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Martin Eden - Jack London
Martin Eden - Jack London
- Author: Jack London
- Genre: General Fiction
Martin Eden (1909) is a novel by American author Jack London, about a struggling young writer. It was first serialized in the Pacific Monthly magazine from September 1908 to September 1909, and subsequently published in book form by The Macmillan...
The Fruit of the Tree - Edith Wharton
The Fruit of the Tree - Edith Wharton
- Author: Edith Wharton
- Genre: General Fiction
When published in 1907, this novel about the lives of a wealthy mill owner, her socially progressive husband and friends caused a stir due to its treatment of drug abuse, mercy killing, divorce and second marriages. (Summary by Margaret)...
The Fair Rewards - Thomas BEER
The Fair Rewards - Thomas BEER
- Author: Thomas BEER
- Genre: General Fiction
"The Fair Rewards" by Thomas Beer . . . is a really distiguished novel. The writing is far above the average: it has style and sophistication and personality, intermingled with a truly vivid show of imagination. It even borders on brilliancy, but it...
Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal - Undefined
Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: General Fiction
Life in the Grey Nunnery was first published in Boston, in 1857 by Edward P. Hood, who was credited as the book's editor. It is likely that this account is by Sarah J. Richardson "as told to" Edward Hood, though it may in fact be completely...
The Custom of the Country - Edith Wharton
The Custom of the Country - Edith Wharton
- Author: Edith Wharton
- Genre: General Fiction
Edith Wharton was a novelist of manners of late 19th Century New York "Society", who spent much of her life in France. In this novel she tells the story of Undine Sprague, the thrice- (or more) married, upwardly mobile beauty from "Apex City",...
The Sea-Witch - Maturin Murray BALLOU
The Sea-Witch - Maturin Murray BALLOU
- Author: Maturin Murray BALLOU
- Genre: General Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction / Romance
Maturin Murray Ballou was the author of dozens of books, chiefly centered around his extensive sea travel. He was deputy navy-agent in the Boston Custom House and circumnavigated in 1882, collecting material for several travel accounts and various...
The Rebel of the School - L. T. Meade
The Rebel of the School - L. T. Meade
- Author: L. T. Meade
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
Kathleen O'Hara is a young pretty girl sent to school in England from Ireland by her father to get a good education, but Kathleen has other ideas. She quickly become friends with the girls of the school who don't pay for their education and in turn...
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Vol. 2 - Laurence Sterne
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman Vol. 2 - Laurence Sterne
- Author: Laurence Sterne
- Genre: General Fiction
This is volume 2 of 4. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (or, more briefly, Tristram Shandy) is a novel by Laurence Sterne. It was published in nine volumes, the first two appearing in 1759, and seven others following over the next...
A Christmas Miscellany 2017 - Various
A Christmas Miscellany 2017 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General Fiction / Essays & Short Works
A selection of short works about Christmas. (Summary by david wales)...
The Gray Phantom - Herman LANDON
The Gray Phantom - Herman LANDON
- Author: Herman LANDON
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction
A woman is apparently murdered in a New York auditorium under very suspicious circumstances one evening during a performance. Helen Hardwick happened to be in attendance that evening, as she had written the play that was being performed, and she was...
Abandoned - William Clark Russell
Abandoned - William Clark Russell
- Author: William Clark Russell
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
We meet Miss Lucretia Lane as she is dressing for her marriage to Captain Francis Reynolds of the British Merchant Service. Though he loves her truly, she has severe misgivings. She goes through with the wedding in spite of this, but refuses to live...
The Royal Book of Oz - Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Royal Book of Oz - Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Author: Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction
The Royal Book of Oz (1921) is the fifteenth in the series of Oz books, and the first to be written by Ruth Plumly Thompson after L. Frank Baum's death. Although Baum was credited as the author, it was written entirely by Thompson. The Scarecrow is...
The Upas Tree, A Christmas Story for all the Year - Florence Louisa BARCLAY
The Upas Tree, A Christmas Story for all the Year - Florence Louisa BARCLAY
- Author: Florence Louisa BARCLAY
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
Ronald West has a brilliant idea for his next novel, but to do it right, he wants to spend the next six months tramping around central Africa to experience the setting first hand. His wife Helen fully supports his trip, but for the first time in...
