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Like Byron’s passionate sayings „sounding on the tones of a wild and completely unsophisticated melody”, this is Gorky’s crazy, unbridled, powerful voice when he sings about the „madness of the brave,” barefoot dreamers who are proud of their idleness, who have nothing and fear nothing who is cheerful in his suffering, but unhappy in his joy.

The novel „Mother”, one of Gorky’s most popular works, was based on the mass demonstration of 1902 in the city of Sormovo. Hence, an exciting plot based on real events, with a sharp political struggle, secret gatherings, searches, arrests, and the selfless heroism of the main revolutionary hero Pavel Vlasov. However, the central image in the novel is Pelageya Nilovna Vlasova, the mother of the hero, one of the most striking and exciting characters in Russian literature, symbo...

A collection of short stories by a popular and influential Russian author, the founder of the literary method of socialist realism and, possibly, the greatest Russian literary figure of the 20th century. He wrote short stories, plays, memoirs and novels that touched the imagination of the Russian people, and was the first Russian author to sympathize sympathetically with characters such as tramps and thieves, emphasizing their daily struggle with insurmountable difficulties....

The play is about a petty official Khlestakov, who does not stand out for anything special. He is traveling from St. Petersburg on business with his servant, they stop in one county town, where there was a rumor that the inspector will visit the city soon. Khlestakov, by chance and human imprudence, is mistaken for an auditor who decided to remain incognito. From that moment, all city officials are looking for an opportunity to stay in good standing, give him a bribe so that ...

Nastrojowa opowieść dla fanów wiedźmowych historii. Życie Tany zostało zaplanowane dawno temu – dziewczyna ma poślubić Landona, syna gubernatora, by w ten sposób przypieczętować kruche przymierze między jej rodzinną wyspą, zamieszkiwaną przez czarowników, a mieszkańcami stałego lądu. Ludzi stamtąd magia przeraża, gotowi są wypalić ją żywym ogniem, dlatego mieszkańcy wyspy zdecydowali się zrezygnować z uprawiania czarnej magii i oddawać nadmiar mocy oceanowi. Przypadek spr...

Tradycyjna architektura chińska i jej uwarunkowania kulturowe to erudycyjna opowieść o architekturze chińskiej osadzona w bardzo szerokim kontekście cywilizacyjnym. Autor – szanowany badacz – ze swadą i ogromną pewnością siebie porusza się po historii budownictwa i urbanistyki w Chinach, pokazując, jak losy tych dziedzin aktywności ludzkiej odzwierciedlają różne aspekty chińskiej tożsamości kulturowej. Książka obfituje w ciekawostki, błyskotliwe syntezy i oryginalne po...

Vincenta oraz młodszą od niego o dwadzieścia pięć lat Elżbietę połączyła prawdziwa miłość. Nie wszystkim z ich otoczenia podoba się duża różnica wieku, acz wielu szczerze kibicuje małżonkom. Pewnego dnia Elżbieta znika. Wkrótce Vincent dostaje pierwszą wiadomość od porywaczy z żądaniem okupu w wysokości miliona dolarów. Rozpoczyna się mordercza walka o odzyskanie ukochanej. Komisarz policji - Darek - mocno angażuje się w skomplikowane śledztwo, tylko czy uda się odbić porwaną...

Jakie historie opowiedziałyby nam zwierzęta, gdyby potrafiły mówić? „Czym nakarmiliśmy mantykorę” to zbiór dziewięciu poruszających, inspirowanych prawdziwymi wydarzeniami, historii zwierząt. Talia Lakshmi Kolluri oddaje głos istotom, których problemy okazują się znacznie bliższe ludzkim, niż moglibyśmy się spodziewać. Akcja opowiadań zabiera czytelnika między innymi w duszne okolice Zatoki Bengalskiej i mroźne okolice kręgu polarnego, pozwala doświadczyć mroków głębin oc...

Czy potrzebujecie kolejnej historii o fake datingu? TAK. Czy to jest opłacalna inwestycja? TAK. Czy warto? TAK. Czy warto wydać na to (nie aż tak) ogromne pieniądze? TAK. Kiedy Emily Johnson dowiaduje się, że chłopak ją zdradza, kompletnie się załamuje. Niedługo potem pojawia się na imprezie, podczas której jest świadkiem wymiany czułości między jej byłym Mattem i jego nową dziewczyną. Emily nie pozostaje nic innego, jak wypłakać się swojej najlepszej przyjaciółce Kate… Prz...

Podróże antycznych bohaterów od razu kojarzymy z Odyseuszem. Tymczasem Raimund Schulz pokazuje, że prawdziwych Odyseuszy było całkiem wielu. Na wyprawy w nieznane, na odkrywcze przygody, na przecieranie nowych szlaków kupieckich decydowali się śmiałkowie greccy, feniccy, chińscy, indyjscy czy wreszcie Rzymianie. Ich dokonania autor starannie zebrał śledząc przekazy ze wszystkich bez mała kultur starożytnych. Zdumiewa rozmach tych wypraw i ich opisów – od koła podbieguno...

