Tomek Sawyer to psotnik, którego wszędzie pełno. Mieszka wraz z przyrodnim bratem, Sidem, u ciotki Polly. Ciągle popada w tarapaty: ucieka z lekcji, bije się z kolegami, w środku nocy chodzi na cmentarz, jest świadkiem morderstwa, odkrywa skarb, gubi się w pieczarze… Czy Tomkowi i jego przyjaciołom uda się wyjść cało z opresji? I czy chłopiec zatrzyma znaleziony skarb? Mark Twain, wykorzystał swoje wspomnienia z dzieciństwa nad brzegiem rzeki Mississippi, aby stworzyć tę boga...
Przygody Hucka Finna (tytuł oryginalny Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) to powieść dla młodzieży amerykańskiego pisarza Marka Twaina z 1884 r. Pierwsze wydanie polskie – 1898 r. Jest kontynuacją Przygód Tomka Sawyera, lecz głównym bohaterem jest Huckleberry Finn, występujący wcześniej w Przygodach Tomka jako postać drugoplanowa. Powieść wielokrotnie filmowana. Tagi: po polsku, polski, polskie, bestseller, przygodowa.
Spokojne i leniwe wakacje na pewno nie z Tomkiem Sawyerem i Huckiem Finnem! Kiedy już wydaje się, że chłopców czekają najnudniejsze wakacje w całym ich życiu, pojawia się list… a wtedy dwójka najsłynniejszych literackich rozrabiaków stanie przed najtrudniejszą i najbardziej skomplikowaną zagadką, z jaką kiedykolwiek musieli się zmierzyć. Czy Tomek przy pomocy wiernego Hucka poradzi sobie z rozwiązaniem tajemnicy równie dobrze jak Sherlock Holmes i Hercules Poirot? Czy pomo...
In the book „Following the Equator,” the author talks about his journey from the shores of America to Australia, then to India and South Africa. This is a kind of traveler’s diary, written in art form. The narration is in the first person. The author talks about what he saw, remembered so figuratively, as if the reader himself had visited this distant journey
Mark Twain bequeathed to publish his autobiography without cuts only a hundred years after his death, and she first saw the light in 2010. Now, finally, many readers can meet this amazingly witty book. Twain’s autobiography is very unusual: amusing episodes alternate with sad ones, sparkling jokes give way to serious reasoning – and the large-scale personality of the writer, who has presented the world with many masterpieces, appears before us in all its versatility.
A chance meeting in the Warwick Castle leads to an unusual acquaintance. An American who was born and raised in Connecticut shares his diary, which describes in detail his journey to England in the VI century. Darkness and horror, hunger and poverty – the main companions of the time. Wild laws, the incredible power of the church and the nobility, unlimited faith in words. Absolutely implausible, but quite quickly the American becomes an important person at the court of King...
It was interesting how Twain switched between stories. For example, a horse started a story from a first-person perspective. At first, people told, then letters told about past events, often to characters who do not participate in the events of history, and, finally, animals told other animals about the dialogue.
The noisy success of this perky book, which was based on Mark Twain’s impressions of his trip to Europe and Palestine, opened the way for the journalist to great literature. A guy from the shores of the Mississippi, convinced that the Old World is the day of mankind, and the future belongs to America, funny describes the sights, customs and customs of the countries where he visited.
The name of Joan of Arc became a legend: an illiterate village girl, standing at the head of the French army, delivered her country from English rule and enthroned the king, who later betrayed her. In the novel by Mark Twain, the story of Jeanne – her childhood, her victories and death – is presented to the reader on behalf of her friend and secretary. This is a story about a great and noble soul, about a disinterested female heart that can withstand any load, even beyond t...
The town of Gedliberg boasted of the purity of its morals and virtuous humility. But once the city fathers had the opportunity to pass a test for these qualities. Some eccentric bequeathed a huge amount of money to his benefactor from Gedliberg, whose name does not remember. It remains only to go and impersonate the heir...
