Ljudböcker / Romaner
The Elixir of Life, a Short Story by Balzac
The Elixir of Life is a fantastic tale by the French novelist and writer Honoré de Balzac in which he gives a satirical version of the legend of Don Juan. This early short story wa ...
The Horla
The Horla is the chilling tale of one man's descent into madness. Maupassant established a reputation in France as an absolute master of the short story, before himself succumbing ...
The Dance of Death by Gustave Flaubert
Dance of Death is a prose poem in which Death laments over the cruel task God has given him. Engaging in a dialogue with Satan, and later Nero as one of Satan's first minions, Deat ...
The Conscript, a Short Story by Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac is one of the most renowned French novelists. His magnum opus, La Comédie Humaine (The Human Comedy) is a panorama of life in France in the years after the fall of ...
The German lieutenant and other stories
August Strindberg belongs to the same generation of authors as the Russian Chekhov and the Norwegian Ibsen. Strindberg stands at the crossroads of such decisive influences as those ...
Kvinna i blåst
"Du är en av de som får två liv i ett." Så hade astrologen sagt till Malin. Var det nu hennes andra liv började? Var det såhär hon skulle börja det, som singel och barnlös? Hon och ...
The Startling Adventure of Baron Munchausen, a Classic Tale
The Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia, or the Startling adventures of Baron Munchausen, is one of the funniest texts ever written. It r ...
The Unknown Masterpiece, a Short Story by Balzac
The unknown masterpiece, or 'Le chef-d'oeuvre inconnu', is a story by French author Honoré de Balzac. This short text was of tremendous importance in the world of art, for it holds ...
The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitalier by Gustave Flaubert
The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitalier is a short story by French writer Gustave Flaubert, one of the great masters of literary style and aesthetics. Saint Julian is predicted ...
The Mutineers of the Bounty by Jules Verne
The Mutineers of the Bounty is a short story by Jules Verne, part of the series The Extraordinary Voyages. It is based on a true story: a mutiny that occured on the Royal Navy vess ...
Yli rajan
Karjalankannas, 1930-luku. Sota on sulkenut rajan Venäjälle, mutta sen toisella puolella asuu edelleen suomensukuisia inkeriläisiä. Nuori pariskunta Mikko ja Eliisa on vaikeiden va ...
Otan sinut vaikka väkisin
Kun loma koittaa, Terttu ei jää lepäämään laakereilleen. On aika osallistua kulttuurikurssille! Eikä aika kurssilla käy pitkäksi – ei varsinkaan kun Terttu on ottanut mukaansa ystä ...
Me kaksi maailmaa vastaan
Elina on sairaanhoitaja, joka on menossa naimisiin ensi kesänä. Moni olisi Elinalle kateellinen – onhan sulhanen komea ja hyvätuloinen kirurgi, joka tietää mitä tahtoo. Miksi Elina ...
Valta
Kun arvostettu geneetikko Olavi Heikkinen murhataan raa’asti työpaikalleen, vanhempi rikoskonstaapeli Irina Pärn on ymmällään. Mikä on murhan motiivi? Vai onko kyseessä ollut äkkip ...
Ikaros
”Ikaros ger Meyer en säker plats på topp fem av världens deckarstjärnor. Det är hans femte och bästa roman i serien med Bennie Griessel”. The Times ”Deckare med kärna och intellige ...
Devils Peak
Devils Peak är en topp på Taffelberget under vilket Kapstaden breder ut sig, och där utspelar sig också Deon Meyers nya kriminalroman. I centrum står tre personer vars hårda livsöd ...
Sherlock Holmes äventyr
'För Sherlock Holmes är hon den enda kvinna i världen: han kallar henne alltid endast »hon». Jag har aldrig hört honom ge henne någon annan benämning. I hans ögon står hon högt öve ...
Det är här jag vill vara
Sara lever livet som hon alltid har drömt om. Hon arbetar som bagare på Göranssons och är i full färd med att planera sitt efterlängtade bröllop. Alldeles snart, men ändå inte snar ...
Mörk flod
Med sina böcker om Bennie Griessel har Deon Meyer etablerat sig som en av deckarvärldens mest pålitliga samhällsskildrare. I Sverige har han två gånger fått pris för bästa översatt ...
22 Top Stories of H. P. Lovecraft & H. G. Wells
HP Lovecraft 15 Essential Stories & HG Wells 7 Essential Stories : 22 stories of real fantastic, horror or science fiction classics. Lovecraft : The Temple, Dagon, The Music of Eri ...
3 French Short Stories by Gustave Flaubert
Herodias, The Dance of death and The Legend of Saint Julian The Hospitalier, 3 french short stories by Gustave Flaubert. Dance of Death is a prose poem in which Death laments over ...
Micromegas by Voltaire
First published in 1752, Micromegas is one of Voltaire’s best-known works. It is a tale of mordant irony, and actually the original science-fiction short story. Arriving on Earth f ...
The Little Shop on Silver Linings Street
Daisy Turner has worked at Buchanan’s Family Jewellers since the day she finally escaped her troubled home. With a unique talent for matching the perfect piece of jewellery to any ...
Arms Around Frank Richardson
Nature or nurture? The impact of traumatic childhood experiences reverberates into the grown-up world of Frank, Alice and Henry – children from three families suffering the fall-ou ...
The Garden on Sparrow Street
As the cold winter nights draw in, escape to the sleepy town of Wrenwick, where the streets sparkle with snow and a lonely young widow is about to find that true love really can st ...