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“The Cruise of the Snark” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The Cruise of the Snark is a non-fictional book by Jack London chronicling his sailing adventure in 1907 across the south Pacific in his ketch the Snark. Accompanying London on this voyage was his wife Charmian London and a small crew. London taught himself celestial navigation and the basics o...

“Dutch Courage & Other Stories” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.Dutch Courage & Other Stories is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of eleven moving and thrilling stories such as: Dutch Courage, The Lost Poacher, The Banks of the Sacramento or Bald-face.

“Burning Daylight” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.Burning Daylight is a novel by Jack London, published in 1910, which was one of the best-selling books of that yearand it was London's best-selling book in his lifetime. The novel takes place in the Yukon Territory in 1893. The main character, nicknamed "Burning Daylight" was the most successful entre...

“Before Adam” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.Before Adam is a novel by Jack London. It is the story of a man who dreams he lives the life of an early hominid. The story offers an early view of human evolution. The majority of the story is told through the eyes of the man's hominid alter ego, one of the Cave People. In addition to the Cave People, the...

“Children of the Frost” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.Children of the Frost is a series of short stories by Jack London about Alaska and the Eskimo people. An underlying theme in some stories is the racism between the western white man and the native Alaskan.

“Adventure” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The novel explores the themes of domination of one people over the others, the differences between races, emancipation of women, and the strength of the human spirit, strengthened in a struggle with the nature and society.

“The Acorn-planter: A California Forest Play” is a play by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The Acorn-Planter was published the year that Jack London died. It is a play designed to be mostly sung accompanied by background music. It follows a tribe of California natives who react to the first presence of white settlers. The story then follows the tribe at a later da...

“The Abysmal Brute” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The Abysmal Brute is a novel by American writer Jack London. It is a short novel, and could be regarded as a novelette.In the story, a man who was brought up in a log cabin, and who is a newcomer to society, finds success as a boxer and recognizes corrupt practices in professional boxing....

“The Iron Heel” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The Iron Heel is a science fiction novel by American writer Jack London. The novel is told via the framing device of a manuscript found centuries after the action takes place and footnotes by a scholar, Anthony Meredith, circa 2600 AD. Jack London writes at two levels, sporadically having Meredith correc...

“The Sea-Wolf” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The Sea-Wolf is a psychological adventure novel by American writer Jack London. It tells the story of a soft, domesticated protagonist — an intellectual man named Humphrey Van Weyden — forced to become tough and self-reliant by exposure to cruelty and brutality. The story starts with him aboard a San Fran...

“White Fang” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.White Fang is the name of the book's eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. The story details White Fang's journey to domestication in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. It is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to London's best-known work, The Call of the...

“The Cruise of the Dazzler” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The Cruise of the Dazzler is an early novel by Jack London, set in his home city of San Francisco. It is considered a boy's adventure novel.In the novel, Joe Bronson, dissatisfied with his dull life at school, runs away and joins the crew of a sloop he sees in San Francisco Bay. He finds the ...

“The Call of the Wild” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively more primi...

“A Daughter of the Snows” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.A Daughter of the Snows is Jack London's first novel. Set in the Yukon, it tells the story of Frona Welse, "a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie" who takes to the trail after upsetting her wealthy father's community by her forthright manner and befriending the town's prostitute. She is als...

“Burmese Days“ is a novel 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.Burmese Days is the first novel by English writer George Orwell, published in 1934. Set in British Burma during the waning days of the empire, when Burma was ruled from Delhi as part of British India, the novel serves as "a portrait of the dark side of the British Raj."

“Animal Farm“ is a novel 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.Animal Farm is a satirical allegorical novella by George Orwell. The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends ...

“1984“ is a novel 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.1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by the English novelist George Orwell. 1984 centers on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviors within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modeled the totalitarian...

“Wesele” to powieść poetycka Cypriana Kamila Norwida, polskiego poety, prozaika i dramatopisarza. Często jest on uznawany za ostatniego z czterech najważniejszych polskich poetów romantycznych.“Lecz mniejsza o to — idzie tu o pannę młodą,Że przypomina Hebe Canovy urodąI że ma wieniec z mirtu, a ulotną szatę,Której mgłę gwiazdy gęsto spinają bogate,I że zwierciadła z tego bardzo są szczęśliwe,Oddając sobie wzajem arcydzieło żywe.”Fragment...

“Wędrowny sztukmistrz” to poemat Cypriana Kamila Norwida, polskiego poety, prozaika i dramatopisarza. Często jest on uznawany za ostatniego z czterech najważniejszych polskich poetów romantycznych.“Wędrowny sztukmistrz szedł sobie po świecieI witał kwiatki, co przy drogach rosną,I witał pracą zatrudnione kmiecie,Dzieci, co idą w las cieszyć się wiosną,Strażniki w bramach miejskie — ludzie różneTu, tam, siedzące w oknach i podróżne.A skoro wyszedł za rodzinną bramę,Młody i cał...

“Szczesna” to powieść poetycka Cypriana Kamila Norwida, polskiego poety, prozaika i dramatopisarza. Często jest on uznawany za ostatniego z czterech najważniejszych polskich poetów romantycznych.“Anim się upił i wołałem na cię:«Pomóż mi kłamać przed sumieniem własném!»Ani cię widział kto w pałacu jasnym,Ani cię widział kłoniącą się w chacie,Chorągwie różne wiatr po świecie zrywał,Nie drgnęłaś... chyba, żem ja chciał i śpiéwał.”Fragment...

“Quidam” to utwór Cypriana Kamila Norwida, polskiego poety, prozaika i dramatopisarza. Często jest on uznawany za ostatniego z czterech najważniejszych polskich poetów romantycznych.Poemat ten jest bardzo charakterystyczny dla poglądów głoszonych przez Norwida w wielu jego dziełach. Pozwala on bliżej zorientować się w problematyce poruszanej zarówno w poprzednich, jak i późniejszych utworach tego wybitnego poety.

“Promethidion” to utwór Cypriana Kamila Norwida, polskiego poety, prozaika i dramatopisarza. Często jest on uznawany za ostatniego z czterech najważniejszych polskich poetów romantycznych.“Promethidion” jest to poemat pisany wierszem. Stanowi on refleksję autora nad estetyką i pojmowaniem sztuki w nawiązaniu do filozofii Platona. W dziele tym autor opowiada się za koniecznością tworzenia odrębnej sztuki narodowej. Najważniejszym zadaniem sztuk plastycznych, jak uważał, jest u...

“Pierścień Wielkiej Damy” to utwór Cypriana Kamila Norwida, polskiego poety, prozaika i dramatopisarza. Często jest on uznawany za ostatniego z czterech najważniejszych polskich poetów romantycznych.“Pierścień Wielkiej Damy” to dramat który stworzył całkowicie nowy gatunek dramatyczny. Jest to tak zwana biała tragedia. Sztuka ta łączy w sobie konwencje tragedii i komedii. Tragedia to odczucia głównego bohatera, zarysowane w wypowiedziach o charakterze pesymistycznej, patetycz...

“Pieśni społecznej cztery strony” to utwór Cypriana Kamila Norwida, polskiego poety, prozaika i dramatopisarza. Często jest on uznawany za ostatniego z czterech najważniejszych polskich poetów romantycznych.“W twoje chóry, pieśni nasza,Czegoż-bo nie wplecie?Od ołtarza do pałaszaWszystko, co na świecie...Z ciebie, z ciebie powyrastaNowy lud — i miasta...Ty przelecisz granic straże,Kraty cytadeli,I zadziwia się mocarze,Że cię nie widzieli;I zadziwisz myślicieli,Że tak skromna s...