was ...więcej »
Glennard had never thought himself a hero; but he had been certain that he was incapable of baseness. The central character, Stephen Glennard, sells for publication the private letters of a former,...więcej »
George Sand – le pseudonyme de l’écrivain français Aurora Dupin-Dyudevan. Dans ses nombreuses œuvres, les idées de libération de la personnalité...więcej »
Edith Wharton’s 1913 novel is a devastating critique of American upward mobility, told through the journey of Undine Spragg from fictional Midwestern Apex City to New York to Paris. Undine Sp...więcej »
In Walpole style, an excellent collection of short story bedside tables in the guest room, for recovering or reading aloud. There is nothing modern cynicism; the stories seem somewhat outdated &nda...więcej »
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was an English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles in newspapers and jo...więcej »
There is a secret surrounding the abandoned local manuar and the death of the local miller. When a lawyer on vacation is found slaughtered, the law enters into force. One area of interest for the...więcej »
The stolen trinity of American heroes flies around the globe on a screw machine heavier than air: from Philadelphia – through Canada and the Far West – to Japan, China, India; through R...więcej »
A humorous account of a trip to London and brief sojourn in that city and its vicinity. It includes: „A Ticket to Europe”, „Crossing the Atlantic”, „In England–N...więcej »
