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Also published under the title 'As a Man Lives', 'The Yellow House' is an E. Phillips Oppenheim tale packed full of his trademark mystery and suspense. The story is narrated by our protagonist Kate Ffolliott,...
Originally published in 1913, 'My Childhood' is the first volume of Maxim Gorky's autobiography. Orphaned at an early age, Gorky was brought up in his grandparents' strict household and he ran away at...
In this 1867 classic from Anthony Trollope, we follow the predicaments of Harry Clavering as he tries to find his path in both love and work. Jilted by his first love Julia Brabazon for another man several...
A thought-provoking novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim, 'A Prince of Sinners' is set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing Britain. Unemployment and poverty are rampant, and the book explores whether...
Esther Waters is an unmarried young woman from an impoverished working class family who, while employed as a kitchen maid, is seduced by one of her fellow domestic servants, falls pregnant, then subsequently...
The daughter of a poor physician, Janetta finds herself having to step into her feckless stepmother's shoes when her father leaves. With a house full of children to look after, she is driven to desperate...
If you are a dog lover, you will love this book.For Albert Payson Terhune is a dog lover, too - and it shines out of every page of this book of stories about man's best friend.Each of the stories features...
'Dombey and Son' follows Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of a shipping firm who is frustrated by his lack of a male heir. His disappointment and frustration triggers his own financial and personal downfall...
Why is it that people mistake sincerity, kindness and positivity as stupidness? Lev Myshkin has all these great character qualities and certainly is no idiot though everyone assumes him to be one. "The...
The first of the 'Jeremy' books, Jeremy introduces us to our hero, at the age of eight. Jeremy and his two sisters, Helen, and Mary, live in the quiet, unassuming town of Polchester. However, Jeremy has...
Nemerov's first novel, 'The Melodramatists' is a parody of life in 20th Century America. When wealthy Nicholas Boyne is committed to a mental health facility, his two daughters, Claire and Susan, are...
The Thénardiers are now poor and live in misery. In another part of the town baron Marius Pontmercy sees a very beautiful girl in a demonstration and falls head over heels in love. The girl is Cosette....
Children and adults alike, immerse yourselves into Grimm's world of folktales and legends! Come, discover the little-known tales and treasured classics in this collection of 210 fairy tales. -
Published just three years before the outbreak of WWI in Europe, 'Havoc' gives a fascinating insight into the atmosphere on the continent at the time. Colliding in Vienna are the beautiful Mademoiselle...
"Minerva House ... was 'a finishing establishment for young ladies,' where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything and a knowledge of nothing."In...
Twenty years before the French Revolution. The Monarchy has already started to lose some of its supporters, even though young Marie Antoinette has just married the King Louis XVI. Count Alessandro di...
From the acclaimed author of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, 'Tales and Stories' is a collection of short stories that bring romance and gothic horror together. This collection of tales is set against a variety...
'David Copperfield' features Dickens' most popular protagonist and is often described as the author's masterpiece. The novel follows the life of the titular hero, who battles hardship and villainous characters...
Black Ivory is a story about two English castaways that shockingly find themselves amidst a group of truly loathsome slave traders. Although the cast of this narrative is entirely fictional, the numerous...
What is "poor" about Miss Finch? Well, with a novel with names like "Mr Sebright" (he's an eye specialist – "see bright", geddit?), it's all about sight. You see, Lucilla Finch has been blind since infancy...
First published in 1899, this early novel from E. Phillips Oppenheim follows the fortunes of young Phillip Morton. His father, a local farmer, dies in mysterious circumstances and his mother becomes distant....
Two sisters - two contrasting love affairs.Gudrun Brangwen, an artist, becomes deeply involved in a destructive entanglement with the industrialist Gerald Crich.Ursula, a schoolteacher, embarks upon a...
What are your sunny memories? In this book, Stowe shares hers as she goes on a bright trip to Europe, writing about her experiences through journals, diary entries and letters to her friends.Visiting...
'Barnaby Rudge' is a historical novel by Charles Dickens, depicting the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots of 1780 in England. It is a novel in which danger lurks around every corner, as the titular character...
Five thousand dollars is offered in reward to whomever finds the six-year-old heiress, Gwendolen Ocumpaugh, who has disappeared mysteriously from her home. Mr. Trevitt, a private detective, is on the...
He has his freedom and a vast fortune. Now Edmond Dantes wants revenge. To get it, he'll have to become someone else. In this second volume of Dumas' classic adventure, Dantes transforms into the Count...
Isabel Archer, a beautiful and adventurous young American woman, has been brought to Europe by her Aunt, Mrs Touchett, hoping to find a future husband for her niece. When Isabel turns down several suitors,...
Elmer Gantry (1927) is a satirical indictment of fundamentalist and evangelistic religion that caused a great scandal when it was first published. It was written by Nobel Prize winning American author...
"Middlemarch" is a book to lose yourself in. Set in a fictional English town, it weaves together dozens of characters and storylines into a rich tapestry of 19th century life. At its center are Dorothea,...
No one has a bigger heart than the mysterious Daniel Deronda. And in Gwendolen, he sees a lost soul in need of his help. George Eliot's final novel traces these two characters' very different paths across...
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