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...
Losy Henryka von Brühla, doradcy i faworyta króla Augusta III. Brühl jest początkowo skromnym paziem na dworze Augusta II Mocnego. Jednak dzięki swym zdolnościom, pomysłowoś...
W jednym z londyńskich lombardów Andrew Lauriston znajduje zwłoki właściciela przybytku, starego Daniela Multeniusa. Podejrzenia policji od razu kierują się w stronę Lauristona – począ...
Another great Max Brand western, first written in 1921. The story follows a cousin who was taken in by his uncle and his two sons. They make fun of him, and use his size and strength to do the hard...
”Burmese Days” is an early novel by Orwell, in which the future great English writer enters into a kind of literary confrontation with his no less brilliant predecessor, Kipling. The li...
„Byli i będą” to panorama społeczeństwa polskiego po upadku powstania styczniowego. W tej wielowątkowej powieści poznajemy różne grupy społeczne i środowiska – arystokrację...
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...
In „Calling Dr. Kildare”, Dr. Kildare has left his family home to work in a metropolitan hospital with the brilliant Dr. Gillespie who is slowly dying. Kildare has been chosen to work u...
The western novels by Zane Grey have been a source of imagery about the American West for almost the entire twentieth century. The plots and characterizations of Grey’s popular novels set in ...
Trying to save the life of an Indian child when he’s thrown from his horse, John Curry falls into the arms of a lonely married woman with a jealous, scheming husband. Unless Curry revives his...
Cardigan Novels is a conditional cycle that combines historical novels by Robert Chambers that tell about the period of the American Revolutionary War. The novels do not have a connected plot, but ...
Nowela opowiada historię hiszpańskiego żołnierza José, którego miłość do pięknej Cyganki Carmen zwiodła na złą drogę. Aby zaskarbić sobie uczucie wybranki, bohater wikła się w środowi...
„Castle Gay” is the second of Buchan’s three Dickson McCunn books and is set in south west Scotland in the Dumfries and Galloway region in the 1920s. The plot revolves around the ...
Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. This is one of his novels....
The most dangerous killer in Alaska, Menneval sends a certain Bill Ranger to California in search of information about his father and son Crosson. After many setbacks, Bill finally finds the Crosso...
Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933), amerykański pisarz, zyskał uznanie jako autor powieści detektywistycznych. „Chińska papuga” należy do jednej z jego serii powieściowych, w któ...
Renowned Western writer Max Brand does it again in the eminently enjoyable short novel „Chip And The Cactus Man „. Packed with enough action and romance to please even the most die-hard...
Max Brand’s action-filled stories of adventure and heroism in the American West continue to entertain readers throughout the world. „"Chip Traps A Sheriff"” is one of hi...
„Cień Bafometa” to powieść fantastyczna, która jest niezwykle twórczym przełożeniem mitu „Doktora Jekylla i pana Hyda”. Główny bohater opowieści, Tadeus...
Powieść „ Cierpienia młodego Wertera ” skonstruowana jest jako zbiór listów napisanych przez tytułowego Wertera. W listach Werter wspomina swoje intymne chwile spędzone w ...