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Apart from tatty drapes and a broken pianoforte, confirmed spinster Valeria Woll has little to appreciate about her new home. As they search their dilapidated abode, Valeria and her Aunt Lydia uncover...

She might be a spinster, but no one knows love better than Molly Moseley. Her unrivaled eye for romance has led many couples toward their happy endings. Molly prides herself on being a remarkable matchmaker…...

Every night, handsome George Shrewsbury crashes into Cecilia's dreams. They waltz together. They travel the world together. He's a fearless flirt and a flatterer.In the real world, George Shrewsbury is...

Here they are again, the old, old stories, the very best; dear Cinderella, wicked old Bluebeard, tiny Thumbling (also known as Thumbelina,) beautiful Beauty and the ugly Beast, and a host of others. But...

"A Baby Tramp" is a short story by Ambrose Bierce. Ambrose Bierce (1842 – 1914) was an American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer.  

Max always blesses the animal when it is referred to; and I don't deny that things have worked together for good after all. But when I think of the anguish of mind which Ismay and I underwent on account...

"I SEE by the paper——" began Private Green, looking up. Instantly the doughboys in the squad room turned loose on him. "You can never believe what you read in the papers," broke in Private Hyman.

THERE is no more distinguished family in England than the Blantyres of Glenallan. Its very name is a sufficient passport into the best society. Nevertheless, those who know shrug their shoulders, glance...

Ever since her return from the Holy Land, Robin of Locksley has been nothing but a thorn in the side of Joseph, the Sheriff of Nottingham. He hates her. Her hates her more than he's ever hated anyone....

Plain Violet Sewell has been a wallflower her entire life. She's often found cowering in the corner, never dancing, socializing or flirting. Her unpopularity has not escaped the notice of her adoring...

The failure of the old-time firm of Edgerton, Tennant & Co. was unusual only because it was an honest one—the bewildered creditors receiving a hundred cents on a dollar from property not legally involved....

Othello, The Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare based on the short story "Moor of Venice" by Cinthio, believed to have been written in approximately 1603. The work revolves around four...

It was nothing but a dream. He would wake up presently, with the heaving deck under his feet and the salt of the sea pungent in his nostrils. Meanwhile the dream was horribly realistic; so were the prison...

The oldest stories of every race of people tell about the Beginning of Things. But the various folk who first told them were so very different, the tales are so very old, and have changed so greatly in...

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,...

William Shakespeare - Alls Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1604 and 1605, and was originally published in the First Folio in 1623.Though...

Beautiful Celia Suffington has never lacked for male attention, but the young debutante has no desire to marry. When she declines the proposal of smitten suitor Janus Percival, she finally reveals the...

It's Princess Mayra's birthday, and she's reclaimed her family's secret weapons, but she can't bring herself to celebrate, Not while Rathen is captured. Jossian's crew hatches a plan with have Jacques...

I never thought that the Ancients would bestow such an honour upon me. The time came for me to set out on a quest that would test me both physically and mentally. I was determined to make my idols proud...

"The Chronic Argonauts" is a short story written by H. G. Wells. First published by the Royal College of Science in 1888, it predates Wells's more famous time travelling novel, The Time Machine, by seven...

Contents: NOVELS.  Fast and Loose.  The Touchstone.  The Valley of Decision.  Sanctuary.  The House of Mirth.  Madame de Treymes.  Fruit of the Tree.  Ethan Frome.  The Reef....

“Peter Pan and Wendy” is the most famous work of J. M. Barrie, which was published in the form of play in 1904 and then of fiction in 1911. Both versions tell the story of Peter Pan, a boy fairy with...

Who is Louis Lefevre? A serial killer? A psychopath? A vampire? He doesn't even know the answer himself. Louis wakes up in a sealed room, chained to the floor, with only a corpse for company. He can’t...

When her palace is seized by a glorified terrorist group, Princess Isabella escapes with the enigmatic Thomas Harriot. The mysterious masked man claims he's keeping her safe, but Isabella feels like his...

Gravely wounded and thoroughly heartbroken, Josiah Cole has lost the will to live. Fortunately, he's got Carol Cassady to cheer him up. With the eccentric inventor at his side, Josiah must recover the...

Ben Laevery is his mother´s delight and the perfect match for any woman, as he is the heir of Laevery Mountain Hoods Manor and the owner of the first whiskey company in London. At one of the season´s...

Wells’s satire on literature, „Boon” was originally published under the pseudonym Reginald Bliss; a follow-up to the Fabian-savaging „The New Machiavelli”. It purports, however, to be by the fictional...

The Story of Noah's Ark written by writter and illustrator E. Boyd Smith. This book is one of many works by him.  It has already published in 1905. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work...

„The Black Rider,” originally published in 1925, is set in Spanish California at the time when the eastern colonies of this country were still ruled by Great Britain. In the novella „The Black Rider,”...

The Man Who Would be King (1888) is a short story by Rudyard Kipling chronicling the adventures of two British men who become kings in Kafiristan (now a province of Afghanistan).