Sjömansbiblioteket

The Custom of the Country (1913) is a scathing critique of American upward mobility, as told through the journey of overindulged Undine Spragg. She moves from Apex City to New York ...

Witty socialite Lily Bart has expensive tastes. Unfortunately, she does not have the social status to match. So far she has managed to get by on ‘old money’ and has become accustom ...

"Laddie" is Gene Stratton-Porter’s most autobiographical novel, and is titled after her brother, who drowned as a teenager. It is the story of Pamela Pryor and Laddie Stranton. Whi ...

Gene Stratton-Porter was a naturalist and fierce conservationist as well as an author, and one of the areas she held dearest was the Limberlost swamp. Indeed, she spent her income ...

"The Harvester" is a gentle love story, made up of a fondness for nature, high moral ideals and an engaging plot. It is the story of young David Langston, who lives in the countrys ...

The Jubilee marks the fiftieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Dickensian in its sweeping scope of London life, Gissing’s "In the Year of the Jubilee" (1834) depicts the hars ...

Manon Lescaut är en berättelse om förtärande kärlek som får ödesdigra konsekvenser. Romanen utspelar sig i 1700-talets Frankrike där den unge adelsmannen Chevalier des Grieux blir ...

When Mallory become the governess of Raife Benedict’s niece, she sets off for the beautiful Morven Grance, Raife’s house on the Welsh borderland. Her life becomes inextricably link ...

Steve traveled to Portugal to be with her brother and found a culture entirely different from her own – for better and for worse. When she encountered the handsome Dom Manoel, she ...

When Commander Roger Merlin offers to buy Eve’s inheritance, Treloan Manor in Georgia, the answer is strictly no. She has not even set eyes of the place yet, and she has different ...

"Robinson Crusoe" is Daniel Defoe’s best and most popular novel. It is structured like an autobiography of the main character, depicting his castaway adventures on a lonely island ...

Janie Dallas looked exactly like the singer Vanessa Brandt. When Vanessa asked her to impersonate her for a week, there is one thing that tempts her: the company of Vanessa’s close ...

När den alldaglige Charles Bovary lydde sin mors råd och gifte sig med änkan Héloïse Dubuc, var det med hennes påstådda förmögenhet i åtanke. Först efteråt stod det klart att några ...

Lucy Nolan was charged with taking care of the invalid daughter of the cold and distant Sir John, whom Lucy names Tiberius. She is very fond of the daughter, Miranda, and thus Lucy ...

Catherine should have known better when she met the exciting David Barrington that he was trouble. He was handsome and rich and made her visit to Morocco all the more thrilling. Ye ...

Hercule Poirot är en av världens mest berömda detektiver. Kanske är det just därför det är han som får det mystiska telefonsamtalet där han, som på ett silverfat, serveras flera av ...

Kollegineuvos Tshitshikow kiertää 1800-luvun venäläistä maaseutua erikoisella asialla. Hän nimittäin pyrkii ostamaan maanomistajilta 'kuolleita sieluja', eli henkikirjoihin jääneit ...

Ett liv börjar, och ett annat slutar. När lilla Diana föds dör hennes mor, Margareta. Hennes far, Jan Gustav Stjärnudd, drabbas hårt av sin unga frus bortgång. Bedrövad strövar han ...

From the books that inspired the new Netflix series "Lupin" with Omar Sy.At Chateau de Maupertuis, death shadows Lady Jeanne Darcieux, as she escapes more than one attempted murder ...

Maria Toikka on kaunis nainen, joka saa miesten päät kääntymään. Myös oma mies Ville on heikkona vaimoonsa. Maria osaa nauttia miesten huomiosta – väliäkö sillä, jos ei liian pitkä ...

Elli rakastaa kauppiaana työskentelevää miestään Hermania. Hän on hyvä isä pariskunnnan kahdelle lapselle ja kova tekemään töitä. Välillä Elli kuitenkin pelkää, että jokin uhkaa he ...

Kun nuori Aili-tyttö rakastuu Ossi-nimiseen herrasmieheen, maailma tuntuu muuttuvan täysin vaaleanpunaiseksi. Ossi on kaikkea, mitä Aili on voinut toivoa – miellyttävä, komea ja ka ...

Fanny on nuori nainen, jonka elämä on muodostunut pikkuhiljaa painostavaksi. Hänen äitinsä ei ajattele mitään muuta kuin mahdollisia sulhasia ja perheen sosiaalista asemaa. Fanny o ...

Kun pieni Yrjö-poika joutuu huutolaislapseksi, rikkaaseen Ulpasmäen taloon pääseminen vaikuttaa aluksi onnenpotkulta. Onhan talossa kaiken huipuksi samanikäinen Kalle-poika, josta ...

Stacey is married to Dr. Martin Guelder knowing that he has taken her under his wing as, practically, his housekeeper. A perfectly simple arrangement – or is it? She discovers that ...