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Better Dead – ebook
J.M. Barrie
Scottish-born author and playwright Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) first established himself in the public eye as a writer of children’s books and humorous plays. He is best remembered for creating Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, whom he based on his friends, the Llewelyn Davies boys. According to historians of Barrie’s life and work, „Better Dead”...Data dostępności:
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The Darling and Other Stories – ebook
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
This study is about how a rich man falls in love with a woman who simply does not care about him. He is confident that a woman will make his life better. After a moment, we observe the story of unloved people who had to get married. Of course, the end will be instructive for many readers.Data dostępności:
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Dodo – ebook
E.F. Benson
Previously, the situation is slightly different from today. Many ladies in search of a better life did not married out of love, but behind the material part of men. So in our history, the frivolous queen marries due to money and status and ultimately pays for it. The author, as always, makes us empathize with our main character.Data dostępności:
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Nero – ebook
Jacob Abbott
This book takes you inside the life and times of one of the most notoriously monstrous emperors of history. This story helps to expand your knowledge of history. Easy-to-read story about an ominous leader. We all hear some of the horror stories about Nero, but this provided a better look in the situations around him at the time.Data dostępności:
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Wszystkie twoje słabości – ebook
Krzysztof Myśliński
Tom White to upadły gwiazdor estrady włoskiego pochodzenia. Po obiecujących początkach kariery stoczył się, wyjechał do Nowego Jorku i zarabia tu na życie, grając w podrzędnym klubie Better Night. Podczas jednego z jego występów dochodzi do niespodziewanej strzelaniny, w której ginie starszy mężczyzna. Tom przypadkiem usłyszał rozmowę, z której wynika, że za masakrę jest odpowiedzialna amerykańska...Data dostępności:
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The Joyful Delaneys – ebook
Hugh Walpole
Hugh Walpole skillfully weaves these plot threads and half a dozen others into this increasingly exciting saga. His characters leave the page in a living, breathing color; his descriptions are better than photographs, including sounds, smells, tastes and emotions, as well as vivid visual descriptions; he skillfully plays on our feelings, including us as good colleagues, sharing the views of his fantastic...Data dostępności:
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The Old Ladies – ebook
Hugh Walpole
The book opens shortly before Christmas, many years ago. The city of Polchester was an old rickety building on a cliff above old grass. The house was a windy, creaky, bitten rain place where three elderly women lived as tenants, including Miss Beringer, who had moved the day before. These old women are only 70 years old, but in the history of Walpole, written in 1924, they are seriously ancient, poor,...Data dostępności:
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The Beast in the Jungle – ebook
Henry James
At the reception in the rich manor there are not the first youth mister and also not a young lady anymore. Both belong to the same circle of birth, but the financial affairs of a man are in somewhat better condition. It all seems to him that he is meant for something great and terrible that will destroy his own life and the lives of loved ones – like a sudden fit of madness or, yes, how many anything...Data dostępności:
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Strictly Business – ebook
O. Henry
Written by famed author O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) in 1910, these are 25 more short stories of the Four Million, including the titled story „Strictly Business”, „The Thing’s the Play,” „The Call of the Tame,” „Psyche and the Pskyscraper” and others. This collection of short stories brings together a motley cast of characters from all walks of life – stage actors, blackmailers, soldiers, waitresses,...Data dostępności:
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Northanger Abbey – ebook
Jane Austen
"Northanger Abbey" is a coming-of-age novel and a satire of Gothic novels written by Jane Austen. It was completed for publication in 1803, making it the first of Austen's novels in order of completion, but was only published posthumously in 1817 with another of her novels, "Persuasion". The story revolves around Catherine Morland, the young and naïve "heroine", and her journey to a better understanding...Data dostępności:
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