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Lodore - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Lodore - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Genre: Family Life / General Fiction / Literary Fiction
The author of Frankenstein returns with her take on an Austen novel. The mother is proud, the father has many vices, yet the aristocratic name must be kept. Even more so when lord Lodore dies. His wife and daughter find themselves without...
Sanctuary - Edith Wharton
Sanctuary - Edith Wharton
- Author: Edith Wharton
- Genre: General Fiction
Kate Orme, shocked by the discovery of her fiance's complicity in a tragedy, and by society's willingness to overlook such transgressions, nevertheless marries him. Years later, her son faces a moral crisis similar to the one that showed her his...
The Man of Property (Forsyte Saga Vol. 1) - John Galsworthy
The Man of Property (Forsyte Saga Vol. 1) - John Galsworthy
- Author: John Galsworthy
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction
'The Forsyte Saga' is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties. The Man of Property is the first book in the saga. The 'man of property' of the title is Soames Forsyte, a partner in the...
Glengarry School Days - Ralph Connor
Glengarry School Days - Ralph Connor
- Author: Ralph Connor
- Genre: General Fiction
With international book sales in the millions, Ralph Connor was the best-known Canadian novelist of the first two decades of the Twentieth Century. Glengarry School Days (1902), hugely popular in its time, is based on his memories of growing up in...
The World Beyond - Ray Cummings
The World Beyond - Ray Cummings
- Author: Ray Cummings
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction
Lee Anthony finds himself and two of his friends kidnapped and taken on a strange voyage. (Summary by Richard Kilmer )...
The Clicking of Cuthbert - P. G. Wodehouse
The Clicking of Cuthbert - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Join the Oldest Member...whether you like it or not...and be carried on a magic carpet ride through the world of golf, love, and...aunts...as seen through the eyes of the creator of Jeeves and Wooster and Blandings Castle, the inimitable Pelham...
King Coal - Upton Sinclair
King Coal - Upton Sinclair
- Author: Upton Sinclair
- Genre: General Fiction
King Coal is a book by Upton Sinclair, first published in 1917, that exposes the dirty working conditions in the coal mining industry in the western United States during the 1910s. As in an earlier work, The Jungle, Sinclair expresses his socialist...
The House of the Whispering Pines - Anna Katharine Green
The House of the Whispering Pines - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
The country club house The Whispering Pines was closed for the winter, but only one day after he locked the place personally, the narrator sees smoke come out of the chimney. He decides to investigate and enters the house. Hidden in the dark, he...
The Bent Twig - Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The Bent Twig - Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- Author: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Romance
Semi-autobiographical series of incidents in the life of an intellectual American family in the late 19th - early 20th Century as seen by favored daughter, Sylvia Marshall. Her father is an economics professor in a Midwestern state university and...
Persuasion (version 5) - Jane Austen
Persuasion (version 5) - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: General Fiction
Persuasion is a regency Cinderella-esque tale of a young woman, the beautiful Anne Elliot, who is persuaded from marrying the Naval officer of her heart. It is now almost nine years since she rejected him. Bonaparte has abdicated and England's...
The Golden Snare - James Oliver Curwood
The Golden Snare - James Oliver Curwood
- Author: James Oliver Curwood
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
With but two years of service in the RNMP Philip Raine finds himself somewhat unwillingly on the trail of Bram Johnson, wanted for murder and a wild, untamed and savage man who commands a pack of wolves as his brethren.But most peculiar of all is...
The Magnificent Ambersons (Growth Trilogy Vol 2) - Booth Tarkington
The Magnificent Ambersons (Growth Trilogy Vol 2) - Booth Tarkington
- Author: Booth Tarkington
- Genre: General Fiction
In a world where a gentlemanβs life is defined more βby being, rather than by doing,β a familyβs reputation can be compromised if it is not guarded carefully, and the sole heir of the Amberson family is proving himself to be a difficult person....
Stalky & Co. (More Stories) - Rudyard Kipling
Stalky & Co. (More Stories) - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: General Fiction
This small collection puts together stories by Kipling that feature the characters from Stalky & Co. but which for some reason were not included in the book Stalky & Co. Of these the more interesting is the first, "Stalky", which introduces...
