Bibliotek i Västmanland

Serving on a jury board at the trial of a prostitute accused of murder, Prince Nekhlyudov is appalled to discover that the defendant is a woman he had once seduced and then abandon ...

'Miss Mapp' is the second novel from the 'Mapp and Lucia' series, following the life of a progressive woman who spends her days gossiping and scheming. One must tread carefully in ...

Why did Christians preach about loving their neighbours and yet keep their fellow humans as slaves? Ups and downs with Stowe's own family, and the inhumanity of slavery are the foc ...

Growing up is difficult. It is even more difficult when surrounded by vile gossips, evil eyes, and bad-tempered fishermen! When you live in a trivial fishing community on the coast ...

What do expectations and social problems have to do with romance? How much does society decide who you should be with? Harry and Eva are about to find out!In this sequel to Stowe’s ...

Three sisters go on a road trip through Europe, leaving behind the men in their lives as well as any social limitations and the female behaviour expected of them in the US. Semi-au ...

What do you do as soon as you’ve seen Greta’s ‘Little Women’? Read the whole of Alcott’s back catalogue, of course! This collection of short stories is a compulsory read. Although ...

"Ingen upplever naturen så källklart, så smärtsamt, så jublande som storstadsmänniskan. Den som alltid bor på landet känner en annan slags glädje, byggd på trygghet och självklarhe ...

Rovdi jagar efter mening med livet och kunskap om sig själv i denna vackert skildrade vandringsroman. Längs resan ställs allt på sin spets och under en intensiv kärleksupplevelse i ...

Efter att ha blivit av med jobbet ger sig den unge maskinarbetaren Étienne Lantier ut på en vandring i norra Frankrike. Han anländer så småningom till en gruvby där han hittar både ...

Parismusikern Sylvain Pons har två stora svagheter i livet: han har en passion för att samla på konstverk och han älskar god mat. Hans kollega och rumskamrat, den tyske pianisten W ...

Henry Ryecroft är död. I livet var han en ambitiös och talangfull skribent, men han föraktades av kritiker och tycktes för evigt dömd till ett liv i fattigdom. Henry Ryecroft var i ...

En tågresa i artonhundratalets Ryssland är på väg att ta en oväntad vändning. Ett samtal kring äktenskap, lust och kärlek stegras kraftigt och förvandlas snart till en hätsk diskus ...

Rancher Dick Forrest finds himself in the midst of a horrific and utterly unexpected predicament - his wife Paula has fallen in love with another man. The man who has become the ob ...

‘The Old Curiosity Shop’ is one of Charles Dickens’ most beloved novels about a poor orphan girl, Nell, and her caring grandfather. In an attempt to improve Nell’s life, her grandf ...

‘The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby’ is a sprawling adventure that follows young Nicholas’ journey across England to defend his family’s honour and regain their lost fort ...

‘David Copperfield’ features Dickens’ most popular protagonist and is often described as the author’s masterpiece. The novel follows the life of the titular hero, who battles hards ...

‘Barnaby Rudge’ is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, depicting the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780 in England. It is a novel in which danger lurks around every corner, as t ...

'Eugenie Grandet' is one of the earliest and most famous novels in Balzac's 'The Human Comedy' cycle. The dreary Grandet household, inundated by the overwhelming greed and miserlin ...

'The Nature of a Crime' is the last collaborative work by Conrad and Ford, but most certainly not the least acclaimed. An insightful examination of human psychology that shines a g ...

Jerry has been left in charge of a cable-rig across the Sacramento River when his father is forced to visit San Francisco. He is proud of his new responsibility, but when a surpris ...

From the author of ‘Little Women’, this Christmas story follows the young Maurice Treherne, who has recently become crippled after saving his friend Jasper’s life. Falsely accused ...

"Rolling Stones" is a collection of 23 short stories, 12 poems, and letters by O. Henry providing a general overview of his literary career. The collection is important for it pro ...

"Waifs and Strays" is a collection of short stories by O. Henry that focuses on the outcasts in society, the charlatans, the humourists, and all of the other wonderous people that ...

Another poignant short story collection from the famed writer, formed as an ode to O. Henry’s favourite place, New York City. Seeking to find the genuine voice of this megapolis, O ...