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The Second Jungle Book – ebook
Rudyard Kipling
If you read the stories of The First Jungle Book, you remember how, attaching the skin of Sher Khan to the Council Rock, Mowgli told the surviving wolves of the Zion pack that he would hunt one from now on, and how his brothers - four wolves - announced that they would hunt with him. But it’s hard to change life in one minute, especially in the jungle. The flock dispersed in disarray; Mowgli went to...Data dostępności:
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Vanessa – ebook
Hugh Walpole
The book begins with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Judith, and we regret her death, as she was one of the most dominant and memorable characters in this series, starting with the second volume. During the conspiracy, Vanessa’s father dies in tragic circumstances and the love triangle between Vanessa, Ellis and Benji deepens. Two new characters will appear in this book: the younger brothers...Data dostępności:
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded – ebook
Lewis Carroll
If you think that the story about Alice is the most fantastic, then you are mistaken. Sylvie and Bruno are proof of that. There are many hidden gems here, mostly sweet, sentimental stories of the fabulous children of Sylvie and Bruno. The second half of the story is not much different from the first, only it came to a conclusion.Data dostępności:
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A House of Pomegranates – ebook
Oscar Wilde
”A House of Pomegranates” is the second collection of fairy tales by the brilliant writer, master of European aesthetics Oscar Wilde, author of the novel „Portrait of Dorian Gray”, plays „Salome”, „Fan Lady Windermere” and „Ideal Husband”, letters of confession „De profundis”, and also numerous short stories, short stories, poems and essays about art. The text is published in two languages, which allows...Data dostępności:
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Through the Looking-Glass – ebook
Lewis Carroll
Before the readers comes the legendary fairy tale about Alice. In the second volume of adventures the girl is in Zaderkalli, where the world is a chessboard. There, Alice meets the Black Queen, the White Knight, the Lion, the Unicorn, the Shaltay Boltay and many other incredible characters who have been pleasing to children and adults around the world for almost a hundred and fifty years. Children...Data dostępności:
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Le Docteur Pascal – ebook
Émile Zola
«Le Docteur Pascal» est l’ouvre finale de Zola du cycle Rugon-McCara. Le docteur Pascal est un personnage tres gentil, pensant bien et brillant, qui prend la vie telle quelle, sans fioritures ni idéalisation. Zola a mis ses idées, ses conceptions philosophiques du monde, sa compréhension du sens de la vie dans la bouche du héros. Il résume toute la vie agitée de la famille Rugon-Makkarov, qui, malgré...Data dostępności:
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Crucial Instances – ebook
Edith Wharton
Originally published in 1901, „Crucial Instances” is the second collection of six short stories connected, as the title suggests, by a hinging moment in the narrative through which the plot alters dramatically. The contents included the following: „The Duchess at Prayer”, „The Angel at the Grave”, „The Recovery”, „Copy: A Dialogue”, „The Rembrandt”, „The Moving Finger” and „The Confessional”.This is...Data dostępności:
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The Bars of Iron – ebook
Ethel M. Dell
Avery Denys, the novels heroine, lost her husband and her blind daughter. But in response to these tragic events, Avery simply reflects that she was „left with nothing to do”, and finds a job that allows her to act out the mother role she now misses. A rock to her female friends, Avery is rational yet caring, but also submissive in the face of her eventual second husband’s violence towards her and...Data dostępności:
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Happy Pollyooly – ebook
Edgar Jepson
„Happy Pollyooly: The Rich Little Poor Girl” is a bride story. Jepson continues the story of his twelve year-old heroine, Mary Bride, known as Pollyooly. She is still acting as housekeeper to the Honorable John Ruffin, keeping his rooms spotlessly clean and grilling his bacon to the right turn. John Ruffin gets a windfall that enables him to take a seaside holiday. He takes Pollyooly and her brother...Data dostępności:
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Anne of Avonlea – ebook
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne’s back! She older and wiser and more beautiful with the additional charm of growing womanhood than that gangly red-headed girl that first came to Avonlea. This book follows Anne Shirley from the age of 16-18 during the two years she teaches at the Avonlea school. Anne discovers all of the joys and struggles of being a teacher and continuing her studies and friendship with Gilbert. To top this...Data dostępności:
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