Celem książki jest przedstawienie dwóch dziedzin twórczości W.H. Audena: jego krytyki szekspirowskiej i librecistyki, oraz prześledzenie ich wzajemnych relacji. Na pierwszy rzut oka te dwa obszary aktywności jednego z najwybitniejszych anglojęzycznych poetów XX wieku, pozostające dotąd na marginesie zainteresowań badaczy, zdają się zupełnie do siebie nie przystawać, w istocie jednak, jak przekonuje autor, jest zgoła odmiennie.Pierwsza część książki stanowi próbę syntetycznego...

This chronicle tells of several generations of a family that lives in the Lake District in England, dating back to the late seventeen hundred. Hugh’s descriptions of this area are excellent. He had such a great love for him that he conveyed a great sense of his presence throughout all four novels. His characters also become so alive for the reader, because, I think, he is completely immersed in them.

Harmer John went to Italy to study art there. He was enraged by the desire to develop a plan to save the world. Life is a pure flame, and we live under the invisible Sun inside us... „We all live in the cemetery of the innocent saints, as in the sands of Ayegipt; Ready to be anyone, in the ecstasy of eternity and be content with six feet, like Adrian’s moles. Will the main character be able to ask for his task?

This is a horror book, but prone to human psychology. The book begins: between the kitchen and the pantry there was a certain window, which was a favorite for Hamlet. Thirty years ago – these chronicles of 1894 – the basements of houses in provincial English cities, even large houses owned by wealthy people, were dark, cold, odorous caves sizzling with bad gas and smelling of poorly prepared cabbage. The basement of Coles’ house in Polchester was the same bad, like any othe...

This is a novel with catchy locations and characters. A man in a midlife crisis travels to a remote Kornish village with his wife. The strange happy village, where drunkenness is widespread and people are very open, begins to influence the actions of visitors – up to a change in their character. The very strangeness of history guarantees that it will remain in memory for a long time.

Mrs. Trenchard’s figure contains all the jealous stubbornness of a strong parent who does not want to let go of his child. Her strength lies mainly in her ability, as she is understood to be unsympathetic, to impose creative possibilities on those whom she loves, and singles out a caring Catherine as a person whose fate she wants to control. When Katherine agrees to be engaged during the year, she realizes the need to pay any reasonable price to keep her mother and Trenchar...

ARCYDZIEŁO LITERATURY DZIECIĘCEJ Znany z poprzedniego tomu cyklu, Podróży doktora Dolittle’a, dwugłowiec, niezwykle rzadko spotykany gatunek zwierzęcia, po długim pobycie w Anglii zaczynał tęsknić za Afryką. Choć bardzo lubił doktora i nie myślał go opuszczać, to jednak pewnego zimowego dnia, a było wtedy mroźno i nieprzyjemnie, spytał, czy doktor nie wybrałby się do Afryki na tydzień bądź dwa. Doktor zgodził się bez zastanowienia, bo od dawna nigdzie się nie wyprawiał. Poz...

Zekranizowany fenomen literacki stawiany obok najważniejszych powieści dystopijnych. Aby powstał nowy świat, stary musi upaść. Mieszkańcy silosu 18 uczą się żyć w nowej rzeczywistości. Niektórzy akceptują zmiany, inni obawiają się nieznanego. Nikt z nich nie ma kontroli nad własnym losem. Silosowi wciąż zagrażają ludzie dążący do jego zniszczenia, a Jules musi ich powstrzymać. W Pyle, ostatniej części bestsellerowej trylogii Silos, wybory dokonane przez rządzących silosam...

Książka Dwór kalifów. Powstanie i upadek najpotężniejszej dynastii świata muzułmańskiego to przedstawiona w formie barwnej, dynamicznej opowieści, przetykana anegdotami, oparta na arabskich średniowiecznych kronikach, historia kalifów abbasydzkich i ich dworu w ciągu dwóch stuleci, które zostały uznane za złoty wiek dynastii abbasydzkiej. Ich usytuowana nad Tygrysem, założona w 762 roku stolica Bagdad była w tym okresie kwitnącym ośrodkiem muzułmańskiego ż...

Captain Nicolas is the author’s most recognizable character. One for which it’s immediately clear whose story it is. Hugh Walpole tells the story of a family conflict. This is an ideal family, an example for everyone, but an evil and dissatisfied brother breaks into this idyll. The story is about an evil brother who is returning to visit his family, and about the destruction that he is reaping with his activity.

Strikingly bright characters. Such a well-designed image of moods, places and feelings. Maggie Cardinal’s father dies very suddenly, leaving her alone, not very upset, since he never showed special love for her. She is „strange”, „misunderstood” a captive in a world in which others fit in, but she does not.

