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The second book from Tolstoy’s epic 'Resurrection' cycle begins with Nekhlyudov, the juror on Maslova’s trial, who realises that he was indeed in love with Maslova prior to cruelly ...

Serving on a jury board at the trial of a prostitute accused of murder, Prince Nekhlyudov is appalled to discover that the defendant is a woman he had once seduced and then abandon ...

'Miss Mapp' is the second novel from the 'Mapp and Lucia' series, following the life of a progressive woman who spends her days gossiping and scheming. One must tread carefully in ...

"Ingen upplever naturen så källklart, så smärtsamt, så jublande som storstadsmänniskan. Den som alltid bor på landet känner en annan slags glädje, byggd på trygghet och självklarhe ...

Rovdi jagar efter mening med livet och kunskap om sig själv i denna vackert skildrade vandringsroman. Längs resan ställs allt på sin spets och under en intensiv kärleksupplevelse i ...

Efter att ha blivit av med jobbet ger sig den unge maskinarbetaren Étienne Lantier ut på en vandring i norra Frankrike. Han anländer så småningom till en gruvby där han hittar både ...

Parismusikern Sylvain Pons har två stora svagheter i livet: han har en passion för att samla på konstverk och han älskar god mat. Hans kollega och rumskamrat, den tyske pianisten W ...

Henry Ryecroft är död. I livet var han en ambitiös och talangfull skribent, men han föraktades av kritiker och tycktes för evigt dömd till ett liv i fattigdom. Henry Ryecroft var i ...

En tågresa i artonhundratalets Ryssland är på väg att ta en oväntad vändning. Ett samtal kring äktenskap, lust och kärlek stegras kraftigt och förvandlas snart till en hätsk diskus ...

‘The Old Curiosity Shop’ is one of Charles Dickens’ most beloved novels about a poor orphan girl, Nell, and her caring grandfather. In an attempt to improve Nell’s life, her grandf ...

‘The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby’ is a sprawling adventure that follows young Nicholas’ journey across England to defend his family’s honour and regain their lost fort ...

‘David Copperfield’ features Dickens’ most popular protagonist and is often described as the author’s masterpiece. The novel follows the life of the titular hero, who battles hards ...

‘Barnaby Rudge’ is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, depicting the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780 in England. It is a novel in which danger lurks around every corner, as t ...

'Eugenie Grandet' is one of the earliest and most famous novels in Balzac's 'The Human Comedy' cycle. The dreary Grandet household, inundated by the overwhelming greed and miserlin ...

'The Nature of a Crime' is the last collaborative work by Conrad and Ford, but most certainly not the least acclaimed. An insightful examination of human psychology that shines a g ...

"Guy Mannering" is the story of young Henry Bertram’s kidnapping. The heir to a wealthy ancestral estate, his family’s lawyer has him kidnapped in the hopes that with no male heir, ...

'Germinal', often considered Zola’s masterpiece, tells the story of Etienne Lantier, a bright however uneducated young man with a volatile temperament who has just lost his job as ...

'An Historical Mystery' tells the story of a mysterious kidnapping, coupled with the romantic intrigue blossoming within the higher circles of power while Napoleon I was at the hei ...

Due to Balzac’s death in 1850, 'The Deputy of Arcis' was left incomplete at its most compelling moment. A political satire criticizing the electoral system, taking place in the pro ...

In 'Ferragus, Chief of the Devorants' Balzac skillfully traces a dazzling panorama of 19th century Parisian streets and vividly invokes a sparkling menagerie of characters in ultra ...

If you have ever come across the word 'rogue' before, chances are you have either been playing video games, perused old X-Men comics or have overheard it as part of your aunt's voc ...

When Marie is gifted a nutcracker on Christmas Eve, the last thing she expects is for it to come alive. When she wakes to find a very mobile nutcracker engaged in a battle between ...

Milkmaid Rhoda Brooks cannot control her jealousy of Gertrude - a beautiful woman who has just married a rich farmer. So when Gertrude appears in her dream she cannot help but reac ...

Joy Ogilvie, the lovely young daughter of an American colonel, fancies herself Lady Athlyne while playing make-believe with her friends. She hardly suspects that the real-life Lord ...

'Room 13' is the first crime novel in the J. G. Reeder series, featuring a sympathetic and astute civil servant, who is simultaneously a gifted detective. This fast-paced, mystery- ...