W XVI-wiecznym Londynie dwaj niemal identyczni chłopcy przypadkowo spotkali się i zamienili strojami. Jeden z nich był żebrakiem, a drugi następcą tronu, księciem Walii. Zamiana otoczenia stała się początkiem niezwykłych perypetii chłopców. Obaj w przyśpieszonym tempie poznają dobre i złe strony życia środowisk, o których dotąd mieli blade pojęcie.
Huck i jego towarzysz niedoli, Murzyn Jim, uciekają przed łowcami niewolników. Żeglując tratwą po wodach Illinois i Missisipi, przeżywają dziesiątki przygód, pełnych napięć, wstrząsów i niebezpieczeństw. Mimo dotychczasowej przychylności losu, Murzyn Jim zostaje schwytany przez nieustępliwych łowców. Na szczęście, w odpowiednim momencie, pojawia się niezawodny Tomek Sawyer, który pomaga przyjacielowi w ucieczce. Po wielu trudach bohaterowie książki osiągają – dosłownie i w pr...
Przygody Tomka Sawyera to najsłynniejsza powieść dla młodzieży autorstwa amerykańskiego pisarza Marka Twaina.Tomek Sawyer żyje w St. Petersburgu nad rzeką Missisipi z ciotką i przyrodnim bratem. Nie jest grzecznym i spokojnym chłopcem — to zdecydowanie mały urwis. Mark Twain wprowadza czytelnika w dziecięcy świat przygód, pełen zabawy i fantazji. Jest to także spotkanie z pierwszymi prawdziwymi problemami — jak pierwsza miłość, niesprawiedliwość czy przyjaźń wystawiona n...
„Mysterious Stranger” – a mixture of medieval mystical tales and philosophical parables. In an Austrian village, in the ruins of an old castle, there is a medieval printing house. The master, apprentices, henchmen, their families live right there. A small limited world with well-established connections, a familiar way of life, suddenly and terribly changes. And the reason for this is a poor youth who once appeared on the threshold of an old castle. It was he who called hims...
Siamese twins – twins Chang and Eng Bunker, who were born with fused bodies. They lived 63 years, had good health, were married, had normal children. In 1829 they were brought to America, then they were taken and shown in Europe. Knowing the twins personally, the author took the liberty of telling about the curious details of their private life, which never penetrated the press.
It’s an exciting adventures of Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn – meeting with a ghost, finding a corpse, etc. Tom unexpectedly became a detective – the boy showed amazing observation and outstanding deduction, which helped not only expose the diamond thief and solve the insidious murder, but also save the innocent man from prison.
Incredible adventures await the young English Earl of Rosmore in the vastness of the distant United States. In search of the „American dream”, he finds his distant relative, the „ingenious” inventor, entrepreneur and ventriloquist – Colonel Melberry Sellers, whose main project was the purchase of Siberia to establish a republic in it. An ambitious young count will face insurmountable difficulties on his way to the goal.
The novel „"Roughing It"” is a book of memoirs by Mark Twain about the years of vagrancy in the Far West during the „"silver rush"”. The book begins with Mark Twain embarking on a journey to the West with his brother, Orion Clemens, who received the post of Secretary of the Nevada Territory. Further, the author tells about the subsequent events of his own life.
The old godless captain Stormfield believed neither in God, nor in hell, nor in paradise, nor in hell. Imagine his surprise when, after his death, flying through the bottomless depths of space, he nevertheless arrived in paradise. He was even more surprised when he became acquainted with the local order – it was too painfully different from the stories about the paradise of priests on Earth...
The book reflects the state of 19th-century society in the United States – votes in the Senate and Congress are bought and sold, all this is carefully hidden and masked. The curse of the „Tennessee” land, which could but did not enrich the young people who are the heirs of this land, is largely activated by the heirs themselves – typical Americans of that time, who want to quickly make a fortune.
A wealthy young woman is abused, humiliated, and abandoned by her new husband, Jacob Fuller, whom she married against her father’s will. Young Fuller takes offense at the fact that her father rejects and rejects him as deliberate, and decides to take revenge on him by mistreating his new bride. After leaving her, she gives birth to a son whom she calls Archie Stillman. When the child gets older, the mother discovers that he has an incredible sense of smell, like bloodhound....
