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A Tale of Three Lions 
A Tale of Three Lions by H. Rider Haggard. In this thrilling tale of danger and adventure, young Harry joins his father, the famous Alan Quatermain, on a hunt for lions deep in Africa.
A Tale of Three Lions by H. Rider Haggard. In this thrilling tale of danger and adventure, young Harry joins his father, the famous Alan Quatermain, on a hunt for lions deep in Africa.
A Vindication of the Press
A Vindication of the Press by Daniel Defoe. A Vindication of the Press does not seem to have been occasioned by a specific situation, and in it Defoe is not alone concerned with freedom of the pres...
A Vindication of the Press by Daniel Defoe. A Vindication of the Press does not seem to have been occasioned by a specific situation, and in it Defoe is not alone concerned with freedom of the pres...
Candida
Candida is a late 19th century play by George Bernard Shaw. The play essentially asks the question of what a woman wants her husband to provide her with.
Candida is a late 19th century play by George Bernard Shaw. The play essentially asks the question of what a woman wants her husband to provide her with.
Black Heart and White Heart
Black Heart and White Heart by H. Rider Haggard is a story of the courtship, trials and final union of a pair of Zulu lovers in the time of King Cetywayo.
Black Heart and White Heart by H. Rider Haggard is a story of the courtship, trials and final union of a pair of Zulu lovers in the time of King Cetywayo.
Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven is a short story by Mark Twain. It tells the story of Captain Stormfield's long journey into heaven.
Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven is a short story by Mark Twain. It tells the story of Captain Stormfield's long journey into heaven.
Captains Courageous
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling tells the story of a rich and spoiled son of a railroad tycoon. Having been rescued by a steamship after being washed overboard, Harvey Cheyne Jr. is the main...
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling tells the story of a rich and spoiled son of a railroad tycoon. Having been rescued by a steamship after being washed overboard, Harvey Cheyne Jr. is the main...
Death At The Excelsior
Death At The Excelsior by P. G. Wodehouse tells the story of private investigator Elliot Oakes and his older, wiser boss Paul Snyder. Fiction.
Death At The Excelsior by P. G. Wodehouse tells the story of private investigator Elliot Oakes and his older, wiser boss Paul Snyder. Fiction.
Dear Brutus
Dear Brutus is a play by J. M. Barrie. Eight people get to spend a different life for one night while in the woods. Play.
Dear Brutus is a play by J. M. Barrie. Eight people get to spend a different life for one night while in the woods. Play.
Romeo and Juliet
This is the famous play by William Shakespeare, concerning the fate of two young star-crossed lovers
This is the famous play by William Shakespeare, concerning the fate of two young star-crossed lovers
Charmides and Other Poems
Charmides and Other Poems is a collection of poems and sonnets by Oscar Wilde. Poetry
Charmides and Other Poems is a collection of poems and sonnets by Oscar Wilde. Poetry
Barrack Room Ballads
Barrack Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of milliary songs and poems that relieve the experiences of soldiers sent to defend the British Empire. Poetry.
Barrack Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of milliary songs and poems that relieve the experiences of soldiers sent to defend the British Empire. Poetry.
American Notes
American Notes by Rudyard Kipling. Written by the first ever British Nobel prize recipient for literature, Indian born Kipling details his travels to San Francisco in the lat 19th Century.
American Notes by Rudyard Kipling. Written by the first ever British Nobel prize recipient for literature, Indian born Kipling details his travels to San Francisco in the lat 19th Century.
All He Knew A Story
All He Knew A Story by John Habberton details late 19th early 20th century Californian life. Fiction
All He Knew A Story by John Habberton details late 19th early 20th century Californian life. Fiction
Alice Sit-By-The-Fire
Alice Sit-By-The-Fire by J. M. Barrie. Written by Scotish novelist, J. M. Barrie, Alice Sit-By-The-Fire tells the story of the Grey family sepearted due to military obligations. The grey children ...
Alice Sit-By-The-Fire by J. M. Barrie. Written by Scotish novelist, J. M. Barrie, Alice Sit-By-The-Fire tells the story of the Grey family sepearted due to military obligations. The grey children ...
A Visit to Three Fronts
A Visit to Three Fronts by Arthur Conan Doyle. A Visit to Three Fronts is a short essay on Arthur Conan Doyles wartime experiences. He was axious to take part in the war effort and was assigned to ...
A Visit to Three Fronts by Arthur Conan Doyle. A Visit to Three Fronts is a short essay on Arthur Conan Doyles wartime experiences. He was axious to take part in the war effort and was assigned to ...
Amy Foster
Amy Foster is a short story about a Polish immigrant who falls for an English woman while been shipwrecked on the shores of Kent, England en route to America. Yanko Goorall eventually marries this ...
Amy Foster is a short story about a Polish immigrant who falls for an English woman while been shipwrecked on the shores of Kent, England en route to America. Yanko Goorall eventually marries this ...
Ballad of Reading Gaol
Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem written by Oscar Wilde following his imprisonment for homosexual behaviour. A hanging, which occurred during Wilde?s stay in prison, was the source of inspiration a...
Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem written by Oscar Wilde following his imprisonment for homosexual behaviour. A hanging, which occurred during Wilde?s stay in prison, was the source of inspiration a...
Apology
Apology is Plato's version of the speech as given by Socrates in which he defends himself against the charges of corrupting the young, non-belief in gods and creation of new deities. Drama
Apology is Plato's version of the speech as given by Socrates in which he defends himself against the charges of corrupting the young, non-belief in gods and creation of new deities. Drama
Angling Sketches
Angling sketches retells Andrew Lang's fishing adventures in the Scotish waters. Non-fiction.
Angling sketches retells Andrew Lang's fishing adventures in the Scotish waters. Non-fiction.
Androcles and the Lion
Androcles and the Lion is a 1912 play written by George Bernard Shaw, set in Roman times, about a slave who gets saved from torture by a lion. Shaw writes the play using slapstick humour, verbal w...
Androcles and the Lion is a 1912 play written by George Bernard Shaw, set in Roman times, about a slave who gets saved from torture by a lion. Shaw writes the play using slapstick humour, verbal w...
Puck of Pook's Hill
Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling is a children's story written initially for his own children. In the book, Dan and Una are transported back into history discovering the history of old Englan...
Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling is a children's story written initially for his own children. In the book, Dan and Una are transported back into history discovering the history of old Englan...
Roughing It
Roughing It follows Mark Twain's travel account of his journey by coach through the western American states during the period 1861-1867.
Roughing It follows Mark Twain's travel account of his journey by coach through the western American states during the period 1861-1867.
The Ancestral Footstep
Quote, "Not a whit," said the old man. "England will never understand America; for England never does understand a foreign country; and whatever you may say about kindred, America is as much a fore...
Quote, "Not a whit," said the old man. "England will never understand America; for England never does understand a foreign country; and whatever you may say about kindred, America is as much a fore...
The Argonauts of North Liberty
Quote, "The olive and fig trees at once lost their characteristic outlines in formless masses of shadow; only the twisted trunks of the old pear trees in the mission garden retained their grotesque...
Quote, "The olive and fig trees at once lost their characteristic outlines in formless masses of shadow; only the twisted trunks of the old pear trees in the mission garden retained their grotesque...
The Best American Humorous Short Stories
The Best American Humorous Short Stories, Humorous Short Stories
The Best American Humorous Short Stories, Humorous Short Stories
Found At Blazing Star
Quote, "It was scarcely thirty feet from the road. The only object that met Cass's eye was a man's stiff, tall hat, lying emptily and vacantly in the grass. It was new, shiny, and of modish shape. ...
Quote, "It was scarcely thirty feet from the road. The only object that met Cass's eye was a man's stiff, tall hat, lying emptily and vacantly in the grass. It was new, shiny, and of modish shape. ...
Fanshawe by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Fanshawe was Nathaniel Hawthorne's first novel, a romantic story based on personal experiences during his time at Bowdoin College in the early 1820's.
Fanshawe was Nathaniel Hawthorne's first novel, a romantic story based on personal experiences during his time at Bowdoin College in the early 1820's.
Cressy
Quote, "As the master of the Indian Spring school emerged from the pine woods into the little clearing before the schoolhouse, he stopped whistling, put his hat less jauntily on his head, threw awa...
Quote, "As the master of the Indian Spring school emerged from the pine woods into the little clearing before the schoolhouse, he stopped whistling, put his hat less jauntily on his head, threw awa...
Earth's Holocaust
Earth's Holocaust comes from a collection of stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne called Mosses from an Old Manse.
Earth's Holocaust comes from a collection of stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne called Mosses from an Old Manse.
The Club of Queer Trades
A collection of six humorous stories which makes a parody of a detective during late Victorian London. Fiction.
A collection of six humorous stories which makes a parody of a detective during late Victorian London. Fiction.
The Day's Work - Part I
The Day's Work - Part I by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of short stories featuring mostly non-humans as main characters of each story. Featuring titles such as The Maltese Cat. Fiction
The Day's Work - Part I by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of short stories featuring mostly non-humans as main characters of each story. Featuring titles such as The Maltese Cat. Fiction
The Christmas Banquet
Quote, "the demands that spirit makes upon spirit, are precisely those to which he cannot respond. When, at last, you come close to him, you find him chill and unsubstantial - a mere vapor"
Quote, "the demands that spirit makes upon spirit, are precisely those to which he cannot respond. When, at last, you come close to him, you find him chill and unsubstantial - a mere vapor"
Etexts from The Snow Image
Etexts from The Snow Image is a collection of short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Etexts from The Snow Image is a collection of short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The Dolliver Romance
Quote, "Little Pansie was the one earthly creature that inherited a drop of the Dolliver blood. The Doctor's only child, poor Bessie's offspring, had died the better part of a hundred years before,...
Quote, "Little Pansie was the one earthly creature that inherited a drop of the Dolliver blood. The Doctor's only child, poor Bessie's offspring, had died the better part of a hundred years before,...
The Man in the Iron Mask, An Essay
The Man in the Iron Mask, An Essay is Alexandre Dumas's own analysis about the final volume of the Three Musketeers series.
The Man in the Iron Mask, An Essay is Alexandre Dumas's own analysis about the final volume of the Three Musketeers series.
The Parenticide Club
Quote, "Having murdered my mother under circumstances of singular atrocity, I was arrested and put upon my trial, which lasted seven years. In charging the jury, the judge of the Court of Acquittal...
Quote, "Having murdered my mother under circumstances of singular atrocity, I was arrested and put upon my trial, which lasted seven years. In charging the jury, the judge of the Court of Acquittal...
