Welsh Fiction

Written when women---and workers generally---had few rights in England, Agnes Grey exposes the brutal inequities of the rigid class system in mid-19th-century Britain. Agnes comes from a respectable middle-class family, but their financial reverses have forced her to seek work as a governess.

Thackeray, à travers son personnage domestique, fustige avec ironie la société britannique de son temps, et en particulier l'aristocratie de naissance, classe supérieure souvent trop désargentée pour tenir son rang par des moyens honnêtes, mais toujours adulée par l'homme du peuple. Vanité, cupidité et snobisme sont les causes principales des maux qui s'abattent sur les personnages, lesquels, dans leur dégénérescente confusion, perdent toute conscience des valeurs morales.

Out there on the ocean, you can do almost anything, and Mr. Hackman and I really put that notion to the test that day. He takes me out to catch glimpses of dolphins and whales, but soon I see something just as memorable but way more forbidden.

The last thing I expected on a vacation to France was for my historian guide, Mark, to claim me in one of the old, war-torn bunkers — but that’s exactly what happened after he accidentally sees a nude snap of me on my phone! I guess history really turns him on, because he’s about to pound his big thickness into me and I can’t wait. I hope nobody catches us!

My mature boss Judd was the best mechanic I knew, and women like me rarely want to get into car work. We bonded quickly despite the age gap, and now, we have competitions to see who can change out parts quickest. Today, I’m presented with a brand-new, sinful challenge that I can’t pass up, but it’s less of a time trial and more of a length trial, if you catch my drift!

What do they really look like? At 19, I’m desperate to find out. I hide in the bathroom just as my older landlord, Richard, approaches, peering around the curtain to see that big, delicious thing of his for the first time. My gasp gives me away, and now he wants to know why I’m there. He decides that now that I’ve seen his, he has to see mine.

Until that day I’d never taken anyone in there, and here I was with my seasoned housemate Blake and his friend Jeff together. Listen as I manage to satisfy two men at once, while also satisfying my intense craving to be taken in the naughtiest way of all!

You know the old cliché where the buff guy is standing behind the cute girl as she cues her pool shot or takes aim to swing a golf club? Well imagine that scenario with your own mature golf coach, then imagine that you suddenly feel something in his pants. There’s no one around for acres, and I’m dying to know what one feels like. You’ve already gone too far, Mr. Lassiter. Why not go a little further?

I explained it all so perfectly to my trainer, Luke. We spar to get ready for the real thing, so what’s the difference between fighting and sex? Listen to how he prepares me for my first time, getting more than the both of us bargained for as he finishes deep inside me! I never thought I’d lose my virginity to my own boxing coach in the middle of the ring!

When a three-year-old girl goes missing in the sprawling Birkenhead Park, Blake has a puzzle on his hands. The child seemed to vanish into thin air and nobody saw anything, not even her nanny. A known paedophile is spotted in the area and the clock begins ticking as Blake tries to find the lost girl. The team uncover secret after secret as they investigate but Blake has got problems closer to home as his girlfriend’s past comes back to haunt her in a brutal and devastating way. When a key witness dies, Blake realises that a killer is on the loose.

Dans la première nouvelle, "Le Crime de Lord Arthur Savile", on entre d'emblée dans une soirée mondaine. Septimus R. Podgers, chiromancien, prédit à Lord Arthur Savile qu'il sera l'auteur d'un crime. Le jeune homme, désespéré, croit ses plans de mariage contrariés et va tenter de forcer le destin.

Арчибальд Кронин — шотландский врач и писатель, пожалуй, самый успешный и высокооплачиваемый романист 1930-х годов, которому в этот период удалось по популярности превзойти саму Агату Кристи. Повесть Зачарованный снег публикуется на русском языке впервые.

Mark Renton sollte glücklich sein. Er ist jung, smart, hat eine hübsche Freundin und Spaß am Studium. Doch im Großbritannien der Achtziger ist kein Platz für ihn und seine Freunde. Man hat ihnen Arbeit, Bildung und Wohlstand versprochen, aber nun ist niemand da, um diese Versprechen auch einzulösen. Als Marks Familie auf tragische Weise zerbricht, gerät sein Leben außer Kontrolle. Dies ist die Geschichte der jugendlichen Außenseiter Mark Renton, Spud Murphy, Franco Begbie und Sick Boy.

Lady Tempest Brodie is fearless, impulsive and always does exactly as she pleases—whether that be taming wild horses, riding bareback across the moors, or falling in love with the quiet yet compelling stranger sleeping in the loft above the stables. But despite the desire burning in her heart, she is coming to realize there are some conventions even she cannot flout.

A woman has been murdered and mutilated in her own home, with her liver cut out and a message left within it. Tasked with leading the case, DI Tudor Manx identifies several suspects, including the victim’s estranged husband. But all trails run cold. Then, another victim dies—and from the modus operandi. It seems that North Wales Police are dealing with a serial killer. But who would target the inhabitants of such a peaceful island?

Daniel Owen is coming to terms with not being a cop. He's happy to find a bunch of like-minded people at the town allotments—until one of them is brutally murdered. Mal Kent is settling into his new job as the man-in-charge of Melin Tywyll CID. The fly in the ointment is bigoted, lazy DI Carey, Daniel's replacement. Carey wants to blame Daniel's new friends for the murder, and with Daniel as their only alibi, accusations fly.

Samuel Sotomayor tiene una deuda pendiente, quiere vengar la muerte de sus padres asesinados. Necesita encontrar a los asesinos. Pero luego de vengarse se da cuenta de que el resultado de esta venganza no es satisfactorio, solo un deseo cumplido y un conflicto moral lo empieza a envolver.

Simon was a mature guy who'd taken me under his wing, but he was kind of strict. When I come through the door after midnight, he has some very serious words to say and some very serious punishments to dole out. With his wife upstairs, I have to stifle my yelps as he gives me the spanking I deserve, but I never imagined he’d be giving me his hard length, too.

Dyma nofel gyffrous am Cadi, sy'n cael ei dewis i fynd i ysgol arbennig i ddysgu hud a lledrith. Ond pwy yw'r bobl ddrwg go iawn? Mae Cadi a'i ffrindiau yn defnyddio pob math o driciau i ddod o hyd i atebion.

After Clark forgets his lunch, I’m tasked with taking it to him, but his construction site is no place for a deliberately inappropriately dressed, sexually adventurous 19-year-old. When he mistakes me for any other girl and gives me a shrill wolf whistle, I find myself beyond flattered, and Clark is beyond mortified! He takes me to his private cabin to have a stern word with me, but winds up giving me much more than a talking-to. Listen as I take him just how I’ve always wanted to: deep in my ass!