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The 30,000 Bequest and Other Stories, Mark Twain

The $30,000 Bequest and Other Sto...

Mark Twain
A collection of comical short stories by renowned American humorist and author Mark Twain, the compilation features 30 stories published in 1906. Presenting a colorful array of tales, the short stories...
The Iliad, Homer

The Iliad

Homer
A divinely beautiful woman who becomes the cause of a terrible war in which the gods themselves take sides. Valor and villainy, sacrifices and betrayals, triumphs and tragedies play their part in this ...
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
For more than a century and a quarter, fans of detective fiction have enjoyed the doings of the iconic sleuth, Mr. Sherlock Holmes. In the company of his faithful companion, Dr Watson, Holmes has consi...
The Case of Jennie Brice, Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Case of Jennie Brice

Mary Roberts Rinehart
The flood brings in not only the muddy waters but a series of suspicious clues that convinced Mrs. Pitman, a boarding house keeper, that a murder has been committed at her boarding house. Jennifer Ladl...
Whose Body?, Dorothy L. Sayers

Whose Body?

Dorothy L. Sayers
The mystery begins when the body of an unidentified man has been found in the bathtub of local architect Mr. Thipps. Adding to the peculiarity of the situation is the fact that the corpse is stark nake...
Jack and Jill, Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill
Louisa May Alcott, more famously known for her Little Women series, takes a familiar nursery rhyme and creates a whole novel out of it in one of her last books Jack and Jill: A Village Story. Though sh...
Heart of the World, H. Rider Haggard

Heart of the World

H. Rider Haggard
Set in the heart of Central America, the adventure novel accounts an enthralling tale marked by zealous adventure, discovery of a lost civilization, and unconditional love. Published in 1895, Heart of ...
Ten Days in a Madhouse, Nellie Bly

Ten Days in a Madhouse

Nellie Bly
Ten Days in a Madhouse was published as a series of articles in the New York World during 1887. Nellie Bly was given the assignment by her editor to have herself committed to an insane asylum in New Yo...
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederic...

Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was born into slavery on a Maryland plantation. He faced hardship as a child, but later encountered owners who were relatively liberal and allowed him to learn to read, write and be ...
The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling

The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling
Originally written for his young daughter Josephine, who died tragically aged six, The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of short stories which were published separately in magazines befor...
Andersens Fairy Tales, Hans Christian Andersen

Andersen's Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Andersen...
The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen, The Real Princess and a host of other wonderful tales which form so much a part of childhood are part of Andersen's Fairy Tales, by Hans Christian...
Tales of Terror and Mystery, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Tales of Terror and Mystery

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his detective stories, he also wrote other short stories which are masterpieces of mystery and suspense. In some of the stories in Tales of Terror and My...
Tess of the dUrbervilles, Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy
Her father compels her to visit the biggest mansion in the village to claim kin with the aristocratic d'Urberville family. She falls prey to the debauched son of the house and returns home to give birt...
The White People, Arthur Machen

The White People

Arthur Machen
Literary critics see Arthur Machens works as a significant part of the late Victorian revival of the gothic novel and the decadent movement of the 1890s, bearing direct comparison to the themes found i...
The Daffodil Mystery, Edgar Wallace

The Daffodil Mystery

Edgar Wallace
Set in England at the turn of the 20th century, Wallaces crime novel The Daffodil Mystery follows the mysterious circumstances under which shop owner Lyne has been murdered. Accordingly, it is up to de...
The Souls of Black Folk, William E. B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk

William E. B. Du Bois
Few books make history and fewer still become the foundational texts for the movements and struggles of an entire people.... One such great work was The Souls of Black Folk by William EB Du Bois.
French SelfTaught, Franz J. L. Thimm

French Self-Taught

Franz J. L. Thimm
Part of an initiative to develop a free language-learning resource. This book is old, but the basics havent changed too much. All the French content is spoken by native French speakers.
That Affair at Elizabeth, Burton E. Stevenson

