1918

First published in 1918. Ethel M. Dell was an English writer of popular romance novels. You will find some fascinating glimpses of the period in her books, as well as a substantial dose of romance and adventure. There were two of them as unlike as two men could be. Sir Eustace, big, domineering, haughty, used to sweeping all before him with the power of his personality. The other was Stumpy, small,...

American writer Edith Wharton is known for her novels of manners set in old New York; yet much of her adult life was spent in France. She lived in Paris throughout World War I and was heavily involved in refugee work. She was a hugely successful writer and the first woman ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for her novel „The Age of Innocence”. In this 1918 novella, we are introduced to the story of 15-year-old...

Drugi tom uwielbianej przez miliony ludzi na całym świecie niezwykłej miłosnej historii. Krymski Tatar Kurt Sejit, carski oficer, który w 1918 roku musiał potajemnie opuścić Krym zajęty przez bolszewików i na łódce przepłynął Morze Czarne w poszukiwaniu azylu w Turcji, oraz jego ukochana, Rosjanka Szura Werżenskaja, która razem z nim udała się na wygnanie. Ucieczka z Krymu uratowała Sejitowi życie;...