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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories
The chilling classic that inspired the new Netflix horror drama, "The Fall of the House of Usher". Venture, if you dare, into the House of Usher...The narrator visits his friend, R ...
The Bostonians
Regarded as one of his finest works, Henry James' ‘The Bostonians’ (1886) is a brilliant satire about the women’s rights movement in America. Verena Tarrant is an inspirational fem ...
The Begum's Fortune
‘The Begum’s Fortune’ follows the plans of two scientists, the French physicist, Sarrasin, and German, Schultz. Each has a share in inheriting a vast fortune and sets about spendin ...
North Against South
‘North against South’ is Verne’s comment on the American Civil War. Farmer, James Burbank, is committed to the abolition of slavery, while former slaver, Texar, is a fervent suppor ...
The Lottery Ticket
Jules Verne’s “The Lottery Ticket” is a story about a message in a bottle with a twist. Hulda Hansen’s husband-to-be Ole embarks on a journey with a fishing boat with the hope to g ...
Tales of Terror and Mystery
‘Tales of Terror and Mystery’ is a volume of 13 short stories from the prolific ‘Sherlock Holmes’ author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Stories in the collection include the mystery of a ...
Deirdre
The story of a young girl raised in isolation in preparation to marry the King of Ulster sounds at first a little outdated.That is until you call it what it is - an arranged marria ...
Riceyman Steps
Penny-pinching bookseller Henry Earlforward harbours a desperate love for his neighbour and customer Violet. After he succeeds in wooing and marrying her, their marriage begins to ...
Ovington's Bank
'Ovington's Bank' is set in 1825 and was published in 1922 but - as the Financial Crisis of 2007 demonstrates - is as relevant today as it ever was.The story follows a run on a pri ...
Classic Christmas Collection
Deep dive into this crackling collection of ‘Classic Christmas Stories’ from the very best writers around the world!We’ll start by dissecting Dickens’ moral message in the famous a ...
Cities in Literature: Paris
You’re invited to wander the streets of Paris with France’s literary greats. Weaving a remarkable collection from the very best romantic writers, tales of love, loss, and laughter ...
In Chancery
Young Jolyon Forsyte develops a friendship with his cousin Soames' estranged wife Irene. As the friendship blooms into something more, Irene’s divorce is not going as smoothly as h ...
Cities in Literature: London
You’re invited to wander the streets of Victorian London with the nation’s literary greats. Weaving a remarkable collection from the very best writers, tales of love and loss never ...
Classic Christmas Fairy Tales
Rediscover the magic of Christmas with this classic collection from internationally renowned fairy-tale authors, Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm. Our adventure begin ...
Great Expectations
Deep dive into one of the greatest coming-of-age stories by the master novelist of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens. Charting young Pip’s experiences of poverty, prison, and figh ...
Indian Summer
Jolyon Forsyte may be an old man and the new owner of the Soames house, but he has struck up an unlikely friendship with young Irene. Over a long summer, he slowly falls in love wi ...
Quo Vadis
‘Quo Vadis’ is a historical epic, set against the backdrop of a Rome at the height of its power. Rome finds itself at a turning point under the despotic emperor Nero, the strange C ...
A Story of a Weir-Wolf
The first werewolf story written by a female, Catherine Crow’s ‘A Story of a Weir-Wolf’ depicts the horrors of one man’s deadly secret - and fight for survival. Banished by those w ...
The Benson Murder Case
When playboy stockbroker Alvin Benson is found dead in his New York mansion with a bullet through his head, it sends shock waves through the city that never sleeps.Detectives desce ...
Josef Andrewsin seikkailut
Hauska klassikko menneen ajan Englannista!Josef Andrews on nuori poika, jonka kyvykkyys ei jää keneltäkään huomaamatta. Kun muuan Sir Thomas Booby palkkaa Josefin töihin, Josef pää ...
Anna-Sophia möter Lisas värld
De gamla kyrkböckerna rymmer många både fängslande och tragiska berättelser om hur våra förfäder levde sina liv i en förgången tid. Det var genom släktforskning som jag ”lärde känn ...
Valittuja kertomuksia ja novelleja 2
Anton Tšehovin novellit ovat ajatonta pohdintaa elämän suurten kysymysten äärellä. Tämän kokoelman tarinat toimivat ikkunana myöhäis-1800-luvun venäläiseen sieluun. "Iso Volodja ja ...
The Thief in the Night and Other Stories
Fast-paced and fun, ‘The Thief in the Night and Other Stories’ is a collection of six tales from the pen of one of the 20th Century’s most prolific writers.The title story follows ...
Tension
A Miss Pauline Marchrose applies for the position of "Lady Superintendent" at the Commercial and Technical College for South West England, where Sir Julian Rossiter is the college ...
Friend Island
Imagine a world where women are the dominant sex. Now picture an old sailor woman. Are you ready? This is the story of the time she became a castaway on a very, very unusual island ...