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The final novel in H. Rider Haggard’s much-anticipated trilogy, ‘Allan and the Ice Gods’, sees the return of Allan Quatermain and features Lady Luna Ragnall and the taduki drug ye ...

Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, ‘A War-Time Wooing’ tells the story of Bessie Warren and her love for Lieutenant Paul Revere Abbott. Bessie's brother has been k ...

Laying the foundations for Clint Eastwood’s nameless character in ‘The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly,’ ‘The Virginian’ is a landmark novel of the western genre. The eponymous hero is ...

‘Lady Audley's Secret’ by Mary Elizabeth Braddon is a Victorian sensation novel and her most famous and well-known work. In this story, which combines elements from detective novel ...

The novel centres on Rose-Marie Schmidt, a twenty-five-year-old woman who lives with her father, a professor, and is considered a spinster by most of the inhabitants of their small ...

In Elizabeth von Arnim’s humourous novel, "The Pastor's Wife", the main character Ingeborg Bullivant goes on a spontaneous trip to Lucerne and returns engaged to a Prussian pastor. ...

Based on her second marriage to Frank Russell and a pre-cursor to Daphne du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca’, this darkly comic, historical romance is the tale of a naïve young woman named Lucy ...

‘At Pinney's Ranch’ (1898) is a short story by the American author, Edward Bellamy, most famous for his socialist and utopian novel ‘Looking Backward: 2000-1887’ (1888).It was love ...

‘An Echo of Antietam’ (1898) is a short story by the American author, Edward Bellamy, most famous for his socialist and utopian novel ‘Looking Backward: 2000-1887’ (1888).Young cou ...

Henri is a shameless and spoiled heir. When he falls in love with the beautiful Paquita, he simply must seduce her. But Paquita already has a lover. Brimming with anger and revenge ...

For Western lovers and old romantics, 'Under the Toto Rim' follows schoolteacher Lucy Watson as she integrates into a backwoods community. Following her father's death, young Lucy ...

Why do good people suffer?This is the question Honoré de Balzac poses in 'The Hated Son', set in Normandy during the eighth war of religion between Catholics and Protestant Hugueno ...

If you have seen Ricky Gervais in 'The Office', you will know how much comedy and pathos occurs in apparently mundane locations. In 'The Lesser Bourgeoisie', Honore de Balzac turns ...

Often referred to as the sequel to ‘The Two Dianas,’ ‘The Page of the Duke of Savoy’ tells the story of the Duke of Savoy and his mysterious page. The Duke decides to fight the Fre ...

Following the first world war, John Raven dwells on the course of path for his friends Dick and Raven who served in the Ambulance corps. He laments on the relationship of Raven and ...

'Rose Macleod' follows the relationship between grandmother and granddaughter Madam Fulton and Electra. Madam Fulton, a writer, receives acclaim for her writing but won't pursue it ...

William tar gärna jobbet i Malmö över jul då han efter sin mammas död hellre låtsas som om högtiden inte finns. Dessutom är han i desperat behov av de extra pengarna. Det enda han ...

Alltid vid din sidaFrancesca Forsyth känner sig som mest hemma i leriga boots medan hon arbetar på lantgården. Men när hon plötsligt tvingas bort från sin magiska värld och ut i ve ...

Det har gått fyra år sedan Tove och John gjorde slut från sitt lika långa förhållande när de träffas igen av en slump. Tove minns dagen hon lämnade och inser snart hur mycket hon s ...

Perfekta planerEn gång i tiden ville hon inget hellre än att bli hans fru …Lorenzo Santangeli var Marisa Brendons stora ungdomskärlek. Hennes hjälte. Fram till den dag då han avvis ...

Det är aldrig för sentEn vacker omgivning kan läka en själ. Ja, det är åtminstone Cat Frasers övertygelse när hon kommer till Rosewood Cottages läkarmottagning. Visserligen har den ...

Farlig förbindelseNär Mallory Dawes efter en skandal med en politiker plötsligt ser sin bild på alla löpsedlar bestämmer hon sig för att fly undan mediestormen. I Frankrike hoppas ...

En fröjdefull julSjuksköterskan Rilla Winters blir chockad när hon får veta att den nye akutchefen är hennes ex! Sju år har gått sedan de tragiskt förlorade sitt kärleksbarn. Lika ...

Blickars löften”Betala före midnatt, annars …”Lara vet inte vad hon ska ta sig till. När hennes kompanjon tömde restaurangens konton och lämnade landet, hade hon inget annat val än ...

Barn i juletid ”JAG KOMMER ATT DÖ!” Det var Saras sista tanke innan den framrusande bilen träffade henne och hon slungades in i ett totalt mörker. ”Hur gick det med barnet?” är hen ...