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Elderly John Marbury, who came from faraway Australia the day before, was killed in central London. But who could wish death to a man who had not been in England for a long time? Investigation investigator Detective Rasbery turns for help to his friend, crime reporter Frank Spargo. Soon they learn that shortly before the death of Marbury, he met-
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This is a mysterious story that is full of turns. Young Tom goes from work to the grocery store to find something interesting. Soon he meets an elderly gentleman who is looking for a mill somewhere in the countryside. Tom spends the night on the top floor of the mill and finds the dead man the next morning. This is just the beginning for Tom, who
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These are great detective stories. Campenhaye solves secrets, at first he tries to understand who ukarl jewels, and then solves the mysterious murder. Every story has the least stress. The most interesting is the ending, it really will be unexpected.
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The novel "Two on a Tower" is one of the most famous works of the author. An atmospheric, dynamic story throws the characters at the disposal of forces far beyond their control. Lady Viviet, violating all the rules of decency, falls in love with Cleve, who is not only below her in social status, but also the youngest by 10 years. In an ancient mo
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The novel takes the reader to the very depths of rural England. The small village of Hintok, the scene of the novel, is so small that its even hard to find in the thicket of the forest, but this is where the tragedies of truly Sophocles greatness are played out. The reason for these tragedies is the clash of natural human characters preserved in
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The novel Doctor Grimshawes Secret, in which a specific eerie coloring is attached to one particular house, still existing in Salem and adjacent to the old cemetery on Charter Street. This mood was expressed in giving a certain amount of mystery, magic or horror to events that are basically not supernatural. An interesting novel for mystery lover
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What starts out as a tale of peaceful domesticity takes a sudden turn when the protagonists are lured from Connecticut to California by the promise of striking it rich. This fascinating novella from American author Bret Harte is an engaging, easy read that will please fans of historical fiction or tales of the Old West. First published in 1888, i
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This story began around Christmas, when a group of guys from the village of Melstock walked and sang carols. It was then that the cab driver Dick Dewey saw and fell in love at first sight with the new teacher Fancy Day who had just arrived. She is also looked after by a wealthy farmer Shiner, whom Father Day favors, and pastor Maybold, who consid
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Hawthornes use of the language is magnificent, and the premise was interesting. We get acquainted with the love triangle between the heiress of Ellen, the immature student Edward and the painful scientist Fanshaw, and everything starts to go south after the villain enters. The pacing of this novel goes beyond the strange and not in a good way. Af
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A group of people is a powerful mixture of competing ambitions, and its idealism finds little satisfaction in agriculture. Instead of changing the world, Blithedale community members individually follow selfish paths that ultimately lead to tragedy. Hawthornes tale simultaneously mourns and saturates a rural idyll, not unlike the history of Ameri
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This is a fun collection, the second of Hawthorne, Greek myths slightly rethought and retold for children. These are famous stories with a rather friendly perception. Antey has some friends who are called pygmies, but it seems that their height is about six inches. But they are going to avenge him after Hercules killed him, and Big X good-natured
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Septimus Felton talks about the thirst for eternal life. Gothic, and sometimes irresistible, is the last book of this author. He changes the roles of the characters and spreads the story, which becomes mysterious and ambiguous. Inside the novel is a story about a bleeding shadow, like a collection of what is in the book.
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An early collection of fairy tales. Some of the subtle, almost subconscious problems that Hawthorne faces with female sexuality. Like the stories, these plays often do not follow the traditional dramatic arcs that can disappoint, but Hawthorne is always more interested in character than plot, so you just need to abandon any expectations of high d
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A warm fairy tale for any age. One winter evening, parents saw that an unfamiliar girl was playing with their children in the yard. Rejoicing, they decided to invite the girl to tea despite the assurances of the children that she was afraid of heat more than anything...
