The book starts in late Victorian England and ends shortly after the first world war. It covers the transition between the end of the Victorian era, and the aimlessness of the next generation very ...
Henry Rider Haggard was known as English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations. „Joan Haste” – a novel about a girl of extramarital origin with a single mother. Torn ...
Stróż Gedras napotyka przy drodze ciężarną kobietę i zabiera ją do domu. Podczas porodu kobieta umiera i zostawia mu w opiece dziecko, które ten chce wychować. Nie jest mu jednak łatw...
„John Burnet of Barns” was Buchan’s first fully realised, full-length work of fiction. The author’s third novel is story of adventure, treachery and revenge, set in the Scot...
This is a story about the life of a genius who has only dreams. But really make dreams a reality? After all, this is not a fantasy world. Walpole wrote mainly about a character whose life was never...
Originally published in 1906, „John Dough and the Cherub” remains a whimsical fantasy tale for all ages, by the author of the classic „Oz” books. John Dough is a gingerbread...
Acht bis an die Zähne bewaffnete Männer von Scotland Yard bewachen einen Transport von 73000 Pfund Sterling. Aber der Geldtransporter mit Geld und seine Bewacher verschwindet auf der Stra...
Written in 1925, the novel opens with three gentleman friends – lawyer Sir Edward Leithen, banker John Palliser-Yeates, and Cabinet member Charles Lord Lamancha – discovering that they ...
Edward, a handsome young soldier, considers Mary a charming child. John, the widow, is sick and poor, and asks Edward to keep an eye on Mary after his imminent death, whenever that happens. John st...
Dr. Thorndike is a physician and lawyer who lectures on medical jurisprudence. He is also a Grade A detective with a first-rate brain and excellent powers of observation, as well as a talent for sc...
The story goes on the background of a heavy war. A person whose physical growth is impressive, but his mental state is not considered the best. This is a story about the wonderful awakening of the ...
John Workmann der Zeitungsboy ist ein 1909 veröffentlichtes Jugendbuch des Autors Hans Dominik. John Workmann beginnt in New York als Zeitungsboy. Schon sein erster Plan erregt Aufsehen, gewin...
During the war, Joshua Fendik became rich against his will and found for himself an entrance to social circles, completely new to him. In particular, he falls under the influence of Robins Dale, a ...
The book has a lot of scientific component from various fields: geology, paleontology, botany, zoology, physics. But everything is very accessible and understandable. The plot focuses on a explorat...
Powieść historyczna opowiadająca dzieje masona Józefa Balsamo i jego ucznia Honoriusza Gilberta oraz rodziny Taverney. Tłem historycznym powieści są romanse królów francuskich ...
Książka Janusza Korczaka z 1911 roku. Wcześniej ukazywała się na łamach „Promyka” jako powieść w odcinkach. Powstała na bazie obserwacji i wydarzeń z życia chłopców na kolonii le...
Czteroaktowa tragedia Kazimierza Przerwy-Tetmajera z 1917 roku. Opowiada historię jednego z apostołów, tytułowego Judasza, którego złe działania autor próbuje racjonalnie uzasa...
Jude is a layman who is cursed by an even larger figure: a pre-feminist minx. In the case of Jude, being associated with a woman in the then strange double is a fatal flaw. And not just any woman: ...
„Judgement at Chelmsford” is a pageant play, written for a church setting. The author Charles Williams (1886-1945), who was a British theologian, playwright, novelist and poet, was comm...
The characters are diverse and strong in these books. Walpole clearly believed in women with character, because the book is full of them. Not so outrageous to be incredible, but more women who will...