WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY

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I do not say there is no character as well drawn in Shakespeare [as D'Artagnan]. I do say there is none that I love so wholly.--Robert Louis StevensonThe lasting and universal popularity of The Three Musketeers shows that Dumas, by artlessly expressing his own nature in the persons of his heroes, was responding to that craving for action, strength...

Historia Lulejki i Bulby z rysunkami autoraPiękna królewna Angelika od lat jest zaręczona z księciem Lulejko. O jej rękę stara się jednak także Bulbo, następca tronu sąsiedniego państwa. Posiada on zaczarowaną różę, która czyni właściciela pięknym i lubianym przez wszystkich ; podobne właściwości ma pierścień, noszony przez Angelikę. Co się stanie,...