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Cierpienia młodego Wertera autorstwa Johanna Wolfganga Goethego to jedno z najsłynniejszych dzieł preromantyzmu i okresu Sturm und Drang.To powieść epistolarna, czyli napisana w formie serii listów, której głównym bohaterem jest Werter, nieszczęśliwie zakochany w Lotcie. Ukochana mężczyzny jest m...

Jack SheppardWilliam Harrison Ainsworth Jack Sheppard / A Romance "Upon my word, friend," said I, "you have almost made me long to try what a robber I should make." "There is a great art in it, if you did," quoth he. "Ah! but," said I, "there's a great deal in being hanged."Life and Actions of Gu...

Marco Paul's Voyages and Travels; VermontJacob Abbott Marco Paul's Voyages and Travels; Vermont Preface The design of the series of volumes, entitled Marco Paul's Adventures in the Pursuit of Knowledge, is not merely to entertain the reader with a narrative of juvenile adventures, but also to com...

Mother Goose for Grown-upsGuy Wetmore Carryl Mother Goose for Grown-ups TO CONSTANCE In memory of other days,Dear critic, when your whispered praiseCheered on the limping pen.How short, how sweet those younger hours,How bright our suns, how few our showers,Alas, we knew not then! If but, long lea...

The Perils and Adventures of Harry Skipwith by Land and SeaW.H.G. Kingston The Perils and Adventures of Harry Skipwith by Land and Sea Chapter One My first Adventure – Programme of Travel – Off across the Atlantic – The Mississippi – How we got snagged – I save Peter Roberts – The Cayman’s Compan...

Afloat in the Forest: or, A Voyage among the Tree-TopsChapter One. The Brothers at HomeChapter Two. The Brothers AbroadChapter Three. The GalateaChapter Four. Drifting with the CurrentChapter Five. The Galatea AgroundChapter Six. The Monkey-PotsChapter Seven. The GapoChapter Eight. The EchenteCha...

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19, No. 535, February 25, 1832Various The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction / Volume 19, No. 535, February 25, 1832 ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK THE POLAR BEAR.THE TUNNEL.MONKEY CAGE.GARDENS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY...

Powieść Władysława Reymonta wydana w 1899 roku. Akcja Ziemi Obiecanej rozgrywa się w Łodzi, w latach 80. XIX wieku i opowiada o trzech przedsiębiorcach – Karolu Borowieckiem, Maksie Baumie i Morycu Welcie, którzy wspólnie prowadzą fabrykę.Reymont w swojej powieści nie tylko opisuje kolejne losy t...

Nonsense NovelsStephen Leacock Nonsense Novels PREFACE THE author of this book offers it to the public without apology. The reviewers of his previous work of this character have presumed, on inductive grounds, that he must be a young man from the most westerly part of the Western States, to whom ...

In a German PensionKatherine Mansfield In a German Pension 1. GERMANS AT MEAT Bread soup was placed upon the table.“Ah,” said the Herr Rat, leaning upon the table as he peered into the tureen, “that is what I need. My ‘magen’ has not been in order for several days. Bread soup, and just the right ...