The Girl with the Golden Eyes
The Girl with the Golden Eyes is a story about Henri de Marsay who after having seduced a woman he desired, discoveres that Paquita Valdes has another lover, his half-sister.
The Girl with the Golden Eyes is a story about Henri de Marsay who after having seduced a woman he desired, discoveres that Paquita Valdes has another lover, his half-sister.
The Fiend's Delight
Quote, "The disembodied party sank uninvited into a chair, spread out his knees and stared blankly at a Dutch clock with an air of weariness and profound discouragement. Perceiving that his guest w...
Quote, "The disembodied party sank uninvited into a chair, spread out his knees and stared blankly at a Dutch clock with an air of weariness and profound discouragement. Perceiving that his guest w...
On the Significance of Science and Art
Quote, "But this is unjust. I not only do not repudiate art and science, but, in the name of that which is true art and true science, I say that which I do say; merely in order that mankind may eme...
Quote, "But this is unjust. I not only do not repudiate art and science, but, in the name of that which is true art and true science, I say that which I do say; merely in order that mankind may eme...
Urbain Grandier
Urbain Grandier is a story about the parish priest of St.-Pierre-du-Marche of Loudun who was burned at the stake after being convicted of witchcraft.
Urbain Grandier is a story about the parish priest of St.-Pierre-du-Marche of Loudun who was burned at the stake after being convicted of witchcraft.
The Old Manse
The Old Manse is one of the stories from a collection of stories called Mosses from an Old Manse. The Old Manse was the house where he and his wife lived for the first three years of their marriage.
The Old Manse is one of the stories from a collection of stories called Mosses from an Old Manse. The Old Manse was the house where he and his wife lived for the first three years of their marriage.
The Gorgon's Head
The Gorgon's Head by Nathaniel Hawthorne comes from a collection of books called A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. These books are a re-writing of some most famous ancient Greek myths in a volume f...
The Gorgon's Head by Nathaniel Hawthorne comes from a collection of books called A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. These books are a re-writing of some most famous ancient Greek myths in a volume f...
You Never Can Tell
You Never Can Tell by G. Bernard Shaw is a play involving a comedy of errors about Mrs. Clandon and her three children, Dolly, Phillip and Gloria.
You Never Can Tell by G. Bernard Shaw is a play involving a comedy of errors about Mrs. Clandon and her three children, Dolly, Phillip and Gloria.
When the Sleeper Wakes
Quote, "One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there. Halfway dow...
Quote, "One afternoon, at low water, Mr. Isbister, a young artist lodging at Boscastle, walked from that place to the picturesque cove of Pentargen, desiring to examine the caves there. Halfway dow...
The Dead Alive
The Dead Alive is a novel written by Wilkie Collins based on the famous Boorn Brothers murder case. Recognised by most as an author of the first legal thriller novel, Collins puts forward the story...
The Dead Alive is a novel written by Wilkie Collins based on the famous Boorn Brothers murder case. Recognised by most as an author of the first legal thriller novel, Collins puts forward the story...
The Adventure of the Dying Detective
The Adventure of the Dying Detective follows one of the 58 tales of famous detective Sherlock Holmes as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Fiction
The Adventure of the Dying Detective follows one of the 58 tales of famous detective Sherlock Holmes as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Fiction
The Storm
Quote, "KATERINA. Yes, I am well.... It would be better if I were ill, it's worse as it is. A dream keeps creeping into my mind, and I cannot get away from it. I try to think--I can't collect my th...
Quote, "KATERINA. Yes, I am well.... It would be better if I were ill, it's worse as it is. A dream keeps creeping into my mind, and I cannot get away from it. I try to think--I can't collect my th...
Father Damien
Father Damien was a Flemish Catholic missionary of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary who dedicated his life to in service to the lepers of Molokai, Hawaii. Today father Damien...
Father Damien was a Flemish Catholic missionary of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary who dedicated his life to in service to the lepers of Molokai, Hawaii. Today father Damien...
The Sea Fogs
Quote, "Robert Louis Stevenson first came to California in 1879 for the purpose of getting married. The things that delayed his marriage are sufficiently set forth in his "Letters" (edited by Sidne...
Quote, "Robert Louis Stevenson first came to California in 1879 for the purpose of getting married. The things that delayed his marriage are sufficiently set forth in his "Letters" (edited by Sidne...
Flip: A California Romance
Quote, "Four weeks of this change, with broken spaces of sunlight and intense blue aerial islands, and then a storm set in. All day the summit pines and redwoods rocked in the blast. At times the o...
Quote, "Four weeks of this change, with broken spaces of sunlight and intense blue aerial islands, and then a storm set in. All day the summit pines and redwoods rocked in the blast. At times the o...
The Beasts of Tarzan
The Beasts of Tarzan takes place around the middle of Tarzan's life. Now living as Lord Greystoke, Tarzan is forced back into the jungle by old enemy Nicholas Rockov. There, he faces the task of re...
The Beasts of Tarzan takes place around the middle of Tarzan's life. Now living as Lord Greystoke, Tarzan is forced back into the jungle by old enemy Nicholas Rockov. There, he faces the task of re...
Among Malay Pirates And Other Tales Of Adventure
Quote, "The man at the tiller was in fact, looking, with mingled curiosity and hostility, at the gunboat that he was passing but a few yards away, and did not notice a canoe, manned by six rowers, ...
Quote, "The man at the tiller was in fact, looking, with mingled curiosity and hostility, at the gunboat that he was passing but a few yards away, and did not notice a canoe, manned by six rowers, ...
A First Family of Tasajara
Quote, "Her voice and manner were quite enough to arrest him where he stood with a pleased surprise in his fresh and ingenuous face. She looked at him more closely. He was, in spite of his long sil...
Quote, "Her voice and manner were quite enough to arrest him where he stood with a pleased surprise in his fresh and ingenuous face. She looked at him more closely. He was, in spite of his long sil...
At the Earth's Core
At the Earth's Core is a science fiction novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs about the land of Pellucidar.
At the Earth's Core is a science fiction novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs about the land of Pellucidar.
Vaninka Celebrated Crimes
Quote, "About the end of the reign of the Emperor Paul I--that is to say, towards the middle of the first year of the nineteenth century--just as four o'clock in the afternoon was sounding from the...
Quote, "About the end of the reign of the Emperor Paul I--that is to say, towards the middle of the first year of the nineteenth century--just as four o'clock in the afternoon was sounding from the...
The Flood
Quote, "Then the water began an attack. Until then the stream had followed the street; but the debris that encumbered it deflected the course. And when a drifting object, a beam, came within reach ...
Quote, "Then the water began an attack. Until then the stream had followed the street; but the debris that encumbered it deflected the course. And when a drifting object, a beam, came within reach ...
The Four Million
Quote, "Tobin and me, the two of us, went down to Coney one day, for there was four dollars between us, and Tobin had need of distractions. For there was Katie Mahorner, his sweetheart, of County S...
Quote, "Tobin and me, the two of us, went down to Coney one day, for there was four dollars between us, and Tobin had need of distractions. For there was Katie Mahorner, his sweetheart, of County S...
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story involving the narrator and his friend Roderick Usher in a thriller tale testing the theme of fear.
The Fall of the House of Usher is a short story involving the narrator and his friend Roderick Usher in a thriller tale testing the theme of fear.
The End of the Tether
Quote ,"The sacred edifice, standing in solemn isolation amongst the converging avenues of enormous trees, as if to put grave thoughts of heaven into the hours of ease, pre- sented a closed Gothic ...
Quote ,"The sacred edifice, standing in solemn isolation amongst the converging avenues of enormous trees, as if to put grave thoughts of heaven into the hours of ease, pre- sented a closed Gothic ...
The Enchanted Island of Yew
The Enchanted Island of Yew by L. Frank Baum is a fantasy story about Prince Marvel on the Enchanted Island of Yew. Fantasy fiction.
The Enchanted Island of Yew by L. Frank Baum is a fantasy story about Prince Marvel on the Enchanted Island of Yew. Fantasy fiction.
Youth
Quote, "We were a week working up as far as Yarmouth Roads, and then we got into a gale--the famous October gale of twenty-two years ago. It was wind, lightning, sleet, snow, and a terrific sea. We...
Quote, "We were a week working up as far as Yarmouth Roads, and then we got into a gale--the famous October gale of twenty-two years ago. It was wind, lightning, sleet, snow, and a terrific sea. We...
Marquise de Brinvilliers Celebrated Crimes
Marquise de Brinvilliers is Alexandre Dumas's story about this French poisoner. She was sentenced to death for the poisoning murder of her father, brother and two sisters, all whose property she wa...
Marquise de Brinvilliers is Alexandre Dumas's story about this French poisoner. She was sentenced to death for the poisoning murder of her father, brother and two sisters, all whose property she wa...
Karl Ludwig Sand Celebrated Crimes
Quote, "March 23, 1819, Karl-Ludwig Sand murdered August von Kotzebue, a playwright in the service of the Russian government, because of his criticism of the student associations and their national...
Quote, "March 23, 1819, Karl-Ludwig Sand murdered August von Kotzebue, a playwright in the service of the Russian government, because of his criticism of the student associations and their national...
Derues
Quote, "And I am not in the habit of running useless risks, most noble cavaliers. You are, it is true, two against one; but," he added, throwing back his cloak and grasping the hilts of a pair of p...
Quote, "And I am not in the habit of running useless risks, most noble cavaliers. You are, it is true, two against one; but," he added, throwing back his cloak and grasping the hilts of a pair of p...
Yvette
Quote, "But now, all at once, Servigny, by a few words, the brutality of which she felt without understanding them, awakened in her a sudden disquietude, unreasoning at first, but which grew into a...
Quote, "But now, all at once, Servigny, by a few words, the brutality of which she felt without understanding them, awakened in her a sudden disquietude, unreasoning at first, but which grew into a...
Nisida Celebrated Crimes
Quote, "It was the Day of the Assumption in the year 1825; the sun had been up some four or five hours, and the long Via da Forcella, lighted from end to end by its slanting rays, cut the town in t...
Quote, "It was the Day of the Assumption in the year 1825; the sun had been up some four or five hours, and the long Via da Forcella, lighted from end to end by its slanting rays, cut the town in t...
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot follows one of the 58 tales of famous detective Sherlock Holmes as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Adventure of the Devil's Foot follows one of the 58 tales of famous detective Sherlock Holmes as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box follows one of the 58 Sherlock Holmes detective stories as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box follows one of the 58 Sherlock Holmes detective stories as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans follows one of the 58 tales of famous detective Sherlock Holmes as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans follows one of the 58 tales of famous detective Sherlock Holmes as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Tales of Unrest
Quote, "..who maintained that his name was Henry Price. However, for some reason or other, the natives down the river had given him the name of Makola, and it stuck to him through all his wandering...