In the first novel, which takes place in Galicia during the retreat of the Russian army in 1915, the narrator tells of a tragedy that unfolds inside a triangle: John Trenchad – Maria – Semenov. The theme of spiritual love in the novel is promoted by the motive of white nights. It was during this period (on white nights) that John Trenchad met Mary.

This is a wonderful story of English school life, depicting the driving of boys and the hungry, cramped life of the masters, as well as the tragedy that captures and leads Mr. Perrin. We are set up so as not to love the school teacher Mr. Perrin, who is falling into our eyes into some kind of paranoid delusion. Nevertheless, at every step, the author deviates from the expected result, truly not letting us understand why this was not so inevitable as he drew it up to this po...

This is an exciting collection of 15 stories. Indeed, there are some who are very good – there is a sad and exciting „Silly old fool” about a canon who believes that a woman cares for him, and „Engraving” sees how an obsessed husband goes against his wife’s desires, collecting engravings. Other great stories are Little Donkeys with Raspberry Saddles, gentle Chinese Horses about two women and a man, and Major Wilbraham sees a World War I major go crazy. This is a wide genre ...

Książki Hugh Loftinga nieodmiennie podbijają serca kolejnych pokoleń przede wszystkim niezwykłością zwierzęcych bohaterów oraz wzruszającymi przygodami, w których czytelnika nie dziwi na przykład foka jeżdżąca dyliżansem, pies zeznający w sądzie, sowa prowadząca doktorowi domowe rachunki, kaczka jako szef kuchni czy biała myszka jako konsultant budowlany. Jednakże całe to zoo doktora Dolittle'a to prawdziwy dom dla wszystkich zwierząt - w żadnym razie nie więzienie. Pewnego d...

Hugh Pendexter was an American author who also wrote under the pseudonyms H. P. and Faunce Rochester. The main character is hiding from a man who does not give him peace of mind. He came to one of the many wildlife homes. He had utilised this unique Shelter more than once when breaking his journey at the junction of the Monongahela and the Cheat.

  Książki Hugh Loftinga nieodmiennie podbijają serca kolejnych pokoleń czytelników Doktor Dolittle i jego zwierzęta Bardzo dawno temu żył doktor, a nazywał się Dolittle, John Dolittle. Doktor bardzo lubił zwierzęta i posiadał ich sporą gromadkę. Poza złotą rybką, mieszkającą w stawie z tyłu ogrodu, trzymał króliki w spiżarni, białe myszki w fortepianie, wiewiórkę w bieliźniarce i jeża w piwnicy. Poza tym posiadał jeszcze: kurczaki, gołębie, dwie owieczki i wiele innych stw...

Doktor Dolittle wyrusza na wyprawę do odległych krain, podczas której czekają go zdumiewające przygody. Towarzyszy mu jako asystent Tomek Stubbins i to właśnie on snuje opowieść o tej ekscytującej podróży. W towarzystwie swoich ukochanych zwierząt z papugą Polinezją na czele bohaterowie wyruszają na tajemniczą wyspę Czepiaków w poszukiwaniu zaginionego podróżnika, Długiej Strzały. Po wielu zapierających dech przygodach na morzu podróżnicy docierają na poszukiwaną przez siebie...

Judith Paris, now middle-aged, is returning to the Lakes to deal with the fierce feud between the two branches of the family. The feud ended with the construction of one branch of a huge house, known as the Fortress, which will dominate the land of others. But in this conflict, the children of two families play an important role.

This is a terrible story about Harkness, a timid American who travels all over Europe with his etchings as his only friends. While in London, he meets a man at the club who recommends visiting a small town during his holidays. The next 24 hours completely change his life. He made friends with a frightened young woman who is unhappily married and meets a man with red hair, a rich and sadistic man who loves to influence others by hurting them.

Hugh Walpole skillfully weaves these plot threads and half a dozen others into this increasingly exciting saga. His characters leave the page in a living, breathing color; his descriptions are better than photographs, including sounds, smells, tastes and emotions, as well as vivid visual descriptions; he skillfully plays on our feelings, including us as good colleagues, sharing the views of his fantastic world. Joyful Delaneys were very, very good. Funny, makes you think, w...

Children come to this world with knowledge of the world that they left, and spiritual connection with him through the satellite, which they just call their Friend. Some adults can grow up without losing their friend, and some children repel him when they are young. The Golden Scarecrow needs a child’s heart and willingness to believe in something that we don’t see, but I think that if you want to give him a chance.

Walpole wrote horror novels that tended to be more psychological than supernatural, with mysticism underlying thoughtfulness. The Inquisitor is a murder thriller set in a haunted village. This novel will leave a mark with horror lovers.

Beautiful, but affordable spelling. The characters, especially Janet, were incredibly versatile. They are well-rounded and sympathetically written, and each has its own natural conclusion, making for a very satisfactory ending. If you like a well-written, historical, adult novel with a definitively optimistic ending, then try Wintersmoon.