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The Garies and Their Friends (1857) is a novel by Frank J. Webb. Published at the height of the abolitionist movement, Webbs novel was only the second in history by an African American writer. Although it is his only novel, …
Uncovering a governmental conspiracy to frame a friend for murder puts David Balfour on the run and striving to protect the woman hes come to love. Released with the title David Balfour when originally released in the United States, Catriona …
The immense talent, passion and literary brilliance that Conan Doyle brought to his work gives him a unique place in English letters.-Stephen Fry Doyles modesty of language conceals a profound tolerance of the human complexity-John Le Carre Holmes has a …
The City of the Sun (1602) is a work of utopian fiction by Tommaso Campanella. Written while the author was imprisoned in Naples for his role in a conspiracy against Spanish rule in Calabria, The City of the Sun is …
The Romance of a Shop (1888) is a novel by Amy Levy. Published the year before her tragic death, The Romance of a Shop is the debut novel of a pioneering writer and feminist whose poetry and prose explores the …
The Lodger (1913) is a novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes. Inspired by the infamous murders committed by Jack the Ripper and Dr. Neill Creamalso known as the Lambeth PoisonerThe Lodger is a thriller that employs aspects of the popular penny …
Anne Beddingfeld observes a deadly accident and believes she has witnessed a murder. Impulsively following a chain of clues, Anne uncovers a sinister collection of plotters with a potentially lethal intolerance for the amateur sleuth. When a man dies in …
Persuasion (1817) is the final novel written by English author Jane Austenand the first to be attributed to her name. Persuasion was published posthumously to widespread critical acclaim, and has since been recognized as an understated and mature work of …
From the perspective of the townspeople and the queen, Clytemnestra, Agamemnon follows the emotional journey of grief, rage, and revenge. Agamemnon had dedicated much of his life to a war that his brother started. He vowed to do whatever it …
A Sicilian Romance (1790) is a novel by Ann Radcliffe. Published anonymously, Radcliffes second novel is a tragic story of love and murder set in the sublime landscape of the Sicilian coast. Considered an essential work of Gothic fiction, A …
First appearing in 1899 The Awakening is regarded as work presaging both feminist fiction and literary modernism. The authors clear vision of a womans internal and external conflicts continue to demand engagement and response from readers. The Awakening follows Edna …
Romeo and Juliet (1597) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. Inspired by an Italian tale adapted for an English audience in 1562 by Arthur Brooke and in 1567 by William Painter, Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet sometime between 1591 and …
Alice discovers an unknown land on the other side of the mirror and finds herself part of a problem in chess, meeting some unlikely characters of nursery rhyme and puzzled by the reversal of many of the laws of nature. …
Falling in Love (1889) is a brilliant collection of essays by innovative Canadian writer Grant Allen. His wide-ranging interests and unique, personal tone present science in a style that not only makes difficult concepts digestible to the average reader, but …
The Book of Tea (1906) is a book-length essay by Okakura Kakuzo. Connected to the authors overall project of celebrating Japanese culture and emphasizing the role of the East in creating the modern world, The Book of Tea is considered …
Wildes first authentic work...marked the beginning of his true creativity...Wildes stories are splendid. -Jeanette Winterson ...partly for children and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy.-Jack Zipes Oscar Wildes The Happy Prince and Other …
From the coast of West Africa to the streets of Europe, the peculiar Augustus Bones Tibbetts is unknowingly pulled into various financial plots and schemes. As part of Edgar Wallace's Sanders of the River collection, Bones in London follows the …
The Tale or Mr. Peter Brown is a story by Vita Sackville-West. While she is most widely recognized as the lover of English novelist Virginia Woolf, Sackville-West was a popular and gifted poet, playwright, and novelist in her own right. …
A rousing frontier saga.-The Washington Post (Coopers) sympathy is large, and his humor is as genuine--and as perfectly unaffected--as his art.-Joseph Conrad The Last of the Mohicans (1826) is the most popular of James Fenimore Coopers Leatherstocking Tales. The continuing …
The City of Beautiful Nonsense (1909) is a novel by Ernest Temple Thurston. After a decade of working odd jobs while pursuing his literary interests, Temple Thurston finally broke through to a popular audience with this novel of romance and …
The Golden Boys and Their New Electric Cell (1922) is an adventure novel by L.P. Wyman and one of seven books in his vastly underratedand relatively unknownGolden Boys series. Each novel follows the adventures of Bob and Jack Golden, brothers …
Alice discovers an unknown land on the other side of the mirror and finds herself part of a problem in chess, meeting some unlikely characters of nursery rhyme and puzzled by the reversal of many of the laws of nature. …
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar is the fifth adventure in the saga of the jungle lord and features both one of the series most celebrated locations, the lost city of Opar, as well as one of its most celebrated …
Ishmael finds himself on a sprawling, epic hunt for the great white whale in one of the most singular and celebrated novels in American literature. First published in 1851, Moby Dick is narrated by the young seaman Ishmael who takes …
In the third installment of the Anne of Green Gables series, Anne enrolls in college and must face new challenges inside and outside the classroom. The young student attempts to balance a vibrant social life with an intense course load …
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