E-böcker / Historiska faksimil
Scorn of Women
A tale of literal and proverbial gold diggers.Not the incel manifesto you might expect, 'Scorn of Women' is one of Jack London's rare attempts at playwriting, being a three-act ada ...
The Head of the House of Coombe
Don’t you just hate it when your selfish, child-like mother, who’ve done nothing but ignore you your entire life, marries the most arrogant man in London, only to abandon you to th ...
The White People
"I see dead people". So said the little boy in the Hollywood Blockbuster ‘The Sixth Sense’, starring Bruce Willis. The little girl in Frances Burnett’s ‘The White People’ doesn’t p ...
The Dawn of a To-Morrow
Anthony Dart has decided to bid this cruel world farewell. There’s only one problem – he can’t seem to find his way to the place where he plans to take his own life. Lost in a dis ...
The Pretty Sister of José
When their parents suddenly die, siblings José and Pepita are left in the care of their grandmother, already an old woman. Their uncle is a wealthy man, yet he only helps by giving ...
The Land of the Blue Flower
When the young King Amor realizes that the people of his country are mistreating each other and the nature surrounding them, he takes it upon himself to teach them better. No easy ...
Sara Crewe or What Happened at Miss Minchin's
Little Sara Crewe is devastated when her father leaves her at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary, a boarding school for young women in London. She adores her papa and would have much r ...
T. Tembarom
Who hasn’t dreamt of discovering that they’re the secret heir to a great fortune? Temple Barholm, or simply T. Tembarom for short, never did. As an orphan growing up on the mean st ...
Vagabondia
In 'Vagabondia' the bustling streets of 20th century London are home to an artistic family with great ambitions. Phil and his three sisters want only to live a bohemian lifestyle, ...
That Lass O' Lowrie's
Everybody in The Lancashire village of Riggan is talking about Joan Lowrie, and who could blame them? She’s as beautiful as she is kindhearted and strong willed. For years she’s en ...
The Lost Ambassador
Set between a pre-war London and Paris, this is a thrilling tale of international espionage and intrigue from the popular author E. Phillips Oppenheim. Captain Austen Rotherby is i ...
The Man from Archangel
First published in 1895 ‘The Man from Archangel’ is a collection of short stories by the famous Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The collection is split into two sect ...
The Dealings of Captain Sharkey
Published in 1919, ‘The Dealings of Captain Sharkey’ is a collection of pirate and adventure stories by internationally renowned author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Short stories in the ...
My Friend the Murderer
‘My Friend the Murderer’ is a short story by Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Our narrator is a doctor who works at an Australian prison. The doctor is urged to take ...
Danger!
First published in 1918 ‘Danger! And Other Stories’ is a collection of short stories by Sherlock Homes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The titular tale was originally published in ...
The White Company
Set during the Hundred Years War, ‘The White Company’ is a historical adventure novel by famous ‘Sherlock Holmes’ author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Young Alleyne has been brought up i ...
The Haunted House
A spooky house full of ghosts, a brother and sister as odd as the house itself, bizarre sounds and goings-on in the dark of the night. Who would want to live here?John and his sist ...
Pakkopaita
Darrell Standing on yliopiston professori, joka on tuomittu elinkautiseen vankeusrangaistukseen murhasta. Elämä vankilassa on kamalaa. Vanginvartijat kiduttavat Standingia pukemall ...
Förlorade illusioner
Lucien Chardon har äntligen nått det mål han så länge sett framför sig. Han är numera en välkänd och respekterad journalist, bosatt i Paris, med den vackra skådespelerskan Coralie ...
Bortsnappad
17 år gamla David Balfours föräldrar har gått bort nyligen och han försöker hitta sin plats i världen. En dag får David ett brev som han ska leverera till Shaws hus där hans farbro ...
Vita nätter
En sommarnatt i Sankt Petersburg vandrar en ung poet längs med stadens månupplysta gator. Där har han vandrat många gånger. Men just den här natten är något annorlunda. Vid ett kan ...
Varjoa vailla
Peter Schlemihl myy varjonsa paholaiselle saadakseen rahakukkaron, joka ei koskaan ehdy tyhjilleen. Vaihtokauppa osoittautuu kuitenkin Peterin kannalta huonoksi. Hän alkaa tuntea o ...
Kaksi vankia
Kun toisilleen tuntemattomat Clara ja Josef kohtaavat eräässä teatteriesityksessä, syntyy ainutlaatuinen suhde. Kummallakin heistä on ollut vaikea elämä. Claralla on jo ikää, mutta ...
Den store Gatsby
”Den store Gatsby” är ansedd som en av tidernas mest framstående romaner och skildrar det flådiga livet på Long Island under det glada tjugotalet. Romanen kretsar kring den mystisk ...
De fyra rättvisa männen
Ett hotfullt brev, signerat Fyra Rättvisa Män, landar på utrikesminister Philip Ramons bord. Ministern har inga planer på att låta ett skriftligt hot stoppa honom. Hans hjärtefråga ...