1879 skriver den kände filosofen Pontus Wikner en text han kallar Psykologiska självbekännelser. Manuset låses in i en blecklåda som enligt direktiven ska förvaras på Uppsala Unive ...

Camilla Belleza on hämmentynyt. Floran aistikkaaseen kaupunkiin on saapunut toinen vahva nainen – Laura Fiascino nimeltään. Nyt ollaan tilanteessa, jossa naiset pyrkivät rajaamaan ...

Pietari Yöpäs on varhaisella aamukävelyllä koiransa Murren kanssa, kun koira laskee maahan päättömän linnun. Lintu on selvästi pyy, mutta miksi siltä puuttuu pää? Pietari vie linnu ...

Essi saapuu kotikonnuilleen serkkunsa häihin. Hänen väitöskirjansa on hyväksytty aiemmin samana vuonna. Perhettä tai aviomiestä hänellä ei ole, ja hän saapuu häihin ilman seuralais ...

Joksa on mies, jolla ei ole sana hallussa. Hän puhuu vaimolleen tunteettomasti ja ihmettelee sitten, miksi vaimo on sängyssä kuin perunasäkki. Joksa ei pysty edes muistamaan, miten ...

Martti Huolmanin elämässä on harva asia mennyt niin kuin hän olisi toivonut. Avioero vaimosta on lopullinen ja tilalla on outo tyhjyyden tunne. Huolman herää ajattelemaan: Mihin hä ...

With a subtitle like 'A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp' you would be forgiven for thinking that this book is an antidote to joy, and when on top of that, you discover that Dred is ...

First published in 1870 ‘King Lear of the Steppes’ is a novella by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, loosely based on Shakespeare’s tragedy. The story takes place in the Russian countr ...

‘On the Eve’ was the third novel by acclaimed Russian author Ivan Turgenev. It follows the lives of idealistic and free-spirited aristocrat Elena Stakhova and the hot-blooded Bulga ...

Maxim Gorky’s exploration of his own encounter with the Orloffs, this short story follows the lives of a Russian family and delves into the monotony of everyday life. When an unexp ...

First published in 1916 ‘The Little Angel and Other Stories’ is a collection of short stories from the famous Russian author Leonid Andreyev. Stories in the collection include a to ...

One of Anthony Trollope’s later tales, ‘Is He Popenjoy?’ is a comic novel which deals with themes of inheritance and illegitimacy. The novel centres around the contested inheritanc ...

Allegedly a favourite among his own works, Anthony Trollope’s ‘Orley Farm’ centres around a contested and mysterious will, in which the late Sir Joseph Mason left Orley Farm to Luc ...

Published in 1861, ‘The Château of Prince Polignac’ is one of Anthony Trollope’s early short stories. Set in Le Puy in the South of France, it follows the story of widowed Englishw ...

First published in 1863, this is an engaging short story from Anthony Trollope. Set against the backdrop of the Christmas holidays, the self-castigating young Elizabeth Garrow has ...

‘The Way We Live Now’ is perhaps the most famous of all Anthony Trollope’s novels, and widely considered his masterpiece. A 19th century classic, it follows the tale of the mysteri ...

In this 1866 Anthony Trollope novel, heroine Clara Amedroz faces a bleak future. Her father's fortune has been squandered on her wastrel of a brother, leaving Clara destitute with ...

Set in Wiltshire, the compassionate yet stubborn Vicar Frank Fenwick and his wife Janet are active members within their local community. They soon find themselves caught up in a ra ...

One of E. Phillips Oppenheim’s earlier novels, ‘A Monk of Cruta’ follows the story of wealthy Englishman Paul de Vaux, witness to a murder on the Mediterranean island of Cruta. He ...

Witty socialite Lily Bart has expensive tastes. Unfortunately, she does not have the social status to match. So far she has managed to get by on ‘old money’ and has become accustom ...

The Custom of the Country (1913) is a scathing critique of American upward mobility, as told through the journey of overindulged Undine Spragg. She moves from Apex City to New York ...

Loretta is a young woman, and seriously heartbroken. She seeks for comfort in her older sister Daisy. Daisy’s husband decides to send Loretta to live with another couple; that way ...

Everybody loves baby animals. Puppies, kittens, panda cubs, Baby Yoda, you name it. Humanity's fat, bald and whiny offspring is a bit more of a controversial pick in that departmen ...

When a family catastrophe strikes, Lucy Snowe leaves England to teach English in a small Belgian town. Immediately after arriving in Villette, Lucy is drawn into the town’s charm, ...

Timid Caroline Helstone could not be any more opposite to the lively Shirley Keeldar. Nor could their lives be any more dissimilar. Whilst Shirley has just inherited a local estate ...