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Torn from the society of all he held dear on earth, the victim of secret enemies, and exiled from happiness, was the wretched Verezzi! All was quiet; a pitchy darkness in volved the face of things, when,...

THE day Mr. Reeder arrived at the Public Prosecutor's office was indeed a day of fate for Mr. Lambton Green, Branch Manager of the London Scottish and Midland Bank. That branch of the bank which Mr. Green...

This is a book about the power game currently being played out between two symbiotic cultural institutions: the university and the novel. As the number of hyper-knowledgeable literary fans grows, students...

"I don't know whether there's a law that stops my doing this, Jim; but if there is, you've got to get round it. You're a lawyer and you know the game. You're my pal and the best pal I've had, Jim, and...

Two bareheaded men came down the busy street, their hands thrust into their trousers pockets, their sleek, well-oiled heads bent in dejection. No word they spoke, keeping step with the stern precision...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all...

“Now, Leon, you will take in everybody. Don’t leave a single man out, for we want them all there at this convention.” “Secessionists, as well as Union men?” “Yes, of course. I had a talk with Nathan Knight,...

A CHILD OF TWO WORLDS – BELONGING TO NEITHER, DANGEROUS TO BOTH. All Kisaki wants is a place where she can belong, but there are few safe havens for half demons such as her. Raised in isolation within...

After the tragedy of the Titanic, Ben Laevery travels through time and appears in the middle of a city he does not know. He loses consciousness again. When he opens his eyes he becomes aware of a woman...

The first Wednesday in every month was a Perfectly Awful Day—a day to be awaited with dread, endured with courage and forgotten with haste. Every floor must be spotless, every chair dustless, and every...

All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower...

Arthur Train (6 September 1875 – 22 December 1945), also called Arthur Chesney Train, was an American lawyer and legal thriller writer, particularly known for his novels of courtroom intrigue and the...

When James goes to college, he is full of optimism. He is going to make a name for himself. He has always been able to solve those tricky little problems. But then he finds bullying social club students,...

Emma Marshall (1830–1899) was an English children's author who wrote more than 200 novels. She was the youngest daughter of Simon Martin, a partner in Gurney's Norwich bank, who married, at St Michael-at-Plea,...

You must see for yourselves that it will be difficult to follow Peter Pan's adventures unless you are familiar with the Kensington Gardens. They are in London, where the King lives, and I used to take...

Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. King was the son of Civil War general Rufus King, grandson...

THE last of the West Bow balls before Lady Charlotte ran away with her dancing-master was on a dirty evening in November. Edinburgh was all day wrapped in haar, and now came rain that made the gutters...

THE exploit which forms the basis of the following story is one of the most notable feats of arms in American annals, and it is as real as it is romantic.

"DO you mean," Sir Giles said, "that the thing never gets smaller?" "Never," the Prince answered. "So much of its virtue has entered into its outward form that whatever may happen to it there is no change....

Soft snowflakes whirled around the lonely mountain cabin under a November sky. The wind that had rushed up the valley sighing and groaning between the wooded walls, now roared its wild delight in the...

After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the ageing Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles...

A man buys an old manor in the countryside and finds a mischievous new friend. He alone has the key, so follow him... you never know what you might find...

Almayer's Folly, published in 1895, is Joseph Conrad's first novel. Set in the late 19th century, it centers on the life of the Dutch trader Kaspar Almayer in the Borneo jungle and his relationship to...

Three tales of monsters and terror in the Louisiana bayous. When a young bride goes missing on her wedding day in Acadiana, the locals blame the Terror, the legendary monster that stalks the Crimson...

The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by [French] author Alexandre Dumas (père) completed in 1844. It is one of the author's most popular works, along with...

“Hullo! Markworth. How lucky! Why you are just the man I want; you’re ubiquitous, who’d have thought of seeing you in town?” said Tom Hartshorne, of the —th Dragoons, cheerily, as he sauntered late one...

This early short story focuses on Allan Quatermain's exploits as a big game hunter in Africa, a skill that would provide much of the explorers income throughout his life.

Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts, according to subject matter, it includes one of his better-known short stories,...

Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event is the abandonment of a ship in distress by...

Cripes! The mad king is at it again, and this time he wishes to have a ball. Unfortunately it’s not the type of ball his noblemen are thinking of—for there are no flowing dresses, lavish decor or…(gasp)…women...