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‘His Excellency’ is the sixth entry in the ‘Les Rougon-Marquart’, set in the Imperial court it chronicles the absolute power and corruption of the upper echelons of French society. ...

‘The Conquest of Plassans’ is the fourth novel in the ‘Les Rougon-Macquart’ cycle, returning the reader to the fictional Provencal town of Plassans. It follows the Mouret family as ...

'The Rush for the Spoil' is the second novel in Zola’s 'Les Rougon-Macquart' series. It is set in Paris during the reign of Napoleon III and focuses on the modernization and evisce ...

In Edgar Rice Burroughs’ seventh book about ape-man Tarzan, World War I rages through East Africa. While away in Europe fighting for England, Tarzan is unaware of the evil descendi ...

Evil gold-diggers, sacrifices, blood-thirsty priests and slave owners make for some life and death adventures for our hero Tarzan.Being the fifth novel in the series, 'Tarzan and t ...

I am "a sick man . . . a wicked man . . . an unattractive man" I am corrupted by self-loathing and spite!"Notes from the Underground" is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, delivered as ...

Is it okay to judge another? Should we really forgive another's sins? Should criminals be punished or rehabilitated? What morals do you live by?"The Brothers Karamazov" is Dostoevs ...

Murder and madness, emotions and mystery, honour and deceit. This well known novel has it all.Why does Raskolnikov think he is within his rights to kill other people? Is there anyo ...

‘The Fortune of the Rougons' is the first novel in Zola's monumental 'Les Rougon-Macquart' series. The novel is partly an origin story with an enormous cast of characters, many of ...

"Respectable people...What bastards!"Rake-thin and exhausted prisoner Florent, wrongly convicted during the 1848 Revolution, escapes and seeks refuge with his half-brother in Paris ...

'The Secret Glory' follows the story of young Ambrose Meyrick, who is enchanted by the legend of the San Graal and the forces that kept it secret in his Welsh homeland. Ambrose’s C ...

'The good old times, the good old times ... what times they were!' Set during the Christmas period, ‘The Chimes’ is an affecting examination of social structure, hypocrisy, and emo ...

"We count by changes and events within us. Not by years." Set in a small village, which stands on the site of a historic skirmish, "The Battle of Life" follows the romantic trials ...

"Bleak House" is a long and complex novel by Dickens, exploring the machinations of the English legal system. At the centre of its narrative stands the "Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce" laws ...

‘Babbitt’ represents one of Sinclair’s most profound and thought-provoking works of satire and resulted in Sinclair winning the Nobel prize. The story follows George Babbitt, owner ...

Tess is little more than an English farm girl when she meets the man who will change her life: Angel Clare. A kind gentleman and the son of a reverend, Angel could be the answer to ...

In 'Eric Brighteyes' H. Rider Haggard weaves a viking epic around the riveting adventures of its eponymous character. Set in 10th-century Iceland, young, brave, and handsome Eric d ...

'The Hill of Dreams' follows the story of the introverted rector's son Lucian Taylor. He stumbles upon an odd Roman hill fort in his Welsh hometown which possesses his mind with su ...

"All was still. All but my own heart--I could hear it beat. Presently the bedclothes began to slip away slowly toward the foot of the bed, as if some one were pulling them!" In Mar ...

Captain Hatteras has one goal remaining in life, to reach the North Pole at all costs. With a purpose built steamship he sets out on the greatest voyage of his life but when their ...

A light and witty novel, 'Gentle Julia' is filled with characters who you can't help but smile at. With an old-fashioned feel to it, this Booth Tarkington classic follows the escap ...

'Mr. Harley was one of many children. Destined by his father for the church and by his mother for the sea, desirous of pleasing both, he prevailed on Sir John to obtain for him a c ...

What do we usually find in Jane Austen's novels? At least one girl with a conflict and a handsome man or two to rush in and save the day. If nothing else, Jane was a romantic throu ...

Teaterstycken är tre teaterpjäser samlade i en bok. Kvinnofejd, Stöld och Ollonodlaren heter pjäserna som skrevs mellan 1910-1916.I originalöversättning av Ernst LundquistJack Lond ...

Lucien har förlorat allt och måste nu hitta ett sätt att bygga upp sitt liv och återbetala gamla skulder. I samma veva träffar han den vackra kurtisanen Esther van Gobseck på en ba ...