Bibliotek i Västmanland

Suffering from ill health, George Walker has been recuperating for several months in Egypt. Bored and lonely in Cairo, he yearns to visit Suez and the Red Sea and so attaches himse ...

First published in 1874, ‘Lady Anna’ was written in its entirety by Anthony Trollope during a lengthy voyage to Australia to visit his son Frederic, who had emigrated there. Our he ...

This entertaining short story from Anthony Trollope follows the adventures of self-proclaimed ‘emancipated Englishwoman’ Miss Sabrina Dawkins as she takes a solo trip to visit the ...

One of Anthony Trollope’s best-known novels, ‘He Knew He Was Right’ follows the gradual breakdown of a marriage. Louis and Emily Trevelyan initially have a seemingly happy union, b ...

Scholar Mr Peacocke has recently moved to Broughtonshire to live as schoolmaster with his beautiful American wife. When the brother of Mrs Peacocke’s abusive first husband appears ...

‘The Old Nurse’s Story and Other Tales’ is a collection of eleven short stories from the much-loved Victorian author, Elizabeth Gaskell. The title story follows the strange and sup ...

"Queen Lucia" (1920) is the first volume of E. F. Benson’s "Mapp and Lucia" 6-novel series. It is a comedy of manners, set in provincial Riseholme (Lincolnshire). Emmeline Lucas ru ...

When April finds herself in a pickle – stranded in Madrid with no money – she gets a more-than-welcome offer. The charming Spanish Don Carlos wants to make April her bride. How cou ...

When Carol marries off her only daughter, she is faced with a certain loneliness and travels to Switzerland. To her surprise, she meets the handsome Dr. Lucien Andreas and falls he ...

When Samantha Rivers got into a skiing accident, a dark and handsome but impolite Austrian came to her rescue. She thought she was rid of him, but when her friend Elisabeth van Ult ...

Dallas Drew is a lovely and memorable, yet inexperienced nurse working at a hospital. When the recognized Dr. Martin Loring becomes a patient at the place, Dallas is soon pushed as ...

David Falcon is a famous writer and explorer, who has more women falling at his feet than he cared for. One day, he decides to get away from it all and leave for a castle together ...

When Lois Tarrant, who worked as a model for a London designer, flew to Madrid to deliver an item to a Spanish bride, her trip turned out to be much longer than anticipated. The po ...

Everything was more than perfect in the Bay Of Moonlight, located in beautiful Southern Portugal. Yet Sarah was in love with Philip Saratola, who did not seem to have eyes for her ...

Caroline was the governess of the young Richard de Fonteira. When it was time to meet his impressive uncle, the Marques, whom he had heard so much about and would take over the boy ...

Stephen Lestrange, a handsome painter living in Paris, was on the verge of getting married to the plain Lucy. Was he truly ready to settle down with Lucy, considering that he had f ...

Toni was happy about her a trip she would take to Scotland with Charles Henderson. Yet when Euan MacLeod, and especially the charming Scottish doctor, she soon forgot all about him ...

Amanda Wells becomes stranded on an island and seeks shelter from Urquhart Tower. The master of the place is Alaine Urquhart, and his servant mistakes Amanda for the Bride of Alain ...

Chloe was more than happy working for Madame Albertin as her secretary and companion in remote Cornwall. When her employer’s nephew – the wildly handsome Pierre – arrived on the sc ...

Caroline was staying at the lovely chateau of Comte Armand de Marsac and falling in love with his best friend Robert de Bergerac, without even having met the count himself. She ass ...

Juliet’s uncle has invited Julie to go to Africa. She knows that nothing would please his uncle more than an engagement between her and her cousin Colin. She is not entirely oppose ...

Don’t let yourself be fooled by the title..."A Modern Utopia" (1905) is a dystopian, prophetic, and horrific novel proving how Wells always was ahead of his time. Its hybrid charac ...

Is it better to reign in hell than to serve in Heaven?Wells at his thoughtful best, "The Country of the Blind" (1904) is one of his best-known and most-anthologized short stories. ...

What happens when you glimpse into the fourth dimension? You return forever changed as a mirror image. Glimpsing into a parallel world through a science experiment gone wrong, the ...

A superbly crafted psychological chiller with an ending to die for! Let H. G. Wells walk you through the fear and uneasiness that abounds at night in the Red Room in Lorraine Castl ...