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“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 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 ...

“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."

“Tajemnica Lorda Singelworth” to utwór Cypriana Kamila Norwida, polskiego poety, prozaika i dramatopisarza. Często jest on uznawany za ostatniego z czterech najważniejszych polskich poetów romantycznych.“Tajemnica Lorda Singelworth” jest to jedna z nowel Norwida należąca do tzw. trylogii włoskiej, bowiem jej akcja (podobnie jak pozostałych dwóch utworów „Stygmatu” i „Ad leones”) - rozgrywa się w Italii.Jaki jest cel tajemniczej podróży balonem Lorda Singelwortha, oraz czemu p...

“Ad leones” to utwór Cypriana Kamila Norwida, polskiego poety, prozaika i dramatopisarza. Często jest on uznawany za ostatniego z czterech najważniejszych polskich poetów romantycznych.“Ad leones” to nowela Cypriana Kamila Norwida która jest uznawana za jedną z najwybitniejszych nowel w literaturze polskiej i należy do najczęściej przedrukowywanych i tłumaczonych utworów Norwida. Nowela przedstawia historię pracującego w Rzymie rzeźbiarza, który tworzy tam dzieło Christani ad...

“Bransoletka” to utwór Cypriana Kamila Norwida, polskiego poety, prozaika i dramatopisarza. Często jest on uznawany za ostatniego z czterech najważniejszych polskich poetów romantycznych.„Bransoletka” to nowela Cypriana Kamila Norwida nosząca podtytuł: „Legenda dziewiętnastego wieku”. Jest to krytyka na współczesne Norwidowi społeczeństwo. Za bohaterów swojej noweli obiera on elity Florencji.

“Cywilizacja” to utwór Cypriana Kamila Norwida, polskiego poety, prozaika i dramatopisarza. Często jest on uznawany za ostatniego z czterech najważniejszych polskich poetów romantycznych.“Cywilizajca” to nowela która całą swoją konstrukcją stanowi wspaniałą metaforę. Statek noszący nazwę Cywilizacja, zabiera na pokład wielu, różnorodnych i fascynujących pasażerów, po czym rusza w podróż wprost ku katastrofie.

“Uparty chłopiec” to utwór Janusza Korczaka, polsko-żydowskiego lekarza, pedagoga, pisarza i publicysty, który był prekursorem działań na rzecz praw dziecka.Jest to opowieść biograficzna o życiu i dokonaniach Ludwika Pasteura. Korczak zauważył, że literatura proponuje dzieciom i młodzieży wzorce awanturnicze, propaguje postać bohatera, który zwycięża lub ginie na polu bitwy. Tymczasem wytrwała, ciężka praca naukowca w zaciszu gabinetu jest równie istotna i godna naśladowania....

Robinson Crusoe - a novel by Daniel Defoe, an English trader, writer, and spy. He is most famous for this novel, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its number of translations.The book is presented as an autobiography of the title character – a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical desert island near the coasts of Venezuela and Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers, before ultimately being rescued.The novel has gone on to become ...

“The Efficiency Expert“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.One of a small number of Burroughs' novels set in contemporary America as opposed to a fantasy universe, The Efficiency Expert follows the adventures of Jimmy Torrance as he attempts to make a career for himself in 1921 Chicago. The book is remarkable for the criminal livelihoods of the hero's friends. It was also admitted...

“Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
This is the fifth novel in a series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. The story follows Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society.

“The Return of Tarzan“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
This is the second novel in a series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. The story follows Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society.

“The Son of Tarzan“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
This is the fourth novel in a series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. The story follows Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society.

“The Beasts of Tarzan“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars.
This is the third novel in a series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. The story follows Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society.

“Wojna kobieca” to powieść Aleksandra Dumasa (ojca), francuskiego pisarza i dramaturga, autor “Hrabiego Monte Christo” i “Trzech muszkieterów”.“Wojna domowa pozostawiła tu niezatarte ślady, powywracała drzewa, wyludniła domy, te ostatnie, będąc wystawionemi na jej wściekłe zapędy, rozwaliły się pomału, protestując przeciw barbarzyństwu zamieszek wewnętrznych. Powoli, ziemia, która zdaje się być nato stworzona, by służyć za grób dla wszystkiego, co istniało, pokryła szczątki r...

“W pałacu carów” to powieść Aleksandra Dumasa (ojca), francuskiego pisarza i dramaturga, autor “Hrabiego Monte Christo” i “Trzech muszkieterów”.Jest to jedyna powieść w dorobku autora "Trzech muszkieterów", której fabuła w całości została osadzona w Rosji. Bohaterem utworu jest Francuz szukający pracy w stolicy rosyjskiego imperium. Razem z nim poznajemy codzienne życie oraz stosunki panujące w carskiej Rosji, a konkretnie do rządów okrutnego cara Pawła, syna Katarzyny Wielki...

“Stuartowie” to powieść Aleksandra Dumasa (ojca), francuskiego pisarza i dramaturga, autor “Hrabiego Monte Christo” i “Trzech muszkieterów”.“ Zaledwie królowa zdołała przykryć taflę, spiskowi uderzyli we drzwi. Ponieważ zamki i zasuwy były odjęte, jedyny zaporą była ręka Katarzyny Douglas; lecz że siła szlachetnéj dziewicy niezdołała stawić oporu, spiskowi wpadli do komnaty, wywracając i raniąc wszystko cokolwiek napotkali. Jeden z morderców chciał uderzyć na królowe, lecz sy...