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The Poison Belt, a science fiction novel by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859—1930) from the Professor Challenger series, is a continuation of the novel The Lost World. Professor Challenger announces a new discovery: the Earth is threatened with an imminent disaster! Which actually happens: people are fal...
The Land of Mist is a science fiction novel by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859—1930) from the Professor Challenger series. Its plot revolves mainly around the professor’s daughter Enid and his old friend, the reporter Edward Malone, who happened to get in touch with the secret of the life beyond. Nevert...
Novel Notes is a book by Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927) about how a group of friends who are recognizable characters from the famous duology Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel. This time, they gathered in a cozy living room, and decided to write the best ever novel in the world. On the...
The collection The15 Great American Short Stories includes the works of the most prominent American writers. Works included are: Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Landor's Cottage by Edgar Allan Poe, as well as stories by Washington Irving, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Jack Lo...
To the Lighthouse is a modernist novel by Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), the plot of which being secondary to the philosophical reflections of the characters. It depicts two visits by the Ramsay family to their country house on the Isle of Skye in Scotland in 1910 and 1920. Among the man...
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is а legendary «black novel» by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894). Dr. Jekyll makes а sensational discovery, but he is forced to keep it а secret because the bearer of evil, whom he named Mr. Hyde, has become uncontrollable. «Химерна пригода з докторо...
Ksiazka Larysy Myrgorodskiej «Pouczajace przygody Miodunczyka» jest przeznaczona dla dzieci i doroslych, ktorzy lubia im czytac. Zawiera historie: «Spotkanie przy pomaranczowej konewce», «Niespodziewana przygoda w wiosennym miescie», «O bialych mieszkancach i dobrych uczynkach», «Jak ujawniono ta...
Dream Days is a collection of children’s fiction and reminiscences of childhood written by Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932). The book is best known for its inclusion of Grahame’s classic story “The Reluctant Dragon”. It can be seen as a prototype to most modern stories in which the dragon is a sympath...
«Pollyanna» is a novel by the American writer Eleanor Porter (1868–1920). An orphan girl who knows how to see something joyful even in the saddest, moves in with her rich aunt and completely changes her life, as well as the lives of all the inhabitants of the city. «Полліанна» — роман американсь...
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the last and unfinished detective novel by Charles Dickens (1812—1870). The fate of the main character, who eventually goes missing, is the mystery of the work. Yet, the writer did not tell anyone what the ending should be... «Таємниця Едвіна Друда» — останній і нез...
La coleccion del poeta y dramaturgo espanol Federico Garcia Lorca (1898—1936) «Teatro» incluia las obras «Bodas de sangre», «Yerma», «La casa de Bernarda Alba» entre otras. Los heroes de Lorca estan inmersos en la rutina mundana, pero el choque de la rutina y la poesia da lugar a la tragedia. La ...
«Pollyanna Grows Up» is a novel by the American writer Eleanor Porter (1868–1920), a sequel to the novel «Pollyanna». The girl Pollyanna turned into a charming lady and fell in love for the first time. As an adult, will Pollyanna continue the «joy game» her father taught her? «Полліанна доросліш...
The Adventures of Oliver Twist is a famous novel by Charles Dickens (1812—1870). Despite all the trials and tribulations, the young orphan hero does not lose his human dignity and faith in moral values. The writer sees the beginning of evil in the laws of society of the time. However, at the end ...
Pewnego dnia, po przeczytaniu takiej ksiazki jak ?Maly Ksiaze?, zaczynamy rozumiec, ze dojrzewajac, zapodzialismy gdzies w sobie cos waznego i wartosciowego, bez czego nie mozna czuc sie naprawde szczesliwym. Wtedy zaczynamy pedzic w poszukiwaniu zagubionego, gotowi nawet wejsc na statek kosmiczn...
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Orlando had become a woman - there is no denying it. But in every other respect, Orlando remained precisely as he had been. The change of sex, though it altered their future, did nothing whatever to alter their i...
HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The creature's teeth were buried in the gunwale, and it lifted the whole thing out of the water like a lion can a roebuck...' Scientist Pierre Aronnax, together with his faithful servant Conseil and the whaler Ned L...
A brilliantly imaginative epic fantasy debut, inspired by the bloody history of China's twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic. When Rin aced the Keju - the test to find the most talented students in the Empire - it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn't belie...
Isaac Asimov's Robot series - from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels - contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the Three Laws of Robotics, they continue to shape the understanding and design of artificial intellig...
Isaac Asimov's Robot series - from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels - contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the Three Laws of Robotics, they continue to shape the understanding and design of artificial intellig...
Isaac Asimov's Robot series - from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels - contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the Three Laws of Robotics, they continue to shape the understanding and design of artificial intellig...
