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Far from the Madding Crowd

Who wouldn't want passionate love in their life? Of course, this love is usually accompanied by a lot of jealously, conflict and tragedy and this novel is no exception to that rule ...


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A Little Tour in France

France - Delicious food, beautiful buildings and an elegance of people rarely seen anywhere else!Dear reader, take my hand and enjoy this tour de France – with Henry James as your ...


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Work: A Story of Experience

‘Work: A Story of Experience’ is a semi-autobiographical novel loosely based on Alcott’s own life, which explores the social standing of women in the US, in the years around the C ...


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Pauline's Passion and Punishment

Pauline Valery is a scorned woman, rejected by her lover Gilbert Redmond for a wealthy heiress, she will stop at nothing to exact revenge. She will don a metaphorical mask, shieldi ...


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On Picket Duty, and other tales

‘On Picket Duty, and other tales’ is a collection of four short stories that focus on a range of social issues that were raging in America in the nineteenth century. The tales tack ...


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Moods

‘Moods’ follows the life of the strong willed tom-boy Sylvia Yule, who is heavily inspired by Alcott’s own experiences, embodying her strong feminist and abolitionist attitudes. On ...


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Hospital Sketches

‘Hospital Sketches’ is a collection of four sketches based on Alcott’s time as a nurse for the Union during the American Civil War. The sketches follow Tribulation Periwinkle a bor ...


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Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power

Originally published under a pseudonym, this tale set in Victorian Britain follows the journey of the simple and sweet governess of the Coventry family, Jean Muir. But all is not a ...


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An Old Fashioned Girl

‘An Old Fashioned Girl’ is a tale of the country girl in the big city before it had ever been done. Polly Milton, on a visit to her wealthy city dweller friend Fanny Shaw, is compl ...


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A Garland for Girls

‘A Garland for Girls’ is a collection of stories written by Alcott for her own amusement in a time of "enforced confinement". The collection is a wonderful assortment of hopelessly ...


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The Green Ray

‘The Green Ray’ is a story that exemplifies the age old saying ‘It’s about the journey, not the destination’. The Green Rays, are rare phenomena observable only in certain places o ...


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The Flying Fifty-Five

Stella Barrington a wealthy trainer and stable owner comes across a mysterious tramp one day at the stables after he has fended off an attack from some fellow tramps. Impressed by ...


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The Books of Bart

‘The Books of Bart’ is an interesting entry in Wallace’s body of work as it is not a thriller or a mystery, it is in fact surprisingly up front about itself. The story centres on s ...


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The Angel of Terror

‘Angel of Terror’ is a tale of the femme fatale, a vast family fortune and the lengths people will go for money. Behind the mask of this sweet faced, beautiful woman is a cold, unf ...


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Mr. Justice Maxell

In this intriguing novel, two business partners, Maxwell and Cartwright fall out and their relationship crumbles. Sometime later, Maxwell has been called to serve as a Justice and ...


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The Sorrows of Young Werther

A potent, touching, heart wrenching tale of love, desire and hope.‘The Sorrows of Young Werther’ is a tale composed in the form of letters from the young Werther himself, to his fr ...


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Tales of Men and Ghosts

Showcasing a true-to-life and compelling menagerie of characters, Edith Wharton's 'Tales of Men and Ghosts' is an assortment of ten different uncanny, paranormal and tragic stories ...


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Esther Waters

Esther Waters is an unmarried young woman from an impoverished working class family who, while employed as a kitchen maid, is seduced by one of her fellow domestic servants, falls ...


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Myteriet på briggen Späckhuggaren

Arthur Gordon Pym är en äventyrslysten ung man som tillsammans med sin bäste vän Augustus Barnard ger sig ut på havet i en segelbåt. Stämningen är uppsluppen och spriten flödar. Me ...


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Spöket på Canterville och ett par andra noveller

Den amerikanske ministern Hiram B. Otis och hans familj flyttar in i det engelska slottet Canterville, trots omgivningens försök att avskräcka dem. Det spökar nämligen där. Efter f ...


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Keijukainen

Noin vuonna 2000 ennen Kristusta Bretagnessa eli nainen, jolla oli maagisia kykyjä. Nainen oli nimeltään Malvina ja hän oli Bretagnen Valkoisten naisten kuningattaren seuraneiti. M ...


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Kun erämaa kutsuu

Buck on rakastettu ja hemmoteltu bernhardinkoiran ja skotlanninpaimenkoiran risteytys, joka elää luksuselämää rikkaan ja lämminsydämisen perheen kanssa Kaliforniassa. Eräänä päivän ...


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Kultainen avain eli Buratinon seikkailut

Aleksei Tolstoin seikkailuklassikko nyt uutena suomennoksena!Kun vanha Kaarlo saa ystävältään puhuvan halon, hän ei arvaa mitä on edessä. Kaarlo ryhtyy veistämään halosta pientä po ...


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Rudin

Eletään 1800-lukua Venäjällä. Rudin on kolmikymppinen intellektuelli, joka on opiskellut Saksassa. Ajattelu on hänen hyveensä ja paheensa; Rudin on miltei ylianalyyttinen ihminen. ...


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Savua

Eletään 1800-lukua. Grigory Mikhailovich Litvinov on nuori venäläismies, joka on viettänyt pitkän ajan Euroopassa. Kun hän saapuu Saksan Baden-Badeniin, hän on aikeissa tavata kihl ...