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Ambulansens sirener kom allt närmare.Jag sprang allt jag kunde mot vår port.Fort upp för trapporna, öppnade dörren till vår lägenhet.Jag kom in i hallen och stelnade till, där på g ...

Miten säilyttää polttavan kuuma salaisuus? 32-vuotias Tilda on turhautunut avioliittoonsa ja on siksi suostunut mukaan miehensä Ilpon työmatkalle Arabiemiraatteihin. Ilpon lupauksi ...

Paul Morel växer upp i ett arbetarklassområde nära Nottinghams kolgruvor. Hans mor är olycklig i sitt äktenskap med den alkoholiserade fadern och riktar istället all sin kärlek mot ...

On kevät 1954. Nuori pariskunta haluaa muuttaa elämänsä suuntaa ja muuttaa vilkkaaseen itäsuomalaiseen kylään Saimaan rannalle.Kylä kuhisee elämää. On kauppahuoneita ja pankkeja. K ...

Året är 1855. Meg, som snart ska fylla sjutton, är en vanlig engelsk flicka med stora drömmar. Med hjälp av en bekant som kommit upp sig i världen vill hon ta chansen till att finn ...

Yläluokkainen Agnès elää 1920-luvun Pariisissa menestyneiden, lahjakkaiden ja näkemyksissään varmojen ihmisten ympäröimänä. Hän havahtuu olevansa aikuisikää lähestyessään itse viel ...

Written by famous author F. Scott Fitzgerald, this short story relates the rocky relationship of married New York couple Luella and Charles Hemple.Luella Hemple is selfish. However ...

Set in London in 1594, ‘Tarquin of Cheapside’ is a cross between a whodunnit and a whodunwhat. We find Wessel Caxter reading ‘The Faerie Queen,’ before his evening is interrupted b ...

This comedic short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald follows the character of Julie.A nonsensical, witty, and charming tale, 'Porcelain and Pink' features a pink girl in a bathtub and a ...

Bookseller, Merlin Grainger, has a crush. The only problem is, he’s never actually met the girl he’s in love with, so he calls her Caroline. Russet-haired Caroline keeps popping in ...

A sad story filled with morality and longing, 'Mr Icky' follows a family who is growing up. While the children experience wealth, high society, and the opportunities they bring wit ...

Deliciously funny, ‘Jemina’ is one of those rare things: a story for a story’s sake.Fifty years ago, way up in the mountains, the Tantrums and the Doldrums fell out over a game of ...

Do opposites actually attract? 'Head and Shoulders' features the intellectual Horace, who is totally absorbed in his studies at Princeton, but falls for a spirited dancer despite t ...

Dalyrimple is rich and arrogant and believes he stands above the standards of life itself. He can't find his place in society and flits between opportunities. F. Scott Fitzgerald a ...

Lois, a young girl, is anxious to meet her lover but makes an unexpected stop at her brother Keith's house, who is studying to become a Catholic priest. After not seeing him for ma ...

This short story follows the loveable character of George O'Kelly, an aspiring engineer who sells insurance to pay the bills.George falls in love with the mysterious Jonquill Cary. ...

Jim Powell is a jelly-bean; a lazy, idle man, who is content to drift through life. However, when his friend, Clark, invites him to a shindig where Nancy Lamar is going to be, ther ...

At the tender age of 17, half-Russian, half-American Val has a brief romance with a married woman from the United States. However, this fleeting encounter is about to change his li ...

In a quiet provincial Danish town, something is afoot. The volunteers of the local second-hand shop keep dying. Since they’re all OAP's, the police can’t see the problem. It’s the ...

'The Day of His Youth' is the story of Francis Hume who battles between his own personal guilt and his desire to seize the day, after his mother died during childbirth. Alice Brown ...

Homecoming hero Jeffrey Blake returns after a stint in prison and tries to embed himself back into his former life. Blake hopes to reconcile with his wife and find his place back i ...

‘The Wizard's Touch’ (1906) is a short story by American playwright and novelist, Alice Brown.Jerome Wilmer is an artist who returned from his travels to find Mary, the girl he lov ...

The fictional town of Tiverton is the centre of these short stories by Alice Brown. Tiverton is based in New England, like many of Brown's other works, and is home to traditional, ...

‘Tappan’s Burro, and Other Stories’ (1923) is a collection of classic western tales from the master of the genre, American author Zane Grey, best known for his romanticized stories ...

Sherwood Anderson built his literary reputation on his to-the-point novels about American life.When he turned his hand to poetry, he stayed on-message - producing a powerful collec ...