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In the novel The House of the Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the founders of American literature, once again, after a series of short stories and the famous Scarlet Letter, addresses the Puritan past and present of his homeland, New England. Legends and legends from national and family history, animated by the authors fantasy on Gothic
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Amazingly conveyed the characters of the era and characters, suffering and atonement, sin and clogging of society. The plot of the story is simple a married woman, whose husband has been absent for two years, gives birth to a child. In Puritan society, where the concept of "personal life" does not exist, the people are in deep shock from what ha
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At the center of the novel is a group of four characters. These are two young American artists, Hilda and Kenyon, who were brought to Rome by a thirst to comprehend the secrets of art, and their friends the artist Miriam and the young Donatello, who are introduced into this circle not by a passion for art, but by love for Miriam. Everyone is str
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Dr. Dolliver, a worthy character of great antiquity. A persons desire for an immortal existence, an attempt to satisfy which would be stated in various ways: first, through the selfish old sensualist, Colonel Dabni, who greedily grabbed the mysterious elixir and took his draft so that he died on the spot; then, through the plain old Grandir, long
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The main character had some rivalry with the main character had some kind of rivalry with George Korvikm. He did more things than the main character, and earned more pence, although there were chances for ingenuity. The main character was crazy about the work of Hugh Vereker, therefore he accepted an invitation to a party where he would meet his
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One of the greatest stories ever told, "The Iliad" has survived for thousands of years because of its insightful portrayal of man and its epic story of war, duty, honor, and revenge. The poem itself centers on the figure of Achilles the Greek warrior, his quarrel with King Agamemnon the Greek leader, the death of Achilles friend Patroclus, and Ac
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Kerry Kavanaugh is a beautiful child asked to be adult, not even of age, with a spoiled childlike mother who makes terrible decisions upon the death of Kerrys father. Forced to flee with her fathers manuscript, a determined Kerry sails for New York to meet with her fathers publishers but is faced with a new challenge when a page of notes goes mis
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Brentwood is a romance novel of a young woman adopted by a well to do couple. Marjorie Wetherill had always known she was an adopted child; her adoptive parents, the Wetherills, whom Marjorie loved deeply, had made no secret of it. But when she faces her first Christmas alone after her parents deaths, she starts to wonder about finding her first
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North of 36 is another magnificent novel by the author of The Covered Wagon. This is just a good old-fashioned western about the first cattle drive from Texas to Abilene. Emerson Hough (1857-1923) was an American author best known for writing western stories and historical novels. Houghs literary career grew out of his taking camping trips and wr
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It only seems in the book that people can always deceive themselves, and life cannot be regulated on the scientific principles that fall on Gordons shoulders as the main character. Crazy scientist Gordon Wright calls Longville in Baden-Baden to judge whether he should marry Angela. After a couple of years, Longville meets Angela again at a French
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The narrator meets the American Clement Searle in a London hotel. Searle had long wanted to move to England, to run away from the routine of his life. However, he is physically ill and depressed because his lawyer cannot support his claim for a share in the out-of-town property currently owned by Richard Searle. The narrator and the main characte
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In this story, Henry James continues his favorite theme Old World vs New World. An American woman with a turbulent past, agitated, spontaneous, somewhat vulgar, but beautiful and not devoid of mind, sets out to join the European high society. For this, she tries to marry a young English Baronet on herself, a very stiff and cold man, but spellbou
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A classic for the ages, The Odyssey recounts Odysseus (Ulysses) journey home after the Trojan War. After the end of the war, Ulysses and his companions decide to return home, but in the middle of the path a horrible storm deviates them from the original route. Just one more difficulty, they have to face monsters like Cyclops and Mermaids, always
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The Tragic Muse is dedicated to the conflict between the artist and society. Painter Nick Dormer suffers because he does not find recognition, actress Miriam Ruth, in the name of success, makes compromises with his conscience, understanding what the rich audience expects of her. However, the greatest success of this work was the image of Gabriel
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Mrs. Gareth has been collecting works of art in her Pointon manor all her life, and now, after her husbands death, she must, according to English customs, hand over the manor to her son Owen. The trouble is that the limp Owen is under the influence of his bride, Mona Brixton, who dreams of taking up Poyntons hands and closing access for Mrs Goret
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The book is about history, but not the one that is written in dry letters in the textbook, but the one into which the time machine takes you and lets you live the days, months in the body of another person, a contemporary of the time you are reading about. It is about religion, but not about what they preach in churches, without the right to ques
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The Reverberator is a short novel from Henry James. Comedy traces the complications. which leads when unpleasant, but true stories about Paris family fall into the American scandal sheet of the name of the novel. George Flack is a Paris correspondent for the American sheet scandal called reverberator.
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The main character, an aspiring artist, hires a faded noble couple, Monarchs, as models after they have lost most of their money and need to find some kind of work. They are real in the sense that they are beautifully of the aristocratic type, but they turn out to be inappropriate for the artists work. The artist must finally get rid of the monar
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Isabel, the main character of the story, knows the charm of marriage with a worthless person. Her fate the confluence of fatal circumstances. Being a dowry and finding herself in Europe, she refuses to quite worthy applicants for a hand, and having received a fortune, she links life with the rogue Osmond, who married her only to provide a bastar
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This is the biography of Henry Morgan, the pirate admiral. In his youth, he spent several years in slavery, later became famous as a skilled warlord and vice-governor of Jamaica. The central theme of the novel ingenious assault, lightning capture and ruthless looting of the Golden Cup so called Panama, which was the richest city in the West Ind
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In the hope of a successful marriage, Eugene, Baroness Münster, and her younger brother, the artist Felix, descendants of Wentworth, come to Boston. Having settled in the neighborhood, they become close friends with the young Wentworths Gertrude, Charlotte and Clifford. Witness and sophistication of Eugene, along with the cheerfulness of Felix c
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The action revolves around three characters: a young and beautiful maiden who travels around America with fiery speeches about the importance of women; her mentor, a lonely and cold lady who despises the whole male race. Different ideals are presented by the rivalry of Olive Chancellor and her cousin Basel Ransom for influencing the young girl Ve
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At the reception in the rich manor there are not the first youth mister and also not a young lady anymore. Both belong to the same circle of birth, but the financial affairs of a man are in somewhat better condition. It all seems to him that he is meant for something great and terrible that will destroy his own life and the lives of loved ones l
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The Aawkward age nonetheless analyzes the English character with great subtlety. The Awkward Age, which is highly praised for its natural dialogue and the subtlety of the sensation that it conveys, illustrates Conrads remark that James never dwells in deep darkness or in strong sunlight. But he feels deep and bright every gentle shade.
