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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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House of Cards – ebook
Michael Dobbs
Na arenie politycznej walki najsilniejszą emocją jest strach. Po upadku rządu Margaret Thatcher brytyjska scena polityczna, trzymana dotąd żelazną ręką, ulega rozchwianiu. W kolejnych wyborach władzę obejmuje słaby Henry "Hal" Collingridge. Tak przynajmniej widzi go Mr. Urquhart - polityk o wybujałych ambicjach, który próbuje wykorzystać chaos w życiu politycznym kraju do swoich celów. Przedstawia...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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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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History of King Richard the Third of England – ebook
Jacob Abbott
Richard 3 went down in history as a great king. He was the last king from the House of York. Jacob Abbott remembers historical events from an impartial point of view. His text not only covers Richard III, but details events of his brother Edward IV’s life, plus various other major individuals involved with the War of the Roses.Data dostępności:
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7 Classic Victorian Novels – ebook
A novel was born and developed in literature, which we call classic English in terms of both plot and character of the heroes and style of presentation. Victorian books became the standard for many decades, inspiring all European literature, and later cinema, to create real masterpieces of romance. The multibook includes books such as „Jane Eyre”, „Wuthering Heights”, „Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and...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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Przemówienia parlamentarne 1880-1919 – ebook
Ferdynand Radziwiłł
Edycja źródłowa zawiera 76 wystąpień wygłoszonych przez Ferdynanda Radziwiłła w niemieckim Reichstagu i Izbie Panów pruskiego Landtagu oraz mowę otwierającą pierwsze obrady Sejmu Ustawodawczego II Rzeczypospolitej. Przemówienia parlamentarne, zachowane w postaci oryginalnych zapisów stenograficznych obrad Reichstagu i Izby Panów pruskiego Landtagu, zostały przetłumaczone na język polski. Część z nich...Data dostępności:
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Actions and Reactions – ebook
Rudyard Kipling
This is a scatter shot collection of short stories and poems that really have nothing to do with each other. Most of them come from Kipling’s early years, so some stories are good. Night Mail is the only science fiction; then there is a fantastic story about a haunted house, almost made up as a detective story, and in the less haunted genre, the couple moves to an old estate and finds that the bonds...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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