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„Domestic Peace”, a short story by Honoré de Balzac, was originally published in 1831 under the French title of „La Paix du Ménage” and can be found in Scenes from private life (Scenes de la vie privee) in „La Comedie Humaine”. It takes place in November of 1809 at the height of Napoleon’s empire, a time of great splendor and decadence. Everyone who’s anyone in the Parisian aristocracy is gathered...

Historyczka Lucy Worsley zdecydowała się pokazać życie Jane Austen z nieco innej perspektywy. Worsely odwiedziła różne miejsca, które miały szczególne znaczenie dla Jane - jej dom rodzinny, jej szkołę, jej ulubione miejsca spędzana wakacji itd. Każde z tych miejsc, ale i zamieszkujący je ludzie, mieli wpływ na jej pracę jako powieściopisarki. Badania Worsley rzucają nowe światło na Jane, która zdaniem...

First published in 1896 and considered one of Robert Barr’s best works, this historical novel set in London at the beginning of the 20th century and centering on an industrial strike and a love triangle. The men in Monkton and Hope’s factory strike. Sartwell, their manager, refuses to compromise with them, but discusses the situation with Marsten, one of their number, who clings to his own order, at...

Wonderful tale set in the provincial town of Besançon, and focusing on the de Watteville family – the fiercely religious and independently wealthy wife, the ineffectual husband, who absents himself, spending his days working his lathe and 19-year-old daughter, Rosalie. She falls in love with the mysterious stranger who took up residence a few yards away from her family’s home. Through her maid, herself...