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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 " ...

An example of Poe’s melancholic and morbid poetic pieces, "A Dream Within a Dream" is a poem that pitifully mourns the passing of time. The poet’s own life, teeming with depression ...

The story unanimously voices Poe’s obsessive concern with premature burial. Dwelling on humanity’s fear of being buried alive, Edgar Allan Poe provides not only examples of such di ...

Considered one of Poe’s most famous and best constructed terror short stories, "The Fall of the House of Usher" is most likely to grab the reader in its clutches and never let them ...

Constance de Villeneuve is a young woman with a heartbreaking problem. She is in love with a man called Gaspar De Vaudemont, but Constance’s and Gaspar’s fathers were mortal enemie ...

"Ivanhoe" is a historical romance about heroism, loyalty and betrayal. The tension between Saxons and Normans, gentiles and Jews starts to mount, after King Richard the "Lionheart" ...

Quentin Durward is a young Scottish archer who comes to France in order to serve in the Scottish Guard of Louis XI. Durward is sent on a deadly mission by the sneaky and evil king ...

In this adventure novel King Richard the "Lionheart" is the leader of the Third Crusade, whose main destination is the Holy Land. However, with the advent of the knights into Syria ...

Markku Mantilan itsenäinen uutuusteos jatkaa Mantilanmäen väen elämästä kertovaa tarinaa, joka alkoi kiehtovasti kirjassa On toinenkin polku taivaaseen.Voisiko kaiken selittää satt ...

Upea romaani vie antiikin Kreikkaan - sotaleireihin, filosofien akatemioihin ja Olympian kisoihin.Ateenalainen Alekos, jonka nimi merkitsee ihmisten puolustajaa, syntyy kun eletään ...

”Pidin lappuhaalareita heti alusta asti. Olivathan ne kovin löysät vielä siinä vaiheessa, mutta minä olin niin kovasti raskaana, etten välittänyt asiasta.”- Et kai sinä nyt tosissa ...

Tammikuussa 2020 tapahtui onnekas onnettomuus Orimattilassa. Filosofian tohtori Timo J. Tuikka rysäytti UKK-arkiston seinästä läpi, mutta löysi samalla väliseinästä Urho Kekkosen s ...

Ihastuttava Fleur on saanut elämässä enemmän kuin oman osansa verran epäonnea. Sodan runtelemien alueiden ja huonojen rakkaussuhteiden pakolainen Fleur tahtoisi elämältään parempaa ...

Justin, Veryanin markiisi, kosii humalassa Rose Caterhamia, vaikkei oikeastaan haluaisi vielä naimisiin. Sana kihlauksesta leviää kulovalkean tavoin, ja Justinin on paettava hetkek ...

Nuori aatelisnainen Caroline päätyy tahtomattaan sukujen välisen voimannäytön pelinappulaksi. Jotta kahden perheen välinen konflikti saataisiin sammumaan, on Carolinen suostuttava ...