That Affair at Elizabeth

Burton E. Stevenson
A detective novel set in turn-of-the-century New York City, in which a young lawyer plays the sleuth. Packed with plot twists
The Grell Mystery, Frank Froest

The Grell Mystery

Frank Froest
Mr Robert Grell, millionaire and socialite, is found murdered in his study on a stormy evening. Its up to Heldon Foyle, the detective, to unravel the mystery.
The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins

The Moonstone

Wilkie Collins
A young woman who inherits a beautiful diamond known as The Moonstone on her eighteenth birthday becomes the center of this mystery story. The diamond is a gift from an uncle who once served as an army...
The Mystery of the Yellow Room, Gaston Leroux

The Mystery of the Yellow Room

Gaston Leroux
One of the first locked room mysteries, The Mystery of the Yellow Room focuses on a supposedly impossible crime which has been committed within a locked room. The novel was initially published in the F...
North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell

North and South

Elizabeth Gaskell
Mrs. Gaskell as she was popularly known, had a hard and lonely childhood, spent with various aunts and relatives after her mother died and her father left her. The young Elizabeth met and married a cle...
King Solomons Mines, H. Rider Haggard

King Solomon's Mines

H. Rider Haggard
King Solomon's Mines is the story of the leader Allan Quatermain and his adventurous group of followers on their mission to find the lost brother of an aristocrat, Sir Henry Curtis. Considered similar ...
The Fortieth Door, Mary Hastings Bradley

The Fortieth Door

Mary Hastings Bradley
Romance, sinister strangers, plenty of skulduggery, mysterious beauties cloaked in veils, dungeons and crypts, dreadfully wrapped mummies and evil doings will all envelope you in this book. If you're l...
El Dorado, Baroness Emmuska Orczy

El Dorado

Baroness Emmuska Orczy
If you've read and loved the exciting classic The Scarlet Pimpernel then you'd probably be delighted to follow the further adventures of the dashing Sir Percy Blakeney. El Dorado by Baronness Emmuska O...
Self and Selfmanagement, Arnold Bennett

Self and Self-management

Arnold Bennett
Bennett's essays always provide food for thought and bring a wry smile to the lips. Human nature, it appears, changes little over the ages, and Bennett's writing stands the test of time, though in the ...
Emma, Jane Austen

Emma

Jane Austen
A comedy of manners, Emma portrays the spoilt, snobbish, yet charming Emma Woodhouse as she delightfully interferes in the relationships of others without taking much notice of her own heart. Although ...
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Charles Darwin

On the Origin of Species by Means...

Charles Darwin
Considered to be one of the books that changed the world and how we view ourselves, On The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin was met with incredulous horror when it was first published in 1859. The r...
Lewis and Clark Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, William R. Lighton

Lewis and Clark: Meriwether Lewis...

William R. Lighton
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark In the years 1804, 1805, and 1806, two men commanded an expedition which explored the wilderness that stretched from the mouth of the Missouri River to where the Col...
Captain Blood, Rafael Sabatini

Captain Blood

Rafael Sabatini
An adventure novel with an unexpected hero, Captain Blood follows the unintended journey of chivalrous and well-educated gentleman Peter Blood, who without much choice was plunged into the world of pir...
Planet of the Damned, Harry Harrison

Planet of the Damned

Harry Harrison
Once in a generation, a man is born with a heightened sense of empathy. Brion Brandd used this gift to win the Twenties, an annual physical and mental competition among the best and smartest people on ...
American Indian Fairy Tales, H. R. Schoolcraft

American Indian Fairy Tales

H. R. Schoolcraft
This book features a series of short stories collected by renowned ethnologist Henry R. Schoolcraft. The stories are adapted from old Native American legends with the aim to protect their authenticity ...
Annes House of Dreams, Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne's House of Dreams

Lucy Maud Montgomery
Annes House of Dreams is the fifth book in the Anne of Green Gables series, which features the culmination of an epic love story. The installment chronicles the lives of Anne and Gilbert as they experi...
Poems Every Child Should Know, Unknown

Poems Every Child Should Know

Unknown
A treasure trove of more than two hundred poems, this gem of an anthology compiled by Mary E Burt is indeed a most valuable set of poems to read or listen to.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, Howard Pyle

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hoo...

