Kyrkslätts bibliotek

The Bostonians is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Century Magazine in 1885–1886 and then as a book in 1886. This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an od ...

Han slog ihjäl en mygga som bet honom på kinden. Han slog ihjäl myggorna gång efter annan … Gång efter annan kom de tillbaka … Som havens vågor mot stränderna. En dag skulle myggen ...

What Maisie Knew is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Chap-Book and (revised and abridged) in the New Review in 1897 and then as a book later that year. It ...

Washington Square is a novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine, it is a structurally simple tragicomed ...

Kärleksfullt om det lilla samhällets verkliga medborgare. Det är midsommarafton i det lilla samhället Klingared utanför Borås. Regnet öser ner och från den tillfälligt uppbyggda sc ...

The Spoils of Poynton is a novel by Henry James, first published under the title The Old Things as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1896 and then as a book in 1897.  This novel ...

The Sacred Fount is a novel by Henry James, first published in 1901. This strange, often baffling book concerns an unnamed narrator who attempts to discover the truth about the lov ...

Guy de Maupassant, född 1850, död 1893, var en fransk författare som räknas som en av novellkonstens stora mästare. Bel-Ami är en roman från 1885.

Fredrika Bremer, född 1801 nära Åbo, Finland, död 1865 var en svensk författare, kvinnorättskämpe, djurrättsaktivist och välgörenhetsidkare. Hon anses vara kvinnorörelsens främsta ...

Fredrika Bremer, född 1801 nära Åbo, Finland, död 1865 var en svensk författare, kvinnorättskämpe, djurrättsaktivist och välgörenhetsidkare. Hon anses vara kvinnorörelsens främsta ...

Fredrika Bremer, född 1801 nära Åbo, Finland, död 1865 var en svenskförfattare, kvinnorättskämpe, djurrättsaktivist och välgörenhetsidkare. Hon anses vara kvinnorörelsens främsta p ...

Fredrika Bremer, född 1801 nära Åbo, Finland, död 1865 var en svensk författare, kvinnorättskämpe, djurrättsaktivist och välgörenhetsidkare. Hon anses vara kvinnorörelsens främsta ...

Roderick Hudson is a novel by Henry James. Originally published in 1875 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, it is a bildungsroman that traces the development of the title characte ...

The Papers is a novella by Henry James, written in the autumn of 1902, with two other tales, to make up a collection published in the book The better sort in 1903. Today the world ...

The Reverberator is a short novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in Macmillan's Magazine in 1888 and then as a book later the same year.  Described by the leading web ...

The Turn of the Screw, originally published in 1898, is a gothic ghost story novel written by Henry James. A nameless governess reports the events of two ghosts who stalk the young ...

The Princess Casamassima is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1885-1886 and then as a book in 1886. It is the story of an intelligent b ...

The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880–81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of J ...

A London Life is a novella by Henry James, first published in Scribner's Magazine in 1888. A devoted sister attempts to check her sibling's scandalous behavior in the world of Brit ...

Fire in the Steppe (also translated into English as Sir Michael and Colonel Wolodyjowski) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1888. It is th ...

The Deluge is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1886. It is the second volume of a three-volume series known to Poles as "The Trilogy," havin ...

With Fire and Sword is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1884. It is the first volume of a series known to Poles as The Trilogy, followed by ...

Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero, commonly known as Quo Vadis, is a historical novel written by Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz. The novel tells of a love that develops ...

»En otroligt spännande roman … Jag tycker att Katherine Webb är fantastisk på att skildra karaktärerna och även miljöbeskrivningarna är suveräna.« Bloggen Lenas godsaker  »Här finn ...

»Av författare från hans tid beundrar jag Tjechov mest – han tillförde litteraturen något helt nytt.« | James Joyce »Hos Tjechov fungerar allt.« | Flannery O’Connor I Sverige är ha ...