prose
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Ulysses – ebook
James Joyce
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...Data dostępności:
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The Undying Fire – ebook
Herbert George Wells
Dedicated to all schoolmasters and schoolmistresses and every teacher in the world, this re-interpretation of the Book of Job is one of the author’s finest discussion novels. Written in 1918, this is the story of Job Huss, the headmaster of a progressive school. It is saturated with the ideas of educational reform and of the teaching of world history as the basis for a common civilization and is one...Data dostępności:
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The Dunwich Horror – ebook
H.P. Lovecraft
Master of horror writes a story of true forces of evil. There are six short stories that comprise this edition of The Dunwich Horror. The story beats a lot of modern writers in prose, characters and plot. The story started of well and gave us a spooky small village setting with the odd family of a Grandfather, deformed Albino mother and inhuman grandson and the strange events surrounding his birth...Data dostępności:
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The Secret Agent – ebook
Joseph Conrad
Mr Verloc, the secret agent, keeps a shop in London’s Soho where he lives with his wife Winnie, her infirm mother, and her idiot brother, Stevie. Verloc is part of a group of anarchists who believe in overthrowing the government and who also function as somewhat ineffective terrorists. The group mainly produces anarchist pamphlets called ’F.P.’ (The Future of the Proletariat) and hold private meetings...Data dostępności:
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The Confidence-Man – ebook
Herman Melville
A post-modern masterpiece; a century ahead of its time. The novel portrays a Canterbury Tales-style group of steamboat passengers whose interlocking stories are told as they travel down the Mississippi River toward New Orleans. The novel is written as cultural satire, allegory, and metaphysical treatise, dealing with themes of sincerity, identity, morality, religiosity, economic materialism, irony,...Data dostępności:
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The Wisdom of Father Brown – ebook
G.K. Chesterton
In Chesterton’s second Father Brown book, „The Wisdom of Father Brown,” we get a series of bizarre, sometimes dangerous mysteries that Father Brown must puzzle out. Some of the crimes are simple once Brown explains them, but others are devious, chilling things that are wrapped in Chesterton’s poetic prose. In the stories that follow, the priest investigates many other mysteries: a sinister voodoo cult,...Data dostępności:
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A Christmas Carol – ebook
Charles Dickens
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...Data dostępności:
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Spowiedź dziecięcia wieku. La Confession d’un enfant du siècle – ebook
Alfred de Musset
Alfred de Musset. Spowiedź dziecięcia wieku. La Confession d’un enfant du siècle. Książka w dwóch wersjach językowych: polskiej i francuskiej. Version bilingue: polonaise et française. Spowiedź dziecięcia wieku (Confession d’un enfant du siècle, 1836) - francuska powieść romantyczna autorstwa Alfreda de Musseta, będąca swoistą kontynuacją preromantycznych powieści...Data dostępności:
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Mabinogion. „Cztery gałęzie” Mabinogi - The Mabinogion. Four Branches of the Mabinogi – ebook
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Książka w dwóch wersjach językowych: polskiej i angielskiej. A dual Polish-English language edition. Mabinogion. „Cztery gałęzie” Mabinogi . Przełożył Andrzej Sarwa. The Mabinogion. Four Branches of the Mabinogi. Translated by Lady Charlotte Guest Prastare celtyckie sagi (walijskie). Jest to pierwszy pełny polski przekład oryginalnego tekstu pierwszej części Mabinogionu . Mabinogion. „Cztery...Data dostępności:
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