Cleona växer upp på den Engelska landsbygden, långt från sin mamma Eloise Wickham och den glamorösa värld hon lever i. Hon är en väl dold hemlighet, då inte många vet att Eloise ha ...

Giselas liv förändras drastiskt när hon av en slump möter Elizabeth, kejsarinnan av Österrike. Kejsarinnan har rest till England för att delta i den traditionella jakten och när ho ...

När Figge träffar Maggan är det av en ren slump. Figge jobbar som taxichaufför och när en passagerare en kväll berättar att han ska åka hem till en kvinna och döda henne bestämmer ...

Jessie Stark har fått nog. Efter pojkvännen Erics alla otroheter är det dags att gå vidare - en gång för alla. Att både han och Jessies mamma vägrar acceptera saken spelar ingen st ...

Ollin sormet liukuivat hitaasti Saran selkää pitkin saaden aikaiseksi kylmiä väreitä. Lopulta mies painautui häntä vasten kaulaa suudellen, ja näykkäisi kiusoittelevasti korvaa. Sa ...

What can destroy sisterly love faster than a love triangle?'The Romance of Certain Old Clothes' tells the story of two sisters: Viola and Perdita, described as equally beautiful. ...

Love, art, ambitions and sacrifices. O. Henry’s "A Service of Love" tells the story of the artist Joe and the pianist Delia who fall in love with each other. They marry and althoug ...

"Out-and-out young gentlemen may be divided into two classes – those who have something to do, and those who have nothing."In Sketches of Young Gentlemen Charles Dickens presents t ...

"It is because I think so much of warm and sensitive hearts, that I would spare them from being wounded." In this wonderful compilation of classic Charles Dickens stories, the adve ...

Near the English colony of Belize, a silver mine is attacked by pirates. They murder a number of the British colonist and take the rest hostage. When all hope seems lost, the colon ...

"Mother had the gripe and clutch of poverty upon her face, upon her figure, and not least of all upon her voice."After a traumatic childhood spent locked in a cellar, the orphaned ...

'He felt for the first time in his life that he—not his services, but he himself—was necessary to another human being.'At 19, Alyosha’s father sends him off to work as a servant fo ...

One of James’ most popular novellas, "The Aspern Papers" is based on the letters exchanged between the English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and his wife’s stepsister Claire C ...

Following the death of Julius Caesar, the Roman Empire is ruled by Antony, Octavius Caesar and Lepidus. Antony resides in Egypt and it completely captivated by its Queen, Cleopatra ...

"The Lady with the Dog" is one of Chekhov’s most popular short stories, following the adulterous relationship between two married people. Dmitri is unhappy in his marriage and curs ...

"Madam Bovary" is Gustave Flaubert’s debut novel and traces the life of the beautiful Emma Bovary, caught in the vicious circle of banality and boredom. Married to a simple man, li ...

In 1820, Pushkin visited the famous Fountain of Tears in Crimea, where he read about the ancient Crimean khans and rulers. Shrouded in secrets and legends, the ancient building imp ...

"Family Happiness" is a relationship novel which tells the story of the seventeen-year-old Mashechka and the thirty-six-year-old Sergey. Their passionate love leads to marriage but ...

A typical Byronic-hero novel, Lermontov’s protagonist bombards the reader with his bipolar behavior: both sensitive and cynical, his extreme arrogance borders on deep melancholy. A ...

"The Recruit" is a short story from Balzac’s "Philosophical studies", set during the horrors of the Reign of Terror. An aristocratic mother is desperately awaiting the return of he ...

"The Marriage Contract" is included in "Scenes from Private Life" and follows the marriage of a Parisian gentleman to beautiful Spanish girl, who comes into a lot of money. Present ...

The short story collection "The Belkin Tales" consists of five unrelated stories told by various narrators to a landowner who has recently died. Ivan Belkin, the landowner, was a s ...

Ibland finns lyckan vi letat efter där mitt framför ossSystrarna Adele och Justine har aldrig stått varandra nära. Det är tjugo år mellan dem, och när Addie hoppade av universitete ...

Explosivt möteMelissa behöver verkligen den här artikeln. Den kommer att ge henne den skjuts i journalistkarriären hon så väl behöver. Men nog finns det bättre sätt att komma ranch ...

KyssenNär hon upptäcker att hennes dejt har tänkt fria lämnar Taylor Thompson hastigt bordet. Att gifta sig med den mannen är det sista hon vill! Hon gömmer sig i garderoben och dä ...