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What happens when love is warped by greed and status seeking? This a look into contemporary American adolescence and young manhood."This Side of Paradise" is the first novel by F. ...

Do you love Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice? How about Persuasion and Emma? Then you will love her unfinished novel "The Watsons". The story revolves around the life and misfortu ...

"Lady Susan" is perhaps the shortest and least known of Austen’s novels, dealing with the obnoxious flirting and social manners of Susan Vernon, a young widow who comes to visit he ...

Set against a backdrop of the Chilean War of Independence, 'Gaspar Ruiz' is the story of the tumultuous rise and fall of a local peasant turned rebel soldier. An epic tale of remar ...

Artonåriga Effi Briest lever ett sorglöst liv på herrgården Hohen-Cremmen i Tyskland. Hon umgås med sina vänner från skoltiden och strövar runt i de vackra omgivningarna kring herr ...

I Fors, en liten dalsländsk by, går livet på högvarv trots den lugna fasaden. Lester anländer till byn för att hjälpa till med sin förvirrade moster. Uno är på jakt efter sin försv ...

Samira vill inte flytta ihop med Martin innan de har gift sig. Men så hittar Martin den perfekta lägenheten, en charmig trea med bra läge. Och bäst av allt, Samira och Martin har r ...

Förväxlingar, lögner och kärlek när en tvilling tar den andras plats på en julig kryssning till Antarktis.  När arbetsnarkomanen Aurora Vinters tvillingsyster Melissa inte kan åka ...

Lou Morgan, the daughter of a wealthy American oil man had it all – now all she wanted was a husband to provide her with a notable title and comfortable life. She travels to Europe ...

Carolyn Avon inherited an impressive house in the Scottish Highlands and made her way there during Christmas time to claim it. It was evident that she did not have the means to mai ...

Robina Shaw travels from the countryside to Lord Nelson’s funeral and stays with her cousin Henrietta, only to have her life changed for good. When the Earl of Rockhampton finds ou ...

Pat Connington’s employer, Pierre Larouche, was an aloof and complicated man, who made her terribly uncomfortable. Yet it was undeniable that she was in love with him, as much as s ...

Alvina Houghton is the daughter of a widowed Midlands textile merchant James Houghton. Despite her father's best efforts the business is failing. In a desperate attempt to regain h ...

Siegmund, a married musician, falls in love with the much younger Helena. The two set of on a romantic holiday on the Isle of Wight. But the trip and their affair have profound con ...

Set during the reign of King Robert III of Scotland, ‘The Fair Maid of Perth’ is a historical romance novel by the internationally renowned Scottish author, Sir Walter Scott. Cathe ...

‘Typhus’ is a deeply personal short story by Chekhov, about a young man, Klimov, returning home on a train while suffering from a terrible illness. The tale begins with Chekhov’s c ...

Jean Summer is a famous painter. Although he is praised by a lot of people for his character, he deems his marriage to a young disabled woman to be a burden. He believes that he is ...

Graveyards are the calmest places on Earth – for the living and the dead. The Besiers cemetery is no exception. Until the keeper finds a young man digging up the grave of a recentl ...

A political mystery from prolific author E. Phillips Oppenheim, ‘A Lost Leader’ follows the fortunes of former Liberal politician, Lawrence Mannering. Content with his retired life ...

The beautiful, wealthy, and privileged Lady Wilhemina is the owner of the extensive estate of Thorpe, where countless people who depend on her live in substantially less comfort. W ...

Bursting out of sunny, lush Californian meadows onto the porch of Walt and Madge Irvine, 'Wolf', the brown dog with the wild grace of a timber-wolf, instantly captures the hearts o ...

Fanny Templeton is a young widow and worried about her stepdaughter, who is about to marry the penniless Freddie March. Yet her own life is about to change, as she travels to Franc ...

Victoria Andersson är lyckligt gift och befinner sig mitt i livet, när en traumatisk händelse obarmhärtigt krossar hela hennes tillvaro. På ett ögonblick brinner alla hennes framti ...

Nya skott har börjat spira i askan från den brand som förändrade Victorias liv för alltid. Åter igen finns det hopp för framtiden och livet är gott, när hon en dag upptäcker en dol ...

Nuoret miehet lähtevät katsomaan keisarillista kalastusmajaa. Matkalla takaisin he kuitenkin eksyvät ja löytävät itsensä erikoisesta talosta. Talon omistaja on vieraanvarainen, mut ...