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Two Hussars
Tolstoy, LeoSaga Egmont"He is a regular dare-devil, you know: a gambler, a duellist, a seducer, but a jewel of an hussar - a real jewel." A handsome young hussar rides through a small town, seduces a you...
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The Seven Poor Travellers
Dickens, CharlesSaga Egmont"Strictly speaking, there were only six poor travellers; but, being a traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to sev...
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Sketches by Boz
Dickens, CharlesSaga Egmont"Minerva House ... was ‘a finishing establishment for young ladies,’ where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything an...
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Going into Society
Dickens, CharlesSaga Egmont"Society, taken in the lump, is all dwarfs (...) And when you’ve no more left to give, they’ll laugh at you to your face..." A man sets up a circus in a respectable neighbourhood a...
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Lepreon
Wennerström, CeciliaSaga EgmontMagiker Shaz Vahinya är på Ard - och det kan vara så att hon tagit sig vatten över huvudet. Dold i den fängslade krigarprinsessans Havnis psyke stöter hon på en demon som är starka...
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Recollections of a scorer
Tolstoy, LeoSaga Egmont"Everybody knows it's our business to score. You don't get a chance to get a bite of any thing, and you don't get to bed till two o'clock o' nights, but you're always being screame...
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Under the Pyramids
Lovecraft, H. P.Saga EgmontWhen Harry Houdini travels all the way to Egypt, he doesn’t know yet that this trip will take him to one of his greatest – and most terrifying – adventures. During the trip he is k...
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Doctor Marigold
Dickens, CharlesSaga EgmontDoctor Marigold is a traveling salesperson and a good man. But his wife beats their daughter Sophy and he is too weak-willed to do anything about it. When Sophy dies, Marigold is s...
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The Tree
Lovecraft, H. P.Saga EgmontKalos and Musides are two Greek sculptors who are asked to sculpt statues for a competition. But while they are preparing their statues, something terrible happens – Kalos becomes...
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The Festival
Lovecraft, H. P.Saga EgmontIt is the time to celebrate Yuletide – a festival that ancient Germanic people celebrated during the darkest times of the year. A man returns to his home town to share this special...
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Ystävyyden liitto
Andersen, H. C.Saga EgmontNuori poika asuu vaatimattomissa oloissa Kreikan vuoristossa yhdessä äitinsä ja isänsä kanssa. Eräänä päivänä isä tulee kotiin kantaen pientä orvoksi jäänyttä tyttöä. Tytöstä tulee...
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The Dancing Girls
Ferber, EdnaSaga Egmont"The Dancing Girls, and Other Stories" contains four short-stories by two-times Pulitzer Prize winner Edna Ferber, written between 1910 and 1919. The title story paints a pictures...
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Good Morning victorious
Holmquist, EvaOrdspira FörlagFor five years I longed for peace. When we finally defeated the aliens, the general greeted us: "Good morning, victorious", and I believed everything would return to as before the...
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The Homely Heroine
Ferber, EdnaSaga Egmont"The Homely Heroine" is a short story by American author Edna Ferber. It features a writer whose heroines are generally extremely beautiful. But one day, whilst she is out shopping...
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Sydänmuuri
Puutonen, SannaOtava 2021 1. painosKun porraskäytävästä tulee ksylofoni ja puutarhasta pakopaikka. Herkullisen älykäs ja virkistävän hauska esikoisteos ottaa aiheensa arkkitehtuurista. Lyhytproosateoksen tekstit nä...
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Stout och hans Wolfe - Rex och hans Nero
Engholm, AhrvidSaga EgmontNär en tänker stora författare är inte Rex Toadhunter Stout det första namnet på tungspetsen. Under första halvan av nittonhundratalet gjorde sig det litterära underbarnet till ett...
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Vägen hem
Larsson, ZeniaSaga Egmont"Vägen hem" är Zenia Larssons första novellsamling. Novellerna har en bred spännvidd, men en röd tråd är hur den berör disparata livsöden om ensamma människor som når insikt om sin...
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Päivän pähkinöitä 2020 ja muita juttuja: Tarinoita ja juttuja elämänvarrelta
Niskala, Lea TuulikkiBooks on DemandOlen kirjoitellut ajankohtaisista aiheista ja vähän sivunnut historiaa. Niinhän se on, että tämä päivä on huomenna jo historiaa. Blogit on koottu vuoden 2020 ajalta kirjaksi, sillä...
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Någon där ute och andra deckarnoveller
Mathlein, AndersSaga Egmont"Någon där ute" är en samling om tolv deckarnoveller som skildrar tillspetsade scenarier med karaktärer plockade direkt ur vardagen. I novellen "Liftaren" blir Sylvie stoppad mit...
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Mysteriet med fotografiet
Falk, BertilSaga Egmont 2021När 29-åriga Evita Klanglind kör ombord på färjan som ska ta henne till Sassnitz, gör hon det med viss ambivalens. Göran hade nyligen lämnat henne för en annan kvinna och hennes mo...