E-böcker / Romantik
Our Mutual Friend
A rich misanthropic man with no friends die and leaves all his money to his estranged son, John Harmon, who lives abroad. But Harmon can only inherit the money on the condition tha ...
Little Dorrit
‘Little Dorrit’ is a highly personal novel by Charles Dickens that many critics state is one of his finest later works. The story revolves around Amy Dorrit, a kind-hearted young w ...
Jacob's Room
"I enjoy the spring more than the autumn now. One does, I think, as one gets older." 'Jacob's Room' (1922) is Virginia Woolf’s third novel and established her influence as a symbol ...
The Taming of the Shrew
We all know what it’s like to be in love, but when love is placed within the context of anxieties, desires and beliefs, will it survive?The sisters Bianca and Katherine might be as ...
Measure for Measure
In this brilliant play by William Shakespeare, meet Vincentio, the Duke of Vienna. Setting out for a diplomatic mission, he must leave the city and puts Angelo, the strict judge in ...
All's Well That Ends Well
Helena is an orphaned daughter who has fallen madly in love with the arrogant Bertram. Helena is allowed to go to court and try her hand at curing the King's illness. Although othe ...
Twixt Land and Sea
A collection of three long stories, 'Twixt Land and Sea' explores the troubled life of young captains at sea. Mired by dire circumstances and moral dilemmas, Conrad’s characters ar ...
The Tale of Old Mortality
Even in peace the scars of war remain. "The Tale of Old Mortality", from Scott’s collection "Tales of my Landlord", provides a window in to a time many of us could hardly imagine. ...
The Black Dwarf
The first volume in Scott’s "Tales of my Landlord", "The Black Dwarf" is set right after the Union between England and Scotland in 1707. "The Black Dwarf" focuses on the character ...
A Faint Heart
‘A Faint Heart’ is one of Dostoevsky’s earliest short stories and it focuses on the tragedy of Vasya Shumkov, a passionate but naïve young man. The tale begins with Vasya informing ...
The Valley of Ghosts
'The Valley of Ghosts' squarely plants you smack-bang in the middle of a tiny close-knit aristocratic English town that is beset by more than just ghosts alone, as he is all too qu ...
The Question Of Latin
"The Question of Latin" follows the narrator and his memories of the olden days, when Father Piquedent used to teach him Latin. The two become friends, but soon the teacher reveals ...
The Mustache
When Jeanne’s husband shaves off his mustache, she sees it as a vile, rebellious act committed specifically to upset her, and becomes impatient to embark on a journey of praising i ...
The Farmer's Wife
On their trip to a Norman hunting ground, our narrator and Baron Rene du Treilles encounter a local farmer. His apparent devotion to the baron shocks the narrator. As they retire f ...
The Father
Francois is a lonely and mediocre man. He rides the horse-drawn cart every day and regularly sees an attractive girl riding with him. They begin to get to know each other, go out, ...
The Monomaniac
'The Monomaniac' narrates Jacques Lantiere’s perpetual yet ultimately catastrophic descent into a maelstrom of madness unfolding upon the railroads between Paris and Le Havre durin ...
Home for Christmas
Mother-of-three Emelie is in a tough spot in life. Since the father of her children moved out, she has struggled to make ends meet. Budgets are tight, work is boring and she's relu ...
Oletko sinäkin lemmensairas?
Marjan elämässä on viime aikoina mennyt kaikki päin prinkkalaa. Avioliittosuunnitelmat oli laitettava jäihin, kun Marja näki sulhasensa toisen naisen kanssa. Eikä kyse ollut mistää ...
Erään perheen tarina
Williamilla on onnea, kun hän pääsee palvelijaksi herra ja rouva Norcrossin talouteen. Onhan perhe rikas ja hyvämaineinen. Kun herra Norcross menehtyy, nuori leski jää asuttamaan s ...
Lepakko
Kun orpopoika Rafael määrätään kauppias Frimanin kotiin, uudet vanhemmat huomaavat pojan kantavan mukanaan pyssyä. Mutta on hänellä vankempikin turva, nimittäin kuolleen taidemaala ...
Mer jul i Snowdonia
Det börjar verkligen dra ihop sig i walesiska Snowdonia. Julen är återigen på ingång och i den lilla byn Bach Tref Môr har Hollys pub, Harpan och grisen, äntligen börjat gå med vin ...
Susann
Om en månad fyller Bricken Engelberg sjuttio år. Kroppen har börjat gnissla; det värker i benen och hjärtat blir allt svagare. Men minnet är fortfarande glasklart. Hon har blivit e ...
Snäckhuset
Ibland kan livet beskrivas som en ökenvandring. En sliten klyscha kan tyckas men i Evas och Tychos fall passar den överanvända liknelsen in väl. Det är till synes slumpen som för d ...
Jag älskade Clarinda
Roland är fjorton år gammal och bor i ett hus på landet. Huset är överbelamrat med släktingar och där råder ett konstant stoj och stim. En dag flyttar en konstnär som rymt stan in ...
Fasader
Efter en intensiv mordutredning på ålderdomshemmet har Stina Erikssons liv återgått till det normala. Hon känner sig instängd. Var finns spänningen i vardagen? På annat håll sitter ...