Ljudböcker / Historiska faksimil
Queen Lucia
"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
‘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
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 ...
The House of Mirth
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
"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 ...
Moths of the Limberlost
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
"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 ...
In the Year of the Jubilee
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 ...
Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut är en berättelse om förtärande kärlek som får ödesdigra konsekvenser. Romanen utspelar sig i 1700-talets Frankrike där den unge adelsmannen Chevalier des Grieux blir ...
The Black Benedicts
When Mallory become the governess of Raife Benedict’s niece, she sets off for the beautiful Morven Grance, Raife’s house on the Welsh borderland. Her life becomes inextricably link ...
White Rose of Love
Steve traveled to Portugal to be with her brother and found a culture entirely different from her own – for better and for worse. When she encountered the handsome Dom Manoel, she ...
Hotel Stardust
When Commander Roger Merlin offers to buy Eve’s inheritance, Treloan Manor in Georgia, the answer is strictly no. She has not even set eyes of the place yet, and she has different ...
Robinson Crusoe
"Robinson Crusoe" is Daniel Defoe’s best and most popular novel. It is structured like an autobiography of the main character, depicting his castaway adventures on a lonely island ...
Pathway of Roses
Janie Dallas looked exactly like the singer Vanessa Brandt. When Vanessa asked her to impersonate her for a week, there is one thing that tempts her: the company of Vanessa’s close ...
Madame Bovary
När den alldaglige Charles Bovary lydde sin mors råd och gifte sig med änkan Héloïse Dubuc, var det med hennes påstådda förmögenhet i åtanke. Först efteråt stod det klart att några ...
Dear Tiberius
Lucy Nolan was charged with taking care of the invalid daughter of the cold and distant Sir John, whom Lucy names Tiberius. She is very fond of the daughter, Miranda, and thus Lucy ...
Sweet Barbary
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 ...
Gul iris och andra mysterier
Hercule Poirot är en av världens mest berömda detektiver. Kanske är det just därför det är han som får det mystiska telefonsamtalet där han, som på ett silverfat, serveras flera av ...
Gårdarna runt sjön
Ett liv börjar, och ett annat slutar. När lilla Diana föds dör hennes mor, Margareta. Hennes far, Jan Gustav Stjärnudd, drabbas hårt av sin unga frus bortgång. Bedrövad strövar han ...
B. J. Harrison Reads Shadowed by Death
From the books that inspired the new Netflix series "Lupin" with Omar Sy.At Chateau de Maupertuis, death shadows Lady Jeanne Darcieux, as she escapes more than one attempted murder ...
Marry a Stranger
Stacey is married to Dr. Martin Guelder knowing that he has taken her under his wing as, practically, his housekeeper. A perfectly simple arrangement – or is it? She discovers that ...
Tales About Courage
What is courage? What does it take to be brave? How does courage show? Follow Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved characters on their adventures and discover what courage means to th ...
Tales About Truth
What is truth? What better way to learn about the topic of truth than through the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen? The storyline of these fairy tales offers a wonderful plat ...
Tales About Love
What is love? What does it take to love? Let Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved characters show you what love could be, what it takes to love and how love can manifest itself in man ...
The Quiet Heart
Alison had married for convenience, and when her husband died, she still had his three daughters to look after in Leyden Hall. When she meets the new master of the hall, architect ...