Sjömansbiblioteket

Irma har fallit nedför samhällsstegen efter att plötsligt förlorat sin man. Hon har haft en priviligierad barndom och tidigt vuxenliv, träffat sin älskade Johan Kristian och fått f ...

I en liten, men icke försumbar, by i Småland bor: Slarvern Sonny, och hans lätt uppgivna käresta Anette. Gun och hennes godmodige make Knut, vars profetiska dammsugare spelar en ce ...

Varför fick boken heta Peter den store? Är man stor redan som liten och dessutom rödhårig och fräknig så måste man få ett namn. Första gången Peter träffade Carlos var när han had ...

I Jacobs rum dras läsarna in i den fragmenterade tillvaron för en ung man vid namn Jacob Flanders genom en serie livfulla ögonblicksbilder och splittrade minnen. Mot bakgrund av ti ...

»Landor’s Cottage« is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, originally published in 1849. EDGAR ALLAN POE was born in Boston in 1809. After brief stints in academia and the military, h ...

»King Pest« is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, originally published in 1835. EDGAR ALLAN POE was born in Boston in 1809. After brief stints in academia and the military, he began ...

»Hop-Frog« is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, originally published in 1849. EDGAR ALLAN POE was born in Boston in 1809. After brief stints in academia and the military, he began ...

»Four Beasts in One: The Homo-Cameleopard« is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, originally published in 1836. EDGAR ALLAN POE was born in Boston in 1809. After brief stints in acad ...

»Eleonora« is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, originally published in 1841. EDGAR ALLAN POE was born in Boston in 1809. After brief stints in academia and the military, he began ...

»Diddling« is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, originally published in 1843. EDGAR ALLAN POE was born in Boston in 1809. After brief stints in academia and the military, he began ...

»Bon-Bon« is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, originally published in 1832. EDGAR ALLAN POE was born in Boston in 1809. After brief stints in academia and the military, he began w ...

»Berenice« is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, originally published in 1835. EDGAR ALLAN POE was born in Boston in 1809. After brief stints in academia and the military, he began ...

»A Tale of the Ragged Mountains« is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, originally published in 1844. EDGAR ALLAN POE was born in Boston in 1809. After brief stints in academia and t ...

»A Predicament« is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, originally published in 1838. EDGAR ALLAN POE was born in Boston in 1809. After brief stints in academia and the military, he b ...

»A Descent into the Maelström« is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, originally published in 1841. EDGAR ALLAN POE was born in Boston in 1809. After brief stints in academia and the ...

»›Thou Art the Man‹« is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, originally published in 1844. EDGAR ALLAN POE was born in Boston in 1809. After brief stints in academia and the military, ...

On the eve of his coronation King Rudolf V of Ruritania is mysteriously drugged. To prevent the chaos of having to postpone the ceremony, an attendant suggests that the visiting no ...

»Youth« is a short story by Joseph Conrad, originally published in 1902. JOSEPH CONRAD [1857–1924] was born in Ukraine to Polish parents, went to sea at the age of seventeen, and e ...

»The Tale« is a short story by Joseph Conrad, originally published in 1907. JOSEPH CONRAD [1857–1924] was born in Ukraine to Polish parents, went to sea at the age of seventeen, an ...

»The Secret Sharer« is a short story by Joseph Conrad, originally published in 1910. JOSEPH CONRAD [1857–1924] was born in Ukraine to Polish parents, went to sea at the age of seve ...

»The Return« is a short story by Joseph Conrad, originally published in 1897. JOSEPH CONRAD [1857–1924] was born in Ukraine to Polish parents, went to sea at the age of seventeen, ...

»The Lagoon« is a short story by Joseph Conrad, originally published in 1896. JOSEPH CONRAD [1857–1924] was born in Ukraine to Polish parents, went to sea at the age of seventeen, ...

»The Idiots« is a short story by Joseph Conrad, originally published in 1896. JOSEPH CONRAD [1857–1924] was born in Ukraine to Polish parents, went to sea at the age of seventeen, ...

Captain Whalley, an aging and once-prosperous sea captain, is struggling to maintain his dignity and livelihood in his twilight years. Whalley owns a share in a rundown steamer, th ...

Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, Joseph Conrad’s novella The Duel tells the fascinating tale of two French officers, D'Hubert and Feraud, whose rivalry escalates in ...