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Mary/Maria

Mary Wollstonecraft har gått till historien med sitt välformulerade försvar av kvinnans rättigheter. Här möter vi samma författare, i samma ärende, men i två texter där hon utveckl ...


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Rouva Bovary

Hurja klassikkoteos rakkaudesta ja intohimosta.Emma Bovary on turhautunut nuori nainen, joka haaveilee kauniista asioista, rikkauksista ja intohimosta. Hän kaipaa elämäänsä jännity ...


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Heinäsirkan aika

Viiltävä klassikkoteos Hollywoodin filmiteollisuudesta.Eletään 1930-lukua. Tod Hackett on nuori taidemaalari, joka on vastikään muuttanut Hollywoodiin. Kykyjenetsijä kiinnostui Hac ...


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Ystävyydestä

Millaista oli ystävyys antiikin Rooman aikaan?Kun roomalainen kernaali Scipio Africanus nuorempi kuolee, hänen ystävänsä Gaius Laelius Sapiens pohtii ystävänsä poismenoa omien tutt ...


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En försvunnen värld

Edward Malone, en irländsk yngling, är reporter för tidningen Daily Gazette. Han letar efter ett nytt långväga uppdrag som är förenat med äventyr och fara i hopp om att imponera på ...


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The Castaways of the Flag

‘The Castaways of the Flag’ is the sequel to ‘Their Island Home’ and the 47th book of the ‘Extraordinary Voyages’ series. A huge fan of ‘The Swiss Family Robinson,’ by Johann David ...


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Netochka Nezvanova

An alcoholic will always put their need for drink before their family and, sadly, this story is no different. 'Netochka Nezvanova' is an unfinished novel by Dostoevsky that the aut ...


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The Double

What really happens when you meet your doppelganger? Well, if you are 'dangerously antisocial' and your double is charming, well-liked and has the social skills that you lack, then ...


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The Most Dangerous Game

Sanger Rainsford is a big-game hunter, who finds himself washed up on an island owned by the eccentric General Zaroff. Zaroff, a big-game hunter himself, has heard of Rainsford’s a ...


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Through the Wheat

‘Through the Wheat’ (1923) is a novel by the American journalist, scriptwriter, and novelist Thomas Alexander Boyd (1898–1935). Influenced by his own experiences on the battlefield ...


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Those Extraordinary Twins

Mark Twain's ‘Those Extraordinary Twins’ follows conjoined twins, Luigi and Angelo. While the former is something of a sensualist, often drinking to excess and constantly wreathed ...


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The Lottery Ticket

And here comes the winning ticket! The numbers are... When Ivan Dmitritch reads the newspapes, he sees that the winning numbers from the lottery are very much the same as his wife’ ...


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Vanhuudesta

Filosofi Ciceron kiinnostavia ajatuksia vanhenemisesta.Marcus Porcius Cato vanhempi on pitkään ikään elänyt roomalaismies. Kun nuoret ystävykset Scipio Africanus nuorempi ja Gaius ...


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Scipion unennäkö

Jännittävä katkelma Ciceron mestariteoksesta.Kun Scipio Africanus nuorempi näkee erikoisen unen, hän arvaa kyseessä olevan enneuni. Unessa hänen isoisänsä, menestynyt soturi, saapu ...


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The Adjuster

Written by famous author F. Scott Fitzgerald, this short story relates the rocky relationship of married New York couple Luella and Charles Hemple.Luella Hemple is selfish. However ...


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Tarquin of Cheapside

Set in London in 1594, ‘Tarquin of Cheapside’ is a cross between a whodunnit and a whodunwhat. We find Wessel Caxter reading ‘The Faerie Queen,’ before his evening is interrupted b ...


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Porcelain and pink

This comedic short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald follows the character of Julie.A nonsensical, witty, and charming tale, 'Porcelain and Pink' features a pink girl in a bathtub and a ...


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O Russet witch!

Bookseller, Merlin Grainger, has a crush. The only problem is, he’s never actually met the girl he’s in love with, so he calls her Caroline. Russet-haired Caroline keeps popping in ...


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Mr. Icky

A sad story filled with morality and longing, 'Mr Icky' follows a family who is growing up. While the children experience wealth, high society, and the opportunities they bring wit ...


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Jemina

Deliciously funny, ‘Jemina’ is one of those rare things: a story for a story’s sake.Fifty years ago, way up in the mountains, the Tantrums and the Doldrums fell out over a game of ...


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Head and Shoulders

Do opposites actually attract? 'Head and Shoulders' features the intellectual Horace, who is totally absorbed in his studies at Princeton, but falls for a spirited dancer despite t ...


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Dalyrimple Goes Wrong

Dalyrimple is rich and arrogant and believes he stands above the standards of life itself. He can't find his place in society and flits between opportunities. F. Scott Fitzgerald a ...


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Benediction

Lois, a young girl, is anxious to meet her lover but makes an unexpected stop at her brother Keith's house, who is studying to become a Catholic priest. After not seeing him for ma ...


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The Sensible Thing

This short story follows the loveable character of George O'Kelly, an aspiring engineer who sells insurance to pay the bills.George falls in love with the mysterious Jonquill Cary. ...


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The Jelly-Bean

Jim Powell is a jelly-bean; a lazy, idle man, who is content to drift through life. However, when his friend, Clark, invites him to a shindig where Nancy Lamar is going to be, ther ...