Ficción

A fine collection of short stories by Sabine Baring-Gould concerning that one thing that haunts us late at night...that one thing that brings chills to our spines, evoking memories of the maddening loss...

Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world—even those daunted by Moby-Dick—Bartleby the Scrivener is simply one of the most absorbing and moving novellas ever. Set...

When Amy came up to me in that diner I didn't know what to expect. I had lost my job and felt totally helpless. Amy had one wish: she wanted to see the sun set over the ocean. And I wanted to make it...

Chris and Andy are going on holiday to visit their grandparents on the Scottish island of Shamway – without their parents to spoil their fun! But as they explore the islands in a boat with their Grandad,...

When a bride mysteriously disappears just hours before she is to be wed, questions are raised and searches are made. An unofficial inquiry is made by friends that lead the reader down an unexpected path...

Henry James, the master of psychological literature, is at it again disturbing readers with the story of a man who feels he might be missing something important in life -- a man who also has a secret,...

"Isn't it a dandy picture—the real thing—just as I've always imagined it. Herc!" Ned Strong wheeled from the gaudily colored lithograph he had been admiring, and turned to a red-headed youth of about...

In Return to Jalna, the Whiteoak family reunites after a year of separation. Piers, Renny, and Wakefield return in 1943 during the Second World War. Finch has been off on a concert tour, and Maurice has...

The Brothers Karamazov is a passionate philosophical novel set in 19th century Russia, that enters deeply into the ethical debates of God, free will, and morality. It is a spiritual drama of moral struggles...

When Sally Nicholas became an heiress, she had to cope her brother's wild theatrical ambitions and the defection of her fiance, his replacement being a strangely unattractive suitor. A trip to England...

'Marked cards!' There were a score round us when the fool, little knowing the man with whom he had to deal, and as little how to lose like a gentleman, flung the words in my teeth. He thought, I'll be...

ALL the stories about Princes and Princesses in this book are true stories, and were written by Mrs. Lang, out of old books of history. There are some children who make life difficult by saying, first...

This is Book 5 of the series "The Chronological Sherlock Holmes". "The Hound of the Baskervilles" is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock...

This is Book 7 of the series "The Chronological Sherlock Holmes". "The Valley of Fear" is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the real-life exploits...

Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education,...

Ulysses is a modernist novel. It was first serialised in parts in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and then published in its entirety by Sylvia Beach in February...

The elusive Oriental villain known as Mr. King masterminds an insidious plot to hold London's wealthy at his mercy. His henchmen have already killed one socialite, and more are threatened. Hot on the...

The scene of this story is laid in France during latter part of the Thirty Years' War---the time of Richelieu, of Mazarin and Anne of Austria. The hero, Hector Campbell, is the orphaned son of a Scottish...

The Return of the O'Mahony written by Harold Frederic who was an American journalist and novelist. This book was published in 1892. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally...

A long time ago a handsome young King rode off to seek his fortune. Tired and thirsty he stopped at a well to have a drink of water. The friendly Frogs at the well warned him that the well belonged to...

A Rose in June written by Mrs. Oliphant who  was a Scottish novelist and historical writer. This book was published in 1874. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important...

In the distance, on the summit of a high beech, the golden oriole sang its flute-like evening song, which told of still deeper forest loneliness, for the listener seldom hears the notes of the "Pirol,"...

The Jebel es Zubleh is a mountain fifty miles and more in length, and so narrow that its tracery on the map gives it a likeness to a caterpillar crawling from the south to the north. Standing on its red-and-white...

The plot is a loosely based melange of motifs from previous Conan short stories, most notably "The Scarlet Citadel", with which it shares an almost identical storyline. It takes place when Conan is about...

Timmy Willie is a country mouse who falls asleep in a hamper of vegetables and wakes up in the city. It will be made welcome by Johnny Town-Mouse, but soon regrets the peace and simplicity of the life...

There are two things about herself that Izzy has always known with absolute certainty: One, that she was adopted and two, that she has an affinity for the sea. For from her earliest memories on, the ocean...

MOTOR STORIES - THRILLING ADVENTURE MOTOR FICTION. Characters that appear in this story: Matt King: concerning whom there has always been a mystery--a lad of splendid athletic abilities, and never-failing...

Harry's Island written by Ralph Henry Barbour who was an American novelist. This book was published in 1908. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original...

The Last Egyptian: A Romance of the Nile written by L. Frank Baum who  was an American author. This book was published in 1907. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important...

The Bears of Blue River written by Charles Major who was an American novelist . This book was published in 1901. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its...