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Down and out in Paris and London – ebook
George Orwell
”Down and out in Paris and London” is a dramatic and at the same time full of Orwell caustic humor autobiographical story of a young English intellectual, who lives in the capitals with odd jobs as a dishwasher in restaurants. A dark, brilliant and accurate self-portrait of one of the typical representatives of the European „lost generation”.Data dostępności:
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The Years – ebook
Virginia Woolf
The action of the novel „Years”, one of the most significant works of W. Woolf, takes place over fifty years – from the 1880s to the mid 30s of the twentieth century. Victorian traditions are breaking down, cars and planes are appearing, the First World War is covering Europe... All this serves as the backdrop for the family saga – the history of the Pargiter family: Colonel Abel Pargiter, his wife,...Data dostępności:
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History of King Richard the Third of England – ebook
Jacob Abbott
Richard 3 went down in history as a great king. He was the last king from the House of York. Jacob Abbott remembers historical events from an impartial point of view. His text not only covers Richard III, but details events of his brother Edward IV’s life, plus various other major individuals involved with the War of the Roses.Data dostępności:
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The Road to Wigan Pier – ebook
George Orwell
In the 1930s, George Orwell was sent by a socialist book club to investigate the appalling mass unemployment in the industrial north of England. Orwell went further than just studying unemployment – not wanting to watch from the outside, he learned what it is: to be a miner, live in slums, eat poorly and do backbreaking work in the mines. Everything he saw and wrote down helped him to clarify his feelings...Data dostępności:
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The Girl from Hollywood – ebook
Edgar Rice Burroughs
“The Girl from Hollywood“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars. The story alternates between the all-American Pennington family on their remote California ranch and a young Hollywood actress. The Penningtons have a beautiful estate, and affectionate relationships with their children, Custer and Eva....Data dostępności:
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The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories – ebook
Leo Tolstoy
So in this work the reader appears to be one of the companions in the train. At first, there are usual discussions on a common topic, when everyone expresses his opinion, and then, leaving at his station, he remains at his own. But those who go further can hear a frank story about passions, feelings, about the tragedy of one private life. Accurately written about the influence of music. And this moment...Data dostępności:
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Norine’s Revenge, and Sir Noel’s Heir – ebook
May Agnes Fleming
Mr. Richard Gilbert, a New York lawyer, entering five minutes before the start, found only one place unoccupied near the door. The old hard farmer held the upper half and moved grumpily to the window when Mr. Gilbert took his seat. The month was March, the morning was snowy and blowing, slushy and slushy, as usual in the Canadian March morning. Mr. Gilbert, inwardly congratulating himself on having...Data dostępności:
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Edith Percival – ebook
May Agnes Fleming
The day was very hot. The crew lay in groups, idly, near the deck. The captain – a stately man of about forty or so – stepped up and down a quarter of the deck – now letting his eyes wander around his people or give them some order. His companion was young, three to four years younger than him, with a frank beautiful face and laughing brown eyes. His look of careless ease was very different from the...Data dostępności:
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Po drugiej stronie. Autobiografia – ebook
Julia Fox
She did it herself…yeah! Debiutancka książka Julii Fox, “jednej z największych postaci popkultury” (New York Magazine) opisuje jej szokujące życie i determinację, by nie tylko przetrwać, ale również spełnić wszystkie swoje marzenia. Julia Fox słynie z wielu rzeczy: porywającej gry aktorskiej, wyznaczaniu modowych trendów, mistrzostwa w mediach społecznościowych, na których bawi i edukuje miliony...Data dostępności:
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Jądro ciemności - Heart of Darkness – ebook
Joseph Conrad przeł. Aniela Zagórska
Jądro ciemności (tytuł oryginalny Heart of Darkness) - opowiadanie Josepha Conrada jest powszechnie uważane za znaczące dzieło dla angielskiej literatury i część kanonu kultury zachodniej.Ta niewielkich rozmiarów książka jest uważana za jedno z najważniejszych dzieł (obok Lorda Jima i Nostromo) w dorobku pisarza. Doczekała się adaptacji filmowej i stała się inspiracją dla innych twórców. Jądro ciemności...Data dostępności:
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