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In this story, a mother allows her only child, a seven-year-old boy, to die of diphtheria only so that he will never be subjected to the corrupting influence of the books written by his father, which she deeply condemns. Anyone who imagines motherly love and at least once saw the torment of a child restlessly darting in his crib, fighting for eve
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The Aspern Papers is one of the masterpieces of the writers small prose, the plots of which are based on the collision of European and American cultural consciousness, the point of view of an individual and social stereotypes, the book perception of the world and individual experience. The tragicomic search by the hapless biographer of the lost l
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The story of a glorious American who, through hard work, made a fortune and went to learn how to relax and laze in the open spaces of the Old World. In particular, he came to Paris, and this city, as is known, is a rather romantic place, according to the public. And, ironically, the practical Newman in this city was smitten by a certain widowed M
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Some Stories by Henry James is a small collection of tales. The best story is considered Brooksmith, about a butler who descends into the depths when the master dies, whom he apparently forced to serve. After that, The Real Thing is published about an emaciated couple desperately trying to find a way to make a living.
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The image of a young American woman is central to the story Madame de Mauves, which prefaces the Portrait of a Woman. Deceived by the wife of an impoverished French aristocrat who married her for her wealth, she won a moral victory over him, displaying, unexpectedly for him, intellectual subtlety and complete spiritual independence.
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Isabel, the main character of the story, knows the charm of marriage with a worthless person. Her fate the confluence of fatal circumstances. Being a dowry and finding herself in Europe, she refuses to be quite worthy applicants for a hand, and having received a fortune, connects life with the rogue Osmond.
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The Italian Watch is a book of travel writing by Henry James. Everything in the book indicates that James enjoyed this luxury to its fullest. Throughout the book, he is constantly returning to the beauty and delights of Italian life, despite being too often significant shortcomings. Venice and Rome are undergoing the most extensive treatment.
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The young heroine matures through her perception of family problems. The aristocratic family fell apart: the parents decided to live separately, but Macy does not agree with this. The girl is looking for a way to reunite her mom and dad...
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Murder in Picadilly is a typical so-called Golden Age detective story published in 1936 and set in and around Soho. The story concerns the fortunes of a young man named Bobbie Cheldon. Bobbie has fallen head over heels in love with a nightclub dancer Nancy Curzon at The Frozen Fang nightclub but she is attracted not so much to Bobbie as to the fo
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The main character Katherine is a girl who does not differ in anything special, but is at the same time quite an enviable bride, she has a good dowry. And the bridegroom appears on the horizon, love, everything, but the father is against their relationship, because this Maurice squandered all his fortune, and aunt Catherine, on the contrary, for
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The novel is complicated, its true. Long, ornate sentences, philosophical speculations of the characters, complex in their structure and further awareness of the phrase.. but.. this and not only the novel represents the uniqueness and sophistication. Restrained and at the same time shocking, harmonious and scary real. Did you know that among the
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Three Soldiers is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. Three soldiers of this title - Leroid, Mulvani and Orteris, who also previously appeared in the collection "Simple Tales from the Hills." Books reveal the side of British Tommy in Afghanistan, rarely seen in the Twilight of the British Empire. The soldiers comment on their improv
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A wonderful book written in beautiful language, with love for the native land and its history. Despite the fact that all sorts of wars, illnesses and deprivations often flash in the stories, in general the atmosphere is very pleasant, and the book gives a feeling of warmth and tranquility. English guys Dan and Una, brother and sister, meet Elf Pa
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The world of Kiplings stories is complex and rich, representing essentially an encyclopedia of the plot experience of the best English and American storytellers of the XIX century. They are characterized by psychology, innovation, which consists in introducing new layers of life into the fabric of narration, and a kind of naturalism. The lazy tou
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Kipling wrote the first novel, The Light That Failed in many ways an autobiographical novel, having already gained fame with his poems and stories. In addition to the novel and selected stories from collections of different years, the book includes the story Brave Captains - about the romance and hardships of sea travel, the formation of the char
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Soldiers Three is a series of fascinating stories by the great English writer and poet Joseph Rudyard Kipling. A collection of short stories written in 1888 provides a glimpse into the life of tommies, as the English soldiers called it, in Afghanistan. They fool around, complain and talk about their daily lives - against the backdrop of the war a
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A short book written as a play. It follows the young captain who is getting married, and each scene represents the different stages of the marriage. The book is written almost entirely in dialogue. Be sure to pay attention to the fact that Kipling understands the meaning of the introduction, taking into account where the story ends.