Quote, "..who maintained that his name was Henry Price. However, for some reason or other, the natives down the river had given him the name of Makola, and it stuck to him through all his wandering...
Typhoon
Typhoon by Joseph Conrad is a classic sea tale about a Captain Macwhirr who sails the Siamese steamer Nan-Shan into a typhoon.
Typhoon by Joseph Conrad is a classic sea tale about a Captain Macwhirr who sails the Siamese steamer Nan-Shan into a typhoon.
Uneasy Money
Uneasy Money by P.G. Wodehouse is a comical novel that tells the story about Lord "Bill" Dawlish, golf lover, and his adventures in romance, golf and the theatre.
Uneasy Money by P.G. Wodehouse is a comical novel that tells the story about Lord "Bill" Dawlish, golf lover, and his adventures in romance, golf and the theatre.
The Cenci - Celebrated Crimes
Quote, "Caesar's ambition was only fed by victories: scarcely was he master of Faenza before, excited by the Mariscotti, old enemies of the Bentivoglio family, he cast his eyes upon Bologna; but Gi...
Quote, "Caesar's ambition was only fed by victories: scarcely was he master of Faenza before, excited by the Mariscotti, old enemies of the Bentivoglio family, he cast his eyes upon Bologna; but Gi...
A Letter to a Hindu
A Letter to a Hindu was a letter written by Leo Tolstoy to an Indian newspaper that propelled controversy as well as helped to form a friendship between Tolstoy and Mohandas Gandhi who had been liv...
A Letter to a Hindu was a letter written by Leo Tolstoy to an Indian newspaper that propelled controversy as well as helped to form a friendship between Tolstoy and Mohandas Gandhi who had been liv...
What Men Live By and Other Tales
Quote, "And Simon and Matryona understood who it was that had lived with them, and whom they had clothed and fed. And they wept with awe and with joy. And the angel said: "I was alone in the field,...
Quote, "And Simon and Matryona understood who it was that had lived with them, and whom they had clothed and fed. And they wept with awe and with joy. And the angel said: "I was alone in the field,...
Weir of Hermiston
Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson is regarded by many in the literary world as one of the greatest unfinished masterpieces. It tells the story of Archie Weir, who is banished by his sever...
Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson is regarded by many in the literary world as one of the greatest unfinished masterpieces. It tells the story of Archie Weir, who is banished by his sever...
Tales of Terror and Mystery
Tales of Terror and Mystery is a collection of stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, including Horror of the Heights, The Case of Lady Sannox, The Terror of Blue John Gap and The New Catacomb.
Tales of Terror and Mystery is a collection of stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, including Horror of the Heights, The Case of Lady Sannox, The Terror of Blue John Gap and The New Catacomb.
Some Reminiscences
Some Reminiscences is Conrad's autobiography. Beginning with his noble childhood in Poland to his sea voyages abroad and his literary work in England.
Some Reminiscences is Conrad's autobiography. Beginning with his noble childhood in Poland to his sea voyages abroad and his literary work in England.
Sea Warfare
Sea Warfare is Kiplings collection of poems, theories, essays, and reminiscences on sea warfare.
Sea Warfare is Kiplings collection of poems, theories, essays, and reminiscences on sea warfare.
Round the Red Lamp
Round the Red Lamp is a collection of 17 short stories, all of which centre around physicians and medical analysis.
Round the Red Lamp is a collection of 17 short stories, all of which centre around physicians and medical analysis.
South Sea Tales
South Sea Tales is London's collection of eight sea tales set in the South Seas, that encompass acts of slavery, savagery, death and humour.
South Sea Tales is London's collection of eight sea tales set in the South Seas, that encompass acts of slavery, savagery, death and humour.
Island Nights' Entertainments
Island Nights' Entertainments by Robert Louis Stevenson. Short excerpt: He had the courage of a lion and the cunning of a rat; and if he?s not in hell to-day, there?s no such place.
Island Nights' Entertainments by Robert Louis Stevenson. Short excerpt: He had the courage of a lion and the cunning of a rat; and if he?s not in hell to-day, there?s no such place.
Tales and Fantasies
Tales and Fantasies is a collection of three short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson: The Body-Snatcher, The Misadventures of John Nicholson and The Story of a Lie.
Tales and Fantasies is a collection of three short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson: The Body-Snatcher, The Misadventures of John Nicholson and The Story of a Lie.
Symposium
Symposium by Plato is a Socratic dialogue about the theme of love. The major conclusion being that true love means being the lover and not the beloved.
Symposium by Plato is a Socratic dialogue about the theme of love. The major conclusion being that true love means being the lover and not the beloved.
Successful Methods of Public Speaking
Successful Methods of Public Speaking is study guide to publice speaking. Citing methods and techniques made famous by the best public speakers around the tme the book was written such as Herbert H...
Successful Methods of Public Speaking is study guide to publice speaking. Citing methods and techniques made famous by the best public speakers around the tme the book was written such as Herbert H...
Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian
Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian includes pieces by Ivan Turgenev, Alexander Poushkin, Nikolai Vasilievitch Gogol, Lyof N. Tolstoi.
Stories by Foreign Authors: Russian includes pieces by Ivan Turgenev, Alexander Poushkin, Nikolai Vasilievitch Gogol, Lyof N. Tolstoi.
Gambara
Quote, "But the hour was not unpropitious for the indulgence of some discreditable whim. Earlier, he might have been detected; later, he might find himself cut out. Tempted by a glance which is enc...
Quote, "But the hour was not unpropitious for the indulgence of some discreditable whim. Earlier, he might have been detected; later, he might find himself cut out. Tempted by a glance which is enc...
The Adventures of Gerard
The Adventures of Gerard follows one of the 58 tales of famous detective Sherlock Holmes as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Fiction
The Adventures of Gerard follows one of the 58 tales of famous detective Sherlock Holmes as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Fiction
The Art of Writing and Other Essays
Quote, "THERE is nothing more disenchanting to man than to be shown the springs and mechanism of any art. All our arts and occupations lie wholly on the surface; it is on the surface that we percei...
Quote, "THERE is nothing more disenchanting to man than to be shown the springs and mechanism of any art. All our arts and occupations lie wholly on the surface; it is on the surface that we percei...
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge follows one of the 58 tales of famous detective Sherlock Holmes as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge follows one of the 58 tales of famous detective Sherlock Holmes as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Adventure of the Red Circle
The Adventure of the Red Circle follows one of the 58 tales of famous detective Sherlock Holmes as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Adventure of the Red Circle follows one of the 58 tales of famous detective Sherlock Holmes as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Ballad of the White Horse
The Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton is a collection of poetry about one of England's forgotten heroes and saviours, King Alfred.
The Ballad of the White Horse by G.K. Chesterton is a collection of poetry about one of England's forgotten heroes and saviours, King Alfred.
The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost is a popular Oscar Wilde novel about an American ambassador who after moving from America to England settles into a haunted castle. Fiction
The Canterville Ghost is a popular Oscar Wilde novel about an American ambassador who after moving from America to England settles into a haunted castle. Fiction
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild by Jack London is regarded to be one of his best works. The central character in the novel is a dog named Buck, who after being abducted from a Californian judge is sold to a s...
The Call of the Wild by Jack London is regarded to be one of his best works. The central character in the novel is a dog named Buck, who after being abducted from a Californian judge is sold to a s...
The Bridge Builders
Quote, "There were labour contractors by the half-hundred - fitters and riveters, European, borrowed from the railway workshops, with, perhaps, twenty white and half-caste subordinates to direct, u...
Quote, "There were labour contractors by the half-hundred - fitters and riveters, European, borrowed from the railway workshops, with, perhaps, twenty white and half-caste subordinates to direct, u...
The Black Arrow
The Black Arrow is a 15th century war story by Robert Louis Stevenson . The House of Lancaster and the House of York go into the battle for the crown of England.
The Black Arrow is a 15th century war story by Robert Louis Stevenson . The House of Lancaster and the House of York go into the battle for the crown of England.
The Adventures of a Special Correspondent
The Adventures of a Special Correspondent is a story about reporter Claudius Bombarnac and his voyage in covering the travels of the Grand Transasiatic Railway which runs between Uzun Ada, Turkest...
The Adventures of a Special Correspondent is a story about reporter Claudius Bombarnac and his voyage in covering the travels of the Grand Transasiatic Railway which runs between Uzun Ada, Turkest...
Facing the Flag
Facing the Flag is a patriotic novel written by French author Jules Verne. It's main them centres around France being threatened by a super-weapon.
Facing the Flag is a patriotic novel written by French author Jules Verne. It's main them centres around France being threatened by a super-weapon.
Sunday Under Three Heads
Quote, "But you hold out no inducement, you offer no relief from listlessness, you provide nothing to amuse his mind, you afford him no means of exercising his body. Unwashed and unshaven, he saunt...
Quote, "But you hold out no inducement, you offer no relief from listlessness, you provide nothing to amuse his mind, you afford him no means of exercising his body. Unwashed and unshaven, he saunt...
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargin
Quote, "Who could have seen his hollow cheek; his sunken brilliant eye; his black-attired figure, indefinably grim, although well-knit and well-proportioned; his grizzled hair hanging, like tangled...
Quote, "Who could have seen his hollow cheek; his sunken brilliant eye; his black-attired figure, indefinably grim, although well-knit and well-proportioned; his grizzled hair hanging, like tangled...
Speeches: Literary and Social
Quote, "CAPTAIN HEWETT, - I am very proud and happy to have been selected as the instrument of conveying to you the heartfelt thanks of my fellow-passengers on board the ship entrusted to your char...
Quote, "CAPTAIN HEWETT, - I am very proud and happy to have been selected as the instrument of conveying to you the heartfelt thanks of my fellow-passengers on board the ship entrusted to your char...
Marquise de Ganges
Marquise de Ganges by Alexandre Dumas follows the story around the times of Louis XIV. After refusing their advances towards her, Marquise de Ganges was stabbed by her two brothers-in-law assisted ...
Marquise de Ganges by Alexandre Dumas follows the story around the times of Louis XIV. After refusing their advances towards her, Marquise de Ganges was stabbed by her two brothers-in-law assisted ...
Marie
Quote, "Ah! what folly; you have had some words with Alexis. What then? A harsh word can not be hung up by the neck. He gives you impertinence, give him the same; if he give you a slap, return the ...
Quote, "Ah! what folly; you have had some words with Alexis. What then? A harsh word can not be hung up by the neck. He gives you impertinence, give him the same; if he give you a slap, return the ...
