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In England, fans of Charles Dickens were gripped by the four ghosts that visited Ebenezer Scrooge in 'A Christmas Carol' to get him to change his mean ways.At the same time, Edgar ...

For inventiveness and front, Slippin' Jimmy from 'Better Call Saul' takes some beating. He had at least his equal, though, way back in the 1840s - in the shape of Peter Profitt, th ...

A seamless blend of fact and fiction, ‘The Royal Life Guard, or The Flight of the Royal Family’ tells the story of the downfall of the French Monarchy. Set during the French Revolu ...

The Captain Pamphile of the title is one of Dumas’ most intriguing creations. An anti-hero, the Captain is a rogue and a swindler who decides to exploit the demand for exotic anima ...

How do you survive when tragedy is your constant companion?With nearly all his family dead, Pascal Bruno turns to a life of crime to survive. His only hope of escape is through the ...

Well-known for her subversive criticism of the Victorian class structure, Sergeant ramps things up a notch in ‘A Life Sentence’. Through the murder of Sydney Vane, we are introduce ...

The daughter of a poor physician, Janetta finds herself having to step into her feckless stepmother’s shoes when her father leaves. With a house full of children to look after, she ...

When Leslie comes to meet her father, Caspar Brooke, for the first time, she is keen to learn why her mother left him. While living with him, Leslie sets herself the task of reunit ...

Set in Victorian London, ‘Name and Shame’ is an unashamed melodrama in its purest form. Following the fortunes of Alan and Lisette Walcott, alongside the adventures of Lettice Camp ...

When Richard Luttrell is killed in an apparent accident by his brother, Brian, a cataclysmic chain of events is set in motion.‘Under False Pretences’ follows the fortunes of Richar ...

Forty-year-old Alwyn Egremont seduces Alice, an 18-year-old nursery governess, in his brother's employ.Scared he will lose his inheritance for doing so, Alwyn denies the affair and ...

Written by the English author Charlotte Mary Yonge, ‘The Caged Lion’ (1870) tells the story of King James I of Scotland - the caged lion of the title - who has been a prisoner in E ...

‘The Pillars of the House Volume 1’ - or ´Under Wode, Under Rode´ - is the first instalment of English writer Charlotte Mary Yonge’s story about the Underwood children. Three years ...

‘The Pillars of the House Volume 2’ - or ´Under Wode, Under Rode´ - is the second instalment of English writer Charlotte Mary Yonge’s story about the Underwood children. Set in the ...

Kaksi sukua ja viha, joka kantaa läpi vuosikymmenten.Ranska, 1800-luku. Kun nuori Zinevra kohtaa Luigi Porta -nimisen miehen, hän menettää sydämensä. Zinevra ei kuitenkaan arvaa, e ...

Huikea romaani 1800-luvun Puolasta.Maanviljelijä Slimakin perhe elää Puolan köyhällä maaseudulla. Olot ovat karut, ja harva kyläläinen osaa edes lukea. Ilmassa on kuitenkin muutoks ...

Considered scandalous at the time, ‘A Political Romance’ is a satirical look at the relationship between the Church and the Law. Written before Sterne's ‘Tristram Shandy’ books (la ...

Set during the ‘Seven Years War’ between England and France, ‘A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy’ was one of Sterne’s last works. Seen as the epilogue to his ‘Tristram ...

Two sisters - two contrasting love affairs.Gudrun Brangwen, an artist, becomes deeply involved in a destructive entanglement with the industrialist Gerald Crich.Ursula, a schooltea ...

‘Samantha on the Woman Question’ (1913) was written by best-selling American writer and humourist Marietta Holley and tells the story of Samantha and her husband Josiah as they att ...

A forlorn English diplomat. A forgotten yet legitimate daughter. A stuffy society intent on keeping outsiders out. Steeped in the new wave of romanticism in the late 18th century, ...

Philip Whittemore is a young man who goes on an adventure up the Churchill River. He travels to a land which he thought he knew very well, yet he finds it to be very different from ...

Jolly Roger McKay is an outcast who is running from the law, or more precisely from Cassidy – a sheriff from the Royal Mounted Police. Nada is a young girl who lives a difficult li ...

Neewa is black bear cub who loses his mother and is adopted by a hunter and his dog, Miki. However, during a wild canoe ride, Neewa and Miki get separated from the kindly hunter. T ...

He talks to bottles, collects strange stones and only 'few know his real name'. If the title of the short story is not enough, these facts about 'The Terrible Old Man' make it clea ...