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The Sea-Gull – ebook
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
This is one of the most dramatic works of Chekhov. The conflict between the four main characters. Everyone has their own point of view, but who will be right in the end? Because of their conflict, everything is going to a bad spot, but can the mother really be able to bring her son or husband to the tragic end?Data dostępności:
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La Dernière Aldini – ebook
George Sand
À Venise, au début du 19e siècle, le ténor Lelio parle de ses deux grands sentiments amoureux devant un tableau des éclats de rire des artistes. Le premier, quand il s’appelle toujours Nello et qu’il est un petit gondolier de Chioggia, montre à quel point il était fasciné par la riche pratiquante de Venise, la douce et belle Bianca Aldini. Cette histoire montre l’inégalité sociale.Data dostępności:
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The Gods and Mr. Perrin – ebook
Hugh Walpole
This is a wonderful story of English school life, depicting the driving of boys and the hungry, cramped life of the masters, as well as the tragedy that captures and leads Mr. Perrin. We are set up so as not to love the school teacher Mr. Perrin, who is falling into our eyes into some kind of paranoid delusion. Nevertheless, at every step, the author deviates from the expected result, truly not letting...Data dostępności:
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The Silver Thorn – ebook
Hugh Walpole
This is an exciting collection of 15 stories. Indeed, there are some who are very good – there is a sad and exciting „Silly old fool” about a canon who believes that a woman cares for him, and „Engraving” sees how an obsessed husband goes against his wife’s desires, collecting engravings. Other great stories are Little Donkeys with Raspberry Saddles, gentle Chinese Horses about two women and a man,...Data dostępności:
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The Wife and Other Stories – ebook
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
In this story, the couple can not find a common language. After all, the wife does not agree with the point of view of her husband. She is capricious and does not want to solve their problems. But then we find hints of a deeper history of their relationship, which can prove that it is more reasonable than we suspect. This is a simple story, but with a very deep meaning.Data dostępności:
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L’Assommoir – ebook
Émile Zola
L’Assommoir – le roman le plus important de l’écrivain. C’est ici, dans cette création unique et brutale, qu’Emil Zola a le mieux illustré tous ses points de vue sur la littérature. Il n’allait pas se sentir désolé pour ses héros, pour décrire leur vie quotidienne sans fin dans la richesse et le luxe. A l’inverse, l’écrivain a cherché a montrer a travers des personnages fictifs a quel point des besoins...Data dostępności:
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Hope Tom 2: Przysięga. Hope. Tom 2 – ebook
Monika Skabara
Nic nie daje więcej siły do walki niż miłość. Hope sądziła, że odnalazła sens życia w Pilot Point. Powróciła do jedynego miejsca, w którym czuła się bezpieczna w dzieciństwie, poznała nowych przyjaciół, a dzięki Jaxowi znów otworzyła się na uczucia. Niewiele później jej świat niestety znów obrócił się w gruzy. Czy po kolejnym ciosie od losu uda jej się podnieść na nogi? Załamana Hope trafia do...Data dostępności:
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The Metaphorical Engine of Legal Reasoning and Legal Interpretation – ebook
Sylwia Wojtczak
(...) The main objective of the (...) monograph is to demonstrate the presence of metaphors in legal texts, and their consequences for legal reasoning and legal interpretation. While accomplishing this objective, S. Wojtczak accepts one of the fundamental theses of cognitive linguistics: metaphor is a key element of human cognition, and an analysis of the ways in which metaphors are constructed and...Data dostępności:
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Crucial Instances – ebook
Edith Wharton
Originally published in 1901, „Crucial Instances” is the second collection of six short stories connected, as the title suggests, by a hinging moment in the narrative through which the plot alters dramatically. The contents included the following: „The Duchess at Prayer”, „The Angel at the Grave”, „The Recovery”, „Copy: A Dialogue”, „The Rembrandt”, „The Moving Finger” and „The Confessional”.This is...Data dostępności:
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Charles Rex – ebook
Ethel M. Dell
A romance originally published in 1922 that holds up very well into the 21st century. „Charles Rex” is a sequel of „The Hundredth Chance” written by Ethel May Dell (1881-1939) who was a British writer of popular romance novels. Her stories are often full of passion and love and are set in India and other British colonial possessions. Not being a family man, Charles Rex travels widely and to some point...Data dostępności:
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