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These sixteen short stories are packed full with charming characters and vibrant prose. Each of the tales are based in New England and primarily centered on strong female protagonists who face various...
A classic portrait of America during World War I, from American author Zane Grey, famously known for his romanticized stories about the old West.'The Desert of Wheat' (1919) sets the tone for a nation's...
Set during the Hundred Years War, 'Sir Nigel' follows the fortunes of Sir Nigel Loring. A minor noble, Sir Nigel is down on his luck following the premature death of his Lord. Nigel longs to become a...
Professor Challenger is back - this time with some haunting encounters to handle.Challenger's friend Edward Malone, a journalist, begins to investigate spiritualist meetings for his newspaper, along with...
D.H. Lawrence considered 'The Plumed Serpent' his best novel, while some critics considered it blasphemous and misogynistic.Controversy followed the author around, but this is a thrilling and original...
March Manson spends his days hunting buffalo, travelling, and learning about the wild west. He sets on on a journey with his best friend Bob Bounce to explore the rocky mountains. When he encounters a...
The third novel in the 'Parade's End' series, 'A Man Could Stand Up' follows the further trials of Christopher Tietjens. Set on Armistice Day 1918, the story sees Tietjens back in London, mulling over...
A girl from a wealthy family. A boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Mahala and Jason's love is star-crossed from the beginning - not helped by the petty prejudices of people in small-town USA.In this...
Inland is a compact story or group of stories, each nested within another, nonetheless opening onto a seemingly endless fractal geography, where the interior of Australia, the Midwestern prairie, and...
Madonna, the Queen of Pop, was not the first to be named in honour of the graceful Madonna in art. The focal point of this novel, Mary, is affectionately known as "Madonna" on account of her beauty. Moreover,...
'The Old Curiosity Shop' is one of Charles Dickens' most beloved novels about a poor orphan girl, Nell, and her caring grandfather. In an attempt to improve Nell's life, her grandfather accepts a loan...
Considered wildly controversial at the time of its release, 'The Fruit of the Tree' is a departure from the norm for Edith Wharton. While her trademark eye for social detail and psychological insights...
First published in 1882, this is a delightful volume of five short stories from Victorian author Anthony Trollope. In it we are introduced to Frau Frohmann of the title, who is agonising over whether...
The Four Musketeers return; middle-aged and battle-weary, but always ready for a new adventure. The setting is France in the 1660s. There's a new king on the throne, and D'Artagnan is not impressed. After...
French royalist Mr. Sabin is working to acquire valuable papers regarding English coastal defences for the German government. In return, he demands German conquest of France and the restoration of the...
Set in County Leitrim in Ireland, 'The Macdermots of Ballycloran' was the first novel Anthony Trollope wrote. When a traveller stumbles across the abandoned estate of Ballycloran, he learns from local...
Don't you just hate it when your selfish, child-like mother, who've done nothing but ignore you your entire life, marries the most arrogant man in London, only to abandon you to the mercy of a cold-hearted...
If you are looking for a great combination of romance and thriller, look no further.This exhilarating crime and romance novel takes place in a Victorian society and uncovers a tale in the most unexpected...
Perhaps the most famous of all E. Phillips Oppenheim novels, 'The Great Impersonation' is a daring tale of daring, disguise, and espionage set just prior to the outbreak of WWI. Two men meet in Africa...
Poverty-stricken Arnold Chetwode heads to London to make his fortune. Whilst in the capital he is witness to a murder, drawing him unwillingly into a world of international intrigue. Who can he trust?...
The young adventurous sailors, Tommo and Toby, abandon ship and flee into the jungle of an island in French Polynesia. But their feelings of victory will be short-lived. Because they are about to run...
In Paris, gambling house the Palace Noire is raided by police. Disguised as a workman, one man escapes, alongside a young girl and a monkey. Wounded on the night of the raid, Gilbert Hannaway has been...
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," writes Charles Dickens in the opening of this dark and meaningful classic novel. It is the year 1775 and Jarvis Lorry is tasked with a secret mission...
"Please, sir, I want some more," Oliver says, holding out his bowl for more gruel, a Dickens scene recognisable to most. A young orphan, Oliver Twist has only ever seen the tough side of life and having...
Set in Victorian London, 'Name and Shame' is an unashamed melodrama in its purest form. Following the fortunes of Alan and Lisette Walcott, alongside the adventures of Lettice Campion, this is a tale...
Jean Valjean has a background of a prisoner, but with a new identity he manages to create a career as a factory owner and a mayor.Not everyone is as lucky as Jean Valjean, though. A woman called Fantine...
'The Pillars of the House Volume 1' - or ´Under Wode, Under Rode´ - is the first instalment of English writer Charlotte Mary Yonge's story about the Underwood children. Three years after the birth of...
Cagney and Lacey may be the most iconic female detective duo, but who was the fictional female sleuth who started it all? Nancy Drew? Maybe Miss Marple? Nope – one of the first literary female detectives...
Setting the template for almost every subsequent novel set at school, 'Jeremy at Crale' follows the trials and tribulations of our eponymous hero. The third in the series, Jeremy is now 15 and finds himself...
First published in 1893, 'The Odd Women' by Victorian author George Gissing revolves around the themes of feminism, marriage, and love through the lives of several contrasting women. The 'odd' of the...
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