Many of Krashevsky’s works are permeated with adventurous themes, which were an integral part of the life of high society. This book includes two adventure novels. In the novel “From the Life of an Adventurer” the story is about an illegitimate young man. Almost driven to suicide by the injustice of the powers that be, he miraculously survives; he is saved by the professor, who becomes his guardian. The young man finds the strength to avenge himself and find his happiness. The adventure novel “Emissary” tells the story of one of the emissaries. A few years after the failure of the 1831 uprising, emigrants began to secretly arrive in Poland to prepare a new uprising...