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Äldre dam med mörka hemligheter
Äldre dam med mörka hemligheter innehåller fem spännande och underhållande historier, där Maud tar itu med sin systers oturliga död, en grannes odugliga, egoistiska son och ger sig ...
Fula fiskar
En felaktigt dömd mördare utför sin felfria hämndplan, en okänd bil förföljer en ensam kvinnlig resenär på en öde väg och en äktenskapssvindlare säkrar sin framtid genom att gifta ...
The Mantle
With his sense of humor and ability to observe, Nikolai Gogol presents the world with stories of little people: the weak and fragile people who try to hold on to life in the gloomy ...
May Night, or the Drowned Maiden
In Nikolai Gogol's short story 'May Night, or the Drowned Maiden,' a single night ends up changing the lives of many. Young Levko is the son of the head of a Ukrainian village and ...
The Old World Landowners
"The Old World Landowners" is a short story written in 1835. It is the first tale in the "Mirgorod" collection by Nikolai Gogol. The story is a vivid representation of the old-fash ...
The Dream
Constance de Villeneuve is a young woman with a heartbreaking problem. She is in love with a man called Gaspar De Vaudemont, but Constance’s and Gaspar’s fathers were mortal enemie ...
The Masque of the Red Death
E. A. Poe’s short story follows Prince Prospero and his friends’ futile attempt to outrun and outsmart a deadly plague, called the Red Death. The heart of the story is presented as ...
The Offshore Pirate
Ardita is a young and rich flapper girl who is spending time at her uncle's yacht. She is not interested in the things her family wants to do; she would rather spend her time sunba ...
The Diamond Necklace
'The Diamond Necklace' by Guy de Maupassant portrays the complexities and consequences of keeping up appearances in the 19th century. Mathilde is a young and beautiful woman, strug ...
The Wife
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 ...
The Beggar
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 ...
The Orator
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
“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 ...
A Scandal in Bohemia
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 ...
Silver Blaze
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… ...
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
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 ...
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
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 ...
The Adventure of the Dying Detective
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 ...
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
A series of break-ins occur in London. All of them have one thing in common – a bust of Napoleon is smashed. Inspector Lestrade comes to a dead end, so he reaches out to Holmes. Th ...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
A young girl fearing for her life comes to ask Sherlock Holmes for his help. After having announced her engagement to her stepfather, his behaviour has become even stranger than us ...
The Adventure of the Three Gables
The criminal Steve Dixie comes to 221B Baker Street, warning Sherlock Holmes not set a foot in Harlow unless he wants trouble with him. But Holmes has just received a message from ...
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
Mrs. Merrilow of South Brixton's lodger, Mrs. Ronder, is usually very quiet. The woman never shows her face and with reason, for it is severely mutilated – Mrs. Merrilow only saw i ...
Borges III : 1971–1986
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986), av många ansedd som 1900-talets mest inflytelserika författare, är äntligen på väg att få den ordentliga presentation han så länge saknat på svenska ...
Revet
Båten åker genom det kristallklara vattnet och Alessandra vet inte vad hon kan förvänta sig. Allt hon vet är att utflykten är erotisk. Hon betraktar nyfiket de heta besättningsmänn ...
Monsun
Alessandra är på semester på Maldiverna och njuter av livet. Hon börjar dock känna sig uttråkad och längta efter fler av de där erotiska utflykterna hon blivit utlovad. Allt runtom ...