Evelina's Garden - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Evelina's Garden - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- Author: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance / Short Stories
This is a long short story from 1899, approximately 95 minutes more or less, about a mysterious woman living virtually alone on the outskirts of a small New England town in a mansion with a magnificent garden. (Introduction by BellonaTimes)...
Joseph Andrews - Henry Fielding
Joseph Andrews - Henry Fielding
- Author: Henry Fielding
- Genre: General Fiction
"Joseph Andrews ... was the first published full-length novel of the English author and magistrate Henry Fielding, and indeed among the first novels in the English language. Published in 1742 and defined by Fielding as a βcomic romance,β it is the...
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 2 - Samuel Richardson
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 2 - Samuel Richardson
- Author: Samuel Richardson
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / General Fiction / Historical Fiction
Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, published in 1748. It tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, and is the longest real novel in the...
The Widow Barnaby - Frances Milton Trollope
The Widow Barnaby - Frances Milton Trollope
- Author: Frances Milton Trollope
- Genre: General Fiction
The vain, flirtatious and presumptuous husband hunting Mrs. Barnaby delves into high-class society of which she knows very little leading to some rather awkward and moments and ridiculous mistakes. Add the love and distresses of her lovely and...
Maria Chapdelaine - Louis HΓ©mon
Maria Chapdelaine - Louis HΓ©mon
- Author: Louis HΓ©mon
- Genre: General Fiction
Maria Chapdelaine is one of the most famous French Canadian novels. It is the love story of Maria Chapdelaine, daughter of a peasant family in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region of Quebec, in the 1900s. It is often seen as an allegory of the French...
Penelope's English Experiences - Kate Douglas Wiggin
Penelope's English Experiences - Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Travel Fiction / General Fiction
Penelope's English Experiences is a fictional travelogue, which documents the experiences of three American ladies on a visit to England. Included are scenes in London and the village of Belvern, containing fanciful sketches of a West-end ball,...
The Cruise of the Esmeralda - Harry Collingwood
The Cruise of the Esmeralda - Harry Collingwood
- Author: Harry Collingwood
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
After his father died, Captain Saint Leger and his family are left destitute. However, the Saint Legers have a family secret: an ancestor is said to have buried a vast fortune in gold and jewels somewhere in the Eastern Seas. The catch: all...
Cranford - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Cranford - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Genre: General Fiction
Cranford is the best-known novel of the 19th century English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. It was first published in 1851 as a serial in the magazine Household Words, which was edited by Charles Dickens.The fictional town of Cranford is closely modelled...
Molly Make-Believe (version 2) - Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Molly Make-Believe (version 2) - Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
- Author: Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Carl Stanton is an invalid suffering from an unusual bout of rheumatism. His fiancΓ©e is gone for the winter and though he begs her to write to help ease his boredom and pain she is stingy with her letters. She sends him what she calls a "ridiculous...
Lady Susan (version 2) - Jane Austen
Lady Susan (version 2) - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / General Fiction
Jane Austen demonstrated her mastery of the epistolary novel genre in Lady Susan, which she wrote in 1795 but never published. Although the primary focus of this short novel is the selfish behavior of Lady Susan as she engages in affairs and...
A Christmas Miscellany 2018 - Various
A Christmas Miscellany 2018 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / Christian Fiction
Sixteen Christmas stories or essays. (David Wales)...
The Black Tulip - Alexandre Dumas
The Black Tulip - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
The Black Tulip, written by Alexandre Dumas père and published in 1850, is a historical novel placed in the time of Tulipmania in the Netherlands. The novel begins with the 1672 politically motivated mob lynching of the de Witt brothers and then...
The Rose Garden Husband - Margaret Widdemer
The Rose Garden Husband - Margaret Widdemer
- Author: Margaret Widdemer
- Genre: Family Life / General Fiction / Romance
This novel was written by Margaret Widdemer, who won the Pulitzer prize for her collection of poetry in 1919. Phyllis is a 25-years-old children's librarian. She is good at her job. Yet when she sees a girl from her hometown with two children, she...
The Voyage Out - Virginia Woolf
The Voyage Out - Virginia Woolf
- Author: Virginia Woolf
- Genre: General Fiction / Satire
The Voyage Out is the first novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1915 by Duckworth; and published in the U.S. in 1920 by Doran. One of Woolf's wittiest social satires. Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father's ship and is launched on...