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Under Deodars is a collection of stories, against the backdrop of which the bizarre and calm environment of the Shimla mountains. The towering mountains, covered with ice, are dumb evidence of deception, debauchery and dedication of the main characters and opponents. The book begins with a story called Otis Yirs Education. The rude and enterprisi
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A collection of unconnected but all featuring the same protagonist, gentlemen amateur detective Slane. Sir Jasper Slane, wealthy clubman, and amateur detective, is always willing to help his fellow aristocrats in need. With the able assistance of Inspector Stimpson of Scotland Yard, he solves thefts, rescues kidnapped victims, foils blackmailers,
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Lew Tolstois Roman Anna Karenina spielt abwechselnd in Moskau, auf einem Landgut und in St. Petersburg und bietet eine ausgezeichnete Schilderung der russischen Gesellschaft in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Glücklos mit einem hohen Beamten verheiratet, verfällt die bezaubernde, kluge und sanftmütige Anna dem jungen Offizier Graf Wronsk
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Wer weiß, ob sich Jim Hawkins auf dieses Abenteuer eingelassen hätte, wenn er geahnt hätte, in welche Gefahr ihn die geheimnisvolle Landkarte bringt, die er bei dem toten Käpten fand. Zusammen mit seinen Freunden Dr. Livesey und dem Friedensrichter Trelawney begibt sich der mutige Junge auf eine gefährliche Reise auf der Hispaniola in die Südsee
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Oscar Fingal O Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900) war ein irischer Schriftsteller. Bekannt ist Wilde neben seinen hervorragenden Werken auch für seinen schwarzen Humor, den er nie verlor, auch in schweren Zeiten nicht. Oscar Wildes Dorian Gray ist eine der berühmtesten Figuren der Weltliteratur. Der elegant-zynische Dandy Dorian Gray hat sich ganz
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Mark Twain veröffentlichte seinen berühmten Roman 1876 zu Beginn seiner literarischen Karriere. Twains Blick auf seine Helden ist getragen von der Erinnerung an seine eigenen Kindertage, und er weiß, was sie bewegt. Es geht um Lust auf Abenteuer und eine Freundschaft, auf die man sich verlassen kann. Die beiden unzertrennlichen Freunde Tom Sawyer
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Mit seiner bildgewaltigen Meistererzählung Herr und Knecht (1895) schuf der große russische Dichter und Humanist Leo Tolstoi eine zeitlose Parabel auf die Macht der Mitmenschlichkeit. Der Kaufmann Brechunow, dessen Leben bis dahin dem Zusammenraffen von Reichtümern gewidmet war, gerät mit seinem Knecht Nikita auf dem Pferdeschlitten in einen furc
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Although Charles Stanfield was a wealthy man he was far from happy. Everything that money could buy was at his command. He had merely to give the order and it would be fulfilled without delay. From a worldly point of view he was an outstanding example of a prosperous man who had fought his way to the top of the ladder of success. By many he was a
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Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski gilt als einer der bedeutendsten russischen Schriftsteller. Der Doppelgänger ist ein früher Höhepunkt von Dostojewskis literarischen Erkundungen der Seele und des Ichs. Ich bin nicht ich, sondern jemand ganz anderer, der mir verblüffend ähnlich ist zu dieser Einsicht gelangt der schüchterne Kanzleibeamte Goljadk
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Jenny Miller reist nach London, um sich von ihrem Vermögensverwalter und Onkel Harry Selsbury Auskunft über ihre Finanzen einzufordern, ist ihr doch zu Ohren gekommen, dass ihr gesamtes Erbe veruntreut worden sei. Onkel Harry kann den Verdacht zwar widerlegen, benimmt sich jedoch ansonsten äußerst merkwürdig. Harry hat ein Verhältnis mit der verh
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Anthony Newton, der nach vielen Versuchen, nach dem Krieg wieder Fuß zu fassen, sein Auskommen mit Verbrechen verdient. Er hatte den Grundsatz, seine Räubereien auf möglichst höfliche Weise auszuführen. Nur einmal musste er davon abweichen, als er in das Haus des Millionärs Poltue einbricht und diesen erstochen in seinem Bett findet...
