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"Typee" (in full: "Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life") is American writer Herman Melville's first book, a classic in the literature of travel and adventure partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on the island Nuku Hiva (which Melville spelled as Nukuheva) in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands, in 1842. The title comes from the name of a valley there called Tai Pi Vai. It was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime, but made him notorious as the "man who lived among the cannibals".

"The Hound of the Baskervilles" is the third of four crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in "The Strand Magazine" from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound.

"The Beautiful and Damned", first published by Scribner's in 1922, is F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel. The novel provides a portrait of the Eastern elite during the Jazz Age, exploring New York Café Society. As with his other novels, Fitzgerald's characters are complex, especially in their marriage and intimacy, much like how he treats intimacy in "Tender Is the Night". The book is believed to be largely based on Fitzgerald's relationship and marriage with Zelda Fitzgerald.

Originally published in 1880 as a serial in Cornhill Magazine and Harper's New Monthly Magazine, "Washington Square" is a structurally simple tragicomedy that recounts the conflict between a dull but sweet daughter and her brilliant, domineering father. The plot of the novel is based upon a true story told to James by his close friend, British actress Fanny Kemble. The book is often compared to Jane Austen's work for the clarity and grace of its prose and its intense focus on family relationships.

"Flappers and Philosophers" was the first collection of short stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. It includes eight stories: "The Offshore Pirate", "The Ice Palace", "Head and Shoulders", "The Cut Glass Bowl", "Bernice Bobs Her Hair", "Benediction", "Dalyrimple Goes Wrong", "The Four Fists".

"The Encantadas" or "Enchanted Isles" is a novella by American author Herman Melville. First published in Putnam's Magazine in 1854, it consists of ten philosophical "Sketches" on the Encantadas, or Galápagos Islands. It was collected in "The Piazza Tales" in 1856. "The Encantadas" was a success with the critics, but it did not help Melville out of his financial troubles.

"Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie" is an epic poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published in 1847. The poem follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the expulsion of the Acadians. The idea for the poem came from Longfellow's friend, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Longfellow used dactylic hexameter, imitated from Greek and Latin classics, though the choice was criticized.

This romance set in Mexico tells of the journey of a native and a white man in search of the fabled Golden City of the Indians.

"The American" is a novel by Henry James was originally published as a serial in "The Atlantic Monthly" in 1876-1877 and then as a book in 1877. The novel is an uneasy combination of social comedy and melodrama concerning the adventures and misadventures of Christopher Newman, an essentially good-hearted but rather gauche American businessman on his first tour of Europe. Newman is looking for a world different from the simple, harsh realities of 19th century American business.

Hudson is a young law student in Northampton, Massachusetts, who shows such surprising ability as a sculptor that the rich Rowland Mallett, visiting a cousin in Northampton, decides to stake him to several years of study in Rome, then a center of expatriate American society. The story has to do not only with Roderick's growth as an artist and the problems it brings, but also as a man susceptible to his new environment, and indeed his occasional rivalries with his American friend and patron.

Three trees, known as the Peacock trees, are blamed by the peasants for the fever that has killed many. Squire Vane scoffs at this legend as superstition. To prove them wrong, once and for all, he takes a bet to spend the night in the trees. In the morning he has vanished. Is he dead, and if so who has killed him? The poet? The lawyer? The woodsman? The trees?

Rosalie Vanderpoel, the daughter of an American multimillionaire marries an impoverished English baronet and goes to live in England. She all but loses contact with her family in America. Years later her younger sister Bettina, beautiful, intelligent and extremely rich, goes to England to find what has happened to her sister. She finds Rosalie shabby and dispirited, cowed by her husband's ill-treatment. Bettina sets about to rectify matters.

"The Glimpses of the Moon" (1922) is about Nick and Susy Lansing, both of whom live a decadent life in Europe by sponging off wealthy friends. They marry out of convenience and have an "open" relationship, but are unprepared for where their feelings will take them.

"Horatio Leavenworth, Esq., a millionaire, is murdered in his library while he is engaged in reviewing a book he plans to publish. He was shot cleanly in the back of the head (with his own pistol), meaning that he did not turn his head when his assassin entered the room. This fact led detective Ebenezer Gryce to conclude that he recognized the footsteps of his assailant and felt he had nothing to fear from this person." Thus begins this first novel in the "Mr. Gryce" series.

Meisterwerke der Weltliteratur.Ferne Länder, fantastische Völker und längst vergangene Zeiten - die Abenteuer Hörbibliothek nimmt Hörerinnen und Hörer mit auf eine Reise durch die klassische Abenteuerliteratur der letzten Jahrhunderte: Herman Melville: Moby Dick Giacomo Casanova: Gefangenschaft und Flucht aus den Bleikammern, Jonathan Swift: Gullivers Reisen, Mark Twain: Die Abenteuer des Huckleberry Finn, Jules Verne: In 80 Tagen um die Welt.

Nils Nilssons roman Kærlighed til jorden fortæller om en skånsk bondegård og den slægt, der er bundet til den. Det enkelte familiemedlems strabadser og forviklingerne imellem unge og gamle, forældre og børn, mand og kone blegner over for den dybe kærlighed til den jord, der binder familien sammen på tværs af generationer og tid. Nils Nilsson (1897-1980) var en svensk-dansk forfatter, der skrev på dansk. Som ung arbejdede han i en svensk kulmine, men i 1918 flyttede han til København og købte en cigarbutik på Vesterbro.

Anders har et alvorligt alkoholproblem, og det går ikke kun ud over ham selv, men over hele hans familie. Hustruen Marta er evigt bekymret for, hvilke konsekvenser Anders’ druk får. Det er allerede svært at brødføde børneflokken, når Anders bruger husholdningspengene på værtshuset. Der er mange mænd i Anders' omgangskreds, der drikker for meget, og derfor er det ikke kun misbrugets kløer, der igen og igen lokker ham til flasken, men også de sociale forventninger i hans miljø. ""Flugten" er udført med malerisk kraft og en vis naturlig værdighed, der er hans gave.

Den hollandske handelsmand Kaspar Almayer kom til Borneo med store drømme i kufferten. Han ville slutte sin skrantende karriere som handelsmand og finde øens skjulte guldmine. Når det er på plads, vil han vende hjem til Amsterdam som en velhavende mand med sin lille datter, Nina, som er af blandet herkomst. Men skæbnen kan være grusom, ikke mindst i kolonierne, hvor forholdene mellem de indfødte malajer og den hollandske kolonimagt er håbløst kompliceret.

Värmlændingen Carlsson kommer til den nordlige svenske ø Hemsö og går i tjeneste som forkarl på enkefru Anna Flods gård. Carlsson er geskæftig og klog, og inden længe har han charmeret sig ind hos alle på gården, høj som lav - undtagen enkens søn, Gustav, der ser Carlsson som en trussel mod sin egen position på gården og hos sin mor. "Hemsöboerne" er en af August Strindbergs få humoristiske værker, og måske derfor er den også en af hans mest populære både i hans hjemland, Sverige, og i udlandet.

"Nej, hvor her er prægtigt!" råbte Lili, idet hun lod blikket fare ud over Golfen. "Se, hvor solen spiller på bølgerne og farver de hvide latinersejl med sine gyldne stråler, og se så Vesuv i baggrunden: toppen er ganske lyserød, og så svæver der lette skikkelser rundt omkring den, som var det engle, der legede i solskinnet." "Bliv nu ikke romantisk," sagde Henni ironisk. "Det hele er ikke andet end svovldamp fra krateret, men kønt er det alligevel."