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The House of the Dead – ebook
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky
Aleksandr Petrovich lives through a spiritual re-awakening that culminates with his release from the prison camp. The narrator has been sentenced to penalty deportation to Siberia and ten years of hard labor for murdering his wife. Published in 1861, „House of the Dead” is a semi-autobiographical work based upon Dostoevsky’s exile to Siberia where he was punished with „hard labor” after he was initially...Data dostępności:
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A House to Let – ebook
Charles Dickens Wilkie Collins Elizabeth Gaskell Adelaide Ann Procter
„A House to Let” is a novella originally published in 1858 by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Procter. Each of the contributors wrote a chapter (stories within a story, and in the case of Adelaide Anne Procter, as a story in verse) and the whole was edited by Dickens, making it fit together seamlessly as a whole. This novella is a composite tale of mystery and intrigue...Data dostępności:
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The House of the Seven Gables – ebook
Nathaniel Hawthorne
In the novel The House of the Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the founders of American literature, once again, after a series of short stories and the famous Scarlet Letter, addresses the Puritan past and present of his homeland, New England. Legends and legends from national and family history, animated by the author’s fantasy on Gothic themes, add up to the chronicle of the age-old confrontation...Data dostępności:
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Lobbyści. Zachodni rzecznicy polskiej niepodległości. Tom 1. W Wersalu – ebook
Andrzej Turkowski
Tom I gromadzi teksty z okresu 1914-19, głównie związane z paryską konferencją pokojową w 1919 roku. Kluczową postacią jest tu bliski doradca amerykańskiego prezydenta Edward Mandell House. Zarówno dzienniki House’a, jaki i pozostałe świadectwa pozwalają zajrzeć za kulisy wielkiego dyplomatycznego przedsięwzięcia, jakim było ułożenie powojennego porządku świata, w tym - zarysowanie granic państwa...Data dostępności:
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Tu byli, tak stali – audiobook
Gabriel Krauze
Książka przeznaczona dla czytelników pełnoletnich Na jednym z londyńskich blokowisk nazwy budynków pochodzą z literackiego panteonu: Blake Court, Austen House, Bronte House, Dickens House, Wordsworth House. Jednak codzienności na osiedlu South Kilburn bliżej do prozy życia niż do wzniosłej klasyki. Wielopiętrowe bloki górują nad człowiekiem, zalewają sinym cieniem. „Po prostu jest jak jest. Witamy...Data dostępności:
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The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson – ebook
Mark Twain
This is a novel by American writer Mark Twain. His central intrigue revolves around two boys – one born into slavery, with 1/32 black pedigree; on the other, white, born to be the master of the house. Two boys who look the same turn on in infancy. Each grows into a different social role.Data dostępności:
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Doctor Grimshawe’s Secret – ebook
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The novel „Doctor Grimshawe’s Secret”, in which a specific eerie coloring is attached to one particular house, still existing in Salem and adjacent to the old cemetery on Charter Street. This mood was expressed in giving a certain amount of mystery, magic or horror to events that are basically not supernatural. An interesting novel for mystery lovers.Data dostępności:
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Paying Guests – ebook
E.F. Benson
The story is set around the Wentworth mention, a small boarding house in Bolton Spa and its owners and lodgers. They are quite unlikable, mainly upper-middle-class English people who came to the Spa to cure their body illnesses, but also to fill the time and escape boredom despite having no passions, interests and work. A delightful book for anybody familiar with Benson’s work, full of all the usual...Data dostępności:
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Lucia’s Progress – ebook
E.F. Benson
„Lucia’s Progress”, previously published in the U.S. as „The Worshipful Lucia” is the fifth of E. F. Benson’s famous series, opening about a year after the previous story ended. In this volume both Lucia and Mapp stand for election to the Town Council, and Lucia speculates in gold shares. While re-decorating Miss Mapp’s house, Lucia discovers and hide the remains of a Roman Villa. Excitements ensu...Data dostępności:
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Coming Up for Air – ebook
George Orwell
Insurance company agent George „Fatty” Bowling lives with his family in a featureless house among the same featureless houses in the London suburbs. When George wins some money at the races and is thinking about what to spend it on, he catches his eye on an advertising poster, and George begins to sort through his own memories – memories of his childhood spent in Lower Binfield.Data dostępności:
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