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Composer and music teacher Annette Brougham hears a knock on her ceiling. Ready for a confrontation, she goes up and is surprised to find herself drawn to the mysterious artist Alan Beverley. As their relationship develops, Annette finds herself knocking on the ceiling whenever she wishes to speak with Alan. However, it appears that things are more complex than meets the eye, and Annette is faced with an important decision. The short story "The Man Upstairs" by P. G. Wodehouse is filled with relationship twists and unforeseen turns.

"Red Nails" is the last of the stories about Conan the Cimmerian written by American author Robert E. Howard. A novella, it was originally serialized in "Weird Tales" magazine from July to October 1936. It is set in the pseudo historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan encountering a lost city in which the degenerate inhabitants are proactively resigned to their own destruction. Due to its grim themes of decay and death, the story is considered a classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales.

Before its 1902 publication, "Heart of Darkness" appeared as a three part series (1899) in "Blackwood's Magazine". It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the "100 best novels" and part of the Western canon. The story centers on Charles Marlow, who narrates most of the book. He is an Englishman who takes a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a river boat captain in Africa.

Sylvester von Erfft führt mit seiner Frau Agathe eine harmonische Ehe. Man schwelgt nicht in Reichtum, ist aber gut abgesichert, unternimmt Reisen, genießt das Leben. Doch eines Tages, scheinbar aus dem Nichts heraus, wandelt sich seine Gemütslage drastisch, sein sonst so lebensbejahender Aktionismus schlägt um in eine schwere Lethargie, so hat es den Anschein. Agathe entschließt, für eine Weile zu ihrer Schwester zu fahren, um Abstand zu gewinnen - als sie zurückkehrt, ist ihr Mann verschwunden.

"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is a novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. London lawyer Utterson is driven to investigate Edward Hyde, the unlikely protégé of his friend Dr. Henry Jekyll, suspecting the relationship to be founded on blackmail. The truth is worse than he could have imagined. Jekyll's "full statement of the case", the final chapter of the book, explores the idea of dual personality that led him to his experiments, and his inexorable and finally fatal descent into evil.

Johanne and Knud lived close to the town of Kjöge, where there are many gardens that extend as far as the river. There is not much else, but it is charming in summer! It was under the willow-tree in one of these gardens that Johanne and Knud spent a great deal of their time and theirs was a beautiful friendship.

Virginia accompanies Lisa, her young pianist of a sister, to Switzerland where the latter can get help with her hand injury and play piano again. The famous Swiss surgeon, Dr. Leon Hanson, is charming and well able to come to the rescue. Although Lisa is usually the one to attract attention, the doctor’s gaze is this time fixed upon the sweet Virginia. How can Virginia resist, and in such stunning scenery? The intriguing tale was written in the 20th century under one of Ida Pollock’s pseudonyms, Susan Barrie.

En la ciudad de Mordasoff, Marya Aleksandrovna Moskalyova, una ambiciosa mujer, intenta casar a su hija Zina, de veintitrés años con el adinerado y noble anciano Príncipe "K", quien tras haber volcado su carruaje pasa por la casa en la que ellas viven para que le asistan. Zina es considerada mayor para estar soltera y, entre las razones que explican por qué aún no se ha casado, la principal es el siniestro rumor sobre algunas extrañas relaciones que tuvo hace un año y medio con un pobre maestro de la escuela del distrito.

"Vi älska våra strömmars brus och våra bäckars språng, den mörka skogens dystra sus, vår stjärnenatt, vårt sommarljus, allt, allt, vad här som syn, som sång vårt hjärta rört en gång". Fänrik Ståls sägner är ett diktverk av författaren Johan Ludvig Runeberg. Verket innehåller bland annat dikten "Vårt land" vars första och sista verser kom att bli Finlands nationalsång.

