In "My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard," Elizabeth Cooper offers the reader a translation of two series of letters by Kwei-li, the wife of a high-rank Chinese official.The first seri ...

'The Fortunate Foundlings' is a picaresque novel from 1744 featuring twins Horatio and Louisa, whose journey in the world differs because of their gender. They were both abandoned ...

"The Haunted Bookshop" is a so called "bibliomystery" (a mystery story set in the world of books) from 1919. It is the story of the eccentric owner of the Haunted Bookshop, Roger M ...

"Parnassus on Wheels" (1917) was Christopher Morley’s first published novel. It tells the story of Roger Mifflin, who sells his travelling book business to 39-year-old Helen McGill ...

"Kathleen" is a 1920 novel by Christopher Morley. It tells the story of a group of eight Oxford undergrads who call themselves "The Scorpions." One day, they find a letter that a c ...

"The Magnificent Ambersons" is the 1918 novel by Booth Tarkington which won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize. It is the second novel in "The Growth Trilogy," which includes "The Turmoil"(19 ...

"Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William" is a 1917 novel about 17-year-old William Sylvanus Baxter. It takes place in the Midwest just ...

A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "Alice Adams" chronicles the attempts of a lower-middle class American, midwestern family, the Adams, to climb the social ladder at the turn of the ...

'The Warden' is the first novel in 'The Chronicles of Barsetshire' series and was also Trollope’s first breakthrough novel. It is the story of a devoted priest, beloved by all who ...

"Doctor Thorne" is the third of Trollope's Barsetshire novels and unlike some of the others has little to do with politics and religion. The plot revolves around Mary Thorne, an il ...

Mr and Mrs Brown are keen to make it to Thompson Hall for a cosy family Christmas – the first they will be spending in England instead of France for several years. When Mr Brown is ...

'An Editor's Tales' describes a series of encounters between various magazine editors and those who wish to have their works published. While containing some amusing bits, the tale ...

"The Parenticide Club" features four short-stories about a family murder, as seen from the eye of its most innocent member, who just might be the murderer himself. Ambrose Bierce ( ...

In 'Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War: Bits of Autobiography,' Bierce recounts some of his experiences as a soldier. At the outset of the American Civil War, Bierce enlisted i ...

Perfect for fans of the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn. Gay is living a luxurious life in Istanbul but wants to escape what has become a caged life. She turns to Charles Villers, ...

Perfect for fans of Netflix adaptation of Bridgerton by Julia Quinn. Rose had read about the wedding, a widely covered social event, and under no circumstances had imagined that sh ...

Perfect for fans of the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn.When Rose’s charming guardian Sir Laurence Melville is ditched by her fiancée, Rose is secretly happy, as she is quite in l ...

Giovanni Boccaccion Decamerone-novelliin perustuva näytelmä Loppu hyvä, kaikki hyvä kertoo Helenasta, ranskalais-espanjalaisen kreivittären holhokista. Helena on epätoivoisesti ja ...

Buckinghamin herttuaa huolestuttaa. Kardinaali Wolsey on hänen mielestään saanut kuningas Henrik Kahdeksannen hovissa liikaa valtaa. Juuri hänen ilmaistessaan huoliaan aiheesta her ...

Kuningas Henrik Neljännen poika Henrik Viides ei suvaitse loukkauksia, joita Ranskan kruununprinssi häntä kohtaan suoltaa. Alkaa sotaretki, jonka päämääränä on valloittaa Ranska. S ...

Shakespearen farssikomedia Hairauksia (tunnettu Suomessa myös nimellä Erehdysten komedia) sijoittuu antiikin Kreikkaan. Tarina kietoutuu kahden eri kaupungeissa asuvan samannimisen ...

Pekka Puavalj on mies, jonka on vaikea saada asioita päätökseen. Hänen vaimonsa Liisa on jo vuosikymmenten ajan pyytänyt, että Pekka kaivaisi talon pihalle kaivon. Kun avioliittoa ...

Simon on hyväsydäminen mutta köyhä suutari. Eräänä kylmänä päivänä hän päättää lähteä ostamaan lampaannahkoja voidakseen tehdä itselleen, vaimolleen ja lapsilleen talvitakin. Saada ...

Hovissa myrskyää, ja ystävykset Rosalinda ja Celia pakenevat valepuvuissa Ardenin metsään. Siellä he kohtaavat Orlandon, Rosalindan rakastetun, joka on paennut hovista omia perheri ...

Kun sisällissota loppuu, ei taistelu vielä ole ohi. Monenlaiset haavat jäävät auki, ja valkoiset sotilaat joutuvat käymään vielä sisäistä vapaussotaansa. Rauha sodasta ei takaa hen ...