Biblio Library

In Charles Dickens’s masterful novel Our Mutual Friend, the bustling streets of Victorian London serve as a vivid backdrop for a tale woven with intrigue, wealth, and social strati ...

Charles Dickens's unsentimental and poignant portrayal of London in the early 1800s is simultaneously an uplifting tale and a violent narrative of corruption, degradation, and gree ...

When young Nicholas Nickleby’s father dies in poverty, he must turn to his wealthy uncle for help to support his mother and sister. The uncle reluctantly assists Nicholas in obtain ...

In Little Dorrit, the reader is thrown into the fascinating world of upper class luxury and the hardships of the working class in 19th-century London. The story follows the humble ...

The great classic about the society of the Industrial Revolution. In Coketown, the Industrial Revolution has already transformed into a capitalist nightmare. The affluent Mr. Gradg ...

The orphaned boy Pip's life takes an unexpected turn when, during his apprenticeship with a blacksmith, he receives a large sum of money from an anonymous benefactor. From having r ...

David Copperfield is Charles Dickens's iconic Bildungsroman, originally published as a serial in a magazine from 1849 to 1850. The novel, which has strong autobiographical element ...

Robinson Crusoe, a classic novel by Daniel Defoe, unfolds the gripping tale of a resourceful and tenacious Englishman marooned on a remote island for decades. Set against the backd ...

Moll Flanders tells the story of a beautiful, intelligent woman who seeks to escape her fate amidst the impoverished slums of London. As a woman, her primary avenue for improvement ...

The young Henry Fleming enlists in the Union Army during the American Civil War, harboring dreams of becoming a war hero. When he faces the enemy for the first time, he realizes th ...

In James Fenimore Cooper's timeless classic, The Last of the Mohicans, the rugged landscapes of 18th-century America set the stage for an epic tale of adventure, love, and honor. A ...

James Fenimore Cooper's The Deerslayer transports readers to the untouched wilderness of early 18th-century America, weaving a captivating tale of frontier life and moral challenge ...

In a city teeming with political unrest and foreign intrigues, Adolf Verloc, a seemingly unassuming shopkeeper, is at the heart of a sinister conspiracy. Employed as a secret agent ...

Nostromo unfolds in the fictional Latin American republic of Costaguana, where the English Gould family has controlled the country's sole natural resource, a silver mine, for three ...

The ship Patna has run aground and is taking on water. The 800 pilgrims on board are asleep, oblivious to the crisis and the fact that there are only seven lifeboats. In a panic, t ...

Januari 1942. Under hösten lyckas signalspanarna på Karlaplan 4 avkoda meddelanden med illavarslande innehåll. Nazi-Tyskland tycks planera en stor markinvasion av Sverige från Norg ...

A mysterious encounter on a moonlit road sets the stage for this gripping tale of intrigue, deception, and dark secrets. As art teacher Walter Hartright becomes entangled with the ...

Olen yrittänyt kirjassani juurta jaksain perehtyä Madame Butterflyn tarinaan ja tarinan pohjalta syntyneeseen oopperaan. Tarina alkaa Japanin Nagasakista 1800-luvun loppupuolella. ...

On her eighteenth birthday, Rachel Verindet inherits a large diamond, which her uncle got in India. She wears it to her birthday party, but the morning after it is gone from her ro ...

In late 19th-century New Orleans, social constraints are strict, especially for a married woman. Edna Pontellier leads a secure life with her husband and two children, but her rest ...

In The King in Yellow, four of Robert W. Chambers' short stories are brought together, seemingly unrelated at first glance but all referencing the same mysterious figure: the King ...

As the daughter of a modest minister, Agnes Grey has low prospects in life. After her father loses most of the family’s savings, Agnes is determined to help out and takes a positio ...

Den tionde årsdagen ihop blir inte alls som Smilla tänkt sig. Hon hade sett framför sig att Martin skulle gå ner på knä och lova henne livslång kärlek, men i stället får hon en otr ...

Falsk hare är debuten som föregår Fernanda Melchors stora inter­nationella genombrott med Orkansäsong och Paradais. Nu ger vi ut Melchors nyligen reviderade version av romanen. I F ...

Rå. Naken. Djup. Vågad. Cecilia bär på mycket blandade känslor, är helt galet förälskad, tänker hela tiden, söker lyckan i vardagen och kämpar med både sina egna och andras demoner ...