E-böcker / Historiska faksimil
Fackelros och granit
"Ingen upplever naturen så källklart, så smärtsamt, så jublande som storstadsmänniskan. Den som alltid bor på landet känner en annan slags glädje, byggd på trygghet och självklarhe ...
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Rovdi jagar efter mening med livet och kunskap om sig själv i denna vackert skildrade vandringsroman. Längs resan ställs allt på sin spets och under en intensiv kärleksupplevelse i ...
Dagbräckning
Efter att ha blivit av med jobbet ger sig den unge maskinarbetaren Étienne Lantier ut på en vandring i norra Frankrike. Han anländer så småningom till en gruvby där han hittar både ...
Kusin Pons
Parismusikern Sylvain Pons har två stora svagheter i livet: han har en passion för att samla på konstverk och han älskar god mat. Hans kollega och rumskamrat, den tyske pianisten W ...
Här vilar Henry Ryecroft
Henry Ryecroft är död. I livet var han en ambitiös och talangfull skribent, men han föraktades av kritiker och tycktes för evigt dömd till ett liv i fattigdom. Henry Ryecroft var i ...
Kreutzersonaten
En tågresa i artonhundratalets Ryssland är på väg att ta en oväntad vändning. Ett samtal kring äktenskap, lust och kärlek stegras kraftigt och förvandlas snart till en hätsk diskus ...
The Little Lady of the Big House
Rancher Dick Forrest finds himself in the midst of a horrific and utterly unexpected predicament - his wife Paula has fallen in love with another man. The man who has become the ob ...
The Old Curiosity Shop
‘The Old Curiosity Shop’ is one of Charles Dickens’ most beloved novels about a poor orphan girl, Nell, and her caring grandfather. In an attempt to improve Nell’s life, her grandf ...
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
‘The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby’ is a sprawling adventure that follows young Nicholas’ journey across England to defend his family’s honour and regain their lost fort ...
David Copperfield
‘David Copperfield’ features Dickens’ most popular protagonist and is often described as the author’s masterpiece. The novel follows the life of the titular hero, who battles hards ...
Barnaby Rudge
‘Barnaby Rudge’ is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, depicting the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780 in England. It is a novel in which danger lurks around every corner, as t ...
Eugenie Grandet
'Eugenie Grandet' is one of the earliest and most famous novels in Balzac's 'The Human Comedy' cycle. The dreary Grandet household, inundated by the overwhelming greed and miserlin ...
The Nature of a Crime
'The Nature of a Crime' is the last collaborative work by Conrad and Ford, but most certainly not the least acclaimed. An insightful examination of human psychology that shines a g ...
The Banks of the Sacramento
Jerry has been left in charge of a cable-rig across the Sacramento River when his father is forced to visit San Francisco. He is proud of his new responsibility, but when a surpris ...
The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation
From the author of ‘Little Women’, this Christmas story follows the young Maurice Treherne, who has recently become crippled after saving his friend Jasper’s life. Falsely accused ...
Rolling Stones
"Rolling Stones" is a collection of 23 short stories, 12 poems, and letters by O. Henry providing a general overview of his literary career. The collection is important for it pro ...
Waifs and Strays
"Waifs and Strays" is a collection of short stories by O. Henry that focuses on the outcasts in society, the charlatans, the humourists, and all of the other wonderous people that ...
The Voice of the City
Another poignant short story collection from the famed writer, formed as an ode to O. Henry’s favourite place, New York City. Seeking to find the genuine voice of this megapolis, O ...
Heart of the West
This collection of nineteen short stories from O.Henry beautifully captures the spirit of the American West, crystallising the era of gunslingers and cowboys in a extremely poignan ...
Strictly Business
A collection of twenty-three short stories, "Strictly Business" focuses on romance, toxic relationships, love, and social issues. A chronicler of human emotions and the workings of ...
Roads of Destiny
From the king of short stories comes another wonderful collection of twenty two tales. "Roads of Destiny" takes us on a globe-trotting adventure, visiting exotic locations and plac ...
Whirligigs
"Whirligigs" is twenty-four tale powerhouse collection of short stories created by acclaimed author O.Henry. This collection focuses on the daring, the darling and the strangest am ...
Guy Mannering
"Guy Mannering" is the story of young Henry Bertram’s kidnapping. The heir to a wealthy ancestral estate, his family’s lawyer has him kidnapped in the hopes that with no male heir, ...
The Grand Inquisitor
‘The Grand Inquisitor’ is a short story that appears in one of Dostoevsky’s most famous works, ‘The Brothers Karamazov’, but it is often read independently due to its standalone st ...
An Episode Under the Terror
A short story ushering the reader into the violent and horrifying events that took place during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution. The tale follows an old ex-Carm ...