Old Hungarian Fairy Tales is a magical collection that brings the rich folklore of Hungary to life. Long before the Scarlet Pimpernel leapt into literature, Baroness Orczy began her career by retell……続きを見る
The Lady Molly of Scotland Yard stories by Baroness Orczy feature Molly Robertson-Kirk, one of the first female detectives in literature. Originally published in 1910, Lady Molly pre-dates her real-……続きを見る
The Witch of Konotop (written in 1833 and published in 1836-37) is a beloved, classic Ukrainian comic novella that is little known outside of Ukraine. Part of the reason for this has been the diffic……続きを見る
On the assumption that John Updike was correct when he asserted, in a 1978 letter to Joyce Carol Oates, that "Nobody can read like a writer," Why I Like This Story presents brief essays by forty-eig……続きを見る
Eletään Ranskan vallankumouksen aikoja. Kansan viha kohdistuu kuninkaallisiin ja aatelisiin, ja monet aateliset ovat vaarassa joutua giljotiiniin.
Osan aatelisista pelastaa salaperäinen sankari, jok……続きを見る
It is September 1793 and French Agent and chief spy-catcher Chauvelin is determined to get his revenge for the previous humiliations dished out to him at the hands of the Scarlet Pimpernel. The Elus……続きを見る
There has of late years crept so much confusion into the mind of the student as well as of the general reader as to the identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel with that of the Gascon Royalist plotter kno……続きを見る