The book describes the events that took place in the first half of the 17th century, when the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks defended their rights. Taras Bulba is a grown man, a Cossack colonel meets his sons. She finished her studies and returned home, her mother is glad of their arrival, Taras makes fun of them and rejoices at how strong sons he grew up with. However, Taras wants his children to know what struggle, courage and honor are. And he decides to send them to the Zaporizhzh...

Dead Souls is a unique novel that has become a unique standard of ironic prose for Russian literature. The story of the ingenious businessman Chichikov, buying up the „dead souls” of serfs in a remote province, still impresses with its modernity and subtle humor.

The tragic story of a young burgher, who could not find an answer to his feelings and rejected by society, was instantly translated into other languages and gave rise to a series of sequels and imitations – the so-called Verterian. Over time, „Werther, the rebellious martyr” became one of the „eternal images” of world literature and introduced the sociopsychological phenomenon of „verterism” into European culture, associated with the melancholic mentality and the problem of s...

The scene takes place in 1832, just 40 years after the fall of the royal family and about 15 years after the fall of Napoleon. There are we have characters who are designed to fight, perhaps for the last time, to ask the royal family again. This book focuses on a specific area in France, not in France as a whole.

This volume includes two novels, „The Shadow of a Great Man” and „The Tragedy with Corosco,” as well as historical stories. The Romans, who conquered Britain several hundred years ago, received orders to return to their homeland, besieged by barbarian troops. And at that moment a British deputation came to the Roman governor to ask for self-government.

The book contains several topics: the relationship between a man and a woman before marriage, the betrayal of loved ones and their forgiveness, fathers and children. As the life stories of two women are almost the same, as Ivan tried to prevent the same end for Natasha. The breaking lives of good people because of unclean ones on hand.

In the book „The Double” Dostoevsky appears before the reader as a writer with an inimitable sense of humor. The author shows an extraordinary skill in describing comic episodes from life and makes the reader cheerfully laugh at the shortcomings of his characters and the comic nature of the situations. Before the reader St. Petersburg streets of the XIX century come to life, he will get acquainted with the mores of the inhabitants of St. Petersburg.

The protagonist in the novel is a young man of 19, Arkady Dolgoruky, the illegitimate son of the landowner Versilov and the peasant woman Sophia. From childhood, he almost did not see his parents. He was sent to a special institution for rich children, where he was always humiliated and called, a footman. And after graduating from school he receives a letter from his father, in which he calls Arkady to St. Petersburg, where the main events of the novel take place with him....

A unique poetic work, about which historians and critics, philosophers and even adherents of various mystical and esoteric teachings are desperately arguing about. Hell is a colossal funnel of concentric circles, the tapering end of which is adjacent to the center of the earth. Having passed the threshold of hell, in which the souls of indecisive, insignificant people dwell, they enter the first circle of hell – the limb. In the earthly paradise, Dante meets Beatrice, seated ...

This is a story of less than 100 pages, but in it Conrad demonstrates how many great writers do it, the simple and elegant power of short work. Here, a writer can briefly convey a compelling message in an economic way. The situation is in the southern seas, and we see that our narrator takes his first command near the Gulf of Thailand. A strange young captain finds refuge and harbors another man, and they make a strange friendship.

This is both mystery and romance; the latter creates one of the recurring difficulties in Conrad: it preserves the Victorian histrionic element, which sometimes may seem a little attractive. But overall, it is well read and much less burdensome than some of his novels. The Rover was Conrad’s last book and probably one of his most accessible stories.

This is both mystery and romance; the latter creates one of the recurring difficulties in Conrad: it preserves the Victorian histrionic element, which sometimes may seem a little attractive. But overall, it is well read and much less burdensome than some of his novels.

Joseph Conrad’s Mirror of the Sea was a compelling read. From love to death, Conrad explains all this, using his life in the sea to match the human condition. The Mirror of the Sea is mainly about the adventures of Joseph Conrad when he was at sea. In the adventures described above, the author discusses the risks, struggles and dangers of sailing for sailors. While he and the crew sailed, they often encounter a great terrible storm. Sailors always run the risk of a storm, and...

Since this is not a very famous story, and most of the pleasure that it provides depends on the surprise that the highlight in the story will present to the reader. Winston Bunter, who registered as First Mate on Sapphire, a ship bound for Calcutta. His commander, Captain Jones, is described as an extremely unpleasant person, incredulous and capricious, who believes that sailors over forty are no longer suitable, and he always talks about ghosts and ways to contact them. Desp...