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John Pentridge verliert im Spielkasino von Monte Carlo große Summen und wird danach diskret aus dem Haus gewiesen. Heute abend habt ihr mich geschröpft, aber morgen bin ich wieder da und bringe genug Geld mit für große Einsätze! Tatsächlich gelingen ihm riesige Gewinne. Am selben Abend geschieht in Monte Carlo ein Mord. John Pentridge eilt nach
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Lord Willie Lebanon, Herr auf Schloss Marks Priory, könnte ein glücklicher Mann sein. Aber der alte Lord Lebanon wurde mit einem indischen Tuch erdrosselt. Die Erben versammeln sich und vernehmen den vorletzten Willen des Verblichenen: Die untereinander verfeindete Familie soll sechs Tage und Nächte in seinem Schloss verbringen, um sich auszusöhn
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Der wohlhabende Londoner Geschäftsmann Trayne hat einen raffinierten Plan ausgearbeitet, um die berühmten Kronjuwelen aus dem Tower zu rauben. Mühelos werden daraufhin die Juwelen erbeutet. Graham gerade aus dem Gefängnis entlassen. Da erfährt Graham von Dinah, dass Trayne ihn betrügen will. Graham schlägt Trayne nieder und flieht mit Dinah und d
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Nacht für Nacht Im Herrenhaus von Monks Hall hört man Orgelmusik. Über das Anwesen geistert eine Gestalt in einer schwarzen Mönchskutte. Nachts, wenn der unheimliche Mönch umgeht und sich seine Opfer sucht. Doch wer ist der unheimliche Mönch, der nachts im Herrenhaus umherschweift und seine Opfer sucht? Wird Inspektor Elk noch rechtzeitig eingrei
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Der hinterhältige und sehr wohlhabende amerikanische Industrielle Abel Bellamy kauft den alten Herrensitz Garre Castle in England, eine verwunschene Festung, in dem ein Grüner Bogenschütze umgehen soll. Im Schloss der Geist des grünen Bogenschützen spukt, den man im 15. Jahrhundert an einem der Balken im Schloss aufgeknüpft hat. Bellamy hält in e
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Caroline Smith wird von Joe Grandman beauftragt. Detektivin Caroline Smith, die den kostbaren Schmuck der Gäste vor einer berüchtigten Juwelendiebin schützen soll. Joe Grandman gibt auf seinem Landsitz bei London einen Galaempfang. Doch Miss Smith kann ihren Auftrag nicht ausführen denn sie wird vergiftet...
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Diese Geschichte von den erstaunlichen Abenteuern, die in das Leben eines pensionierten Diamantenhändler kommen, der aus den Minen von Südafrika nach London kommt, ist clever in Handlung und effektiv im Stil. John Minute hat es weit gebracht. Vom Goldschürfer in Afrika zum Bankier und Multimillionär die Karriere des John Minute ist nicht nur mit
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Der Ganove Horace Tom Tickler war tot. Er wurde in einem fremden Auto gefunden, vor dem eleganten Gesandschafts-Klub in London. Wenn Sie wissen wollen, wer den armen Mr. Tickler ermordet hat, erkundigen Sie sich am besten bei Mr. L. Moran.... Das stand auf einer Karte, die an Chefinspektor Smith adressiert war. Der Inspektor hielt Mr. Moran schon
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Ein offensichtlich geisteskranker Serienmörder übt an vermeintlichen Verbrechern, die mangels Beweisen nicht verurteilt werden konnten, gnadenlose Selbstjustiz. Er enthauptet seine Opfer, ihre Köpfe schickt er mit einem Begleitschreiben in Kartons verpackt an Scotland Yard. Als ein Beamter des Außenministeriums umgebracht wird, beauftragt Geheimd
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Der Schwarze treibt in London sein Unwesen, keine Bank ist vor ihm sicher. Die Wohnung James Morlakes in der Bond Street ist die luxuriöseste dieser vornehmen Londoner Strasse. Mr. Morlake zählt zu den bedeutenden Persönlichkeiten der Gesellschaft. Man sagt, er lebe von seinen Zinsen. Viele wissen um das Doppelleben des Gentleman, aber alle schwe
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Der Redner, so nannten sie Inspektor Rater von Scotland Yard, erfuhr in seinem Urlaub vom Tod Lord Eustace Lightley. Dabei fiel ihn ein, dass der örtliche Apotheker ihm vor Monaten mal von einer Arsenkur des Lord´s erzählt hat... Als der Polizist Simpson einen Toten findet, ahnt der Redner noch nicht, dass dies sein schwierigster Fall wird...
