Vaggeryds bibliotek

Inspired by Poe’s own tragic life, the short story clearly presages Freud’s method of psychoanalysis. In a very Fight-club-like plot and situations, “William Wilson” is a journey w ...

"Halloa! Below there!"Unable to sleep one cold winter’s night, a gentleman wanders aimlessly around the countryside and comes across the dark mouth of a railway tunnel. There he sp ...

“The silence was unbroken. I looked round, and the five couriers were gone: so noiselessly that the ghostly mountains might have absorbed them into its eternal snows.”Thought recen ...

“It is a grand thing to be mad”A rich, self-confessed madman meets a poor girl and, wishing to marry her, he puts on a “normal” persona and a fake smile. The girl’s family pushes h ...

“How do you do, ma'am?" said the captain. "I am very glad to see you. I have come a long way to see you.”Who hasn’t dreamt of finding an old bottle between rocks on a beach somewhe ...

When Mr. Julius Slinkton walks into Mr. Sampson’s insurance office to fetch some forms for his friend, Sampson has a strange suspicion that something isn’t quite right. And when Sl ...

“Can you suppose there's any harm in looking as cheerful and being as cheerful as our poor circumstances will permit?"Nell is a 14-year-old orphan girl who lives with her caring gr ...

After beating up a little boy on Christmas Eve – as you do – Gabriel Grub, a grumpy and mean-spirited gravedigger, goes to dig a grave in the churchyard. His work is interrupted wh ...

Emil Gluck was a scientific genius, who had just gone to the electric chair because of the terrible, terrible things he had done between the years 1933 and 1941. However, life had ...

I novellsamlingen På livets skuggsida (1912) möter vi fattigdom och orättvisor i form av lagerarbetaren som förlorar jobbet, kontorskvinnor som drömmer om man och barn och en sömme ...

Efter ett bråk med sin älskarinna som slutar våldsamt åker mannen hem till sin fru. Morgonen efter känner han stor ånger och skickar iväg ett försonande meddelande, men när han åke ...

Touching upon the legends surrounding the infamous captain William Kid, Washington Irving’s short story deals in feats of adventures, pirates, and buried treasure. The tempestuous ...

The man from the title, Markheim, is at the local antique store to buy a Christmas present for his beloved. The shop’s owner offers him to buy a mirror, but Markheim is disgusted b ...

Fettes and his friends meet for a drink in the local inn. Everything goes well, until the famous doctor Wolfe Macfarlane enters to treat a sick patient. Fettes gets very upset when ...

“The Gift of the Magi” is a short story about love, selflessness, sacrifices and struggles. Della and James are a young married couple who want to surprise each other with a secret ...

“Buried Treasure” is a story about rivalry and love, greed and trust, friends and enemies. Jim and Goodloe Banks fight for the love of May Mangum. Although they seem to be evil adv ...

The swindler Jeff Peters is after his next victims in the small town Fisher Hill. He is left with only 5 dollars and instead of falling into despair, he finds a way to trick the wh ...

“The Furnished Room” is a short story about love and dedication, about exhaustion and despair. A young man is in search for a girl he fell in love with. He rents a room near the th ...

Is it possible to get away with a fraud or the lies will catch up on you eventually?Jeff Peters and Andy Tucker are two swindlers who want to make money the easy way. Peters howeve ...

It is not very often that we get to read a story told by a dog. However O. Henry’s “Memoirs of a Yellow Dog” gives us a peek through the dog Lovey’s mind. Lovey feels a strong desp ...

Do you believe that people can change? Can a bank robber marry the banker’s daughter without having any hidden thoughts and intentions? “A Retrieved Reformation” tells the story of ...

British Museum har förvärvat en unik figurin föreställande Tin Hinan, tuaregernas femton hundra år gamla drottning. Den frilansande kustjägaren och operatören Gustav Sterner får i ...

Basset is an English scientist who has been working hard in order to find a mystical, large butterfly species in the jungle of Guadalcanal. However, soon Basset is not so intereste ...

After her alcoholic husband dies in an accident Mrs. Lirriper starts taking in lodgers to make ends meet. A wide cast of delightful characters breathe new life into the house, but ...

Everybody hates the refreshment room at the junction, it’s terrible. But the staff is convinced that they’re running a great operation. When their boss returns from abroad to repor ...