Sjukhusbiblioteken i Västerbotten

Kaavoitusviraston osastopäällikkö ei pysty nukkumaan öisin. Erikoinen ääni palaa jokaikinen yö ja estää unet. Vieressä nukkuva vaimo ei kuitenkaan kuule ääntä – mistä ihmeestä oike ...

The wife of the town drummer gave birth to a child with red hair that everyone called ‘the drummer’s redhead’. Except for his mother, who called him ‘golden treasure’. His father d ...

Known primarily for her often fantastical children's books, Edith Nesbit also frequented adult fiction, yet never forgetting her roots, exploring genres such as horror and the supe ...

'Man and Maid' might sound like the working title of something 11 year-old Jane Austen jotted down during recess, and whilst this might not be E. Nesbit's most imaginative of title ...

Love, relationships and everything in between. Although written over a hundred years ago each story in this collection touches on significant topics that are just as relevant today ...

‘The Eternal Feminine’ is a collection of short stories from the prolific American author Carolyn Wells. Tales in the collection include ‘The Night Before Christmas’, ‘Taking Care ...

The only Anthony Trollope tale set in Australia, ‘Harry Heathcote of Gangoil’ is a short story which follows the troubles of young sheep farmer Harry as he attempts to thwart his j ...

Young Englishman John Pomfret is making his way through Spain in order to propose to Marie Daguilar, the daughter of his father’s partner. En route, he encounters an elaborately dr ...

First published in 1865, Anthony Trollope’s ‘Hunting Sketches’ is a series of eight short essays based around the topic of hunting. Each sketch examines a different aspect of the h ...

Korsu, jossa makoilee kaksikymmentä miestä lavereillaan, on oiva paikka alkaa tarinoimaan. Tarinat saattavat olla tosia tai sitten eivät... Voiko hevonen todella oppia maastoutumaa ...

Miksi valkoiset converset tekivät 12-vuotiaan pojan niin onnelliseksi? Entä miksi nailonien saapuminen Stockmannille oli suuri juttu tytöille? Mitä tapahtui pojalle, joka näytti El ...

Arnen lapsi on kadonnut huvipuistoon. Ehkä lapsi löytää Arnen ennen kuin tämän tarvitsee hätääntyäkään? Arne päätyy ajattelemaan lapsensa äitiä enemmän kuin itse lasta. Muistaako h ...

Enticed by a large sum of money, Jessie, a spunky young girl of 20 summers, moves into a grand house inhabited by three older men. Now, if you think you already know where 'Queen o ...

Therapist. Peacemaker. Pillar of the community. A country parson in 19th century England was all this and more. In "Scenes of Clerical Life", George Eliot offers a poignant portrai ...

The Dorrance family live together in a boarding house, in which the four children feel stifled and repressed. When a perilous financial situation upsets the family’s summer holiday ...

Pakkomielteisesti naisia iskevä mies mustaa Suomen kartalta ne alueet, joilta tulleita naisia hän on jo onnistunut hurmaamaan. Mitä käy, kun koko maa on mustattu?Ikonimaalari yritt ...

Ihmishahmo seisoo pimeällä rannalla. Kylmä viima käy niin voimakkaasti, että hän pitelee vaatteidensa ratkeilevia saumoja. Vain hetki aiemmin hänen seuranaan oli toinen ihminen, my ...

Mies ottaa kotiinsa tärkeän vieraan, oman tyttärensä Marien. Isä on järjestänyt tyttärelleen paikan jazz-yhtyeessä, äidin toiveiden vastaisesti. Mies ei voi kuin ihmetellä, kuinka ...

Kun mies näkee kuplavolkkarin takaikkunassa vanhat nappikset, mieleen tulvii vanhoja muistoja. Voivatko kengät olla ne samat, jotka hän antoi vuosia sitten ystävälleen Jaralle? Jar ...

Set in Ireland, this is a delightful short story from prolific author Anthony Trollope. Our narrator Archibald Green is in County Mayo on business when he secures an invitation to ...

Suffering from ill health, George Walker has been recuperating for several months in Egypt. Bored and lonely in Cairo, he yearns to visit Suez and the Red Sea and so attaches himse ...

This entertaining short story from Anthony Trollope follows the adventures of self-proclaimed ‘emancipated Englishwoman’ Miss Sabrina Dawkins as she takes a solo trip to visit the ...

What happens when you glimpse into the fourth dimension? You return forever changed as a mirror image. Glimpsing into a parallel world through a science experiment gone wrong, the ...

A sorcerer. Nightmares. Secrets. Not the usual components of a love story but Nikolai Gogol’s short horror story follows the love story of Danilo and Katerina as they deal with the ...

Set in Rome, short story ‘Mrs. General Talboys’ by prolific Victorian writer Anthony Trollope follows the fortunes of unconventional Englishwoman Arabella Talboys. A solo stay in R ...