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Zu den Bekannten des Reporters Michael Quigley gehörten Einbrecher, Diebe, Schwindler, Bankräuber, Taschendiebe und viele andere Leute, die nicht gern mit der Polizei in Berührung kamen. Auch mit fast allen Beamten von Scotland Yard stand Mike auf gutem Fuß, und mehrmals hatte er schon das Wochenende mit dem Henker Dumont verbracht. Der Reporter
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Zwei Gangsterbanden terrorisieren die Reichen Londons. Die Gesellschaft zur Sicherung wohlhabender Bürger garantiert den Reichen Londons Sicherheit vorausgesetzt, sie bezahlen dafür. Wer der Aufforderung nicht nachkommt oder gar die Polizei verständigt, wird ermordet. Auch Elias Tanner, ein wohlhabender Bürger, wird erpresst. Seine Sekretärin Li
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Das Mädchen junge Lois Reddle das Angebot bekommt, als Privatsekretärin für die Gräfin von Moron zu arbeiten. Sie kann sein Glück kaum fassen. Doch schon bald geschehen merkwürdige Dinge in dem Haus der Gräfin. Ein Balkon stürzt ein. Der Butler Braime benimmt sich verdächtig. Lois entdeckt ein rätselhaftes feines Drahtgeflecht an der Tür des Büch
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Lord Frensham ist Toten. Inspektor Elk und Tony Braid finden Lord tot in seinem Büro. Er lag mit dem Oberkörper auf dem Schreibtisch. Seine rechte Hand umklammerte den Revolver,und neben dem Toten fand man einen Abschiedsbrief. Offensichtlich Selbstmord, aber Elk ist nicht überzeugt. Inspektor Elk muss seine Ermittlungen aufnehmen. Und am Ende si
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John Sands sammelt die aus dem Gefängnis geflohene Margaret Maliko auf einer Landstraße gewährt ihr Unterschlupf und will sie mit seinem Freund, dem Millionär Harry Leman verheiraten. Als die entsprungene Strafgefangene Margaret Maliko vom Regen durchnässt an der Landstraße stand, ahnte sie noch nicht, dass sie eine Woche später mit dem Dollarmil
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Neugier breitet sich in der kleinen Ortschaft Ascot aus, als sich eine wohlhabende Gräfin dort niederlässt. Eine Gräfin taucht in Ascot auf, und bezieht dort eine Villa. Ein Einbrecher sucht die Villen in Ascot heim. Immer wieder erbeutet er Schmuck. Die Gräfin engagiert als Beschützer den Privatdetektiv John Morlay und stellt ihn vor eine äußers
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Kurz vor Hanna Shaw Tod konnte sie noch einen verzweifelten Hilferuf absenden. Die Haushälterin des Anwalts Gordon Cardew Hanna Shaw wird in einem von innen verschlossenen Raum gefunden wurde."Hanna Shaw hat mich gerufen! Miß Leigh zeigt Oberinspektor Minter von Scotland Yard ein Telegramm: Bitte helfen Sie mir. Kommen Sie sofort. Es geht um mei
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Acht bis an die Zähne bewaffnete Männer von Scotland Yard bewachen einen Transport von 73000 Pfund Sterling. Aber der Geldtransporter mit Geld und seine Bewacher verschwindet auf der Straße von London nach Tilbury. Nach dem mysteriösen Verschwinden fehlt jede Spur. As wirklich geschehen?
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Cynthia und Arthur Dorban lernen auf einer Zugfahrt durch Kanada die Protagonistin Penelope Pitt kennen und bieten ihr eine Stelle als Privatsekretärin auf ihrem Landsitz in England an. Die junge Penelope würde am liebsten aus dem kanadischen Edmonton, in dem sie aufwuchs, zurück in ihre Geburtsstadt London. Ein Traum wahr zu werden. Cynthia und
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Short mysteries involving the blind detective Carrados. Max Carrados is one of the most unusual detectives in all fiction. He is blind and yet he has developed his other faculties to such an amazing degree that they more than compensate for his lack of sight. The Eyes of Max Carrados opens with a somewhat defensive essay which chronicles astonis
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The second volume of amusing Chinese fantasies. A captivating collection thats ripe for rediscovery, Kai Lungs Golden Hours stands as the very best of these beguiling books. As with other Kai Lung novels, the main plot serves primarily as a vehicle for the presentation of the gem-like, aphorism-laden stories told by the protagonist Kai Lung, an i
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The Kai Lung books are really short-story collections, whose disparate, rambling tales are knitted together by framing narratives featuring the eponymous travelling storyteller. The third in Bramahs Kai Lung series of fantasy novels. Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat, like the others in the series consists of thinly connected stories related by Kai Lung,
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Max Carrados Mysteries is a collection of Bramahs classic detective tales containing The Secret of Headlam Height, The Mystery of The Vanished Petition Crown and many other stories. Carrados is a cerebral detective, solving the crimes with facts, information and his advanced senses, which over-compensate for his blindness. In The Coin of Dionysiu
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Delightful collection of mysteries of the first blind detective. In 1914, Ernest Bramah published his first collection of Carrados stories, Max Carrados. Max Carrados is a detective who has developed his own remaining senses to a superior level and who has enlisted the superior observations skills of his butler to fill in for any deficiency of hi
