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Mrs. Gareth has been collecting works of art in her Pointon manor all her life, and now, after her husband’s death, she must, according to English customs, hand over the manor to her son Owen. The trouble is that the limp Owen is under the influence of his bride, Mona Brixton, who dreams of taking up Poynton’s hands and closing access for Mrs Goret forever. And Mrs. Gareth decides to fight for her...

With their penetrating psychological insight and their emphasis on human dignity, respect and forgiveness, Dostoyevsky’s early short stories contain the seeds of the themes that came to his major novels. „Poor Folk” is a short novel focused on a powerful exchange of letters between two bright and introspective individuals living in difficult circumstances in 19th century Saint Petersburg who are in...

Just a plain old story told by a superb story teller. „A Marriage Contract” (French: „Le Contrat de marriage”) is an 1835 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac and included in the „Scenes de la vie privée” section of his novel sequence „La Comédie humaine”. Set in Bordeaux, the marriage between an elegant but weak young Parisian gentleman, Paul de Manerville, and the beautiful but spoiled daughter...

" Podziwiany przez miliony. Przez miliony hejtowany. Nie jest typem sportowca, którego łatwo pokochać. Nigdy nie krył się ze swoim bogactwem: kabiną prysznicową wyłożoną skórą aligatora, kolekcją zegarków wartą więcej niż jego luksusowa posiadłość położona na polu golfowym czy prywatnym odrzutowcem za 30 milionów dolarów. Ale czy od człowieka, który w ciągu jednego wieczoru zarobił ponad 200 milionów,...