thoughts

To już czwarte wydanie książki „Cierpkość myśli”. Tym razem wersja dwujęzyczna polsko — angielska. To zbiór felietonów, będący przestrzenią pełną refleksji i inspiracji do podjęcia prób poskładania swojego życia od nowa i osłodzenia tego, co zdaje się być cierpkim doświadczeniem z naszej przeszłości. To książka o nowym spojrzeniu na otaczającą rzeczywistość, o sile i determinacji, o sztuce zrozumienia...

Villette is Charlotte Bronte’s last novel, published in 1853. After an unspecified family disaster, protagonist Lucy Snowe travels to the fictional city of Villette to teach at an all-girls school where she is unwillingly pulled into both adventure and romance. However, the novel is celebrated not so much for its plot as in its acute tracing of Lucy’s psychology, particularly Bronte’s use of Gothic...

Although most famous for his sci-fi, Wells’ best work often deals with ordinary people having big thoughts in picturesque settings. „The Passionate Friends” is a fine representative example of this. Wells uses the changing relationships among childhood friends as the media for his thoughts on human relations on personal and global scales, and of what it all means. On the death of his father, Stephen...

A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, commonly known as A Christmas Carol, is one of the most legendary stories by Charles Dickens. This edition contains the original 1843 illustrations by celebrated caricaturist John Leech. The story has long since become one of the most beloved stories in the English language. As much a part of the holiday season as holly, mistletoe, and evergreen...