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood was Charles Dickens' last novel before he died and was left unfinished. The story centres on Edwin Drood's jealous uncle John Jasper and the disappearance of Edwin Drood.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood was Charles Dickens' last novel before he died and was left unfinished. The story centres on Edwin Drood's jealous uncle John Jasper and the disappearance of Edwin Drood.
All Around the Moon
Quote, "A few years ago the world was suddenly astounded by hearing of an experiment of a most novel and daring nature, altogether unprecedented in the annals of science. The BALTIMORE GUN CLUB, a ...
Quote, "A few years ago the world was suddenly astounded by hearing of an experiment of a most novel and daring nature, altogether unprecedented in the annals of science. The BALTIMORE GUN CLUB, a ...
By Shore and Sedge
Quote, "The hand that had been placed in the bride's cold fingers slipped from them and mechanically sought Gideon's again. The significance of the unconscious act brought the first spontaneous tea...
Quote, "The hand that had been placed in the bride's cold fingers slipped from them and mechanically sought Gideon's again. The significance of the unconscious act brought the first spontaneous tea...
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is David Hume's philosophical debate about the nature of God's existence.
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is David Hume's philosophical debate about the nature of God's existence.
Albert Savarus
Quote, "He has a noble soul! He perceived from the first days of his married life that he would never be his wife?s master, so he threw himself into a mechanical occupation and good living."
Quote, "He has a noble soul! He perceived from the first days of his married life that he would never be his wife?s master, so he threw himself into a mechanical occupation and good living."
The Pothunters
The Pothunters by P. G. Wodehouse is a novel set in a fictional school St Austin's. The story follows the school life of several characters who after stealing the school's sports trophies go on abo...
The Pothunters by P. G. Wodehouse is a novel set in a fictional school St Austin's. The story follows the school life of several characters who after stealing the school's sports trophies go on abo...
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
Quote, "The old merchant was to be seen standing on the threshold of his shop, as if by a miracle, the instant the servant withdrew. Monsieur Guillaume looked at the Rue Saint-Denis, at the neighbo...
Quote, "The old merchant was to be seen standing on the threshold of his shop, as if by a miracle, the instant the servant withdrew. Monsieur Guillaume looked at the Rue Saint-Denis, at the neighbo...
The Poison Belt
The Poison Belt by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle follows his first novel The Lost World. Again, Professor Challenger is central to this story, in dealing with the problem of Earth's passing through a pois...
The Poison Belt by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle follows his first novel The Lost World. Again, Professor Challenger is central to this story, in dealing with the problem of Earth's passing through a pois...
A Man of Business
Quote, "It all goes to the shoemakers," she said. "I left a milliner because she failed twice with my hats. The vixen has been here twenty-seven times to ask for twenty francs. She did not know tha...
Quote, "It all goes to the shoemakers," she said. "I left a milliner because she failed twice with my hats. The vixen has been here twenty-seven times to ask for twenty francs. She did not know tha...
The World Set Free
The World Set Free is s story about a fictional atomic bomb. Written well before the atom was split and before an idea for an atomic chain reaction had been conceived.
The World Set Free is s story about a fictional atomic bomb. Written well before the atom was split and before an idea for an atomic chain reaction had been conceived.
Virginibus Puerisque
Virginibus Puerisque is a collection of papers by Robert Louis Stevenson that he wrote in British magazines.
Virginibus Puerisque is a collection of papers by Robert Louis Stevenson that he wrote in British magazines.
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day by Arnold Bennett is a time management guide book about how one should spend the day.
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day by Arnold Bennett is a time management guide book about how one should spend the day.
The Point Of Honor
Quote, "Don't excite yourself like this," remonstrated the other. "That young man's people are very influential, you know, and it looks bad enough on the face of it. The general had to take notice ...
Quote, "Don't excite yourself like this," remonstrated the other. "That young man's people are very influential, you know, and it looks bad enough on the face of it. The general had to take notice ...
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man is one of Wells best known and classical novels about a scientist who makes himself invisible as an experiment. This psychological tale explores the terrors imposed on to people b...
The Invisible Man is one of Wells best known and classical novels about a scientist who makes himself invisible as an experiment. This psychological tale explores the terrors imposed on to people b...
The Mystery of Cloomber
Quote, "At this moment he fell back upon his pillow as if he had been shot, while the same look of horror came over his face which I had observed when I first entered the room. At the same instant ...
Quote, "At this moment he fell back upon his pillow as if he had been shot, while the same look of horror came over his face which I had observed when I first entered the room. At the same instant ...
In the Days of the Comet
In the Days of the Comet is a fantasy story by H. G. Wells about a day in war when the earth suddenly pauses due to a collision with a comet. How will people perceive life once the world has been t...
In the Days of the Comet is a fantasy story by H. G. Wells about a day in war when the earth suddenly pauses due to a collision with a comet. How will people perceive life once the world has been t...
The Silverado Squatters
The Silverado Squatters is Robert Louis Stevenson's personal account from his travels to Monterey California in 1880. It was the period when Stevenson was broke and had just gotten married.
The Silverado Squatters is Robert Louis Stevenson's personal account from his travels to Monterey California in 1880. It was the period when Stevenson was broke and had just gotten married.
The Napoleon of the People
Quote, "Then we are drawn up before Alexandria, and again at Gizeh, and before the Pyramids. We had to march over the sands and in the sun; people whose eyes dazzled used to see water that they cou...
Quote, "Then we are drawn up before Alexandria, and again at Gizeh, and before the Pyramids. We had to march over the sands and in the sun; people whose eyes dazzled used to see water that they cou...
The New Revelation
The New Revelation is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's personal, deep insight into the world of spiritualism. His personal investigation attempts to explain the relationship between modern religion and spi...
The New Revelation is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's personal, deep insight into the world of spiritualism. His personal investigation attempts to explain the relationship between modern religion and spi...
War and the Future
Quote, "One of the minor peculiarities of this unprecedented war is the Tour of the Front. After some months of suppressed information--in which even the war correspondent was discouraged to the po...
Quote, "One of the minor peculiarities of this unprecedented war is the Tour of the Front. After some months of suppressed information--in which even the war correspondent was discouraged to the po...
The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories
The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories is a collection of nine more often witty short stories by Mark Twain, including the titles The #1,000,000 Bank-Note, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, Th...
The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories is a collection of nine more often witty short stories by Mark Twain, including the titles The #1,000,000 Bank-Note, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, Th...
The Philanderer
The Philanderer is a play written by George Bernard Shaw. Unlike most plays whose purpose is to entertain, this unusual play was written to raise awareness and label criticism at capitalist behaviour.
The Philanderer is a play written by George Bernard Shaw. Unlike most plays whose purpose is to entertain, this unusual play was written to raise awareness and label criticism at capitalist behaviour.
Allan's Wife
Allan's Wife by H. Rider Haggard is a novel about an African adventure of the wife of Allan Quatermain.
Allan's Wife by H. Rider Haggard is a novel about an African adventure of the wife of Allan Quatermain.
Colonel Chabert
Colonel Chabert is the story of a French military hero of the Napoleonic Wars who's been living in asylum after being left for dead. Returning to Paris he discovers the changes in his absence, Napo...
Colonel Chabert is the story of a French military hero of the Napoleonic Wars who's been living in asylum after being left for dead. Returning to Paris he discovers the changes in his absence, Napo...
Cratylus
Plato's Cratylus, after ancient Athenian philosopher Cratylus, is his only dialogue devoted solely to the relation between language and reality.
Plato's Cratylus, after ancient Athenian philosopher Cratylus, is his only dialogue devoted solely to the relation between language and reality.
Christ in Flanders
Quote, "At a dimly remote period in the history of Brabant, communication between the Island of Cadzand and the Flemish coast was kept up by a boat which carried passengers from one shore to the ot...
Quote, "At a dimly remote period in the history of Brabant, communication between the Island of Cadzand and the Flemish coast was kept up by a boat which carried passengers from one shore to the ot...
Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex
Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex, Sigmund Freud, Science
Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex, Sigmund Freud, Science
The World War and What was Behind It
The World War and What was Behind It, Benezet, Louis P., History
The World War and What was Behind It, Benezet, Louis P., History
Egmont
Egmont by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe is a play that is set in the shadow of Spanish possession of the Netherlands.
Egmont by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe is a play that is set in the shadow of Spanish possession of the Netherlands.
Ferragus
Quote, "A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one's own benefit and in the interests of a passion. Is it not giving ourselves the pleasure of a thief and a rascal while continuing h...
Quote, "A fine thing is the task of a spy, when performed for one's own benefit and in the interests of a passion. Is it not giving ourselves the pleasure of a thief and a rascal while continuing h...
The Light Princess
Quote, "So perfectly like other people had she been in the water, that even yet the prince could scarcely believe his eyes when he saw her ascend slowly, grasp the balcony, and disappear through th...
Quote, "So perfectly like other people had she been in the water, that even yet the prince could scarcely believe his eyes when he saw her ascend slowly, grasp the balcony, and disappear through th...
Juana
Quote, "An awful destiny! Juana, who felt neither esteem nor love for Diard, was bound to him forever, by a rash but necessary promise. The man was neither handsome nor well-made. His manners, devo...
Quote, "An awful destiny! Juana, who felt neither esteem nor love for Diard, was bound to him forever, by a rash but necessary promise. The man was neither handsome nor well-made. His manners, devo...
Hermann and Dorothea
Hermann and Dorothea is Goethe's poem written about a German girl who escapes turmoil caused by the French Revolution. This poem's actual basis was the emission of one thousand Protestants from the...
Hermann and Dorothea is Goethe's poem written about a German girl who escapes turmoil caused by the French Revolution. This poem's actual basis was the emission of one thousand Protestants from the...
Gobseck
Quote, "His room, and everything in it, from the green baize of the bureau to the strip of carpet by the bed, was as clean and threadbare as the chilly sanctuary of some elderly spinster who spends...
Quote, "His room, and everything in it, from the green baize of the bureau to the strip of carpet by the bed, was as clean and threadbare as the chilly sanctuary of some elderly spinster who spends...
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc, Fiction
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc, Fiction
Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon v9
Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon v9, Constant, History
Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon v9, Constant, History
What is Coming?
Quote, "Prophecy may vary between being an intellectual amusement and a serious occupation; serious not only in its intentions, but in its consequences. For it is the lot of prophets who frighten o...
Quote, "Prophecy may vary between being an intellectual amusement and a serious occupation; serious not only in its intentions, but in its consequences. For it is the lot of prophets who frighten o...
A Double Story
Quote, "Not that the child was a fool. Had she been, the wise woman would have only pitied and loved her, instead of feeling sick when she looked at her. She had very fair abilities, and were she o...
