travels
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Villette – ebook
Charlotte Brontë
Villette is Charlotte Bronte’s last novel, published in 1853. After an unspecified family disaster, protagonist Lucy Snowe travels to the fictional city of Villette to teach at an all-girls school where she is unwillingly pulled into both adventure and romance. However, the novel is celebrated not so much for its plot as in its acute tracing of Lucy’s psychology, particularly Bronte’s use of Gothic...Data dostępności:
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Podróże Gulliwera – ebook
Jonathan Swift
Podróże Guliwera (ang. Gulliver’s Travels) - powieść Jonathana Swifta napisana w 1726 roku, stanowiąca połączenie satyry na ludzką naturę z parodią popularnych w tamtym okresie „powieści podróżniczych”. Stanowi najbardziej znaną pracę Swifta , jest jednocześnie zaliczana do klasyki literatury angielskiej. George Orwell powiedział, że gdyby miał wybrać sześć książek, które miałyby...Data dostępności:
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Midwinter – ebook
John Buchan
Regarded as one of the finest historical novels ever written, Jacobites, spies and thrilling intrigue are brought together by the master of suspense. As Bonnie Prince Charlie marches his army into England, his confidant Alastair Maclean is despatched on a secret mission. He is befriended by two extraordinary men – Dr. Samuel Johnson, an aspiring man of letters, and the shadowy figure known only as...Data dostępności:
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Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays – ebook
George Orwell
“Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays“ is a book by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. “Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays“ is a collection of 9 essays and a number of articles written by George Orwell. The collection consists of these titles: Shooting an Elephant,...Data dostępności:
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The Pickwick Papers – ebook
Charles Dickens
The Pickwick Papers - a novel by Charles Dickens, an English writer who is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. The novel's protagonist Samuel Pickwick, Esquire is a kind and wealthy old gentleman, the founder and perpetual president of the Pickwick Club. He suggests that he and three other "Pickwickians" should make journeys to places remote from London and report...Data dostępności:
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Podróż, ucieczka, wygnanie w dawnych literaturach romańskich – ebook
Dariusz Krawczyk Monika Kulesza Dorota Szeliga
Tom podejmuje pozornie oczywisty motyw podróży w literaturze. Wyróżnia go jednak głęboka analiza utworów często zupełnie nieznanych polskiemu odbiorcy, pochodzących z różnych epok, napisanych w różnych językach. Odmienne są perspektywy i metody badawcze wybrane przez autorów. Podróż ujmowana jest różnorodnie: może być realna lub wyobrażona, odbywać się w czasie i w przestrzeni, może stać się przygodą,...Data dostępności:
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The House of Fulfilment – ebook
Elizabeth Louisa Moresby
The spiritual romance of a soul in the Himalayas. An Englishman in India is so influenced by a group of converts to Buddhism that he travels to a monastic retreat in Tibet in the search for spiritual enlightment. The author, also known as E. Barrington, purports that the supernormal happenings in this romance novel are true and are founded upon the ancient Indian philosophy of Upanishads. Moresby was...Data dostępności:
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The Bostonians – ebook
Henry James
The action revolves around three characters: a young and beautiful maiden who travels around America with fiery speeches about the importance of women; her mentor, a lonely and cold lady who despises the whole male race. Different ideals are presented by the rivalry of Olive Chancellor and her cousin Basel Ransom for influencing the young girl Vera Tarrant, who has a strong oratorical gift. The social...Data dostępności:
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The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe – ebook
DANIEL DEFOE
Having returned safely home, Robinson Crusoe marries and starts a family. Peace is not for Robinson, he hardly hangs out in England for several years: thoughts about the island are haunted him day and night. He even buys a farm, intends to engage in rural labor, to which he is so accustomed. After the death of his wife, nothing else keeps him in England, Robinson is overcome by the old wanderlust,...Data dostępności:
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Courier to Marrakesh – ebook
Valentine Williams
Perhaps Valentine Williams’ finest mystery thriller. Set in WW2, folk singer and guitarist Andrea Hallam gets caught up in a Nazi spy ring while travelling alone in Morocco. Kidnapped by Nazis who believe she holds a dossier on Hitler, the tale travels from entertaining wartime banter to sinister suspense and back again. She is swept into a plot to destroy or blackmail Hitler with some secret documents....Data dostępności:
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