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Absolution
A confession to a Catholic Priest leads to a terrifying judgement that Rudolph Miller had not foreseen.Originally intended as a prologue to Fitzgerald’s masterpiece ‘The Great Gats ...
The Baby Party
A salutary tale, ‘The Baby Party’ focuses on John and Edith Andros. John is at odds with himself over his attitude towards his daughter, Ede. On one hand, he’s glad that life will ...
Châli
Referencing Victor Hugo, author of ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame,’ ‘Châli’ is an equally tragic love story. Admiral de la Vallée tells of the time he was sent to Central India, as p ...
Gospel-Truth Mortimer
Mr Chell is a very wealthy man. However, even his money cannot buy him a sense of humour. When he receives a letter demanding thousands of pounds to prevent his imminent kidnap, he ...
Sandi the King-Maker
The ninth instalment in the ‘Sanders of the River’ series, ´Sandi the King-Maker´ provides a fitting end for our eponymous hero.When a missionary and his daughter go missing in Afr ...
My Adventures, A German Spy in Britain
Set during the First World War, ‘My Adventures, A German Spy in Britain’ is a collection of short stories narrated by secret agent, Heine.While he might have been sent to London by ...
Myrkkyä
Nuori Marius, joka on naimattoman rouva Gottwaldin poika, ei ole koulunkäynnissä kovinkaan ansioitunut, mutta yhdessä asiassa hän on hyvä: latinan kielessä. Hänen ainoa ystävänsä o ...
Moby Dick eller den vita valen
Sjömannen Ishmael får jobb på valfångstfartyget Pequod, lett av den excentriske och enbente kaptenen Ahab.För länge sedan när Ahab var ute till havs mötte han för första gången den ...
Nostalgia
Nostalgia är en stor roman bestående av fem längre berättelser, till synes fristående, men sammanlänkade med ett slags drömmens logik. I den inledande berättelsen möter vi en oturs ...
The Road to the Open
A coming-of-age novel, ‘The Road to the Open’ follows the complicated liaisons of composer, Baron Georg von Wergenthin. While a talented man, Wergenthin lacks motivation and, inste ...
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
'The Wonderful Adventures of Nils' is a work of fiction by the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. It was originally published in two books, 'The Wonderful Adventures of Nils' in 1906 a ...
Tales and Stories
From the acclaimed author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, ‘Tales and Stories’ is a collection of short stories that bring romance and gothic horror together. This collection of tale ...
Flugornas herre
Efter ett flyghaveri kastas en grupp pojkar mellan sex och tolv år iland på en liten ö i Söderhavet. De stiftar lagar, fördelar sysslorna och väljer anförare. Deras tillvaro kan bl ...
The Yellow Wallpaper
‘The Yellow Wallpaper’, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is a short story first published in January 1892. The psychological thriller by the renowned US women’s rights writer and campa ...
The Sandman
‘The Sandman‘ (1844) was written by the German romantic author E. T. A. Hoffmann, most famous for his novella ‘The Nutcracker and the Mouse King’ (1816) which inspired Tchaikovsky’ ...
The Wolf Hunters
During the school break, two schoolmates decide to go out hunting for wolves. Their main purpose is to kill as many wolves as possible by setting traps in the woods, and then sell ...
Valperga
Castruccio’s armies surround the fortress of Valperga governed by Countess Euthanasia - his childhood friend and the woman he loves. Forced to choose between her Guelph people and ...
The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: A Romance
There's an imposter amongst us...‘The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck’ (1857), is 'Frankenstein' author Mary Shelley’s fictionalised account of Perkin Warbeck, the 15th century pretende ...
Lodore
Challenged to a duel, Lord Lodore must make a life-changing decision, one that will split his family in two. His daughter Ethel, raised to depend on her father, and Cornelia, Lodor ...
Falkner
How do you stop the two men you love from destroying each other?As a six-year-old orphan, Elizabeth Raby saves a desperate Rupert Falkner from committing suicide, changing her life ...
The Last Man
Mary Shelley was ahead of her time - arguably by 200 years.For when her novel 'The Last Man' was published in 1826 with a plot featuring a deadly global pandemic, the public was no ...
The Outsider
‘The Outsider’ is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft and one of the most popular stories ever published in the successful pulp magazine, 'Weird Tales'.For as long as ...
Candide; or Optimism
'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' - that's the essence of Voltaire's 'Candide'. For, like the ever-upbeat character in 'Monty Python's Life of Brian', the eponymous Candide ...
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
"He would make a lovely corpse."Martin Chuzzlewit is an old rich man with a handful of relatives just waiting for him to die so they can inherit his money. But old Chuzzlewit has n ...
Allan's Wife
'Allan’s Wife' belongs to the Allan Quatermain’s adventure series and closes the chapter on the famous adventurer's travels through South Africa.The novel commences with Allan’s ch ...