machiavelli

About a political idealist who changes his colours and engages in a sexual adventure. A successful author and Liberal MP Richard Remington appears to be a man to envy. But underneath his superficial contentment, he is far from happy with either his marriage or the politics of his party. „The New Machiavelli” describes the disarray into which his life is thrown when he meets the young and beautiful...

Wells’s satire on literature, „Boon” was originally published under the pseudonym Reginald Bliss; a follow-up to the Fabian-savaging „The New Machiavelli”. It purports, however, to be by the fictional character Reginald Bliss, and for some time after publication Wells denied authorship. „Boon” is best known for its part in Wells’s debate on the nature of literature with Henry James, who is caricatured...

Bohater powieści Księstwo. Trylogia młodzieńcza , wywodzący się ze wsi pod Świętym Krzyżem, środowiska, w którym obowiązuje prawo pięści i sztachety, czyni wszystko, aby wyrwać się w szeroki świat. Po ciężkiej kontuzji kolana nie może grać w piłkę, nie zostanie drugim Maradoną, więc postanawia... pisać wiersze, w czym patronuje mu Goethe. Rezygnuje ze studiów prawniczych w Lublinie i trafia do Wrocławia,...