Rutakko-kirjastot

Nuori Robinson Crusoe uhmaa varakasta perhettään ja lähtee näiden vastustuksesta huolimatta merille. Crusoe päätyy elämään jännittävää elämää, johon kuuluvat matkustelu ja vieraat ...

Kolmen ystävyksen, Ilja Lunjeffin, Jaakko Filomonoffin ja Paavali Gratsheffin tarina jatkuu. Kaupungissa tapahtunutta murhaa selvitetään. Kolmikko yrittää kovasti olla ajattelematt ...

Landry ja Sylvinet ovat identtiset kaksoset, jotka kasvavat ranskalaisella maaseudulla 1800-luvulla. Heidän vanhempansa ovat rikkaita maanviljelijöitä. Veljesten suhde on lähes sym ...

Kun äiti lähettää kahdeksanvuotiaan Otto-pojan hakemaan aamulla kaupasta siirappia, hän kieltää Ottoa härnäämästä naapurin suurta sonnia. Otto lähtee matkaan astia mukanaan ja törm ...

Jussi Puranen on mies, jossa näkyy esi-isien metsäläiset juuret. Tätä miestähän ei määräillä! Vahinko vain, että Purasen mielestä kaikilla on asiat aina paremmin kuin hänen itsellä ...

Kuninkaallinen ratsupoliisi Derwent Conniston on jo vuosien ajan jahdannut murhasta syytettyä Johnny Keithiä. Kun Conniston vihdoin tavoittaa Keithin, tapahtuu jotakin yllättävää. ...

Useissa Shakespearen näytelmissä esiintynyt hahmo sir John Falstaff on tämänkin tarinan keskiössä. Falstaff juonittelee saadakseen rouvien Paaso ja Virta aviomiesten rahat. Tästä s ...

Temperamenttinen Katherine ei ole poikamiesten suosiossa hankalan luonteensa vuoksi. Hänelle olisi kuitenkin löydettävä aviomies – pikkusisko Bianca ei saa jatkaa riiaamista nuoren ...

"Castle Dangerous" is the last of Walter Scott’s "Waverley" cycle of historical novels. The story takes place shortly after the death of William Wallace in the Scottish War of Inde ...

The short story "Konovalov" (1897) is an example of Maxim Gorky’s autobiographical writing, depicting the suicide of a quiet prisoner, Konovalov, whom Gorky decides to immortalize ...

With his sense of humor and ability to observe, Nikolai Gogol presents the world with stories of little people: the weak and fragile people who try to hold on to life in the gloomy ...

"A most extraordinary thing happened in St. Petersburg on the twenty-fifth of March." The opening lines of "The Nose", one of Gogol’s best-known stories, and quite possibly the mos ...

In Nikolai Gogol's short story 'May Night, or the Drowned Maiden,' a single night ends up changing the lives of many. Young Levko is the son of the head of a Ukrainian village and ...

"The Old World Landowners" is a short story written in 1835. It is the first tale in the "Mirgorod" collection by Nikolai Gogol. The story is a vivid representation of the old-fash ...

What about an unexpected two years’ vacation on a desert island? It may sound appealing from nowadays perspective. But when a marooned ship drifts to sea with nobody but a group of ...

"Michael Strogoff I" is an adventure novel by Jules Verne from 1876. It consists of two parts and it tells the story of the courier of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, Michael Strogoff ...

"Michael Strogoff II" is the second part of Jules Verne’s adventure novel from 1876. It tells the story of the courier of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, Michael Strogoff. There is a ...

This classic novel about adventure, courage and determination takes the reader on an exciting sea voyage around the world. Engaging and entertaining, "In Search of the Castaways" f ...

Dr. Ox wants to introduce a new gas lighting system in a small Flemish town. Free of charge. However something does not add up. Solely because Dr. Ox’s goal is not as philanthropic ...

Teeming with dark humour, supernatural elements, and hard-to-believe situations, Nikolai Gogol’s "Collected Stories" is a highest form of short story fiction. With stories like "Th ...

Have you ever wondered what would have happened if Scheherazade had not ceased with her tales and told the king another story that is actually a retelling of a previous story, but ...

"The Cask of Amontillado" is a classic revenge story where an insulted man, Montresor, exacts his vengeance upon the drunk Fortunato. Just like "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black ...

A classic detective short story shrouded in mystery, "Marie Rogêt" features Poe’s famour investigator C. Auguste Dupin trying to solve a murder case. Based upon an actual murder, t ...

An example of Poe’s mystery-laden and dream-oriented short stories, "A Tale of the Rugged Mountains" offers unique perspective on important notions at the time – mesmerism, alterna ...

Poe’s symptomatic need to portray dying or already dead women is evocative of his own failed and miserably spent marriage life to his young cousin. "Morella", in a way similar to " ...