Biblioteken i Malmö

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“The Shot” is a story about a duel between two people, Sylvio and an unnamed Count. The narrative revolves around the shot that did not take place, one that goes on forever. The un ...

Anton Chekhov’s short story “The Wife” offers a panoramic description of Russian life amidst the constantly warring oppositions of marriage. The frost of winter cannot compare to t ...

Chehkov’s short story “The Beggar” revolves around the theme of spiritual transformation where a depraved alcoholic becomes a better person through compassion and kindness. A perfe ...

Chekhov’s short story “The Orator” tells of a rather embarrassing situation when a famous orator stands in front of a crowd at a funeral ceremony. Filled with satire towards and cr ...

“The Teacher of Literature” tells the story of Nikitin, a young teacher at the local school, who proposes to Masha, the daughter of a wealthy man. The story oscillates between bout ...

Sherlock Holmes got a few days of vacation so he and Watson went to Reigate where a friend of theirs, Colonel Hayter, had a home. Their plans changed drastically however when they ...

Mary Sutherlands fiancé, Hosmer Angel, has disappeared on their wedding day, leaving Mary alone at the altar with a broken heart and no explanations. She knows very little about hi ...

The King of Bohemia comes to Sherlock Holmes in disguise but is quickly discovered. The king is engaged to a young Scandinavian princess, Clotilde, but he fears that her or her fam ...

Holmes and Watson go to Dartmoor to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a racehorse named Silver Blaze, but that is not the only strange occurrence that has happened there… ...

Mr. Hammond is on his way to America when he hears two passengers discussing a suspicious plan that was going to be executed at 10 o'clock in the evening. The two unknown passenger ...

Captain Peter, called also “Black Peter” because of his dark moods, is found dead. The police inspector Hopkins tries to find the murderer but without any success. He then contacts ...

Sherlock Holmes is hired for another case. The target this time is a professional blackmailer who buys compromising letters of people and then presses them for loads of money. Lady ...

“The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place” is the very last Sherlock Holmes story. This ultimate investigation takes him to Berkshire, to a racing stable called Shoscombe Old Place. It ...

The British gentlemen John Scott Eccles comes to see Sherlock Holmes at 221B Baker Street about a “grotesque” affair. But before he has time to say what is so grotesque about it, t ...

A murder was committed. Sir Eustace Brackenstall was killed. Holmes and Watson are a part of the investigation. The first they interview is Brackenstall’s wife, Lady Mary. Then the ...

The banker Alexander Holder has been the victim of a theft and his son Arthur has been caught red-handed. An important client had entrusted Alexander with the Beryl Coronet – a rar ...

James Dodd comes to Sherlock Holmes about the whereabouts of his friend Godfrey Emsworth. The two men fought in the Second Boer War together, where Ensworth was wounded. Dodd has n ...

On Christmas Eve, the invaluable Blue Carbuncle has been stolen from the Countess of Morcar’s hotel room. A plumber is arrested on the spot but the expensive missing gem is still n ...

Miss Susan Cushing of Croydon receives a most unusual package in the mail from Belfast. The cardboard box addressed to her contains two human ears, preserved in salt. Inspector Les ...

Violet Hunter has been offered a position as a governess by Jephro Rucastle, owner of the country estate the Copper Beaches, in Hampshire. She wants to have Sherlock Holmes opinion ...

Trevor Bennett is engaged to Edith Presbury and works for her father, a professor. The latter is himself engaged to another young lady and colleague’s daughter, Alice Morphy. But P ...

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are travelling in Cornwall when Mortimer Tregennis comes to them with the strangest of cases. His sister Brenda was found dead next to their two broth ...

Dr Watson is called to Holmes’ sickbed, who is suffering from a highly infection tropical disease contracted whilst he was working on one of his cases. Yet when Watson arrives Holm ...

Ronald Adair, a quiet young man whose only hobby was playing cards, got killed. Watson attempted to crack the case but with no success. One day he decided to examine the area aroun ...