Howard Pyle
A modern day legend, Robin Hood is an archetypal hero of the common people who goes to great lengths to famously take from the rich and give to the poor. Luckily he is not alone in his mission, as his ...
A Room With a View, Edward M. Forster

A Room With a View

Edward M. Forster
A Room With a View opens with Two Englishwomen touring Europe. The older one is poor, bossy, old fashioned and a great upholder of what is proper. The younger one is less certain of herself, but holds ...
Railway Children, Edith Nesbit

Railway Children

Edith Nesbit
A thrilling spy story, a children's adventure, a charming portrait of early twentieth century life in London and the countryside and a heart warming family tale are all combined in this classic of chil...
The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton

The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton
If you've watched and loved Winona Ryder playing the innocent May Welland in the 1993 film adaptation of Edith Wharton's sweeping novel about class-consciousness in nineteenth century America, you will...
Short Science Fiction Collection, Various

Short Science Fiction Collection

Various
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science o...
Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson

Kidnapped

Robert Louis Stevenson
Kidnapped is the story of a 16-year old young man who is searching for his true birthright and is determined to make a fortune after the death of his parents. This timeless tale by Robert Louis Stevens...
The Book of Dragons, Edith Nesbit

The Book of Dragons

Edith Nesbit
Eight enchanting tales about a variety of whimsical dragons, by a master of the craft, E Nesbit, are contained in this absolutely delightful volume, The Book of Dragons. While it's essentially meant fo...
The Game, Jack London

The Game

Jack London
Jack London wrote at least four stories about boxing; A Piece of Steak (1909), The Mexican (1911), The Abysmal Brute (1911), and The Game (1905). The Game is told, in part, from the point of view of a ...
The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collinss The Woman in White tells the story of two half-sisters, Laura Fairlie and Marian Halcombe who were embroiled in the sinister plot of Sir Percival Glyde and Count Fosco to take over thei...
The Fur Country, Jules Verne

The Fur Country

Jules Verne
The Hudson's Bay Company is one of the earliest corporations in the world and the oldest commercial organization in North America. It began as a fur trading company in 1670 and today owns a variety of ...
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Victor Hugo
One of the great literary tragedies of all time, The Hunchback of Notre Dame features some of the most well-known characters in all of fiction - Quasimodo, the hideously deformed bellringer of Notre-Da...
The Story of the Three Little Pigs, L. Leslie Brooke

The Story of the Three Little Pig...

L. Leslie Brooke
Leonard Leslie Brooke was a talented nineteenth/early twentieth century illustrator who also wrote some delightful children's books. He was well-known for his caricatures, portrait and landscape painti...
Politics, Aristotle

Politics

Aristotle
The Politics, by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, is one of the most influential texts in political philosophy. In it, Aristotle explores the role that the political community should play in de...
The Club of Queer Trades, G. K. Chesterton

The Club of Queer Trades

G. K. Chesterton
A collection of six wonderfully quirky detective stories, featuring the mystic former judge Basil Grant. Each story reveals a practitioner of an entirely new profession, and member of the Club of Queer...
This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald

This Side of Paradise

F. Scott Fitzgerald
In the shadows of the great Gatsby is another brilliant novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. This book is evidence to Fitzgeralds literal genius because it was written by the author in his twenties to mirror ...
Chronicles of Avonlea, Lucy Maud Montgomery

Chronicles of Avonlea

Lucy Maud Montgomery
A collection of short stories first published in 1912, the book focuses on events occurring in the popular fictional village of Avonlea, which is notorious as the hometown of Anne Shirley. Comprised of...