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In this 1901 short story inspired by Ford Maddox Ford’s "The Cinque Ports", Conrad works on the theme of alienation. It centers on a young man, Yanko, the sole survivor of a shipwr ...

The Jubilee marks the fiftieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Dickensian in its sweeping scope of London life, Gissing’s "In the Year of the Jubilee" (1834) depicts the hars ...

"The Harvester" is a gentle love story, made up of a fondness for nature, high moral ideals and an engaging plot. It is the story of young David Langston, who lives in the countrys ...

"Laddie" is Gene Stratton-Porter’s most autobiographical novel, and is titled after her brother, who drowned as a teenager. It is the story of Pamela Pryor and Laddie Stranton. Whi ...

Do you enjoy reading the original; using your own imagination to paint a picture of the world in your head; and forming your own opinions BEFORE you see the screen adaptation? Us t ...

A modern-day Hamlet, Laevsky enjoys blaming his issues on the corrupting influence of his time and civilization. Van Koren, on the other hand, believes strongly in the survival of ...

"Anathema" is a tragedy by Leonid Andreyev in seven scenes, often labelled as his most atheist one. It follows the dispute between the devil (called Anathema) and God about the lim ...

Published posthumously in 1920, ‘O. Henryanya’ is a collection of short stories and poetry from much-loved American author William Sidney Porter, better known as ‘O. Henry’. This c ...

Published posthumously, William Sidney Porter’s ‘Sixes and Sevens’ is a collection of 25 short stories from the popular author. Some of the most famous works included are ‘Ulysses ...

First published in 1910, ‘The Two Women’ is a collection of two short stories from revered American author William Sidney Porter, better known by his pseudonym ‘O. Henry’. The two ...

‘Options’ is a collection of 16 short stories from much-loved 20th century American author William Sidney Porter, better known as ‘O. Henry’. Stories from the collection include br ...

A short story collection from much loved American author William Sidney Porter, better known as ‘O. Henry’, ‘The Gentle Grafter’ is a wonderful array of some of his classic short s ...

‘Cabbages and Kings’ is one of renowned author William Sidney Porter’s most famous collections of short stories. Better known by his literary pseudonym ‘O. Henry’, the collection w ...

"Kenilworth" is a historical novel by Walter Scott that centres on the royal court romance, intrigue, and mystery between Queen Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester. Once again, S ...

"A Legend of Montrose" is part of Scott’s "Waverley" series and takes place during the English Civil War in the 1640s. Sir Dugald, one of the protagonists, gets involved into a str ...

Saveliy is highly suspicious that his wife, Raisa is a witch. She is constantly luring people into their poverty-ridden house, under the pretence of shelter from a storm, in order ...

Olga Mikhaylovna is pregnant, and she has spent the day plodding through her husbands name-day party, waiting on their guest's hand and foot. Tired of being pleasant to everyone, s ...

What would you give for a conversation with Socrates? Vladimir Korolenko’s short story ‘The Shades’ is as close as it gets. It follows a conversation between Socrates and Eldipias ...

Minkä taakseen jättää… Miltä kuulostaisi huutokauppameklarin ura? Anna-Lisa Johansson on suuren päätöksen edessä. Pystyisikö hän todella siihen? Ystävät ja Rutger ovat Anna-Lisan t ...

Maaseuturomantiikkaa ja antiikkiesineitä – ihana sarja jatkuu! Kolmikymppinen Anna-Lisa pitää retrotavaroiden myymälää vanhan elintarvikeliikkeen tiloissa. Eräänä päivänä putiikkii ...

Tie avoinna unelmiin Kun 30-vuotias Anna-Lisa Johansson törmää kirpputorilla Bolle-nimisestä kulkurista kertovaan klassikkokirjaan “Kulkijan pilvilinnat”, hänen elämänsä muuttuu ke ...

Antiikkiunelmia ja tunteiden kipinöitä Anna-Lisa Johansson on päättänyt jättää tylsän toimistotyönsä Tukholmassa ja toteuttaa unelmansa omasta antiikkiliikkeestä entisen elintarvik ...

Välkommen till en ny serie om 1800-talets London av författaren bakom succéserien Familjen Bridgerton – Julia Quinn.Honoria Smythe-Smith är:a) väldigt dålig på att spela fiolb) for ...

Jo kuljen lumottuna– en tiedä itsekään –kuin huimistunut sokkomua kutsuu yksi ään’!Mua kutsuu yksi äänien muuta kuulla voi –mua kutsuu yksi ääniOi, kuinka soi, se soi!"Tschandalan ...

Marianna on 30-vuotias sardinialainen nainen, joka ei suostu järjestettyyn avioliittoon ja perinteiseen elämään. Kun hän rakastuu nuorempaan Simone Soleen, joka on kaiken lisäksi p ...