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Far from the Madding Crowd – ebook
Thomas Hardy
In the novel “Far From the Crazed Crowd”, Hardy reveals the great and eternal drama of the relationship between a man and a woman. At one time, the vivid, complicated story of the love triangle of the independent and proud Bathsheba, who inherited the farm in the wilderness of Northern England, the peasant Gabriel Oak and the “alien from urban civilization” sergeant Troy became a real literary scandal....Data dostępności:
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Internes Can’t Take Money – ebook
Max Brand
Jimmy Kildare met from the hospital every day and arrived at Tom McGuire’s lounge on the avenue. He always drank two mugs of beer. But one from the other, there should be a brain at the fingertips all day long, but two beers are not too far between man and themselves, if it has bumps on shoulders, and Jimmy Kildare had.Data dostępności:
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Two on a Tower – ebook
Thomas Hardy
The novel "Two on a Tower" is one of the most famous works of the author. An atmospheric, dynamic story throws the characters at the disposal of forces far beyond their control. Lady Viviet, violating all the rules of decency, falls in love with Cleve, who is not only below her in social status, but also the youngest by 10 years. In an ancient monument turned into an astronomical tower, the heroes...Data dostępności:
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Shirley – ebook
Charlotte Brontë
”Shirley”, the second published novel by Charlotte Bronte, was released in 1849 amongst high anticipations by readers and critics after super success of „Jane Eyre”. Probably, it is the most „suspenseful” novel by Charlotte Bronte. The novel delicately combines classic Gothic motives – motives, relatively speaking, are classically the „detective”. However, under the brilliant pen of Bronte, enthralling...Data dostępności:
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The Voice of the City – ebook
O. Henry
O. Henry is most widely recognized for his stories’ dry wit, plot twists and surprise ending. But another major element in his fiction is his love of the American urban environment, as well as a keen appreciation of the rapid diversification that occurred in many cities in the early twentieth century. In „The Voice of the City”, O. Henry uses excellently written short stories and high vocabulary to...Data dostępności:
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The Swindler and Other Stories – ebook
Ethel M. Dell
„The Swindler and Other Stories” is a collection of stories first published in 1923 by the hugely successful English writer of popular romances Ethel May Dell. „The Swindler”: As a young girl Cynthia holds a professional swindler in admiration, since he cleverly swindled her out of five hundred pounds. On a voyage she meets a private detective called West who is bent on capturing this swindler called...Data dostępności:
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The Blue Castle – ebook
Lucy Maud Montgomery
One of the only L.M. Montgomery books featuring an older heroine, „The Blue Castle” is widely hailed as a reader favorite and is filled with humor and romance. Valancy Stirling is 29, unmarried, and has never been in love. She lives a drab life with her overbearing mother and prying aunt. One day, an unexpected medical diagnosis changes everything for Valancy and, for the first time in her dull grey...Data dostępności:
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The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman – ebook
Herbert George Wells
„The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman” is a novel set in the era surrounding the days of women’s suffrage. The story revolves around the wife of a baking magnate who goes into hiding after his female employees go on strike. Although the hero of this novel Sir Isaac Harman didn’t think much of the suffragette movement, his female employees certainly did, and he thought it prescient that he too should do his...Data dostępności:
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Dubliners – ebook
James Joyce
Life is full of missed opportunities and hard decisions. Sometimes it’s difficult to know what to actually do. Dubliners creates an image of an ever movie city, of an ever moving exchange of people who experience the reality of life. A collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce all set in Dublin and first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish Middle class life in around...Data dostępności:
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The Happy Average – ebook
Brand Whitlock
„The Happy Average” is a novel of far more genuine merit than Mr. Whitlock’s former works. It is a realistic story of commonplace life in a small Ohio town, the realism being of that wholesome sort which portrays the every-day existence, the small joys and sorrows, of the average men and women of the average Western village. The story deals with the struggles of the hero, Glenn Marley, a young man...Data dostępności:
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