youth
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The Picture of Dorian Gray – ebook
Oscar Wilde
Possessing eternal youth and beauty produces exactly the same effect as sentencing a man to life without the possibility of parole. Both have nothing to lose and morals disappear before the desire for immediate self-gratification in all things. And so it is with Dorian Gray. It’s a moral story so eventually his evil catches up with him and he dies, as does the criminal. „The Picture of Dorian Gray”...Data dostępności:
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The Shadow-Line – ebook
Joseph Conrad
This book is about a young captain who is hastily given his first command of a „ghost” ship. It‘s about a first mate who will lose his mind to madness as the malaria sickness spreads without medicine. This book is about a calm sea with not a sigh of a wind to move the ship. The Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad describes that demarcation line in the journey of life that divides the happy, bright, fantastic...Data dostępności:
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Sixteen in Nome – ebook
Max Brand
Sixteen In Nome is narrated by young Joe May, an Arizonian who has come to Alaska to "make his stake for a ranch." Joe May, a starving, overgrown youth, had provided a small service for Hugh Massey, owner of the most famous husky in Alaska, in exchange for a monetary reward. He’d heard that Massey’s life revolved around the dog and it was a chance to murder the man he hated with an undying rage. But...Data dostępności:
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Forlorn River – ebook
Zane Grey
In „Forlorn River”, young Ben Ide is cast out by his rich dad, branded a wild horse hunter and possible rustler. Ide befriends a wounded man, whom he nicknames „Nevada.” Ide does the same for „Modoc,” an Indian he pulls out of a saloon. All three men form bonds of loyalty in their isolated state as they hunt wild horses in the California wilderness. Then the love of Ben’s youth returns after being...Data dostępności:
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This Side of Paradise – ebook
Francis Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel, „This Side of Paradise,” focuses on several themes and illustrates some social and moral changes in America during the early 20th century. This semiautobiographical story of the handsome, indulged, and idealistic Princeton student Amory Blaine received critical raves and catapulted Fitzgerald to instant fame. Amory Blaine is utterly an idealist. He indulges in every...Data dostępności:
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The Prairie – ebook
James Fenimore Cooper
The Prairie: A Tale (1827) is a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, the 3rd novel written by him featuring Natty Bumppo. Civilization drives old hunter Natty Bumppo (Leatherstocking) west of the Mississippi to the prairies, where he becomes a trapper and helps a band of emigrants in their conflicts with Indians, miscreants, and the harsh environment. We find Hawkeye removed to the uncharted territory which...Data dostępności:
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The Sea-Wolf – ebook
Jack London
The Sea-Wolf is Jack London’s journey deep into the heart of darkness and madness that each person carries within themselves. It is the story of a Danish youth named Humphrey „Hump” van Weyden and his struggles against the sea, as well as his own inner demons. Humphrey Van Weyden is a gentleman, and academic, who has lived a soft life among civilized, like-minded people. He is on a steemer to visit...Data dostępności:
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Moja lady Jane – ebook
Cynthia Hand Brodi Ashton Jodi Meadows
" Prześmieszna, fantastyczna, romantyczna i całkowicie (ale tak naprawdę, to wcale nie) prawdziwa historia lady Jane Grey. Jane, lat szesnaście, ma wyjść za mąż za kompletnie obcego faceta. Zostaje wmieszana w intrygę, której celem jest obalenie króla Edwarda. To jednak najmniejszy z problemów biednej Jane. Bo zostanie królową (między innymi...). Do czego doprowadzi ta zwariowana gra o tron? *** Oszałamiająca...Data dostępności:
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