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The Wallet of Kai Lung is a collection of fantasy stories by Ernest Bramah in which the Chinese Kai Lung tells stories often to stave off some unpleasant fate, like Scheherazade. These tales of an unlikely but marvelous China are classic works of fantasy, with each story holding a story-within-a-story. Ernest Bramahs Kai Lung is a storyteller in
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The secret of the league is a dystopian novel written by Ernest Bramah in 1907. It was first published as What might have been: the story of a social war, but later was republished in 1909 as The secret of the league. The Secret of the League is kind of an underground oddity of a novel. Its a prophetic-warning novel, science fiction before that t
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Ernest Bramah was an English author who wrote popular books in many different genres including humor, detective fiction and science fiction. A lively and amusing collection of letters sent from a highly bemused Chinaman sojourning amongst the English barbarians in the first decade of the 19th century to his revered father back home, with a view t
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The Bravo of London is a book in the Max Carrados series. Also, Max Carrados will be followed by The eyes of Max Carrados in 1923, The Specimen Case in 1924, Max Carrados Mysteries in 1927, and The Bravo of London in 1934. Max Carrados is a blind detective who uses his remaining senses in such a way that his blindness is often not immediately app
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Dramat Matka Stanisława Ignacego Witkiewicza jest w warstwie fabularnej parodią psychologicznego dramatu rodzinnego. W sposób groteskowy przedstawia relacje dorosłego syna z jego matką, które sprowadzają się do finansowego wyzysku matki. Postaci dramatu głoszą katastroficzne poglądy Witkacego, całość można odczytywać jako karykaturę relacji społe
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John Buchan was a Scottish author and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada. He wrote a series of books that follow the adventures of Richard Hannay, an expatriate Scot who was first introduced in the classic novel The Thirty-Nine Steps. Set in Scotland in 1745, during the Jacobite Rebellion, this dark story of loyalty and
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John Buchan (1875-1940) was a Scottish novelist and historian and also served as Canadas Governor General. His 100 works include nearly thirty novels, seven collections of short stories and biographies. But, the most famous of his books were the adventure and spy thrillers, most notably The Thirty-Nine Steps, and it is for these that he is now be
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Dramat Gabrieli Zapolskiej o wymownym podtytule Tragifarsa kołtuńska przedstawia życie mieszczańskiej rodziny Dulskich pełne zakłamania, chciwości, pogardy i egoizmu. Elementy komiczne przeplatają się z tragicznymi w parodystycznej formie Zapolska krytykuje obłudną moralność i życie na pokaz. Pochodzące z utworu określenie dulszczyzna do dziś o
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A classic John Buchan story of espionage during World War I. It contains several familiar Buchan elements: a motley cast of characters, Great War intrigue, the use of disguises and linguistic talents, the concept of gaining inner strength from a beloved spot in nature, man against the forces of nature in less benign settings, a race against time
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Narkotyki, czyli Nikotyna, alkohol, kokaina, peyotl, morfina, eter + appendix to publicystyczny utwór Stanisława Ignacego Witkiewicza, w których wyraża on swoje poglądy na temat zażywania narkotyków oraz stanów, które za ich sprawą można osiągnąć. Choć autor zastrzega się, że pisze całkiem poważnie, trudno nie odnieść wrażenia, że utwór głęboko p
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Ania z Wyspy (Anne of the Island) to trzecia część z serii o Ani z Zielonego Wzgórza. W tym tomie Ania Shirley zaczyna naukę w Redmond College w Kingsport. Ciężko pracuje, by zdobyć upragniony tytuł magistra. W czasie wolnym od nauki spotyka się z nową przyjaciółką Filipą Gordon, ma też nowego adoratora, niejakiego Roya Gardnera. Nie zaniedbuje t
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A true adventure story involving the unlikely hero Dickson McCunn, retired successful businessman and former greengrocer who sets out on a walking holiday in the Scottish Borders. There he meets a young English poet, and both soon become embroiled in the plot of an international gang to capture a Russian princess. With the help of the Gorbals Die
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Castle Gay is the second of Buchans three Dickson McCunn books and is set in south west Scotland in the Dumfries and Galloway region in the 1920s. The plot revolves around the self-discovery of a media mogul named Craw, who is firstly the subject of mistaken identity and then the target of Balkan extremists who wish to use his newspapers to influ
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John Burnet of Barns was Buchans first fully realised, full-length work of fiction. The authors third novel is story of adventure, treachery and revenge, set in the Scottish Borders in the 17th century, telling of a young nobleman who sets out to gain an education abroad, only to find himself betrayed in his absence by his cousin. Not just a roma
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Written in 1925, the novel opens with three gentleman friends lawyer Sir Edward Leithen, banker John Palliser-Yeates, and Cabinet member Charles Lord Lamancha discovering that they all suffer a common and debilitating malady, a loss of zest for life, all desperate to relieve the ennui that has engulfed them. The solution can only be something d
