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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Anne Bronte

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Originally published in 1848, «The Tenant of Wildfell Hall» is the second of only two novels written by Anne Bronte. Considered one of the first feminist novels because it challenged the social norms of the Victorian era, «The Tenant of Wildfell Hall» is essentially a romantic novel which is chiefly concerned with the relationship between Gilbert Markham, a prosperous farmer, and the mysterious widow Mrs. Helen Graham, who takes up residence in the nearby tumbledown mansion of Wildfell Hall. A...

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Anne Bronte

The Thirty-Nine Steps

Buchan John

The Thirty-Nine Steps

A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Nick Bullard. 'I turned on the light, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the corner that made my blood turn cold. Scudder was lying on his back. There was a long knife through his heart, pinning him to the floor.' Soon Richard Hannay is running to his life across the hills of Scotland. The police are chasing him for a murder he did not do, and another, more dangerous enemy is chasing him as...

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Buchan John

The Thirty-Nine Steps

Buchan John

The Thirty-Nine Steps

Considered by many to be one of the greatest adventure novels of all time, «The Thirty-Nine Steps» is John Buchan's most successful work. Set during the First World War, it is the story of Richard Hannay, an ordinary gentleman who finds himself mixed up in a plot to undermine the British war effort. A fugitive from the law, Hannay must race against time to try and stop the plot. «The Thirty-Nine Steps» is an exciting adventure of mystery and espionage that will thrill and delight readers...

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Buchan John

The Three Musketeers

Александр Дюма

The Three Musketeers

Three musketeers. Two enemies. One major battle.’‘All for one and one for all!’Country boy d'Artagnan is desperate to join the King's elite band of bodyguards, the Musketeers. And when his fiery loyalties (which often get him into trouble) and incredible sword skill (which get him out again) manages to impress brash Porthos, foppish Aramis and melancholy Athos, the three musketeers and d'Artagnan become friends for life.When they discover that the King they protect is under threat, the...

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Александр Дюма

The Three Musketeers

Александр Дюма

The Three Musketeers

A timeless tale of adventure, romance, intrigue, and revenge, «The Three Musketeers» is the captivating story of d'Artagnan, a young man of Gascony, who is determined to become a Musketeer of the Guard. Through his wit and skill with a sword, he befriends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis and begins on the path toward his dream. They must foil the nefarious plotting of Cardinal Richelieu against the King and Queen, despite his appearance as an ally. D'Artagnan and the three Musketeers must...

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Александр Дюма

Piękna pokora

Stanisława Fleszarowa-Muskat

Piękna pokora

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Stanisława Fleszarowa-Muskat

Wizyta

Stanisława Fleszarowa-Muskat

Wizyta

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Stanisława Fleszarowa-Muskat

Ludwik Lambert

Оноре Бальзак

Ludwik Lambert

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Оноре Бальзак

A gdy komunizm zapanuje. Powieść pr...

Edmund Jezierski

A gdy komunizm zapanuje. Powieść przyszłości

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Edmund Jezierski

The Tin Woodman of Oz

Лаймен Баум

The Tin Woodman of Oz

Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American writer of children's books, best known for creating the marvelous Land of Oz in «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz». This fanciful kingdom was catalogued in a series of children's books beginning with the publication of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz». Baum's Oz series compasses the first fully developed fantasy world created by an American author. In 1900, Baum and Denslow, famous illustrator with whom he shared the copyright, published «The...

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Лаймен Баум

The Touchstone

Edith Wharton

The Touchstone

"The Touchstone" by Edith Wharton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...

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Edith Wharton

The Touchstone

Edith Wharton

The Touchstone

The first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize, for her novel «The Age of Innocence», Edith Wharton was discouraged by her mother from pursuing her writing at an early age. Despite this she would go on to produce a prolific body of work which included many novels and short stories. Characteristic to her work is the subtle use of dramatic irony and having grown up in a prominent New York family she would become one the most astute critics of pre-World War I upper-class society. In the «Touchstone» we...

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Edith Wharton

The Tragedy of the Korosko

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Tragedy of the Korosko

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the most renowned British novelists of all time, known popularly as the creator of Sherlock Holmes. He began writing in order to supplement his income while studying medicine at Edinburgh University, but attained instant popularity with his incredible detective fiction. After completing his medical degree in 1881, he set out on a whaling cruise to Africa, where he found inspiration and material for his 1898 novel, «The Tragedy of the Korosko». This story recounts...

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Tragedy of the Korosko

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Tragedy of the Korosko

"The Tragedy of the Korosko" by Arthur Conan Doyle. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and...

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Ganimedes

Ксюша Ангел

Ganimedes

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Ксюша Ангел

Zatoka śpiewających traw

Stanisława Fleszarowa-Muskat

Zatoka śpiewających traw

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Stanisława Fleszarowa-Muskat

Spisek autorów

Anna Parker

Spisek autorów

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Anna Parker

The Frenchman's Bride

Rebecca Winters

The Frenchman's Bride

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Rebecca Winters

A Convenient Marriage

Maggie Cox

A Convenient Marriage

Businesswoman Sabrina Kendricks was swept off her feet by millionaire Argentinean Javier D’Alessandro. . . and on their third date he asked her to marry him!But this was no whirlwind romance–Javier needed a British wife to adopt his orphaned niece. Sabrina knew it was only a convenient arrangement–even though the passion that burned in Javier's eyes suggested they could have so much more. . . .

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Maggie Cox

The Tragic Muse

Генри Джеймс

The Tragic Muse

Henry James (1843-1916) was an American-born English writer whose novels, short stories and letters established the foundation of the modernist movement in twentieth century fiction and poetry. His career, one of the most significant and influential in English literature, spanned over five decades and resulted in a body of work that has had a profound impact on generations of writers. «The Tragic Muse», although loved by James admirers, hasn't reached the same level of acclaim as some of...

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Генри Джеймс

The Turn of the Screw

Генри Джеймс, Henry Foss James и др.

The Turn of the Screw

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘The place, with its grey sky and withered garlands, its bared spaces and scattered dead leaves, was like a theatre after the performance-all strewn with crumpled playbills.’Revered as one of the greatest ghost stories ever told, James’s The Turn of the Screw is an eerie Victorian masterpiece.When an inexperienced governess goes to work at Bly, a country house in Essex to look after a young boy Miles and his sister...

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Генри Джеймс, Henry Foss James и др.

The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexic...

Mariano Azuela

The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution

"The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution" is Mariano Azuela's fictional account of the Mexican Revolution. It is the story of Demetrio Macias, a peasant who joins forces with the revolutionaries to help overthrow the corrupt dictator, Porfirio Diaz. In Azuela's depiction of Demetrio Macias, he captures the spirit of the Mexican people and his telling of this conflict between the rebels and the federales helped to establish him as one of Mexico's preeminent novelists.

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Mariano Azuela

The Underdogs

Mariano Azuela

The Underdogs

"The Underdogs" by Mariano Azuela (translated by E. Munguía). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are...

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Mariano Azuela

The Underground City

Жюль Верн

The Underground City

Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) has been ranked alongside Hugo Gernsback and H.G. Wells for the title of «Father of Science Fiction.» The French novelist wrote about scientific and technological advancements – particularly in air, space and water travel – before they existed. His popular stories of travelers in unknown realms, known as his «voyages extraordinares», have made him the second-most translated author in the world. «The Underground City», one of Verne's lesser known works, begins...

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Жюль Верн

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