Bibliotek i Västmanland

Leo Tolstoy’s ‘Sevastopol Sketches’ is a series of three semi-autobiographical short stories which are based on his own recollections and experiences of the Crimean War. As a youn ...

First published in 1919, ‘The Avalanche’ by Gertrude Atherton is set in San Francisco following a devastating earthquake. Young Price Ruyler is struggling to keep the California br ...

First published in 1898, ‘The Californians’ depicts life in California at the turn of the century. As California undergoes a period of rapid change and diversification, so too do t ...

Published in 1893, and set against a backdrop of violence between Mexico and the United States, this is a passionate and compelling love story from famous American author Gertrude ...

Set on the Caribbean Island of Nevis, ‘The Gorgeous Isle’ by Gertrude Atherton follows the story of Byam Warner, a poet and an alcoholic who is slowly drinking himself to an early ...

Published in 1907 ‘That Affair at Elizabeth’ is a detective novel set in turn of the century New York City. When bride-to-be Marcia disappears just hours before her wedding, friend ...

Karin was aboard the Ariadne ship to Australia, having the time of her life. Not only was her employer a darling, but she had a flock of admirers to keep at bay. If she could have ...

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 ...

When Helen’s father dies, she more than welcomes the care of her father’s old friend Roger Trelawnce. She even gets to stay at his lovely manor in Cornwall. Yet her feelings for hi ...

When Elizabeth travels to Cape Town, she meets Nigel Van Kane aboard the ship, and they are not off to a good start. Despite a mutual dislike, Elizabeth finds out to her surprise t ...

When Louise Falls first met Captain Nicholas Wentworth of the Royal Navy at a cocktail party, she was not impressed. He was arrogant, even hostile, and Louise would all but tease h ...

Melanie Blake is in a dreamy, yet unlikely situation: she is madly in love with Rick Vandraaton, who is the charming son of a millionaire. Would it be possible for Rick to want to ...

Tina Andrews is a schoolteacher in remote England when she encounters an old man with a serious illness. She tends to him, unaware that the man called Sir Angus Giffard is in fact ...

On her six-week assignment in Morocco, Judy becomes fascinated with the ruined city of Bou Kairouan and decides to write about it for her magazine. The only one who can help her is ...

Jenny Armitage becomes the governess of Comte de Alais’ children in beautiful Marrakesh, Morocco. She finds herself in the middle of a peculiar love triangle and resisting the atte ...

Carey, much like the heroine of a Cinderella story, was cheated by her unscrupulous step-mother of the comfortable income that should have been hers. But Doctor Kurt Anton, who off ...

Dodo, who is well-known from E.F. Benson’s bestseller carrying the same name, is now settled down. But Dodo has new problems in her life. Dodo’s daughter Nadine is only eighteen ye ...

"To have a Cricket on the Hearth, is the luckiest thing in all the world!"... Or is it?On the hearth in the home of the Peerybingle family sits a little cricket who acts as their p ...

A haunting tale, Russian author Anton Chekhov’s ‘Ward No.6’ tells the story of Ragin, the head doctor in a provincial town’s mental institution. Frustrated by his banal surrounding ...

First published in 1887, ‘A Bad Business’ is a supernatural ghost story from famous Russian author Anton Chekhov. An encounter between a graveyard’s night-watchman and a mysterious ...

First published in 1890, ‘The Middle Toe of the Right Foot’ is a classic ghost story from famous American author Ambrose Bierce. A gruesome and horrifying murder has taken place. M ...

‘Anybody But Anne’ is the fifth in the ‘Fleming Stone’ series of detective novels by prolific author Carolyn Wells. Wealthy David Van Wyck has decided to become a philanthropist an ...

Murder mystery novelist Mr Curran is found dead in a locked room following a dinner party. The disappearance of his fiancé makes her the most obvious suspect – but there is more to ...

The eleventh in the Fleming Stone series of mystery novels by prolific author Carolyn Wells, ‘Raspberry Jam’ is one of the most popular stories in the series. Millionaire Sanford E ...

Homer Vincent lives in the beautiful house called Greatlarch in New England, with his wife and niece. Though outwardly the family appear to have a charmed life, the house is haunte ...