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All’s Well That Ends Well – ebook
William Shakespeare
This is the story of a simple girl Helena without titles and inheritance. She is the daughter of a talented but poor healer. After the death of her father, the girl becomes a pupil of the Countess of Roussillon. She falls in love with the son of her benefactress Bertram, but he does not want to look at her either, for him only the wealth and high origin is important. To win the favor of her lover,...Data dostępności:
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The Tragedy of King Lear – ebook
William Shakespeare
Finally, I met with one of the most famous plays of Shakespeare. In this work, important and interesting topics are touched: the hypocrisy of people in pursuit of wealth and power, blinding deceitful speeches and disregard for the true virtues of the soul, cruelty and hot temper, deceived hopes and disappointment in loved ones. As for the king himself, Lear appears to be a rather absurd, selfish and...Data dostępności:
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The Boy Fortune Hunters in Egypt – ebook
L. Frank Baum
Writing under a pseudonym, the prolific „Wizard of Oz” author created a series of far-flung adventure tales starring Sam Steele, a resourceful young sailor. In this story of mystery, deceit, and murder, Sam and his companions seek the legendary wealth of Karnak – a 2,000-year-old treasure buried in the desert sands. The adventure begins when Sam rescues an escaped cabin boy from a sinking dinghy in...Data dostępności:
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The Lover’s Baedeker and Guide to Arcady – ebook
Carolyn Wells
„The Lover’s Baedeker and Guide to Arcady” book is the author’s description of a fantasy land inhabited by lovers. It is a travel guide to the mythic land of Arcardy which, according to the map on page 35, is just over the Delectable Mountains from the Land of Hearts Desire and is bordered by the State of Matrimony and the Sea of Dreams. Arcady is transversed by the Road To Wealth and the River Lethe,...Data dostępności:
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Kipps – ebook
Herbert George Wells
Arthur Kipps, an orphaned draper’s assistant of humble means, unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money and that is when all his troubles begin. After being left a fortune by a rich uncle, Kipps finds himself in a position to marry Helen Walshingham. His main problem is that he is uneducated, knowing next to nothing of the world of books or the manners of the society he aspires to join. Helen, together...Data dostępności:
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Bleak House – ebook
Charles Dickens
Money often changes people’s lives. If you inherited a substantial amount of money would it change yours? Would you work or quit your job? Would you feel entitled to various privileges because of your wealth? Would you behave differently? These and other issues are the subject of the English novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Bleak House, like many of Dickens’ writings, is about various social issues....Data dostępności:
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The Hound of the Baskervilles. Pies Baskerville’ów - publikacja w języku angielskim i polskim – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
Bilingual publication - publikacja dwujęzyczna We would like to offer you a bilingual publication, in English and Polish. It allows you both to read the original text, published for the first time in English in 1902, and at the same time to have a look on one of its first translations - an unforgettable version proposed by Eugenia Żmijewska. Additionally, the original, irreplaceable and over 100...Data dostępności:
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