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Błyskotliwa komedia omyłek, której przedmiotem jest gra pozorów i iluzje, jakich dostarcza nam w nadmiarze nasz egoizm i zadufanie. W samym zaś środku intrygi stoi niezwykła bohaterka, pełna życia i wigoru, urocza, nieznośna i apodyktyczna Emma.

READ BY DAVID SOUL Duration: 2 hours 28 minutes Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was an American poet, writer, editor and literary critic. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe’s full-blooded Gothic style influenced generations of writers, filmmakers and musicians, from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Baudelaire to Roger Corman and Lou Reed. The five tales collected here range from the famous to the obscure, but each displays Poe's unique sense of the macabre and his love for the baroque. A victim of the Inquisition finds himself in a nightmarish torture chamber, a castle is besieged by plague, a man becomes obsessed by the evil eye of his fellow lodger, a mesmerist suspends a man's life at the point of death and a jester takes his revenge on his cruel employers.

Dickens described "David Copperfield" as his favorite work, and it holds significant literary importance due to its autobiographical elements. After the death of his father, David Copperfield enjoys a happy childhood with his mother and the maid Peggotty. His mother's remarriage to Murdstone brings tyranny and suffering until her death. David is thrown out of the house and placed as a worker in a London wine shop. He lives with Mr. Micawber, who ends up in prison due to his debts. David decides to visit his Aunt Trotwood in Dover, who takes him in and sends him to school in Canterbury. After school, David moves to London and reunites with his friend Steerforth. He aspires to become a lawyer and works in the office of Mr. Spenlow, developing a close relationship with his daughter Agnes. During a visit to Yarmouth, he learns of Steerforth's elopement with Peggotty's niece, Emilie. David secretly becomes engaged to Dora, but after Agnes loses her fortune, she moves to London with him. David becomes a newspaper reporter and writer, marries Dora, who soon falls into difficult circumstances, and loses her shortly thereafter. Emilie is found by Peggotty, Steerforth dies, and the Peggotty family emigrates to Australia. Ultimately, David marries Agnes Wickfield, whom Dora had chosen as her successor.

I had been given a simple but enormous task. This was the role for which I had spent my whole life preparing.

Napisana z finezją i humorem parodia popularnych na przełomie XVIII i XIX stulecia powieści gotyckich. Młoda, trochę naiwna, ale przemiła panna Katarzyna Mortland jest zafascynowna powieściami gotyckimi. Gdy poznaje nowych przyjaciół i zostaje przez nich zaproszona do starego opactwa Northanger, ma nadzieję, że uda jej się odkryć jakąś niewyjaśnioną od lat tajemnicę i przeżyć przygodę. Znajduje jednak coś zupełnie innego Coś, o czym skrycie marzyła.

With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction. Persuasion, a Level 3 Reader, is A2 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, introducing first conditional, past continuous and present perfect simple for general experience. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages. Eight years ago, Anne Elliot decided that she could not marry Frederick Wentworth because he had no money. But when Anne's father decides to rent their home and move to Bath, Anne meets Frederick for a second time. Anne still loves him, but what are his feelings for her after all this time?

zjednodušená anglická četba, vhodná při přípravě na zkoušku FCE jako doplňkový materiál ( úroveň B2 - Upper-Intermediate, slovní zásoba 2 200 slov)věk 16+

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Klasyczna powieść miłosna utrzymana w atmosferze prowincjonalnej XIX-wiecznej Anglii. Fascynujący obraz stosunków społecznych w świecie ulegającym wpływom nowoczesności i jednocześnie hołdującym dawnym obyczajom, które są dla autorki fundamentem ładu i szczęścia. Dziesięcioletnia Fanny Price, dziewczynka dobra i skromna, przybywa na wychowanie do zamożnych krewnych, którzy mieszkają w pięknym dworze Mansfield Park. Spotyka się z życzliwością wujostwa, choć nie wszyscy pozwalają jej zapomnieć, że jest tylko ubogą krewną. Pewnego lata spokój rodziny przerywa pojawienie się w sąsiedztwie zmanierowanego rodzeństwa z Londynu. W ustabilizowane życie dworu wdziera się wielki świat. W obliczu tragedii, do której doprowadza zderzenie odmiennych wartości, dobrym duchem rodziny okazuje się pełna poświęcenia Fanny. schovat popis

