Sjukhusbiblioteken i Västerbotten

"He would make a lovely corpse."Martin Chuzzlewit is an old rich man with a handful of relatives just waiting for him to die so they can inherit his money. But old Chuzzlewit has n ...

Who doesn't enjoy a novel full of jealousy, love and, of course, lots of conflict! 'The Professor' by Charlotte Brontë has all this and more.'The Professor' is Charlotte Brontë’s f ...

Martin Eden is a semi-autobiographical tale from Jack London, following Martin Eden a destitute sailor with dreams of rising above poverty to become a best-selling author. Only by ...

Laura lives an isolated life with her father, alone in a castle in the Austrian wilderness. When the mysterious Carmilla, a strange and beautiful lady, arrives in the night, no one ...

Tucked away in a museum, lies the original notebooks of a teenage Jane Austen. Within the pages can be found the early writings of a girl who would go on to shape the literary land ...

"North and South" is perhaps Elizabeth Gaskell’s most famous novel which poignantly deals with the issues of industrialisation from the working class perspective. When young Margar ...

Trapped in a loveless and unhappy marriage, Aaron Sisson, a union official in the depressing coal mines of the English Midlands, will walk out on his wife and children to follow hi ...

When the narrator comes across a wedding, it reminds him of an event five years ago where he found himself, completely by chance, at a children’s Christmas party. At the time, he d ...

‘The Tomb of Ts’in’ is an adventure novel from acclaimed British author Edgar Wallace, that follows an intrepid treasure hunter through beautiful Chinese vistas in the hunt for a l ...

Part of an eight-volume cycle about Marie Antoinette ‘The Hero of the People’ focuses on the conflict between King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette as to how France should be ruled. ...

Händelser på vägen [1929] är en novellsamling av Agnes von Krusenstjerna. Boken innehåller tolv noveller, bland annat »Mordet«, »Fikon och dadlar« och »Eldbuketten«. AGNES VON KRUS ...

Vivi, flicka med melodi [1936] är en novellsamling av Agnes von Krusenstjerna. Boken innehåller tolv noveller – utöver titelnovellen bland annat »Sommarnöje«, »Stulet nyår« och »He ...

Noveller samlar Agnes von Krusenstjernas bästa noveller i en volym. Samlingen innehåller bland annat »Junis blommor«, »Mordet«, »Min lilla syster« och »En kväll i ett världshus«. A ...

Tage har precis återhämtat sig efter en lång och svår kamp mot TBC. Men det betyder inte att allt är frid och fröjd för det hårt prövade skolbarnet, och han är fortfarande långt if ...

Wollter och Bergström är knark­spanare med Sergels torg och Klarakvarteren som huvudsaklig arbetsplats. Vid ett tillslag hittas en langares kontaktuppgifter till olika köpare i Sto ...

Gripande debutroman om kärlek och sorg i 1800-talets Småland Torpardottern Hilda är en inbunden person, tärd av minnen från barndomen. När hennes faster Anna ber om hjälp på gården ...

'Drink is the greatest enemy that man had on Earth'. A tale of tragedy and consumptive violence from the pen of Bram Stoker, 'The Primrose Path' follows the descent of Jerry O'Sull ...

Archibald Hunter arrives at Cruden Bay for his yearly seaside vacation, looking for nothing more than peace and quiet. Then all of a sudden his life becomes plagued by intimidating ...

Bram Stoker is primarily known for his infamous horror novel 'Dracula', and its 1931 film adaptation starring Bela Lugosi. But Stoker has also penned shorter works intertwined with ...

'Snow Bound: The Record of a Theatrical Touring Party' is a collection of short stories by Bram Stoker, the acclaimed author of 'Dracula' which is best known for its 1931 silver sc ...

In this historical romance adventure the wealthy Miss Betty with a heart of gold falls in love with the dashing Rafe. After saving Betty's life in a boat trip gone wrong, Rafe's u ...

Business magnate Roger Melton has passed on, leaving behind one of the grandest fortunes of his time. To the family's astonishment, Roger has bequeathed his vast estate to the blac ...

‘A bloody nation, barbarous and rude’ is how Daniel Defoe describes England in his hilarious poem ‘The True-Born Englishman’. The poem is a satire about the stupidity of xenophobia ...

On the island of Sardinön, Easter is fast approaching but Emelie still has some difficult questions on her mind. Should she take the job at the community centre? If her new partner ...

‘Aunt Crete’s Emancipation’ follows Miss Lucretia Ward or ‘Crete’ to her family, as she navigates life with her rude sister Carrie and her spoilt niece Luella. They treat the older ...