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The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories – ebook
Leo Tolstoy
So in this work the reader appears to be one of the companions in the train. At first, there are usual discussions on a common topic, when everyone expresses his opinion, and then, leaving at his station, he remains at his own. But those who go further can hear a frank story about passions, feelings, about the tragedy of one private life. Accurately written about the influence of music. And this moment...Data dostępności:
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Les Misérables – ebook
Victor Hugo
One of the best classic novels in world literature. Jean Valjean, Cosette, Gavrosh – the names of the heroes of the novel have long become common nouns, the number of its readers for a century and a half since the publication of the book has not been reduced, the novel does not lose popularity. A kaleidoscope of people from all walks of life in French society in the first half of the 19th century,...Data dostępności:
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Honorine – ebook
Honoré de Balzac
An extremely collectible, sweet little book named for and written in honor of Balzac’s mother. Comtesse Honorine de Bauvan was married to the Comte at nineteen. She leaves him and is later abandoned by her lover when she becomes pregnant. She lives simply and earns money by making artificial flowers. What she doesn’t know is that her husband is paying exorbitant prices for her work, thus supporting...Data dostępności:
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Gobseck – ebook
Honoré de Balzac
Originally published in 1830, here we have perhaps Balzac’s best short work, named simply „Gobseck”. Gobseck is a marvelous sketch of a money-lender and miser in Paris during the early part of the nineteenth century who is a font of psychological insight when it comes to humankind’s greed, vanity and other dark motives. His philosophy of never helping anyone because „adversity is the greatest of all...Data dostępności:
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Lisy. Historia miłości i odrazy – ebook
Lucy Jones
Lis nie jest dużym drapieżnikiem, ale efektownym: smukła ognista sylwetka, gruba kita z białą końcówką i dzikie, ale przenikliwie inteligentne oczy. Poza tym potrafi zjeść niemal wszystko (poluje na gryzonie, zające, wydry i ptaki, wyjada jaja z gniazd, nie pogardzi dżdżownicami, padliną ani owadami, a jesienią zdarza mu się przejść na dietę owocową) i zasiedlić niemal każde terytorium – od Afryki...Data dostępności:
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