E-böcker / Romaner
Hérodias
Written by the great French author Gustave Flaubert, ‘Hérodias’ is the third and final tale from the short story collection, ‘Three Tales’ (1877) and is a memorable retelling of th ...
The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller
‘The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitalier’ (1877) is a short story about the medieval Saint Julian the Hospitalier, written by French author Gustave Flaubert, famous for his scan ...
Bouvard and Pécuchet
‘Bouvard and Pécuchet’ (1881) was written by the great French author Gustave Flaubert, famous for his scandalous best-selling novel ‘Madame Bovary’. Although unfinished at the time ...
Memoirs of a Madman
‘Memoirs of a Madman’ (1838) was written by the great French author Gustave Flaubert, famous for his scandalous, best-selling novel ‘Madame Bovary’. One of his earliest works, this ...
The Grand Bretèche
The old, abandoned manor of La Grande Bretèche stands between the trees like a secret. Uncovered one day by Dr. Horace Bianchon whilst visiting the nearby town of Vendôme, the ruin ...
The Collection of Antiquities
Spoiling a child is not just about letting them have a few extra sweets. In some cases, years of doting really do spoil them.Victurien d'Esgrignon was raised by his doting aunt and ...
The Message
It begins with the undignified scene of two young men on a Parisian stagecoach, boasting about their love affairs with older, married women.Hubris turns to tragedy when the coach o ...
The Deserted Woman
Once bitten, twice shy sometimes rings true. Madame de Beauseant must have been bitten very hard, for she became a hermit in her Normandy castle due to humiliation after being cast ...
Gambara
When Milanese nobleman Count Andrea Marcosini sees Marianna in the crowd at the Palais-Royal in Paris, he immediately decides that she will be his. After all, this wealthy man with ...
Study of a Woman
You know that feeling when you have just sent a text or an email to the wrong person? Well, in the 19th century the equivalent was a wrongly-directed letter - and there is no 'dele ...
The Lily of the Valley
Felix was rejected as a child by his mother and those scars never fully heal.In a book with great emotional depth, Honore de Balzac explores Felix' two major adult relationships wi ...
Sons of the Soil
'Vive la counter-revolution!'In 'Sons of the Soil', Balzac tells an extraordinary story of gentry and peasants, complacency and corruption, jealousy and revenge. And it has a conte ...
El Verdugo
There are dilemmas - and then there are dilemmas. Juanito Leganes faces the sort of choice that is beyond our worst nightmares.It comes after his father, Marquis of the Spanish tow ...
The Vendetta
Fans of 'The Godfather' trilogy and 'The Sopranos' will know a thing or two about vendettas.In Honore de Balzac's ´The Vendetta´, tragic consequences are laid bare. What begins as ...
The Prussian Terror
Set during the war between Austria and Prussia in 1866, ‘The Prussian Terror´ is a gritty, historical adventure novel. While the story graphically describes the horrors and effects ...
How the Two Ivans Quarrelled
The last story from the "Mirgorod" cycle, here Gogol presents two landowners deadlocked in an argument over a Turkish rifle, a brown pig, and a goose insult. What results is a play ...
The She-Wolves of Machecoul
Set against the backdrop of the Paris Uprising of 1832, ‘The She-Wolves of Machecoul’ is dripping with political intrigue, sinister plots, and knuckle-cracking villains. However, a ...
The Whites and the Blues
Although written after ‘The Companions of Jehu,’ ‘The Whites and the Blues’ details events leading up to the first book.It follows the fortunes of young Charles Nodier, who arrives ...
Underwoods
If you only know Robert Louis Stevenson as the author of "Treasure Island", "Underwoods" will surprise and delight. It collects over 50 of his poems, written in both English and Sc ...
The Waif Woman
Off the windswept coast of Iceland, there’s a ship with a mysterious passenger on board. Her name is Thorgunna, and soon she’ll be dead. But that won’t be the end of her story. Ins ...
The Dead
The final story in Joyce’s ‘Dubliners’ collection, ‘The Dead’ tells the story of Gabriel Conroy and his wife, Gretta. While at a Christmas party hosted by his aunts, Gretta tells t ...
Sightseeing i mitt inre
"Du är så jävla fet och gammal, du äcklar mig", avslutade han inte förklaringen med, men jag vet att det var det han tänkte. Istället sa han: "Jag har tröttnat på att vara gift." L ...
Långkok, svinhuvud och lite romantik
Kulturtant möter hipster. Upphör möjligheten till transformering, bara för att man passerat en viss ålder? Är det okej att sikta högt? Och är allt som gnistrar stjärnor? I Hornstul ...
Ett olidligt tillstånd
Livet är inte enkelt för Eva Leijon 55+. Hon är ständigt utsatt för själslig vånda, vallningar, östrogendepåer och caffelattemorsor som knuffar ut henne på gatan. Plötsligt sviker ...
Birgit Johanssons dagbok
Birgit Johansson går i samma fotspår dag ut och dag in. Livet är grått, hon är grå och hon börjar alltmer resignera och acceptera den påtvingade ensamheten. Det är enbart romantisk ...