In this 1901 short story inspired by Ford Maddox Ford’s "The Cinque Ports", Conrad works on the theme of alienation. It centers on a young man, Yanko, the sole survivor of a shipwr ...

The trading ship Narcissus is sailing towards London, but long the way the ship and its crew pick up a West Indian black sailor, James, who shortly after falls ill. To prevent cont ...

'The Mirror of the Sea' (1906) is a collection of autobiographical essays first published in various magazines between 1904 and 1906.Joseph Conrad lived an exciting and eventful li ...

There comes a time in the course of a battle when a soldier leaves his fate in the hands of the Gods of war. He carries on with the battle at hand, the only way he knows how - figh ...

Loyalty is tested to its limits in this thrilling English Civil War adventure.In the opening days of 1644, there seems to be little hope for Parliament’s soldiers. To William Sparr ...

It is the mid eighties and successful theatrical agent Clive Spoke embarks on a quest to find the truth about his ex-lover’s early death.Travelling to the US he uncovers a devastat ...

Margot Goodwin arrives as the new curate at St Mark’s, Highbury. She’s one part exhilarated, ten parts terrified.This is the most important twelve months of her life. Success would ...

A holiday with old friends makes for plenty of fun in the sun!Debs chokes on the dust as she looks forlornly at her ancient vacuum-packed summer clothes. It seems doubly cruel that ...

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 ...

The life of a law clerk at a New York firm is hectic. It can only be made more so by the addition of a murder trial. Alongside his job at Graham & Royce, Lester has a front-row sea ...

"The Storm" (1704) is a founding document of modern journalism. It tells of the events of November 1703, when a hurricane struck Britain. It is composed of verbatim eyewitness acco ...

"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 ...

‘Bunner Sisters’ explores the lives of the impoverished class in 1870s New York. Sisters Ann Eliza and Evelina run a small shop out of a shabby basement on a side street. Despite t ...

The Custom of the Country (1913) is a scathing critique of American upward mobility, as told through the journey of overindulged Undine Spragg. She moves from Apex City to New York ...

Witty socialite Lily Bart has expensive tastes. Unfortunately, she does not have the social status to match. So far she has managed to get by on ‘old money’ and has become accustom ...

"Laddie" is Gene Stratton-Porter’s most autobiographical novel, and is titled after her brother, who drowned as a teenager. It is the story of Pamela Pryor and Laddie Stranton. Whi ...

Gene Stratton-Porter was a naturalist and fierce conservationist as well as an author, and one of the areas she held dearest was the Limberlost swamp. Indeed, she spent her income ...

"The Harvester" is a gentle love story, made up of a fondness for nature, high moral ideals and an engaging plot. It is the story of young David Langston, who lives in the countrys ...

The Jubilee marks the fiftieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria. Dickensian in its sweeping scope of London life, Gissing’s "In the Year of the Jubilee" (1834) depicts the hars ...

Sommaren 1940. Två år har gått sedan Hedy Bercu flydde sin hemstad Wien och nazisterna. Nu blickar hon upp mot himlen över Jersey och det oupphörliga mullret från de tyska flygplan ...

Kolmen lapsen äiti Emelie on kyllästynyt elämäänsä. Lasten isä on palannut kotiinsa Gambiaan, ja Emelie on uurastanut saadakseen arjen toimimaan. Budjetti on tiukka, työ on tylsää, ...

Heinäkuun lopulla 1941 sotamies Taneli Kaappola saa määräyksen komppanianpäällikkö Tikkasen lähetiksi itärajalle. Taistelut Tyrjän kylän valtaamiseksi ovat juuri alkamassa, ja Isä- ...

Rikosten selvittelyssä ansioituneen Aamulehden toimittaja Ina Djurlingin ja konstaapeli Voitto Karhun hääjuhlat keskeytyvät odottamattomalla tavalla. Karhu joutuu astumaan saappais ...

Postinjakaja saapuu syrjässä sijaitsevan pienen mökin pihaan. On epäilyttävän hiljaista. Pihalla on vain kissa, mutta talon ovi on auki. Sisällä postinjakaja kohtaa odottamattoman ...

Antiikin Kreikassa tapahtuu jotain ennenkuulumatonta runsas kaksisataa vuotta ennen ajanlaskun alkua. Ensimmäistä kertaa nainen kohoaa asemaan, jossa häntä palvotaan elävänä jumala ...