Short Stories (Household Words 1850-58) - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Short Stories (Household Words 1850-58) - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
Elizabeth Gaskell was a regular contributor to Charles Dickens's weekly magazine, Household Words, from 1850 through to 1858. In addition to three serialized novels, Cranford, North and South, and My Lady Ludlow, Dickens published 18 shorter works...
Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- Genre: General Fiction
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and offers in ample measure the details of English rural life that Hardy so relished. Hardy's growing taste for tragedy is also evident in the novel. It first appeared, anonymously, as...
Grace Harlowe with the Marines at Chateau Thierry - Jessie Graham Flower
Grace Harlowe with the Marines at Chateau Thierry - Jessie Graham Flower
- Author: Jessie Graham Flower
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / War & Military Fiction
Grace continues her war adventures over seas in France, continuing her work for the Red Cross. Set during World War I, Loyal Heart finds herself in much peril as she helps with the fight against the Germans. Summary by ashleighjane...
The Teeth of the Tiger - Maurice Leblanc
The Teeth of the Tiger - Maurice Leblanc
- Author: Maurice Leblanc
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Maurice Leblanc delivers another Arsene Lupin adventure set in World War I. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)...
The Dragon and the Raven: Or The Days of King Alfred - G. A. Henty
The Dragon and the Raven: Or The Days of King Alfred - G. A. Henty
- Author: G. A. Henty
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction
During the reign of King Alfred, Danish forces have invaded the English countryside. Although the English try to repulse these attacks, they are overrun by the savagery and sheer numbers of the Danes. One of those deeply touched by these attacks is...
When Patty Went to College - Jean Webster
When Patty Went to College - Jean Webster
- Author: Jean Webster
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
When Patty Went to College is Jean Webster's first novel, published in 1903. It is a humorous look at life in an all-girls college at the turn of the 20th century. Patty Wyatt, the protagonist of this story is a bright, fun loving, imperturbable...
American Women's Literature, 1847 to 1922 - Various
American Women's Literature, 1847 to 1922 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
This is a collection of 20 short stories and long-form poetry by American women writers. (Summary by BellonaTimes)...
Family Happiness - Leo Tolstoy
Family Happiness - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: General Fiction
After a brief romance, the 17 year old Marya falls in love with the much older Sergyei Mikhailitch, an old family friend, and the two are married. They share an initially blissful life but after moving to St. Petersburg, Marya becomes enchanted with...
The Riders of the Silences - Max Brand
The Riders of the Silences - Max Brand
- Author: Max Brand
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Westerns
The Great West, prior to the century's turn, abounded in legend. Stories were told of fabled gunmen whose bullets always magically found their mark, of mighty stallions whose tireless gallop rivaled the speed of the wind, of glorious women whose...
The Amethyst Box - Anna Katharine Green
The Amethyst Box - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction / Romance
On the evening before his marriage, Sinclair loses a precious curiosity from his collection: an amethyst box, containing a tiny flask of deadly poison. He suspects that this poison is in the possession of either his betrothed or her cousin, the girl...
Michael Kohlhaas (English Translation) - Heinrich von KLEIST
Michael Kohlhaas (English Translation) - Heinrich von KLEIST
- Author: Heinrich von KLEIST
- Genre: General Fiction
Michael Kohlhaas is an 1811 novella by Heinrich von Kleist, based on a 16th-century story of Hans Kohlhase. Both the theme (a fanatical quest for justice) and the style (existentialist detachment posing as a chronicle) are surprisingly modern. They...
Youth - Leo Tolstoy
Youth - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Youth is the third in Tolstoy's trilogy of three autobiographical novels, including Childhood and Boyhood, published in a literary journal during the 1850s. (Introduction by Bill Boerst)...
Lord Tony's Wife - Baroness Orczy
Lord Tony's Wife - Baroness Orczy
- Author: Baroness Orczy
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Romance
Another adventure of the Scarlet pimpernel! As the title suggests, it follows the story of Lord Tony and his wife, Yvonne. It is full of suspense adventure and romance. Lord Tony and Yvonne elope after some disturbing happenings including an angry...
