Biblioteken på Gotland

Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, ‘A War-Time Wooing’ tells the story of Bessie Warren and her love for Lieutenant Paul Revere Abbott. Bessie's brother has been k ...

Laying the foundations for Clint Eastwood’s nameless character in ‘The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly,’ ‘The Virginian’ is a landmark novel of the western genre. The eponymous hero is ...

‘Lady Audley's Secret’ by Mary Elizabeth Braddon is a Victorian sensation novel and her most famous and well-known work. In this story, which combines elements from detective novel ...

The novel centres on Rose-Marie Schmidt, a twenty-five-year-old woman who lives with her father, a professor, and is considered a spinster by most of the inhabitants of their small ...

In Elizabeth von Arnim’s humourous novel, "The Pastor's Wife", the main character Ingeborg Bullivant goes on a spontaneous trip to Lucerne and returns engaged to a Prussian pastor. ...

Based on her second marriage to Frank Russell and a pre-cursor to Daphne du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca’, this darkly comic, historical romance is the tale of a naïve young woman named Lucy ...

‘At Pinney's Ranch’ (1898) is a short story by the American author, Edward Bellamy, most famous for his socialist and utopian novel ‘Looking Backward: 2000-1887’ (1888).It was love ...

‘An Echo of Antietam’ (1898) is a short story by the American author, Edward Bellamy, most famous for his socialist and utopian novel ‘Looking Backward: 2000-1887’ (1888).Young cou ...

Henri is a shameless and spoiled heir. When he falls in love with the beautiful Paquita, he simply must seduce her. But Paquita already has a lover. Brimming with anger and revenge ...

Lois Cayley is an intelligent, young, attractive and independent woman who is forced to face the world on her own after the death of her stepfather. Since there is nothing left to ...

For Western lovers and old romantics, 'Under the Toto Rim' follows schoolteacher Lucy Watson as she integrates into a backwoods community. Following her father's death, young Lucy ...

Why do good people suffer?This is the question Honoré de Balzac poses in 'The Hated Son', set in Normandy during the eighth war of religion between Catholics and Protestant Hugueno ...

If you have seen Ricky Gervais in 'The Office', you will know how much comedy and pathos occurs in apparently mundane locations. In 'The Lesser Bourgeoisie', Honore de Balzac turns ...

Often referred to as the sequel to ‘The Two Dianas,’ ‘The Page of the Duke of Savoy’ tells the story of the Duke of Savoy and his mysterious page. The Duke decides to fight the Fre ...

Following the first world war, John Raven dwells on the course of path for his friends Dick and Raven who served in the Ambulance corps. He laments on the relationship of Raven and ...

'Rose Macleod' follows the relationship between grandmother and granddaughter Madam Fulton and Electra. Madam Fulton, a writer, receives acclaim for her writing but won't pursue it ...

Det har gått fyra år sedan Tove och John gjorde slut från sitt lika långa förhållande när de träffas igen av en slump. Tove minns dagen hon lämnade och inser snart hur mycket hon s ...

Barndomens Paradis är en berättelse bestående av flera. Boken beskriver situationer som barnet är i, eller den vuxne i efterhand försöker hantera, förhålla sig till, bearbeta. Den ...

"Boheemiaika on taiteilijan koeaikaa: se on alkutaival akatemiaan, vaivaistaloon tai ruumishuoneelle."Miten harrastajaboheemit eroavat aidoista boheemeista? Millaista kieltä boheem ...

Eloisa 1920-luku huokuu runoutta ja paloa. Nuorten ystävysten Elina Vaaran ja Katri Valan on antauduttava kokemaan niin työn kuin rakkaudenkin kiemurat matkallaan merkittäviksi run ...

Jännittävä seikkailu Islannin merillä!Eletään 1800-lukua Bretagnessa. Veljekset Yann ja Sylvestre ovat kalastajia, joita paikalliset kutsuvat islantilaisiksi. Nimitys johtuu siitä, ...

I Ellas svinrygg ligger aldrig ett perfekt blonderat hårstrå fel, hon har en walk-in-closet fylld med designerkläder och skor med svindlande klackhöjder. Hon skulle aldrig frivilli ...

En dag står han bara där i snabbköpet: Sebastian. Han som övergav Leandro några år tidigare, försatte honom i fritt fall. Mannen som aldrig har lämnat Leandros tankar under åren av ...

Det är 1950-tal i Stockholm. Regnet strilar mot asfalten och Veronika går gatan fram. Hon driver runt i sina tankar. Plötsligt dyker en man upp, säger att han vill "modellera" henn ...

Vicesheriffen Sam Brooks är en sådan person man kan lita på. När han väl ger sig hän något kan ingenting stoppa honom. Han var den som tog hand om sin mamma efter pappans plötsliga ...