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It is almost impossible to escape the Spanish Inquisition alive. However, Edgar Allan Poe's unnamed narrator, after…
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Elektronická kniha - autor H. P. Lovecraft, 3 stran, anglicky More than 10 000 years ago something terrible happened in the…
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This collection of nineteen short stories from O.Henry beautifully captures the spirit of the American West, crystallising…
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There are dilemmas - and then there are dilemmas. Juanito Leganes faces the sort of choice that is beyond our worst…
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Varsha and her father live near the forest. It has been a hot summer and Varsha is feeling the heat. One day she hears a…
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The Parenticide Club features four short-stories about a family murder, as seen from the eye of its most innocent member,…
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‘She also grew from a sickly, fretful child into a fine, strong woman.’From the author of ‘Little Women’, this short story…
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The Purple Pileus is a short story by H. G. Wells. Herbert George \"H. G.\" Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was…
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First published in 1901 'American Fairy Tales' by L. Frank Baum is a collection of twelve short fantasy stories for children…
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‘Pen, Pencil, and Poison’ is one of Wilde’s most intriguing essays. Part biography, part social commentary, and part…
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In the library of a country house in Nottinghamshire, Vivian is writing an article about the importance of lying, when he is…
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"His Last Bow" is a collection of eight short-stories about the adventures of the detective Sherlock Holmes. Here are tales…
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In a series of biographical sketches, Stowe weaves a story of womanhood, describing Christianity's influence on the female…
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Jack Robinson is a solitary but adventurous soul, with a lifetime of expeditions behind him. Now middle-aged and settled on…
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Elektronická kniha - autor F. Scott Fitzgerald, 7 stran, anglicky Set in London in 1594, 'Tarquin of Cheapside' is a cross…
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Elektronická kniha - autor Edgar Allan Poe, 5 stran, anglicky The story is often labelled a sequel to "How to Write a…
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Elektronická kniha - ze série The Return of Sherlock Holmes, autor Arthur Conan Doyle, 15 stran, anglicky The rugby player…
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Elektronická kniha , 23 stran, anglicky The young couple. The first time. Daring flirtations. The secret, forbidden meeting.…
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Elektronická kniha - autor H. P. Lovecraft, 5 stran, anglicky The narrator has gone out to a garden in the middle of the…
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Elektronická kniha - autor H. G. Wells, 6 stran, anglicky First published in The Strand Magazine in 1925, The Pearl of Love…
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An epic poem by William Blake, "Milton" tells the story of the spirit of John Milton and its journey after returning from…
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From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest runs to earth bandits, traitors, killers. Why is…
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In this dazzling collection, Nemerov plays with other forms of poetry, including gnomic verse, sonnets, and lyrics.…
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The short story collection \"The Belkin Tales\" consists of five unrelated stories told by various narrators to a landowner…
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In "Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil Bits of Autobiography," Bierce recounts some of his experiences as a soldier. At the…
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Bursting out of sunny, lush Californian meadows onto the porch of Walt and Madge Irvine, 'Wolf', the brown dog with the wild…
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\'An Echo of Antietam\' (1898) is a short story by the American author, Edward Bellamy, most famous for his socialist and…
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The temperature has fallen below –55 degree celsius in Klondike, Canada. The men are shivering, and they are trying their…
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Fanatic. Murderer. Martyr. Karl-Ludwig Sand was all of these things and more. Alexandre Dumas delves into his fascinating…
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The only way to secure her fortune was by committing a heinous crime. This shocking tale of greed and murder is recounted…
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Stories of dominant women or men, couples, or strangers who explore the limits of sexuality with role play, BDSM, partner…
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Celebrations. Transport. Science lessons. Today, balloons are a casual part of everyday life, noticed but not really…
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The distinguished yet misanthropic and perhaps misogynistic linguist Henry Higgins teaches a common flower girl to speak and…
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Suddenly fatherless, young Bob Ledbury must find work so he can support himself and his mother. Struggling to find…
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Francis Bacon, lawyer, statesman, and philosopher, remains one of the most effectual thinkers in European intellectual…
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In the county town of a certain shire there lived (about forty years ago) one Mr. Wilkins, a conveyancing attorney of…
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Louisa May Alcott has penned a sparkling collection of novels, short stories and poems. In this collection of short stories,…
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'Away in the Wilderness' is a classic for young readers. Adults are also bound to enjoy this novel as a semi-biographical…
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Elektronická kniha - autor F. Scott Fitzgerald, 14 stran, anglicky Samuel Meredith is one of those men who just seems to rub…
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Elektronická kniha - autor H. P. Lovecraft, 3 stran, anglicky Basil Elton is a lighthouse keeper who has followed in his…
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