Quote, "Not that the child was a fool. Had she been, the wise woman would have only pitied and loved her, instead of feeling sick when she looked at her. She had very fair abilities, and were she o...
Far Above Rubies
Quote, "Again without waiting to think, and only afterwards waking up to the fact and meaning of what she had done, she turned, went back to the entry-door, and knocked. It was almost suddenly open...
Quote, "Again without waiting to think, and only afterwards waking up to the fact and meaning of what she had done, she turned, went back to the entry-door, and knocked. It was almost suddenly open...
First and Last Things
Quote, "Recently I set myself to put down what I believe. I did this with no idea of making a book, but at the suggestion of a friend and to interest a number of friends with whom I was associated....
Quote, "Recently I set myself to put down what I believe. I did this with no idea of making a book, but at the suggestion of a friend and to interest a number of friends with whom I was associated....
Certain Personal Matters
Certain Personal Matters is a collection of humorous essays by H. G. Wells including "The Pleasure of Quarrelling" and "How I Died".
Certain Personal Matters is a collection of humorous essays by H. G. Wells including "The Pleasure of Quarrelling" and "How I Died".
A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an
Quote, "When I am very weary with hard thought, And yet the question burns and is not quenched, My heart grows cool when to remembrance wrought That thou who know'st the light-born answer sought Kn...
Quote, "When I am very weary with hard thought, And yet the question burns and is not quenched, My heart grows cool when to remembrance wrought That thou who know'st the light-born answer sought Kn...
The Pocket R.L.S.
The Pocket R.L.S. is Robert Louis Stevenson's collection of favourite passages from his own novels. <BR> Quote, "When you have read, you carry away with you a memory of the man himself; it is as t...
The Pocket R.L.S. is Robert Louis Stevenson's collection of favourite passages from his own novels. <BR> Quote, "When you have read, you carry away with you a memory of the man himself; it is as t...
Ghosts
Quote, "Engstrand. And it was when your mother was in a nasty temper. I had to find some way of getting my knife into her, my girl. She was always so precious gentile. (Mimicking her.) "Let go, Jac...
Quote, "Engstrand. And it was when your mother was in a nasty temper. I had to find some way of getting my knife into her, my girl. She was always so precious gentile. (Mimicking her.) "Let go, Jac...
Over There
Quote, "You should imagine a large plain, but not an empty plain, nor a plain entirely without hills. There are a few hills, including at least one very fine eminence (an agreeable old town on the ...
Quote, "You should imagine a large plain, but not an empty plain, nor a plain entirely without hills. There are a few hills, including at least one very fine eminence (an agreeable old town on the ...
A First Year in Canterbury Settlement
A First Year in Canterbury Settlement is a story about life and sheep farming in 19th century New Zealand.
A First Year in Canterbury Settlement is a story about life and sheep farming in 19th century New Zealand.
A Doll's House
Quote, "That is like a woman! But seriously, Nora, you know what I think about that. No debt, no borrowing. There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. W...
Quote, "That is like a woman! But seriously, Nora, you know what I think about that. No debt, no borrowing. There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. W...
Prayers Written At Vailima and A Lowden Sabbath
Prayers Written At Vailima and A Lowden Sabbath Morn is a collection of prayers by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Prayers Written At Vailima and A Lowden Sabbath Morn is a collection of prayers by Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Dora Gallery of Bible Illustrations Complete
The Dore Gallery of Bible Illustrations Complete, Bible Illustartions
The Dore Gallery of Bible Illustrations Complete, Bible Illustartions
The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppar
The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard follows Daniel Defoe's account of this infamous outlaw known for his crimes and even more so for his escapes from law and the death penalties imp...
The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard follows Daniel Defoe's account of this infamous outlaw known for his crimes and even more so for his escapes from law and the death penalties imp...
The Game
Quote, "You wait, and you'll see. An' don't get scared at the start. The first few rounds'll be something fierce. That's Ponta's strong point. He's a wild man, with an kinds of punches,--a whirlwin...
Quote, "You wait, and you'll see. An' don't get scared at the start. The first few rounds'll be something fierce. That's Ponta's strong point. He's a wild man, with an kinds of punches,--a whirlwin...
The Gem Collector
The Gem Collector by P. G. Wodehouse was later retitled as A Gentleman of Leisure after originally being published as a serial in Ainslee's magazine in the United States.
The Gem Collector by P. G. Wodehouse was later retitled as A Gentleman of Leisure after originally being published as a serial in Ainslee's magazine in the United States.
The Frozen Deep
The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins is a short story about an arctic voyage inspired by Sir John Franklin's doomed 1845 expedition to discover the North West Passage.
The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins is a short story about an arctic voyage inspired by Sir John Franklin's doomed 1845 expedition to discover the North West Passage.
I and My Chimney
Quote, "In those houses which are strictly double houses--that is, where the hall is in the middle--the fireplaces usually are on opposite sides; so that while one member of the household is warmin...
Quote, "In those houses which are strictly double houses--that is, where the hall is in the middle--the fireplaces usually are on opposite sides; so that while one member of the household is warmin...
The Gentle Grafter
Quote, "I hired a wagon that night and commenced selling the bitters on Main Street. Fisher Hill was a low, malarial town; and a compound hypothetical pneumocardiac anti-scorbutic tonic was just wh...
Quote, "I hired a wagon that night and commenced selling the bitters on Main Street. Fisher Hill was a low, malarial town; and a compound hypothetical pneumocardiac anti-scorbutic tonic was just wh...
The Grand Inquisitor
The Grand Inquisitor is a parable that was written in the novel The Brothers Karamazov and is regarded to be one of the most famous passages in modern literature. Its theme centres around freedom a...
The Grand Inquisitor is a parable that was written in the novel The Brothers Karamazov and is regarded to be one of the most famous passages in modern literature. Its theme centres around freedom a...
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of children's stories by Oscar Wilde. These often very sad tales include the titles The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend and The Selfish Giant.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of children's stories by Oscar Wilde. These often very sad tales include the titles The Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend and The Selfish Giant.
The Great Stone Face
Quote, "The Great Stone Face, then, was a work of Nature in her mood of majestic playfulness, formed on the perpendicular side of a mountain by some immense rocks, which had been thrown together in...
Quote, "The Great Stone Face, then, was a work of Nature in her mood of majestic playfulness, formed on the perpendicular side of a mountain by some immense rocks, which had been thrown together in...
The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales
Quote, "My heart was bitter against Cousin Edie as I stood looking into her room. To think that for the sake of a newcomer she could leave us all without one kindly word, or as much as a hand-shake...
Quote, "My heart was bitter against Cousin Edie as I stood looking into her room. To think that for the sake of a newcomer she could leave us all without one kindly word, or as much as a hand-shake...
The Frogs
The Frogs is a comedic play by Aristophanes. The play contains the only fragments from several tragedies by Euripides and Aeschylus.
The Frogs is a comedic play by Aristophanes. The play contains the only fragments from several tragedies by Euripides and Aeschylus.
The Mysterious Key And What It Opened
Quote, "When Paul spoke in that tone and wore that look, Lillian felt as if they had changed places, and he was the master and she the servant. She wondered over this in her childish mind, but prou...
Quote, "When Paul spoke in that tone and wore that look, Lillian felt as if they had changed places, and he was the master and she the servant. She wondered over this in her childish mind, but prou...
The Mintage
The Mintage is a collection of eleven short more often witty short stories by Elbert Hubbard, including the titles Sam, To The West and Five Babies.
The Mintage is a collection of eleven short more often witty short stories by Elbert Hubbard, including the titles Sam, To The West and Five Babies.
The Marriage Contract
Quote, "Monsieur de Manerville, the father, was a worthy Norman gentleman, well known to the Marechael de Richelieu, who married him to one of the richest heiresses of Bordeaux in the days when the...
Quote, "Monsieur de Manerville, the father, was a worthy Norman gentleman, well known to the Marechael de Richelieu, who married him to one of the richest heiresses of Bordeaux in the days when the...
The Lost World
The Lost World is the first of Conan Doyle's novels to feature Professor Challenger. Set in the jungles of South America it is a story not only about the prehistoric animals that roam the lands, bu...
The Lost World is the first of Conan Doyle's novels to feature Professor Challenger. Set in the jungles of South America it is a story not only about the prehistoric animals that roam the lands, bu...
Cambridge Pieces
Quote, "Mr. Bridges had long been desirous of becoming a candidate for this distinction, but, until the death of Mr. Leader, no vacancy having occurred among the scholars, he had as yet had no oppo...
Quote, "Mr. Bridges had long been desirous of becoming a candidate for this distinction, but, until the death of Mr. Leader, no vacancy having occurred among the scholars, he had as yet had no oppo...
Canterbury Pieces
Quote, "Now, however sceptical I may yet feel about the truth of all Darwin's theory, I cannot sit quietly by and see him misrepresented in such a scandalously slovenly manner. What Darwin does say...
Quote, "Now, however sceptical I may yet feel about the truth of all Darwin's theory, I cannot sit quietly by and see him misrepresented in such a scandalously slovenly manner. What Darwin does say...
The Lady From The Sea
The Lady From The Sea is a 19th century play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It tells the story of Ellida Wangel, who is married to the much older Doctor Wangel, and their stuggle to overcome...
The Lady From The Sea is a 19th century play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It tells the story of Ellida Wangel, who is married to the much older Doctor Wangel, and their stuggle to overcome...
The Door in the Wall And Other Stories
Quote, "If you call them dreams. Night after night. Vivid!--so vivid . . . . this-- (he indicated the landscape that went streaming by the window) "seems unreal in comparison! I can scarcely rememb...
Quote, "If you call them dreams. Night after night. Vivid!--so vivid . . . . this-- (he indicated the landscape that went streaming by the window) "seems unreal in comparison! I can scarcely rememb...
God the Known and God the Unknown
Quote, "Let him think of the vastness of the earth, and of the activity by day and night through countless ages of such countless forms of animal and vegetable life as that no human mind can form t...
Quote, "Let him think of the vastness of the earth, and of the activity by day and night through countless ages of such countless forms of animal and vegetable life as that no human mind can form t...
The Light That Failed
The Light That Failed is Rudyard Kipling's tale about a war correspondent that comes home after the war to reunite with his childhood sweetheart. However, as a result of the war and a wound he sust...
The Light That Failed is Rudyard Kipling's tale about a war correspondent that comes home after the war to reunite with his childhood sweetheart. However, as a result of the war and a wound he sust...
The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices
Quote, "In the autumn month of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, wherein these presents bear date, two idle apprentices, exhausted by the long, hot summer, and the long, hot work it had ...