En man ligger i sitt rum och lyssnar på något i väggen. Det krafsar, slafsar och fräser. Vad är det? Är det råttor som ränner runt i väggen? Och finns det en risk att de kommer att tugga ut hans ögon, hans hals och gnaga av köttet från hans ben om han somnar? Och under marken vilar forntida, hedniska gudar - som bara väntar på ögonblicket då sprickan mellan verklighet och dröm är tillräckligt bred för att de ska kunna bryta igenom. I H. P.

"En gång hade de på Mårbacka en barnpiga som hette Back-Kajsa. Hon var nog tre alnar lång, hon hade ett stort, grovt ansikte med stränga, mörka drag, hennes händer voro hårda och fulla av sprickor, som barnens hår fastnade i när hon kammade dem, och till humöret var hon dyster och sorgbunden. En sådan människa tycktes ju inte vara enkom skapad till barnpiga och fru Lagerlöf hade varit i stort beråd innan hon anställde henne." "Mårbacka" handlar om Selma Lagerlöfs egen familj och livet på släktgården Mårbacka i Värmland.

Poise is a power derived from the Mastery of Self. From the preface: "All efforts directed toward the correcting of temperamental or mental blemishes or defects and nervous conditions are of benefit to humanity. In producing this book, the author's purpose was to help mankind to overcome these weaknesses, which are a serious impediment to mental development, and hinder personal advancement and general progress."

"Det var en stackars liten slumsyster, som höll på att dö. Hon hade fått lungsot, och hon hade inte stått emot längre än ett år. I det längsta hade hon gått omkring och skött sina vanliga åtaganden, men när det tog alldeles slut med krafterna, hade hon blivit skickad till ett sanatorium ..." När slumsystern Edit inser att döden står inför dörren ber hon om att få träffa David Holm, en alkoholiserad man som jobbar nere i slummen.

Роман Даниеля Дефо «Приключения Робинзона Крузо» - история о человеке, который в результате кораблекрушения попал на необитаемый остров. Это не только история о выживании, но и о становлении духовной личности.

"All the World" (1919) takes place in the aftermath of the Great War. The soldiers are back but they are struggling to settle down again, and so are the women who worked so hard during the war as well. One Sunday, after Dr. Ward’s sermon, something happens that will turn the life in his town upside down.

När den unge studenten Gunnar Hede får höra att hans älskade barndomshem kommer tvingas säljas ger han sig ut på vägarna för att tjäna pengar. Han måste rädda sitt hem. Han får anställning som herde och under vintern ska han leda hundratals getter genom en stor skog, men Hede misslyckas och alla getterna dör. Efter sitt misslyckande försjunker Hede ner i galenskap, förvirrad vandrar han omkring på vägarna tills den dag han träffar Ingrid.

"Det var med en känsla av vild glädje jag återvände till Nordbanans station, sedan jag där avlämnat min lilla hustru, vilken skulle fara till vårt barn, som insjuknat i fjärran land. Fullbordat var alltså offret av mitt hjärta! En aning sade mig att det var för alltid vi nu hade skilts ..." "Inferno" är en självbiografisk roman av August Strindberg som skildrar Strindbergs vistelse i Paris och Österrike under åren 1894-1896.

David Balfour is a young Scottish man whose parents have recently died. The seventeen-year-old orphan decides that the time has come for him to seek his fortune. Right before Balfour departs for Edinburgh, he meets with his guardian Mr Campbell. Campbell tells the young boy that he has a wealthy uncle living in Cramond.

This classic, early 19th century science fiction masterpiece serves as both a wonderful period presentation of the time as well as a cautionary tale. Called by many a "chilling novel account of a Martian invasion of London in the nineteenth century - a science fiction classic for all time." It was made famous by Orson Welles Mercury Theatre mid 20th Century adaptation that literally had thousands of people running for their lives at the time in the Northeast U.S. H. G.

You have certainly heard of Dracula. But do you know the whole story? Everything begins with Jonathan Harker, an English solicitor who travels to Transylvania. He is about to sell a piece of real estate to Count Dracula. The locals warn Harker of the strange things that occur near Count Dracula’s castle, but Harker doesn't listen. Shortly after he realizes that he has fallen into captivity.