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Stella has it all – looks, intelligence and an undergraduate place at Cambridge, not to mention Gemini, her fervent admirer at Oxford. Stella and Gemini, the two babes of the story, come increasingly under the influence of a rather impressive psycho-therapeutist whose groundbreaking theories capture their imaginations. But when tragedy strikes they are soon to learn that intellectualism brings cold...

Fascynujący zbiór klasycznych opowieści o duchach, nadprzyrodzonych zjawiskach i nawiedzonych domostwach Autorki prezentowanych w tomie opowiadań, Ellen Wood, Margaret Oliphant i J.H. Riddell, należały do grona najpopularniejszych przedstawicielek nurtu niesamowitości w literaturze angielskiej drugiej połowy XIX wieku, ale ponadczasowość poruszanych tematów sprawia, że także i dziś czytelnik znajdzie...

Imagine a tiny boy, small as a finger; that’s Tom Thumb! A woodman and his wife have been waiting long for a child and very soon a son is born to them. But as the years pass, Tom grows hardly at all! Tiny he may be, but he has the heart of a lion. Tom decides to go and help with father chop wood and this is where his adventure begins. Follow Tom’s adventures through the forest; he rides...