Quote, "In the autumn month of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, wherein these presents bear date, two idle apprentices, exhausted by the long, hot summer, and the long, hot work it had ...
The Surgeon's Daughter
Quote, "A Feringi can then refuse gold?" said the Fakir. "I thought they took it from every hand, whether pure as that of an Houri, or leprous like Gehazi's--even as the hungry dog recketh not whet...
Quote, "A Feringi can then refuse gold?" said the Fakir. "I thought they took it from every hand, whether pure as that of an Houri, or leprous like Gehazi's--even as the hungry dog recketh not whet...
The Black Dwarf
The Black Dwarf by Sir Walter Scott is the first title in The Tales of My Landlord. Set in the early part of the 18th century in the Liddesdale hills, it tell the story of the dwarf named Sir Edwar...
The Black Dwarf by Sir Walter Scott is the first title in The Tales of My Landlord. Set in the early part of the 18th century in the Liddesdale hills, it tell the story of the dwarf named Sir Edwar...
Omoo
Omoo by Herman Melville is a sequel to the novel Typee. It tells the story of the main character's adventure on the island of Tahiti, including imprisonment and the eventual exploration of native c...
Omoo by Herman Melville is a sequel to the novel Typee. It tells the story of the main character's adventure on the island of Tahiti, including imprisonment and the eventual exploration of native c...
Phantasmagoria and Other Poems
Quote, "AND did you really walk," said I, "On such a wretched night? I always fancied Ghosts could fly - If not exactly in the sky."
Quote, "AND did you really walk," said I, "On such a wretched night? I always fancied Ghosts could fly - If not exactly in the sky."
Amusements in Mathematics
This eBook contains an exhaustive supply of mathematical problems and puzzles, providing many ours of entertainment for those who really enjoy mathematics.
This eBook contains an exhaustive supply of mathematical problems and puzzles, providing many ours of entertainment for those who really enjoy mathematics.
The Last Galley Impressions
Quote, "They were standing facing one another in a grassy ring intersected by the path at the outlet of the wood. The insolent and overbearing look had passed away from the amateur's face, but a gr...
Quote, "They were standing facing one another in a grassy ring intersected by the path at the outlet of the wood. The insolent and overbearing look had passed away from the amateur's face, but a gr...
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book is Rudyard Kipling's classic collection of tales. Set in the jungles of India, it tells the story of Mowgli who is brought up by a pack of wolves after being lost. The use of animal...
The Jungle Book is Rudyard Kipling's classic collection of tales. Set in the jungles of India, it tells the story of Mowgli who is brought up by a pack of wolves after being lost. The use of animal...
The Innocence of Father Brown
The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton is the first in the collection of detective stories in which a a priest plays the main role of a sleuth.
The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton is the first in the collection of detective stories in which a a priest plays the main role of a sleuth.
The Inheritors
The Inheritors is one of the two books that Joseph Conrad co-wrote with Ford Madox Ford. Quote, "It was a palatial apartment furnished in white and gold -- Louis Quinze, or something of the sort...
The Inheritors is one of the two books that Joseph Conrad co-wrote with Ford Madox Ford. Quote, "It was a palatial apartment furnished in white and gold -- Louis Quinze, or something of the sort...
The Devils Dictionary
The Devils Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906.
The Devils Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881, and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906.
Somebody's Luggage
Quote, "In case confusion should arise in the public mind (which it is open to confusion on many subjects) respecting what is meant or implied by the term Waiter, the present humble lines would wis...
Quote, "In case confusion should arise in the public mind (which it is open to confusion on many subjects) respecting what is meant or implied by the term Waiter, the present humble lines would wis...
Bel Ami
Bel Ami by Henri Rene Guy De Maupassant is a story of corrupt journalist Georges Duroy and his rise to power.
Bel Ami by Henri Rene Guy De Maupassant is a story of corrupt journalist Georges Duroy and his rise to power.
The Battle of the Books And Other Short Pieces
Quote, "SATIRE is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody?s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so v...
Quote, "SATIRE is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody?s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so v...
Some Christmas Stories
Quote, "But, one day, of a sudden, the traveller lost the child. He called to him over and over again, but got no answer. So, he went upon his road, and went on for a little while without meeting a...
Quote, "But, one day, of a sudden, the traveller lost the child. He called to him over and over again, but got no answer. So, he went upon his road, and went on for a little while without meeting a...
Devil's Ford
Quote, "After some further discussion, it was gravely settled that Kearney should furnish water brought from the Union Ditch, twenty miles away, at a cost of two hundred thousand dollars, to feed a...
Quote, "After some further discussion, it was gravely settled that Kearney should furnish water brought from the Union Ditch, twenty miles away, at a cost of two hundred thousand dollars, to feed a...
The Swoop!
Quote, "The attitude of the British public, too, was getting on their nerves. They had been prepared for fierce resistance. They had pictured the invasion as a series of brisk battles--painful perh...
Quote, "The attitude of the British public, too, was getting on their nerves. They had been prepared for fierce resistance. They had pictured the invasion as a series of brisk battles--painful perh...
The Stark Munro Letters
The Stark Munro Letters is a semi biographical book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that brings forward his personal views on religion, politics, ethics, and society.
The Stark Munro Letters is a semi biographical book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that brings forward his personal views on religion, politics, ethics, and society.
The Hated Son
Quote, "Above all it was important that the young recluse should not be alarmed at the thought of marriage, of which he knew nothing, or be made aware of the object of his father's wishes. This unk...
Quote, "Above all it was important that the young recluse should not be alarmed at the thought of marriage, of which he knew nothing, or be made aware of the object of his father's wishes. This unk...
The Hidden Masterpiece
Quote, "Suddenly he became silent. His grave and earnest face lost its expression of joy; he was comparing the immensity of his hopes with the mediocrity of his means. The walls of the garret were ...
Quote, "Suddenly he became silent. His grave and earnest face lost its expression of joy; he was comparing the immensity of his hopes with the mediocrity of his means. The walls of the garret were ...
The Road to Oz
L. Frank Baum's The Road to Oz is the fifth in the series of Land of Oz books. The story is based around Dorothy's fourth visit to Oz and new characters are introduced as Dorothy's travel friends.
L. Frank Baum's The Road to Oz is the fifth in the series of Land of Oz books. The story is based around Dorothy's fourth visit to Oz and new characters are introduced as Dorothy's travel friends.
The Sea Fairies
The Sea Fairies by L. Frank Baum is an underwater fantasy tale that features sea monsters, mermaids and other colourful characters that make this book exciting to read.
The Sea Fairies by L. Frank Baum is an underwater fantasy tale that features sea monsters, mermaids and other colourful characters that make this book exciting to read.
The Son of the Wolf
Quote, "Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them. He has no conception of the subtle atmosphere exhaled by the sex feminine, so long as he bathes...
Quote, "Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them. He has no conception of the subtle atmosphere exhaled by the sex feminine, so long as he bathes...
The Secret Sharer
The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad is a sea tale whose themes of loneliness and isolation whilst at sea for a long time are central to the story.
The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad is a sea tale whose themes of loneliness and isolation whilst at sea for a long time are central to the story.
The Second Jungle Book
The Second Jungle is Rudyard Kipling's sequel to The Jungle Book. It features more adventures of Mowgli in the jungle of India.
The Second Jungle is Rudyard Kipling's sequel to The Jungle Book. It features more adventures of Mowgli in the jungle of India.
The Sea Gull
The Sea Gull by Russian author Anton Checkov, a romantic play, was inspired by a real-life incident of the death of a sea gull.
The Sea Gull by Russian author Anton Checkov, a romantic play, was inspired by a real-life incident of the death of a sea gull.
The Country of the Blind And Other Stories
The Country of the Blind And Other Stories, H. G. Wells, Short Stories
The Country of the Blind And Other Stories, H. G. Wells, Short Stories
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Short story
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Short story
Twixt Land & Sea
Quote, "Jacobus having put me in mind of his wealthy brother I concluded I would pay that business call at once. I had by that time heard a little more of him. He was a member of the Council, where...
Quote, "Jacobus having put me in mind of his wealthy brother I concluded I would pay that business call at once. I had by that time heard a little more of him. He was a member of the Council, where...
Twelve Types
Twelve Types by G.K. Chesterton is a collection of biographical essays about twelve history defining European figures, including Byron, Pope, St. Francis of Assisi, Rostand and Sir Walter Scott.
Twelve Types by G.K. Chesterton is a collection of biographical essays about twelve history defining European figures, including Byron, Pope, St. Francis of Assisi, Rostand and Sir Walter Scott.
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes is Robert Louis Stevenson's personal travel account of his 12 day trek through the Cevennes. His donkey Modestine features regularly in this journal of travel ...
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes is Robert Louis Stevenson's personal travel account of his 12 day trek through the Cevennes. His donkey Modestine features regularly in this journal of travel ...
Tomorrow
Quote, "It was the shock of this disappointment, perhaps, coming soon after the loss of his wife, that had driven him crazy on that point," the barber suggested, with an air of great psychological ...
Quote, "It was the shock of this disappointment, perhaps, coming soon after the loss of his wife, that had driven him crazy on that point," the barber suggested, with an air of great psychological ...
The Vital Message
Quote, "The sun has risen higher and one sees more clearly and broadly what our new relations with the Unseen may be. Nothing can now prevent us from reaching that wonderful land which stretches so...
Quote, "The sun has risen higher and one sees more clearly and broadly what our new relations with the Unseen may be. Nothing can now prevent us from reaching that wonderful land which stretches so...
The Three Golden Apples
The Three Golden Apples by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story about Hercules who searched for the golden apples that grew in the garden of the Hesperides.
The Three Golden Apples by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story about Hercules who searched for the golden apples that grew in the garden of the Hesperides.
The Vicar of Tours
Quote, "The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics...
Quote, "The next morning, on awaking, Birotteau thought so much of his prospective canonry that he forgot the four circumstances in which he had seen, the night before, such threatening prognostics...
The Trees of Pride
Quote, "Squire Vane was an elderly schoolboy of English education and Irish extraction. His English education, at one of the great public schools, had preserved his intellect perfectly and permanen...
Quote, "Squire Vane was an elderly schoolboy of English education and Irish extraction. His English education, at one of the great public schools, had preserved his intellect perfectly and permanen...
The Tragedy of The Korosko
The Tragedy of The Korosko by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a thrilling adventure tale, based on actual events, about a group of desert travellers that is kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam.
The Tragedy of The Korosko by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a thrilling adventure tale, based on actual events, about a group of desert travellers that is kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam.
The Tin Woodman of Oz
The Tin Woodman of Oz is part of the collection of books that follows on from L. Frank Baum Wizard of Oz.
