E-böcker / Noveller
Artefakten
British Museum har förvärvat en unik figurin föreställande Tin Hinan, tuaregernas femton hundra år gamla drottning. Den frilansande kustjägaren och operatören Gustav Sterner får i ...
The Red One
Basset is an English scientist who has been working hard in order to find a mystical, large butterfly species in the jungle of Guadalcanal. However, soon Basset is not so intereste ...
Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings
After her alcoholic husband dies in an accident Mrs. Lirriper starts taking in lodgers to make ends meet. A wide cast of delightful characters breathe new life into the house, but ...
Mugby Junction
Everybody hates the refreshment room at the junction, it’s terrible. But the staff is convinced that they’re running a great operation. When their boss returns from abroad to repor ...
Dagon
The man is addicted to morphine, and can think of nothing but death. Only morphine has made his life barely tolerable. He is in this fragile mental state because of the things that ...
The Cats of Ulthar
Ulthar is a city in which it is forbidden to kill cats. But it was not always the case – years ago there was an old cotter and his wife who enjoyed trapping and killing the cats of ...
The Statement of Randolph Carter
Randolph Carter is not sure what has happened to his closest friend Harley Warren. The two of them decided to visit an old cemetery in a swamp, but something did not go as planned. ...
The Point of View
What is the true American identity? This question, still relevant today, was a core issue in the 19th century art and literature. In "Point of View", Henry James is searching for a ...
The Tree of Knowledge
'The Tree of Knowledge' tells the story of Morgan Mallow, a tal?ntless sculptor and his friend, Peter Brench. Peter wants to keep his friend's wife and son from discovering Morgan' ...
Hop-Frog
As with “The Cask of Amontillado”, this story is centred around revenge as the only possible outcome for the insulted protagonist. Disrespect breeds revenge, which tinted with alle ...
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
One of E. A. Poe’s more horror-oriented stories, “The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar” presents the author’s obsession with death, scientific experiments, and resurrection. Playi ...
The Tell-Tale Heart
Poe’s preference for not naming his narrators is potent once again in “The Tell-Tale Heart”, a story that is trying so hard to appear sane, but fails miserably in the end. With min ...
The Man of the Crowd
“The Man of the Crowd” is a story that deals with the influence of the big city upon the ordinary person. Obsessed with categorization, the protagonist feels baffled by his inabili ...
Berenice
Time and again called one of Poe’s most brutal horror short stories, “Berenice” employs themes similar to Poe’s previous works: death of a beautiful woman, premature burial, and me ...
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Often claimed to be among the first modern detective stories written, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” exemplifies Poe’s interest in the workings of the mind when facing cases that ...
MS. Found in a Bottle
A representative of Poe’s tales of the sea, “Ms. Found in a Bottle” follows the writer’s infatuation with the horrific and unknown forces around us. An avid reader just like his cr ...
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque II
Teeming with melancholy and vampirism, verging on the sanity’s uttermost rim, Poe’s characters often fall victims to supernatural happenings. Men wishing for their wife’s deaths, d ...
The Pit and the Pendulum
It is almost impossible to escape the Spanish Inquisition alive. However, Edgar Allan Poe’s unnamed narrator, after suffering innumerable tortures upon his body and soul in the han ...
Tales About Hope
What is hope? Hope shines through the fairy tales selected for this collection. Let Hans Christian Andersen enchant you and let your favourite characters teach you about what hope ...
Tales About Courage
What is courage? What does it take to be brave? How does courage show? Follow Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved characters on their adventures and discover what courage means to th ...
Tales About Truth
What is truth? What better way to learn about the topic of truth than through the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen? The storyline of these fairy tales offers a wonderful plat ...
Vieras rouva
Nuori mies kohtaa Pietarin illassa levottoman supiturkkisen herran, joka onnettomana kyselee havaintoja salaperäisestä rouvasta. Parivaljakko päätyy tiiviiseen vuoropuheluun, joka ...
Lyhyitä kertomuksia
Lyhyitä kertomuksia on kokoelma novelleja, jotka kuvaavat tavallisten suomalaisten elämää 1800-luvulla oivaltavalla ja koskettavalla tavalla. Minna Canth oli merkittävä suomalainen ...
Jumalallista ja inhimillistä eli vielä kolme kuolemaa
Viisikymppisen Kornéi Vasiljewin elämässä on kaikki hyvin. Hän on rikastunut tekemällä kauppaa, hänellä on nuori vaimo Márfa ja kaksi pientä lasta. Heillä on kivitalo Gâjan kylässä ...
Avioliittoja
Talonomistaja Matvei Savvitsh yöpyy muuan Kashinin majatalossa. Matvein mukana matkustaa ujo ja alistuvainen poika nimeltä Kuska. Illan tullen Matvei päätyy kertomaan tarinaa Kuska ...