Åbo Akademis bibliotek

Four young lovers flee to the forest to escape the constraints of society and follow their hearts. Meanwhile, a group of amateur actors rehearses a play in the same forest, unaware ...

Amidst the Jacobite uprising in 18th-century Scotland, a young Englishman named Edward Waverley finds himself torn between loyalty to his family and his sympathy for the cause of t ...

Två vänner, fem dagar, tio mil … och en oförglömlig kärlekshistoria. Katie och Conor är bästa vänner. Men medan Katie har satsat blod, svett och tårar på att göra karriär i Londons ...

In 18th-century Scotland, young Frank Osbaldistone finds himself embroiled in the tumultuous world of Jacobite rebellion and Highland clan warfare. Sent to his uncle's estate to le ...

The noble knight Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades to find his homeland in turmoil. Amidst the political intrigue and social upheaval of the era, Ivanhoe becomes embroiled in a ser ...

The young, virtuous Pamela Andrews is a servant girl in the employ of Mr. B, a wealthy landowner in 18th-century England. After the death of Mr. B's mother, he attempts to seduce P ...

Orphaned heroine Adeline seeks refuge with a mysterious nobleman, Pierre de la Motte, and his family in an isolated French château. As she delves deeper into the secrets of the for ...

A young orphaned heiress, Emily St. Aubert, is sent to live with her aunt in the remote Castle Udolpho. There she is subjected to supernatural occurrences, eerie landscapes, and th ...

In The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Mrs. Rabbit advises her four bunnies not to venture into Mr. McGregor's garden, where they could come to serious harm. Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail, ...

In a small New England town, a young orphan named Pollyanna arrives to live with her strict and austere Aunt Polly. Despite the challenges she faces, Pollyanna brings her optimisti ...

A nameless narrator visits the decaying mansion of his childhood friend, Roderick Usher. As he witnesses the eerie decline of both the house and its inhabitants, he becomes entangl ...

George Orwell provides a vivid and unflinching portrayal of working-class life in Northern England during the 1930s. Through his own experiences and meticulous investigative report ...

In Homage to Catalonia, George Orwell recounts his experiences fighting in the Spanish Civil War as a member of the POUM militia. Orwell provides a firsthand, gritty depiction of t ...

Through George Orwell's firsthand accounts, readers are exposed to the harsh realities of life as a member of the destitute underclass. Orwell works various menial jobs, as dishwas ...

The Bastable siblings—Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noël, and Horace—embark on a series of amusing and often chaotic quests to restore their family's fallen fortunes. Determined to h ...

When Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis' father is taken away accused of espionage, they and their mother must move into a small cottage near the railway. Their new life is poor and diffi ...

In L.M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valley, we return to the charming town of Glen St. Mary on Prince Edward Island, where the Blythe family has settled. The focus shifts to the adventure ...

Scarlett O’Hara, a headstrong Southern belle, is determined to survive and thrive amidst the chaos of the American Civil War and subsequent reconstruction period. From the antebell ...

A young sailor named Ishmael embarks on a whaling voyage aboard the Pequod, commanded by the enigmatic and obsessive Captain Ahab. As the ship sets sail from Nantucket, Ishmael bec ...

»The Garden Party« is a short story by Katherine Mansfield, first published in 1922. KATHERINE MANSFIELD, actually Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (later Murry), was born in 1888 in W ...

»The Doll’s House« is a short story by Katherine Mansfield, first published in 1922. KATHERINE MANSFIELD, actually Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (later Murry), was born in 1888 in W ...

»Prelude« is a short story by Katherine Mansfield, first published in 1918. KATHERINE MANSFIELD, actually Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (later Murry), was born in 1888 in Wellington ...

»Miss Brill« is a short story by Katherine Mansfield, first published in 1920. KATHERINE MANSFIELD, actually Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (later Murry), was born in 1888 in Welling ...

»At the Bay« is a short story by Katherine Mansfield, first published in 1922. KATHERINE MANSFIELD, actually Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (later Murry), was born in 1888 in Welling ...

Katherine Mansfield is one of the greatest names in world literature in the genre of short stories. Early influenced by the impressionism of Russian writer Anton Chekhov, Mansfield ...