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'The Grand Inquisitor' is a short story that appears in one of Dostoevsky's most famous works, 'The Brothers Karamazov', but…

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Young Rob Joslyn loves experimenting with electricity. One day, when trying to light-up a little cardboard house, he…

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Elektronická kniha , 20 stran, anglicky \"Theres nothing like the fresh mountain air, waves lapping against the beach, the…

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These are the stories contained in this collection showing the periodicals in which they were first published:The Crystal…

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Virtually ignored when first published and almost lost entirely, these are the first published works of one of America's…

• Poezie
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In 1820, Pushkin visited the famous Fountain of Tears in Crimea, where he read about the ancient Crimean khans and rulers.…

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This short story follows the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Thorogood as they navigate raising their six children. They end up moving…

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Best known as the author of the ‘Wizard of Oz’ series of children’s stories, L. Frank Baum also worked as a poultry farmer…

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\'The Spark\' is the third of four books set in Old New York. When Hayley Delane discovers that there\'s more to his mentor…

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• Thriller

The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is a short story first published in January 1892. The psychological…

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"Drink is the greatest enemy that man had on Earth". A tale of tragedy and consumptive violence from the pen of Bram Stoker,…

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'Battles With The Sea' is a short piece of non-fiction prose detailing the lives of the British lifeboats and their sailors…

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'Much Ado About Nothing' is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. It is an absorbing romantic comedy as two couples find…

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Elektronická kniha - autor Oscar Wilde, 7 stran, anglicky 'The Happy Prince' is a fairy story, written for children, from…

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Elektronická kniha - autor Peter Gotthardt, 26 stran, anglicky The King's Children, Signy, Regin and Buri, are forced to…

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Elektronická kniha - autor Honoré de Balzac, 30 stran, anglicky In 19th-century Paris, Leon de Preval, a captain in the…

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Elektronická kniha - autor Alexandre Dumas, 10 stran, anglicky Bloodthirsty tyrant or brilliant statesman? Alexandre Dumas…

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Elektronická kniha - autor Elizabeth Gaskell, 36 stran, anglicky The trope of the "fallen woman" has been a constant…

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Elektronická kniha - autor Louisa May Alcott, 35 stran, anglicky ‘She also grew from a sickly, fretful child into a fine,…

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Elektronická kniha - ze série His Last Bow, autor Arthur Conan Doyle, 13 stran, anglicky Miss Susan Cushing of Croydon…

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• Román

Spoiling a child is not just about letting them have a few extra sweets. In some cases, years of doting really do spoil…

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"New Yorker Stories" offers a colourful description of O.Henry's favourite city, together with the emotional states of New…

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"Can you suppose there's any harm in looking as cheerful and being as cheerful as our poor circumstances will permit?" Nell…

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Joe Bronson a young, adventurous boy more interested in exploring than school is threatened with military school by his…

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Just how did we become the dominant species on the planet? Master storyteller Jack London considers the answer in "The Human…

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Suspicious King Leontes of Sicily accuses his pregnant wife Hermione of having an affair with his best friend, Polixenes,…

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• Román

"His Dog" is a story about Link Ferris who finds an injured dog on his way home one evening. He knows nothing about dogs,…

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Unless you are rich, being charming is useless. Romance is a privilege of the wealthy, not a profession for the unemployed.…

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Could you live a minimalist lifestyle? Just living with only the things that you absolutely need? Mr. Prohartchin manages to…

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Stories of her arrogance and extravagance fanned the flames of revolution. But did Marie Antoinette really deserve her…

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'Novel in Nine Letters' is an incredibly inventive short story by Dostoevsky about a comical miscommunication between two…

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A masterclass in psychological and supernatural storytelling, \'The Triumph of Night\' follows George Foxon who, one snowy,…

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• Sci-fi

This way lies monsters and madness. Because you’re about to enter the imagination of H. P. Lovecraft. A master of the short…

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Woman on woman. Man on man. Bisexuality. Queer. Some people have never questioned whether they\'re gay or not. Others are in…

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At the tender age of 17, half-Russian, half-American Val has a brief romance with a married woman from the United States.…

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So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era—and the story…

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\'The Elementary Spirit\' (1844) was written by the German Romantic author E. T. A. Hoffmann, most famous for his novella…

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Being Maupassant's second-published novel, "Bel Ami" follows the vile and corrupt rags-to-riches rise to power of Georges…

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D.H. Lawrence's first play, 'The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd' follows the unhappy marriage of Mrs. Holroyd to her abusive,…

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Set in Victorian England, Gaskell's gothic masterpiece weaves the tale of a lonely old woman whose curse upon the murderer…

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If you have at all dabbled in classic English literature, you may have had a hard time telling Charlotte from Emily, so now…

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• Román

This is the historical play on King Richard's life and how he died, tracing his fall from power. As a young man, Richard…

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• Román

\'The Hermit and the Wild Woman\' is a collection of short stories through which Wharton explores the themes of choice and…

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Elektronická kniha , 20 stran, anglicky Theres nothing like the fresh mountain air, waves crashing against the shore, the…

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Elektronická kniha - autor Edgar Allan Poe, 5 stran, anglicky For inventiveness and front, Slippin' Jimmy from 'Better Call…

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Elektronická kniha - autor Guy de Maupassant, 4 stran, anglicky The rich but rather dull Maitre Caillard has always been…

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Elektronická kniha - autor Oscar Wilde, 20 stran, anglicky 'Lord Arthur Saville's Crime' is a darkly comic short story by…

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Elektronická kniha - autor Nikolai Gogol, 21 stran, anglicky "The Fair at Sorochyntsi" by Nikolai Gogol is a short story set…