Silas Marner, a simple, religious man, angrily retreats from his community and church when he is unjustly accused of theft. In an isolated cottage, Silas spends his days weaving cloth and his nights sifting through the piles of gold he obsessively accumulates. Then, one New Year's Eve, a little girl, Eppie, appears at his home, and his life is miraculously transformed. Eliot's timeless tale includes an Introduction by David Carroll. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

The greatest detective of them all is back... 'There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it'. Arriving in the wilderness of London Dr John Watson finds himself lodging at 221b Baker Street with one Sherlock Holmes. A corpse has been discovered and scrawled in blood across the walls is the word RACHE - revenge. Watson, is baffled by the case but for Holmes the game is afoot...

In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Over the course of the following years, he manages to establish himself as a respected and prosperous pillar of the community of Casterbridge, but behind his success there always lurk the shameful secret of his past and a personality prone to self-destructive pride and temper. Subtitled ‘A Story of a Man of Character’, Hardy’s powerful and sympathetic study of the heroic but deeply flawed Henchard is also an intensely dramatic work, tragically played out against the vivid backdrop of a close-knit Dorsetshire town.

Amy Dorrit, urodzona i wychowana w więzieniu, opiekuje się swoim ojcem osadzonym tam przed laty za długi.Nie zna innego świata, ale staje się w tym ponurym miejscu dobrą duszą, wspierającą wszystkich, z kt�rymi zetknie ją los. Amy zarabia na życie swojej rodziny, szyjąc u pani Clennam, kt�ra zamieszkuje w ponurym domu tylko w towarzystwie dw�jki służących.Zmianę zwiastuje powr�t ? po dwudziestu latach ? Arthura Clennama, jej jedynego syna, kt�ry spędził połowę życia wraz ze swym ojcem w Chinach. Przed śmiercią rodzic starał się przekazać Arthurowi jakąś dręczącą go tajemnicę, kt�ra w niespodziewany spos�b wydaje się młodemu człowiekowi powiązana z osobą szwaczki.

la Profesora Wacława Dawidowicza kultura antyczna musiała być czymś bardzo bliskim. Urodził się w roku 1909. Studia prawnicze na Uniwersytecie Stefana Batorego w Wilnie ukończył w roku 1933. Całe Jego intelektualne uformowanie było zatem dziełem szkoły przedwojennej. Szkoły, w której przywiązywano wagę do klasycznego wykształcenia, w której uczono łaciny i greki. Decyzja Profesora o przekładzie Odyssei Homera była zatem - jeśli można tak tę kwestię ująć - oparta na solidnych podstawach warsztatowych. Ale chyba znacznie bardziej wypływała ona z doświadczenia blisko dziewięćdziesięcioletniego życia. Profesor zakończył tłumaczenie Odyssei u kresu swojej drogi. Z Przedmowy prof. Tomasza Bąkowskiego i prof. Mariusza Bogusza Publikacja dofinansowana przez kancelarię Głuchowski, Siemiątkowski, Zwara. Adwokaci i Radcowie Prawni oraz mecenasa Andrzeja Zwarę. Współwydawcą jest Wolters Kluwer.

Novel depicting Victorian industrial society.

Well's science fiction of time travel, and his protagonist's adventures in the future.

Dickens's classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.

In ancient China a magical monkey appears, creating chaos everywhere he goes. The only way to put his tricks and talents to good use is to make him protector of Xuanzang, a young and handsome monk determined to travel from China to India in search of the precious scriptures.

A strange figure stood in front of him, dressed from head to foot in white clothing. The moonlight showed her pale, youthful face.

Gandhi never wavered in his belief in non-violent protest. In 1915 he took up the struggle for independence from Britain, which became a reality in 1947. In this narrative biography, Gandhi also offers his life story as a reference for those who would follow in his footsteps.

In a gloomy, neglected house Miss Havisham sits, as she has sat year after year, in a wedding dress and veil that were once white, and are now faded and yellow with age. Her face is like a death's head ; her dark eyes burn with bitterness and hate. By her side sits a proud and beautiful girl, and in front of her, trembling with fear in his thick country boots, stands young Pip. Miss Havisham stares at Pip coldly, and murmurs to the girl at her side : " Break his heart, Estella. Break his heart ! "