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Norwegian fjords, ships, storms and a large shark that wants to take off your arm ...thank goodness our main character Peer manages to stab it with a knife!Peer is a young lad who, ...

Have you ever told a lie? How about a lie that ruins another man’s reputation? This is the sin that Norby commits and the event that kicks off the storyline in this book. Will he f ...

‘When you are more intimately acquainted with my Alice, you will not be surprised, Lucy, to see the dear creature drink a little too much; for such things happen every day. She has ...

'I cannot imagine,' said Sir Godfrey to his Lady, 'why we continue in such deplorable Lodgings as these, in a paltry Market-town, while we have 3 good houses of our own situated in ...

'Being good People themselves, their first & principal care was to incite in her a Love of Virtue & a Hatred of Vice, in which they so well succeeded (Eliza having a natural turn t ...

'Mr. Harley was one of many children. Destined by his father for the church and by his mother for the sea, desirous of pleasing both, he prevailed on Sir John to obtain for him a c ...

Do you love humorous and amusing stories? Then you will love this short story written by none other than Jane Austen when she was still a young teenager.'In a retired part of the C ...

What do we usually find in Jane Austen's novels? At least one girl with a conflict and a handsome man or two to rush in and save the day. If nothing else, Jane was a romantic throu ...

Teaterstycken är tre teaterpjäser samlade i en bok. Kvinnofejd, Stöld och Ollonodlaren heter pjäserna som skrevs mellan 1910-1916.I originalöversättning av Ernst LundquistJack Lond ...

Hadshi-Murat on taistellut koko elämänsä ajan maanmiestensä tšetšeenien puolella Venäjää vastaan. Kun imaami Shamil ottaa hänen perheensä panttivangeikseen, päättää Murat kääntyä v ...

Kun aatelisherra Giorgio kävelee Roomassa rakastajattarensa Ipppolitan kanssa, pariskunta kohtaa jotain kammottavaa. Ihmisiä on kerääntynyt sillan viereen ja kaikki tuijottavat ala ...

Kirjailija muuttaa Pariisista aurinkoisen Provencen sydämeen ja ostaa hylättynä olleen myllyn. Hän seuraa katseellaan paikallisia ihmisiä, tuttuja ja tuntemattomia, ja kuvaa heitä ...

Lucien har förlorat allt och måste nu hitta ett sätt att bygga upp sitt liv och återbetala gamla skulder. I samma veva träffar han den vackra kurtisanen Esther van Gobseck på en ba ...

Lennie och George lever på landsbygden i Kalifornien under depressionen. De försörjer sig genom att arbeta på olika gårdar. Vännerna drömmer om att tjäna ihop så mycket pengar att ...

George, Harris ja kertoja ovat ystävyksiä, joilla on käynyt huono tuuri elämässä. Ovathan he kaikki kolme koko ajan sairaina – ainakin omien diagnoosiensa mukaan. Kun kertoja pääsi ...

Eletään 1800-lukua Englannissa. Samuel Pickwick on iäkäs herrasmies, jolla on turhan paljon aikaa. Mutta mitä ylimääräisellä ajalla voisi oikein tehdä? Kun herra Pickwick päättää l ...

Pickwick-kerho on vallaton miesten kerho, joka seikkailee ympäri Englantia. Varakas herra Pickwick on antanut kerholle nimensä. Lisäksi mukana ovat runoilija Augustus Snodgrass, ro ...

Bröderna Sören och Fredrik bor i Stockholm. Endast några år skiljer dem åt, men Fredrik bor fortfarande hemma hos deras faster efter föräldrarnas bortgång. Bröderna delar mycket - ...

It is the year 1800 and a young medical practitioner has opened his own surgery. Scalpel in hand, he eagerly awaits his first patient. Yet no one comes. Late one night a tall woman ...

Imagine being torn away from the person you love most in the world! The pain would be just too terrible to bear! This is exactly what happens to Shah Mah Phru after she falls passi ...

‘Dombey and Son’ follows Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of a shipping firm who is frustrated by his lack of a male heir. His disappointment and frustration triggers his own financi ...

‘The War of the Worlds’ is H. G. Wells’ most popular novel and is celebrated as one of the most influential and greatest science-fiction stories ever. Its popularity stems largely ...

‘The Time Machine’ is a celebrated sci-fi novella by H. G. Wells that was adapted into a movie starring Guy Pearce in 2002. It is the work that helped skyrocket Wells’ career and i ...

‘The Invisible Man’ is one of H.G. Wells’ most celebrated and widely read novels. The story revolves around Griffin, a scientist who discovers the serum of invisibility that sends ...

In ‘Perilous Play’ we are thrust amongst a group of wealthy Southern Belles and boys on a particularly boring day, until a young doctor among them produces treats infused with cann ...