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World War I espionage thriller meets modern-day morality tale in Mr. Standfast, the third of five Richard Hannay novels written by acclaimed storyteller John Buchan. In this nail-biting adventure story, Hannay must outwit a foe far more intelligent than himself; muster the courage to propose to the lovely, clever Mary Lamington; and survive a bru
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Regarded as one of the finest historical novels ever written, Jacobites, spies and thrilling intrigue are brought together by the master of suspense. As Bonnie Prince Charlie marches his army into England, his confidant Alastair Maclean is despatched on a secret mission. He is befriended by two extraordinary men Dr. Samuel Johnson, an aspiring m
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In John Buchans thrill-a-minute novel Salute to Adventurers, hero Andrew Garvald makes his way from the dreary moors of his native land to the deceptively bucolic landscape of early colonial America. A novel set during the beginning of the Jamestown Colony, Salute To Adventurers is an enthralling saga about one mans struggle to survive and even f
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Vernon Milbourne, orphaned since childhood and haunted by a recurring dream, is friends with the protective lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen. An Aegean cruise takes them to the mysterious island of Plakos, where Vernon is fascinated by the islands myths. Local superstitions turn to menace as Vernons encounter with a beautiful woman results in obs
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When Sir Edward Leithen leaves London to spend Whitsuntide as a guest at Flambard, he has no idea of the extraordinary sequence of events about to unfold. Among the collection of fellow guests, some of whom he knows and some he doesnt, is the extraordinary mind of Professor Moe, a scientist who decides to select some of the houseguests as subject
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Set during the Napoleonic Wars, The Free Fishers is classic Buchan and his last historical novel. Its a fast-paced tale of treason, espionage and romance. Anthony Lammas, a professor at the St. Andrews University, finds himself involved in a web of intrigue that threatens the whole country. A conspiracy to betray Englands defences to Napoleonic a
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Although this book was listed in a collection of Richard Hannay stories, Hannay makes only a brief appearance at the beginning. Begins in the pleasant atmosphere of a country house in the Scottish borders, where Richard Hannay is the guest of his old friend, Sandy Arbuthnot. The action is set in Olifa, a fictional country on the west coast of Sou
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Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown is a time-tested adage that suits Peter Pentecost, a young monk and legitimate claimant to Englands Throne. But he is not alone as others are vying for power too. Soon a plot is hatched against the present King Henry VIII and Peter is sucked into the intrigue... Buchans description of the ruthless king is
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In the mid-sixteenth century, Jean de Rohaine, a middle-aged French nobleman, journeys to Scotland in search of adventure and a new beginning. In Scotland he meets up with his old friend, Quentin Kennedy, who informs him of a great battle to be waged. Having witnessed Royalist troops butchering suspected Covenanters, he follows the example of god
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Sick Heart River is the fifth book in the Edward Leithen series. This is Buchans last novel, about a man who is dying, and it must reflect Buchans own efforts to come to terms with his looming demise."Sick Heart River finds Leithen now in his late fifties facing a terminal diagnosis of turberculosis. Leithen has enjoyed a dazzling career as emine
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Set in the closing years of the nineteenth century, The Half-Hearted tells the story of Lewis Haystoun, a dilettante and coward. Part I of the novel is a story of manners and romance in upper class Scotland. Part II is an adventure story on the North West frontier of India where Lewis saves the British Empire. The novel follows the life of Lewis
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Sir Richard Hannay, retired mining engineer, lives a comfortable suburban life outside London, but feels old age and stodginess coming on and longs to have his mettle tested again. He gets his chance when a promise he made years ago in Rhodesia, to protect the son of an old acquaintance from a sinister conspiracy, and the action moves rapidly fro
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Third and final part of the Dickson McCunn trilogy, where he and the usual sidekicks fall into a plot involving an exiled princes attempt to regain the throne despite the efforts of bad guys to keep him from it. The novel is set in the fictional Central European country of Evallonia in the early 1930s. It concerns the involvement of some Scottish
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John Buchans own favourite among his novels, in which he dealt with the hypocrisy which can lie close to the surface of apparently god-fearing respectability. The story is set in the Scottish Borders during the civil war and the main character is the new young minister in a small village. The minister wrestles with his own christian faith as oppo
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