Jane Eyre - Charlotte BrontΓ«
Jane Eyre - Charlotte BrontΓ«
- Author: Charlotte BrontΓ«
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
Jane Eyre is not your typical romance. It is a story of a woman who struggles with a world in which she doesn't quite fit. Once finished with her schooling, and with no family that really cares of her she strikes out on her own as a governess. Jane...
Tenterhooks - Ada Leverson
Tenterhooks - Ada Leverson
- Author: Ada Leverson
- Genre: Family Life / General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
The second of the 'Little Ottleys' trilogy, an Edwardian comedy of manners. Several years have passed since the events in 'Love's Shadow', but Bruce Ottley is as difficult and irksome as ever. His beautiful wife Edith continues to gently manage his...
The Children's Book of Christmas Stories - Various
The Children's Book of Christmas Stories - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / Short Stories
Many librarians have felt the need and expressed the desire for a select collection of children's Christmas stories in one volume. This book claims to be just that and nothing more. Each of the stories has already won the approval of thousands of...
The Tiger of Mysore - G. A. Henty
The Tiger of Mysore - G. A. Henty
- Author: G. A. Henty
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction / War & Military Fiction
During the Indian war with Tippoo Saib, 15 year old Dick Holland and his mother set out from England to find and rescue his father, shipwrecked 6 years earlier, and believed to be held prisoner by the 'Tiger of Mysore'(summary by annise)...
The Brand of Silence - Johnston McCulley
The Brand of Silence - Johnston McCulley
- Author: Johnston McCulley
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Harrington Strong was a pseudonym used by author Johnston McCulley, creator of the character Zorro and many others. The Brand of Silence - A Detective Story finds Sidney Prale returning to New York after ten years during which he sought his fortune....
The Melting of Molly - Maria Thompson Daviess
The Melting of Molly - Maria Thompson Daviess
- Author: Maria Thompson Daviess
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
Meet Molly: a quirky, spirited twenty-five-year old, widowed for 6 years, living in picturesque Hillsboro with her aunt amidst gossipy neighbors, on a strict diet, and in serious boy trouble. There's Arthur, her childhood sweetheart; then, there's...
The Fortunes of Glencore - Charles James Lever
The Fortunes of Glencore - Charles James Lever
- Author: Charles James Lever
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Romance
Viscount Glencore has retreated to live alone with his son in Glencore castle after his wife deserted him claiming she did not love him. He wishes to exact revenge on her by denouncing the marriage and therefore proclaiming his son to be...
The Claverings - Anthony Trollope
The Claverings - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: General Fiction
"I consider the story as a whole to he good, though I am not aware that the public ever corroborated that verdict." - the author The Claverings is the best wrought of the novels designed for The Cornhill, and as surely conceived as any book he ever...
Anne of the Island (version 2) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne of the Island (version 2) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
Anne is off to Redmond College! She will spend the next three years living and learning, making new friends, and deepening old friendships.Other books in this series by this reader: Anne of Green Gables Anne of Avonlea Anne's House of Dreams Rainbow...
Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College by Jessie Graham Flower - Jessie Graham Flower
Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College by Jessie Graham Flower - Jessie Graham Flower
- Author: Jessie Graham Flower
- Genre: General Fiction
The four series follow Grace Harlowe and her friends through high school, college, abroad during World War I, and on adventures around America. In The High School Girls Series, Grace attends Oakdale High School with friends Anne Pierson, Nora...
Aphorisms - Oscar Wilde
Aphorisms - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Satire
In 1894, Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) published two collections of aphorisms: A Few Maxims For The Instruction Of The Over-Educated, in the Saturday Review newspaper, and Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young, in the Oxford student magazine...
The Nether World - George Gissing
The Nether World - George Gissing
- Author: George Gissing
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
This sad social novel revolves around the problematic issue of money. Michael returns from Australia to London a rich man. However, he hides this fact from everybody and spends money only on the things he really needs. He contemplates leaving his...
The Pit - Frank Norris
The Pit - Frank Norris
- Author: Frank Norris
- Genre: General Fiction
The Trilogy of The Epic of the Wheat includes the following novels: THE OCTOPUS,, a Story of California. THE PIT, a Story of Chicago. THE WOLF, a Story of Europe. These novels, while forming a series, will be in no way connected with each other save...