The Tin Woodman of Oz is part of the collection of books that follows on from L. Frank Baum Wizard of Oz.
Maitre Cornelius
Quote, "In short, sire, I found myself this morning robbed of those jewels you admired so much. They have been ravished from me, sire! To steal the jewels of the Elector of Bavaria! those scoundrel...
Quote, "In short, sire, I found myself this morning robbed of those jewels you admired so much. They have been ravished from me, sire! To steal the jewels of the Elector of Bavaria! those scoundrel...
Massimilla Doni
Quote, "This was an untenable position. Cataneo, who only looked for a duchess, thought himself ridiculous as a husband; and, when Massimilla complained of this indifference, he calmly bid her look...
Quote, "This was an untenable position. Cataneo, who only looked for a duchess, thought himself ridiculous as a husband; and, when Massimilla complained of this indifference, he calmly bid her look...
The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems
The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer, Peoms and Tales
The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer, Peoms and Tales
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelly, Fiction
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelly, Fiction
The Uncommercial Traveller
Battling insomnia Charles Dickens spent his time taking long walks through London. The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches Dickens made during that period.
Battling insomnia Charles Dickens spent his time taking long walks through London. The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches Dickens made during that period.
Rudin
Rudin by Ivan Turgenev Translated by Constance Garnett, portrays a negative view of Russian society in pre-revolutionary period.
Rudin by Ivan Turgenev Translated by Constance Garnett, portrays a negative view of Russian society in pre-revolutionary period.
Madame Firmiani
Quote, "The brightest memories of the old man faded at the sight of his nephew's so-called mistress. His anger died away at the gracious exclamation which came from his lips as he looked at her. By...
Quote, "The brightest memories of the old man faded at the sight of his nephew's so-called mistress. His anger died away at the gracious exclamation which came from his lips as he looked at her. By...
Swan Song
Quote, "The last years of the nineteenth century were for Russia tinged with doubt and gloom. The high-tide of vitality that had risen during the Turkish war ebbed in the early eighties, leaving be...
Quote, "The last years of the nineteenth century were for Russia tinged with doubt and gloom. The high-tide of vitality that had risen during the Turkish war ebbed in the early eighties, leaving be...
The Cricket on the Hearth
The Cricket on the Hearth is a Christmas tale written by Charles Dickens, and it is the third book in a five book Dickens' series.
The Cricket on the Hearth is a Christmas tale written by Charles Dickens, and it is the third book in a five book Dickens' series.
Little Wars
Little Wars is a set of instructions, written by H. G. Wells, on how to play with toy soldiers. The book was first published in 1913.
Little Wars is a set of instructions, written by H. G. Wells, on how to play with toy soldiers. The book was first published in 1913.
In The Fourth Year
Quote, "In the latter half of 1914 a few of us were writing that this war was a "War of Ideas." A phrase, "The War to end War," got into circulation, amidst much sceptical comment. It was a phras...
Quote, "In the latter half of 1914 a few of us were writing that this war was a "War of Ideas." A phrase, "The War to end War," got into circulation, amidst much sceptical comment. It was a phras...
Uncle Vanya
Quote, "MARINA. [Shaking her head] This house is topsy-turvy! The Professor gets up at noon, the samovar is kept boiling all the morning, and everything has to wait for him. Before they came we use...
Quote, "MARINA. [Shaking her head] This house is topsy-turvy! The Professor gets up at noon, the samovar is kept boiling all the morning, and everything has to wait for him. Before they came we use...
Paz
Quote, "Paz was leading so subterranean a life that the fashionable world of Paris asked who he was when the Comtesse Laginska was seen in the Bois de Boulogne riding between her husband and a stra...
Quote, "Paz was leading so subterranean a life that the fashionable world of Paris asked who he was when the Comtesse Laginska was seen in the Bois de Boulogne riding between her husband and a stra...
Sophist
Sophist is a dialogue by Plato. It is also the middle part of a trilogy, that begins with "Theaetetus" and "The Statesman" being the third part.
Sophist is a dialogue by Plato. It is also the middle part of a trilogy, that begins with "Theaetetus" and "The Statesman" being the third part.
The Wild Knight and Other Poems
Quote, "Well, if in any woes or wars I bought my naked right to be, Grew worthy of the grass, nor gave The wren, my brother, shame for me."
Quote, "Well, if in any woes or wars I bought my naked right to be, Grew worthy of the grass, nor gave The wren, my brother, shame for me."
The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers
Quote, "I intend in a short time to publish a large and rational defence of this art, and therefore shall say no more in its justification at present, than that it hath been in all ages defended by...
Quote, "I intend in a short time to publish a large and rational defence of this art, and therefore shall say no more in its justification at present, than that it hath been in all ages defended by...
Little Journeys to the homes of the Great
Little Journeys to the homes of the Great, Elbert Hubbard, Classic
Little Journeys to the homes of the Great, Elbert Hubbard, Classic
Lineage Life and Labors of Jose Rizal Philippin
Lineage Life and Labors of Jos Rizal Philippin, Austin Craig, biography
Lineage Life and Labors of Jos Rizal Philippin, Austin Craig, biography
Pictures of Sweden
Quote, "Get on my back," says the stork, our green island's sacred bird, "and I will carry thee over the Sound. Sweden also has fresh and fragrant beech woods, green meadows and corn-fields. In Sca...
Quote, "Get on my back," says the stork, our green island's sacred bird, "and I will carry thee over the Sound. Sweden also has fresh and fragrant beech woods, green meadows and corn-fields. In Sca...
The Deserted Woman
Quote, "The figure of the Vicomtesse de Beauseant rose up suddenly before him with gracious thronging associations. She was a new world for him, a world of fears and hopes, a world to fight for and...
Quote, "The figure of the Vicomtesse de Beauseant rose up suddenly before him with gracious thronging associations. She was a new world for him, a world of fears and hopes, a world to fight for and...
The Commission in Lunacy
Quote, "By the end of the second year of his apostolic work, Popinot had turned the storeroom at the bottom of his house into a parlor, lighted by the three iron-barred windows. The walls and ceili...
Quote, "By the end of the second year of his apostolic work, Popinot had turned the storeroom at the bottom of his house into a parlor, lighted by the three iron-barred windows. The walls and ceili...
The Atheist's Mass
Quote, "The glory of a surgeon is like that of an actor: they live only so long as they are alive, and their talent leaves no trace when they are gone. Actors and surgeons, like great singers too, ...
Quote, "The glory of a surgeon is like that of an actor: they live only so long as they are alive, and their talent leaves no trace when they are gone. Actors and surgeons, like great singers too, ...
Statesman
Plato's dialogue Statesman, part of a trilogy, deals with the everyday world of political/social life.
Plato's dialogue Statesman, part of a trilogy, deals with the everyday world of political/social life.
The Elixir of Life
Quote, "Or was it, perhaps, that at the outset of an orgy there is a certain unwonted lucidity of mind? Despite the taper light, the clamor of the senses, the gleam of gold and silver, the fumes of...
Quote, "Or was it, perhaps, that at the outset of an orgy there is a certain unwonted lucidity of mind? Despite the taper light, the clamor of the senses, the gleam of gold and silver, the fumes of...
The Firm of Nucingen
Quote, "But how did he make his money?" asked Couture. "In 1819 both he and the illustrious Bianchon lived in a shabby boarding-house in the Latin Quarter; his people ate roast cockchafers and thei...
Quote, "But how did he make his money?" asked Couture. "In 1819 both he and the illustrious Bianchon lived in a shabby boarding-house in the Latin Quarter; his people ate roast cockchafers and thei...
Wreck of the Golden Mary
Quote, "Notwithstanding my being, as I have mentioned, quite ready for a voyage, still I had some doubts of this voyage. Of course I knew, without being told, that there were peculiar difficulties ...
Quote, "Notwithstanding my being, as I have mentioned, quite ready for a voyage, still I had some doubts of this voyage. Of course I knew, without being told, that there were peculiar difficulties ...
Tom Tiddler's Ground
Quote, "A slothful, unsavoury, nasty reversal of the laws of human mature," said the Traveller; "and for the sake of GOD'S working world and its wholesomeness, both moral and physical, I would put ...
Quote, "A slothful, unsavoury, nasty reversal of the laws of human mature," said the Traveller; "and for the sake of GOD'S working world and its wholesomeness, both moral and physical, I would put ...
The Guilty River
The Guilty River by Wilkie Collins is a haunting tale about two men and their love for the same woman. This relationships threaten to erupt in violence and murder.
The Guilty River by Wilkie Collins is a haunting tale about two men and their love for the same woman. This relationships threaten to erupt in violence and murder.
La Grenadiere
Quote, "La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours. At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scat...
Quote, "La Grenadiere is a little house on the right bank of the Loire as you go down stream, about a mile below the bridge of Tours. At this point the river, broad as a lake, and covered with scat...
Martin Guerre Celebrated Crimes
Alexandre Dumas's Martin Guerre is a story about a man who uses his resemblance to another man to steal his life and identity.
Alexandre Dumas's Martin Guerre is a story about a man who uses his resemblance to another man to steal his life and identity.
From London to Land's End
This letter will divide the weighty task, and consequently make it sit lighter on the memory, be pleasanter to the reader, and make my progress the more regular: I shall therefore take in Hampton C...
This letter will divide the weighty task, and consequently make it sit lighter on the memory, be pleasanter to the reader, and make my progress the more regular: I shall therefore take in Hampton C...
Forest & Frontiers
Forest & Frontiers by G. A. Henty is also know by the title Adventures among the Indians. It is also claimed that it was Mr Roualeyn Gordon Cummings who wrote the back and not G. A. Henty. Fiction
Forest & Frontiers by G. A. Henty is also know by the title Adventures among the Indians. It is also claimed that it was Mr Roualeyn Gordon Cummings who wrote the back and not G. A. Henty. Fiction
An Inland Voyage
An Inland Voyage is regarded as the fist piece of outdoor literature. Written by Robert Louis Stevenson, it is his travel account from a canoeing trip along the River Oise through France and Belgiu...
An Inland Voyage is regarded as the fist piece of outdoor literature. Written by Robert Louis Stevenson, it is his travel account from a canoeing trip along the River Oise through France and Belgiu...
Following the Equator, Part 6
Following the Equator is a travel account of Mark Twain's journey around the British Empire in 1897. Part 6
Following the Equator is a travel account of Mark Twain's journey around the British Empire in 1897. Part 6
Is Shakespeare dead? From my autobiography
Is Shakespeare dead? : From my autobiography by Mark Twain takes a look at the parallels and closeness of works by Shakespeare and those of Francis Bacon.
