First published in 1967 and re-issued in 1983, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream contains seven stories with copyrights ranging from 1958 through 1967. This edition contains the original introduction …
Robert Louis Stevenson's masterpiece of the duality of good and evil in man's nature sprang from the darkest recesses of his own unconscious—during a nightmare from which his wife awakened him, alerte…
"Oto nadchodzi koniec świata. Oto nadciąga, zbliża się czy raczej przypełza mój własny koniec świata. Koniec mego osobistego świata. Ale zanim mój wszechświat rozpadnie się w gruzy, rozsypie na atomy,…
This is Goethe's first novel, published in 1774. Written in diary form, it tells the tale of an unhappy, passionate young man hopelessly in love with Charlotte, the wife of a friend - a man who he alt…
Professor Esolen's translation of Dante's Inferno is the best one I have seen, for two reasons. His decision to use unrhymed blank verse allows him to come nearly as close to the meaning of the origin…
Zdążyć przed Panem Bogiem to słowa Marka Edelmana, bohatera książki Hanny Krall, którego życiorys stał się literackim dokumentem z tragicznych dziejów polskich Żydów. Edelman był zastępcą komendanta Ż…
On 15 August 778, Charlemagne’s army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard was ambushed in a remote Pyrenean pass. Out of this skirmish arose a stirring t…
Is it possible to die a happy death? This is the central question of Camus's astonishing early novel, published posthumously and greeted as a major literary event. It tells the story of a young Algeri…
Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a soul in turmoil. Over several drunken nights in an Amsterdam bar, he regales a chance acquaintance with his story. From this successful former lawyer and seemingly model ci…
Bohaterem opowiadania jest Polak - Skawiński, który przybywa do Aspinwall, aby tu objąć posadę latarnika. Jest zmęczony życiem, które obfitowało w przygody, niestety zwykle kończące się dla Skawińskie…