The Reverberator - Henry James
The Reverberator - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: General Fiction
Another Jamesian look at Americans in Paris. What happens when a reporter for an American scandal sheet (The Reverberator) is looking for a good story, though one which might interfere with the marriage plans of a young American woman in the City of...
The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation - J. S. Fletcher
The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation - J. S. Fletcher
- Author: J. S. Fletcher
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Marshall Allerdyke is driving through the night from London to Hull in response to an urgent telegram from his cousin. As he nears Hull, a beautiful woman stops his car to ask for directions to Scotland. Odd time to be traveling so far and in such a...
American Fairy Tales - L. Frank Baum
American Fairy Tales - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
This collection of fantasy stories was originally serialized in regional newspapers, prior to being published as a complete volume. The stories, as critics have noted, lack the high-fantasy aspect of the best of Baum's work, in Oz or out. With...
Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman - Mary Wollstonecraft
Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman - Mary Wollstonecraft
- Author: Mary Wollstonecraft
- Genre: General Fiction
Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman is Mary Wollstonecraft's unfinished novelistic sequel to her revolutionary political treatise A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. It was published posthumously in 1798 by her husband, William Godwin. Maria revolves...
Chance - Joseph Conrad
Chance - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: General Fiction
Apparently a two part story about a Damsel and a Knight, perhaps a damsel who depends upon the kindness of strangers. It was originally entitled "Dynamite" and first published by installments in the New York Herald. The book itself was the biggest...
Bleak House - Charles Dickens
Bleak House - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: General Fiction
Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March 1852 and September 1853. It is widely held to be one of Dickens' finest and most complete novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging...
Almayer's Folly (version 2) - Joseph Conrad
Almayer's Folly (version 2) - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Romance
Almayer’s Folly is about a poor businessman who dreams of finding a hidden gold mine and becoming very wealthy. Kaspar Almayer is a white European. He agrees to marry a native Malayan captured by Captain Tom Lingard, his employer, believing the...
How To Tell A Story, and Other Essays - Mark Twain
How To Tell A Story, and Other Essays - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction / Humorous Fiction
The complete collection of works using this title. Other versions, including the Project Gutenberg version, have been radically shortened. Mark Twain published several collections of his short stories and essays. This collection, like the others,...
Mr. Incoul's Misadventure - Edgar SALTUS
Mr. Incoul's Misadventure - Edgar SALTUS
- Author: Edgar SALTUS
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Saltus has been compared to Oscar Wilde for wit and language. His novels are entertaining, yet philosophical, exposing the vagaries of human nature. The publishers promoted Mr. Incoul's Misadventure thus: "A novel which is sure to be condemned by...
Anne's House of Dreams (version 2) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne's House of Dreams (version 2) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
Anne's story continues with her marriage to Gilbert and their years in the House of Dreams. ( Summary by Karen Savage)Other books in this series by this reader: Anne of Green Gables Anne of Avonlea Anne of the Island Rainbow Valley Rilla of Ingleside...
The Glory Of The Conquered - Susan Glaspell
The Glory Of The Conquered - Susan Glaspell
- Author: Susan Glaspell
- Genre: General Fiction
"The Glory Of The Conquered, The Story Of A Great Love" is Susan Glaspell's first novel. It tells the story of Karl, who was blinded after being injured by a lab experiment and his wife, Ernestine, who nursed him". - Summary by Stav Nisser....
His Last Bow (version 3) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
His Last Bow (version 3) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / General Fiction
His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of previously published Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, including the titular short story, "His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" (1917). The collection's...
Told in a French Garden - Mildred ALDRICH
Told in a French Garden - Mildred ALDRICH
- Author: Mildred ALDRICH
- Genre: General Fiction
American friends begin to summer in a beautiful French country house when WWI breaks out. They decide not to evacuate as the war encroaches. Their interactions are interwoven by the stories that they take turns telling after dinner each night to...
Queechy - Susan Warner
Queechy - Susan Warner
- Author: Susan Warner
- Genre: General Fiction
Fleda Ringan is an 11 year old orphan who lives with her grandfather in Queechy, Vermont. After a tragic incident, Fleda has to live with her aunt in Paris, Mrs. Rossiter. She travels to Paris under the care of young Mr. Carleton and his mother, a...