Is Shakespeare dead? : From my autobiography by Mark Twain takes a look at the parallels and closeness of works by Shakespeare and those of Francis Bacon.
Hospital Sketches
Hospital Sketches is a personal account of the time Louisa May Alcott spent in a Washington millitary hospital. The book takes an insight from her experience and observations into a soldiers life a...
Hospital Sketches is a personal account of the time Louisa May Alcott spent in a Washington millitary hospital. The book takes an insight from her experience and observations into a soldiers life a...
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness is one Joseph Conrad's traditional sea tales that originally appeared in a three-part series in Blackwood's Magazine. Fiction.
Heart of Darkness is one Joseph Conrad's traditional sea tales that originally appeared in a three-part series in Blackwood's Magazine. Fiction.
Following the Equator, Part 5
Following the Equator is a travel account of Mark Twain's journey around the British Empire in 1897. Part 5
Following the Equator is a travel account of Mark Twain's journey around the British Empire in 1897. Part 5
Following the Equator, Part 4
Following the Equator is a travel account of Mark Twain's journey around the British Empire in 1897. Part 4
Following the Equator is a travel account of Mark Twain's journey around the British Empire in 1897. Part 4
A Man of Means
A Man of Means by P. G. Wodehouse. A Man of Means is a collection of six short stories that first appeared in the United Kingdom in 1914 and in the United States in 1916. The stories all feature Ro...
A Man of Means by P. G. Wodehouse. A Man of Means is a collection of six short stories that first appeared in the United Kingdom in 1914 and in the United States in 1916. The stories all feature Ro...
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz is the fourth book in the Oz adventure. Originally published in 1908 the story reunites Dorothy with the humbug Wizard from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Fiction.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz is the fourth book in the Oz adventure. Originally published in 1908 the story reunites Dorothy with the humbug Wizard from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Fiction.
Following the Equator, Part 3
Following the Equator is a travel account of Mark Twain's journey around the British Empire in 1897. Part 3
Following the Equator is a travel account of Mark Twain's journey around the British Empire in 1897. Part 3
Following the Equator, Part 2
Following the Equator is a travel account of Mark Twain's journey around the British Empire in 1897. Part 2
Following the Equator is a travel account of Mark Twain's journey around the British Empire in 1897. Part 2
Following the Equator, Part 1
Following the Equator is a travel account of Mark Twain's journey around the British Empire in 1897. Part 1
Following the Equator is a travel account of Mark Twain's journey around the British Empire in 1897. Part 1
Father Sergius
Father Sergius is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy in 1873. It follows the path of Prince Stefan Kasatzky who becomes a monk after his wife's affair on the eve of their wedding with Tsar Nichol...
Father Sergius is a short story written by Leo Tolstoy in 1873. It follows the path of Prince Stefan Kasatzky who becomes a monk after his wife's affair on the eve of their wedding with Tsar Nichol...
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
Captain Brassbound's Conversion is a play by George Bernard Shaw from the collection of Three Plays for Puritans.
Captain Brassbound's Conversion is a play by George Bernard Shaw from the collection of Three Plays for Puritans.
John Bull's Other Island
John Bull's Other Island is a comedy written by George Bernard Shaw in 1904 about Ireland for the opening of Abbey Theatre.
John Bull's Other Island is a comedy written by George Bernard Shaw in 1904 about Ireland for the opening of Abbey Theatre.
On Picket Duty and Other Tales
Quote, "Sunshine streamed in through the one small window, where a caged bird was blithely singing, and a few flowers blossomed in the light. But blither than the bird's song, sweeter than the flow...
Quote, "Sunshine streamed in through the one small window, where a caged bird was blithely singing, and a few flowers blossomed in the light. But blither than the bird's song, sweeter than the flow...
Notes from the Underground
Notes from the Underground is a unique short novel by Feodor Dostoevsky as it is regarded to be the world's first existentialist work.
Notes from the Underground is a unique short novel by Feodor Dostoevsky as it is regarded to be the world's first existentialist work.
My Aunt Margaret's Mirror
Quote, "Lady Bothwell listened to her sister without attempting to console her. Probably she might be of opinion that even the worst intelligence which could be received from Flanders might not be ...
Quote, "Lady Bothwell listened to her sister without attempting to console her. Probably she might be of opinion that even the worst intelligence which could be received from Flanders might not be ...
Parmenides
Regarded to by one of Plato's most challenging dialogues, Parmenides is an account of a meeting of two great philosophers, Parmenides and Zeno of Elea.
Regarded to by one of Plato's most challenging dialogues, Parmenides is an account of a meeting of two great philosophers, Parmenides and Zeno of Elea.
Pauline's Passion and Punishment
Quote, "Her eyes came back from their long gaze and settled on him full of an intelligence which deepened his perplexity. "You have not learned to know me yet; death is not more inexorable or time ...
Quote, "Her eyes came back from their long gaze and settled on him full of an intelligence which deepened his perplexity. "You have not learned to know me yet; death is not more inexorable or time ...
Press Cuttings
Press cuttings is a play written by Shaw from a collection of editorial and correspondence columns of the Daily Papers.
Press cuttings is a play written by Shaw from a collection of editorial and correspondence columns of the Daily Papers.
Pierre and Jean
Pierre and Jean is a classical piece of French fictional Literature about the topic of jealousy.
Pierre and Jean is a classical piece of French fictional Literature about the topic of jealousy.
Following the Equator, Part 7
Following the Equator is a travel account of Mark Twain's journey around the British Empire in 1897. Part 7
Following the Equator is a travel account of Mark Twain's journey around the British Empire in 1897. Part 7
Miss or Mrs?
In Miss or Mrs? Wilkie Collins takes an insight into the union of man and wife and the subsequent unequal marriage laws during Victorian Britain.
In Miss or Mrs? Wilkie Collins takes an insight into the union of man and wife and the subsequent unequal marriage laws during Victorian Britain.
Mercadet A Comedy In Three Acts
Mercadet is a comedic play by Honore De Balzac about a financier named Mercadet, who attempts to swindle money out of investors whilst getting himself into trouble.
Mercadet is a comedic play by Honore De Balzac about a financier named Mercadet, who attempts to swindle money out of investors whilst getting himself into trouble.
Just So Stories
Written during Victorian times Just So Stories is Ruyard Kipling's collection of children's stories. One of these highly popular stories is How the Elephant got his Trunk.
Written during Victorian times Just So Stories is Ruyard Kipling's collection of children's stories. One of these highly popular stories is How the Elephant got his Trunk.
Love Among the Chickens
Love Among the Chickens follows the story of Jeremy Garnet, his friend Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge and their adventure in setting up a chicken farm.
Love Among the Chickens follows the story of Jeremy Garnet, his friend Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge and their adventure in setting up a chicken farm.
Mademoiselle Fifi
Mademoiselle Fifi by Guy de Maupassant is a story set during the Franco-Prussian war and its themes centres around its pointlessness. Fiction
Mademoiselle Fifi by Guy de Maupassant is a story set during the Franco-Prussian war and its themes centres around its pointlessness. Fiction
Memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins
Memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins is a personal account of the twenty-eight years that Major Ramkins spent in the service.
Memoirs of Major Alexander Ramkins is a personal account of the twenty-eight years that Major Ramkins spent in the service.
Marjorie's Three Gifts
Quote: "In vain they searched; in vain Marie wailed and Belle declared it must be somewhere; no wreath appeared. It was duly set down in the bill, and a fine sum charged for a head-dress to match ...
Quote: "In vain they searched; in vain Marie wailed and Belle declared it must be somewhere; no wreath appeared. It was duly set down in the bill, and a fine sum charged for a head-dress to match ...
Major Barbara
Major Barbara is a three act play by G. Bernard Shaw. Its regarded by many as Shaw's most controversial work due to his criticism of Christianity and the Salvation Army.
Major Barbara is a three act play by G. Bernard Shaw. Its regarded by many as Shaw's most controversial work due to his criticism of Christianity and the Salvation Army.
THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, A Collection of Hol
THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, A Collection of Holmes Adventures, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Fiction
THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, A Collection of Holmes Adventures, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Fiction
A Cynic Looks at Life
A Cynic Looks at Life by Ambrose Bierce. Bierce's venerable reputation, that it was feared that his judgment on any contemporary fiction of the day could make or break a writer's career.
A Cynic Looks at Life by Ambrose Bierce. Bierce's venerable reputation, that it was feared that his judgment on any contemporary fiction of the day could make or break a writer's career.
A Daughter of Eve
A Daughter of Eve.Honore de Balzac. The most amusing society, but also the most mixed, which Madame Felix de Vandenesse frequented, was that of the Comtesse de Montcornet, a charming little woman, ...
A Daughter of Eve.Honore de Balzac. The most amusing society, but also the most mixed, which Madame Felix de Vandenesse frequented, was that of the Comtesse de Montcornet, a charming little woman, ...
A Second Home
A Second Home by Honore de Balzac. The Rue du Tourniquet-Saint-Jean, formerly one of the darkest and most tortuous of the streets about the Hotel de Ville, zigzagged round the little gardens of th...
A Second Home by Honore de Balzac. The Rue du Tourniquet-Saint-Jean, formerly one of the darkest and most tortuous of the streets about the Hotel de Ville, zigzagged round the little gardens of th...
A Modern Cinderella
A Modern Cinderella by Louisa May Alcott. To all of which remarks Nan gave her assent; though the hop-pole took the likeness of a tall figure she had seen in the porch, the sage-bed, curiously enou...
A Modern Cinderella by Louisa May Alcott. To all of which remarks Nan gave her assent; though the hop-pole took the likeness of a tall figure she had seen in the porch, the sage-bed, curiously enou...
A Horse's Tale
A Horse's Tale by Mark Twain. In Mark Twain's comical satire of the art of telling tall tales in America "A Horse's Tail", there was "night so dark the cats ran against each other he wrote of "a ho...
A Horse's Tale by Mark Twain. In Mark Twain's comical satire of the art of telling tall tales in America "A Horse's Tail", there was "night so dark the cats ran against each other he wrote of "a ho...
The Head of Kay's
Set at the fictional school of Eckleton, the story centres around the house of "Kay's", the riotous boys therein, its tactless, unpopular master Mr. Kay, and Fenn, the head boy. The story features ...
Set at the fictional school of Eckleton, the story centres around the house of "Kay's", the riotous boys therein, its tactless, unpopular master Mr. Kay, and Fenn, the head boy. The story features ...
The Stories of the Three Burglars
The Stories of the Three Burglars, Frank Richard Stockton, Fiction
The Stories of the Three Burglars, Frank Richard Stockton, Fiction
