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"The couple who dote upon their children have usually a great many of them (...) The children are either the healthiest in all the world, or the most unfortunate in existence. In e ...

"To the Last Man" tells us the story of an ancient altercation between two frontier families – the Jorths, hardworking sheepherders led by Lee Jorth, and the Isbels, crooked cattle ...

Glenn Kilbourne is a sick and injured man who returns to New York to his fiancée Carley Burch, after fighting in France in World War I. He decides to move to Arizona in order to re ...

"The Mysterious Rider" is a Western novel published in 1921. The novel tells us the complex story of a girl named Columbine who grew up on Bill Bellounds’, her adoptive father’s, r ...

It is a wonder Charlie ever leaves home considering how many disastrous stays at inns and hotels he has had. This time around, though, his leaving is with good reason. His sweethea ...

'Treachery don't come natural to beaming youth; but trust and pity, love and constancy, –they do, thank God!'In this follow-up to Mrs. Lirriper’s Lodgings, in which Mrs. Lirriper t ...

Doctor Marigold is a traveling salesperson and a good man. But his wife beats their daughter Sophy and he is too weak-willed to do anything about it. When Sophy dies, Marigold is s ...

"I wanted to run after him, but remembered that it is ridiculous to run after one's wife's lover in one's socks; and I did not wish to be ridiculous but terrible."A man travelling ...

"The Garnet Bracelet" is a rather short novel by Alexander Kuprin, exploring the romantic, yet unrequited emotions of the protagonist towards the love of his life. Written at the b ...

"He is a regular dare-devil, you know: a gambler, a duellist, a seducer, but a jewel of an hussar - a real jewel."A handsome young hussar rides through a small town, seduces a youn ...

"White Nights" is the story about a melancholic daydreamer, who spends his life idling in St. Petersburg and indulging in existential questions. He is so much in a world of his own ...

A short story written in the vein of the Gothic tradition, "The Black Monk" tells of a Kovrin, a Russian scholar, who is suffering from stress and overworking. He goes to the count ...

"Doubrovsky" is an unfinished novel by Pushkin, published after his death, and follows the adventures of a Russian Robin-Hood-like figure, whose land is confiscated by a shady aris ...

When Maria Gavrilovna decides to elope with her suitor Vladimir Nikolayevitch, little do they know what supernatural occurrences this might evoke. An exceptionally chilling and dis ...

"Eugene Onegin" is one of the most popular Russian classics of all time. Written in verse, it is Pushkin’s answer to the Byronic hero in England, and further elevates Pushkin as th ...

"Boris Godunov" is a play that follows the rule of Tsar Boris Godunov, comprising 25 short scenes. It is an action-packed play, with political intrigues, mysterious deaths, romance ...

Inspired by his trip aboard "The Great Eastern" ship, Jules Verne writes the adventure novel "A Floating City". The story depicts a wonderful picture of the long sea voyage, the sh ...

När markisen av Alton möter Sylvina inser han snabbt att han kommer falla handlöst för henne. De träffas av en slump ute i skogen på markisens marker. Sylvinas hund har fastnat i e ...

England är under Charles II ett glädjefyllt land och lady Panthea Vyne njuter av livet i fulla drag. Hon minns alltför väl de mörka dagarna under Cromwells järnvälde och Christian ...

Ingen får veta att de två älskande reser tillsammans. Att deras separata ankomst bara är ett villospår - ett sätt att undvika upptäckt. Förhoppningsvis är det ingen bekant som åker ...

Amalia Oljander ja Miina Salokannel kilpailevat samasta miehestä, Tuomas Lukassonista. Tuomas ei ole päättäväinen mies – tohtorilan Miina ja apteekin Amalia molemmat kiinnostavat h ...

Priority is a lovely and erotic exploration of intellectual admiration that develops into consuming passion. The novel begins as a young Danish woman, Delphine, writes a letter of ...

"The Brushwood Boy" tells the story of British army officer, George Cottar, following him from childhood and into his first posting to India. During his placement, Cottar keeps dre ...

Lucy and Ayala Dormer are left penniless by the death of their parents. Ayala is taken in by their rich aunt Lady Tringle and Lucy by their poor uncle Mr Dosett. The girls find it ...

'Herr Arne's Hoard' is a 1904 novel by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf. Its original Swedish title is 'Herr Arnes penningar,' which means 'Sir Arne's money'. Set in Bohuslän in t ...