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‘The Last Days of Pompeii’ is a love story set in that Roman town just before the famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried it and most of its citizens in ash. It draws a vivid portrait of the lifestyle of the Imperial Romans, their daily baths, symposia, and gladiatorial entertainments, their religious practices and their homes while presenting a busy plot full of decadent, diabolical seducers, religious...

Probably one of the most complicated books ever written, the story parallels Homer’s The Odyssey, and touches on every theme that exists, as well as explores every literary style that exists. At times, it has extremely lude and graphic sexual content and very foul language. Taking Homer’s Odyssey as a structural framework, Joyce builds on it a complex narrative of Dublin characters on one day – Thursday...

A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is one of the most legendary stories by Charles Dickens. This edition contains the original 1843 illustrations by celebrated caricaturist John Leech. The story has long since become one of the most beloved stories in the English language. As much a part of the holiday season as holly, mistletoe, and evergreen...

Kiedy na tydzień przed świętami Bożego Narodzenia stara Anna Neshov nagle dostaje wylewu i leży na łożu śmierci, jej trzej synowie muszą stawić czoła nie tylko chorobie matki, lecz także własnemu życiu oraz skomplikowanym wzajemnym relacjom (bracia od wielu lat nie mieli ze sobą żadnego kontaktu). Erlend pracuje jako dekorator wystaw sklepowych w Kopenhadze, Margido jest właścicielem małego zakładu...