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“The girl's reputation as a beauty had marched before her, blowing trumpets. She was the prettiest girl in Davos, as she had been the prettiest in London; and I shared with other n ...

"The Emperor of Portugallia" by Selma Lagerlof was first published in 1914 in Sweden and in 1916 in English. The story is set in Vaermland around 1860 or 1870 and centers on Jan of ...

At the bottom of the dried out Svartsjö lake (Black Lake) lies the Lövdala Parsonage with its stables and outhouses. There resides the good-hearted, widowed Pastor Lyselius and his ...

“Lad: A God” was first published in 1919. It is made up of twelve short-stories, inspired by Terhune’s real-life Rough Collie, Lad. Through his dog’s fictional adventures, Terhune ...

“Kim” is a fabulous adventure story set in India during the British Empire, around the time of the Second Afghan War. It tells the story of the street-wise orphan Kimball O'Hara, a ...

“For some moments distant Vesuvius had beguiled my thoughts from the still more distant mountain of the secret, when suddenly a white girl in a white hood and a long white cloak pa ...

"His Dog" is a story about Link Ferris who finds an injured dog on his way home one evening. He knows nothing about dogs, but nurses it back to health and the two form a bond such ...

A family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon after the move, the children discover an ancient and rather grumpy, sand- ...

In this High Victorian detective novel, Dyke Darrel investigates the robbery of the Central Railroad’s midnight express, during which Dyke’s friend Arnold Nicholson, a messenger, w ...

"Bruce" charts the story of an unwanted puppy who becomes loved by the mistress of the family. He is then enlisted as a carrier dog in World War I, completing heroic tasks and comi ...

"Almayer’s Folly" (1895) is Joseph Conrad’s debut novel. It centers on the Dutch trader Kaspar Almayer, who comes to Borneo with a suitcaseful of dreams. He settles on the exotic i ...

Hedvig Eleonoras kyrkklocka angav tiden med två mustiga slag en iskall natt år 1890. I månskenet förvandlades fukten till små gnistrande kristaller. Trots att Östermalmstorg sakta ...

Vad har en insatsräv med rysskräck gemensamt med en frireligiös sexdrömmare från Kristinehamn? Hur kan en kvinna med funktionsvariation bidra till stordåd fast att hon är blind? Va ...

Efter första världskrigets slut följer den ena ekonomiska krisen på den andra i Europa. Folkhemmet börjar trevande byggas under 1930-talet, samtidigt som Sverige räddhågat kryper i ...

Hur kan den skickliga kirurgen Leyla Saleh låta sig uppslukas av en förälskelse som kan hota hela hennes tillvaro? Hon sätter sin yrkesetik på spel och brottsmisstankar kommer att ...

Förälskelsen får resten av världen att blekna. Aldrig har jag upplevt att någon älskar mig på det viset som du gör. Jag är centrum i ditt liv, trots att vi kommer från så olika bak ...

Freelance-toimittaja Viola Glas on vetäytynyt ystäviensä luksustaloon Westendiin hoitamaan haavoittunutta sydäntään ja järkkynyttä mieltään: hänen suhteensa charmikkaaseen ex-minis ...

Edellinen henkirikos on tuskin poistunut otsikoista, kun freelance-toimittaja Viola Glas on jälleen uuden murhamysteerin pauloissa. Hän on sopinut haastattelun suuren lehtitalon, L ...

Freelance-toimittaja Viola Glas on asettunut nauttimaan seesteisestä syksystä hurmaavan nuoren poikaystävänsä Armas Kettusen kanssa, kun menneisyyden varjot nousevatkin yllättäen p ...

The Duke of Laverdale is ambitious to be appointed Master of the Horse and the new Queen Adelaide is determined that behaviour at Court should be moral after the licentiousness of ...

Perfect for fans of the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn.Prince Serge of Tamrush, who himself had been sent a bride by Queen Victoria to save his Principality from invasion by the ...

The beautiful Yolisa Warren lives quietly in the country with her father, her mother having died five years ago. Unexpectedly her uncle, Lord Langford, who is a brilliant Diplomat ...

Perfect for fans of the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn.Calina Hart’s mother, the lovely Lady Carol Wood, was being forced by her ambitious father, the Earl of Hurstwood, to marry ...

Perfect for fans of the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn.The beautiful eighteen year old Karla Stanton, who is living in the country with her brother training horses, is astonished ...

Lady Julia Wood was extremely happy living in the country with her father, the Earl of Wentwood, after her mother’s death, until he remarries unexpectantly after a visit to Paris. ...