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By: Ernest Poole (1880-1950) | |
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His Family
The 1910s is historically considered the decade of greatest social change in history. It saw the advent and proliferation of the automobile, electricity, lighting, radio, telephone and cinema. Our present time of change is actually quite tame in comparison, though also breathless. His Family is a tale of a widowed father, working to manage this decade of change as it affects his family in New York City. His Family was the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1919. | |
His Second Wife |
By: May Kellogg Sullivan | |
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The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska | |
By: Bertrand Sinclair (1881-1972) | |
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The Hidden Places
Hollister, returning home from the war physically scarred but otherwise healthy and intact, finds life difficult among society, and so chooses to roam about a bit seeking a future for himself. He eventually leads himself to a remote area in British Columbia, which begins the tale of the next phase of his life; a life which becomes far richer in totality than he would have imagined in his old unwelcoming haunts. A life among the hidden places. |
By: Frank Williams (1887-?) | |
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The Harbor of Doubt
Young Code Schofield had lost his schooner May Schofield in an Atlantic gale a few months ago, and now the townspeople on the small island of Grande Mignon off the coast of New Brunswick were beginning to talk suspiciously of the events surrounding that loss. Insurance investigators have been summoned to investigate, friends are alienating themselves from Code, and he finds himsef challenged by even those he's known and trusted his whole life. Does Code Schofield have anything to prove, and if so, to whom, and why? |
By: Harriet E. Wilson (1825-1900) | |
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Our Nig, or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, In A Two-Story White House
Frado is a colored girl, living in the USA a few years before the Civil War. She is abandoned by her own white mother in the house of the Bellmont's- where she is treated badly. This is a sad book, but Frado's cheerfulness and dignity will make you love her until the end. (Introduction by Stav Nisser) |
By: Emerson Hough (1857-1923) | |
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The Singing Mouse Stories
The singing mouse tells tales of nature in songs. This book is for those who want to know how the mountains ate up the plains, what the waters said or where the city went. | |
The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive | |
The Young Alaskans | |
The Young Alaskans on the Missouri | |
The Man Next Door | |
The Young Alaskans in the Rockies | |
The Young Alaskans on the Trail | |
Young Alaskans in the Far North |
By: William Godwin (1756-1836) | |
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Caleb Williams or Things As They Are
The novel describes the downfall of Ferdinando Falkland, a British squire, and his attempts to ruin and destroy the life of Caleb Williams, a poor but ambitious young man that Falkland hires as his personal secretary. Caleb accidentally discovers a terrible secret in his master’s past. Though Caleb promises to be bound to silence, Falkland, irrationally attached (in Godwin’s view) to ideas of social status and inborn virtue, cannot bear that his servant should possibly have power over him, and sets out to use various means–unfair trials, imprisonment, pursuit, to make sure that the information of which Caleb is the bearer will never be revealed... | |
Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian | |
Imogen A Pastoral Romance |
By: Gilbert Parker (1862-1932) | |
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The Right of Way
Charley Steele is a successful and brilliant Canadian lawyer. He has a nagging wife, Kathleen, and a lazy brother-in- law, Billy. In spite of his success, he is disillusioned with his life, drinks too much, and is deeply troubled by his agnosticism which leads to trouble and confusion. When Billy embezzles money, Charley discovers the theft and sets out to make things right. Charley however, ends up in a waterfront saloon where he encounters a barroom brawl and becomes unconscious. Charley loses his memory and ends up in the Canadian Northwoods where he falls in love with a pretty postmistress, Rosalie... | |
Northern Lights | |
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt | |
Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk | |
Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt | |
Pierre and His People, Tales of the Far North | |
Romany of the Snows, Continuation of "Pierre and His People" | |
The Judgment House | |
The Going of the White Swan |
By: Alfred de Musset (1810-1857) | |
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The Confession of a Child of the Century
In this autobiographic novel, an aging man reflects on his past. We are witness to the relationships he has along the way, his mistakes, and finally- in the most unexpected and honorable way- the sudden developement of his belief in god. |
By: Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) | |
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Sybil, or the Two Nations | |
The Young Duke | |
Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity | |
Henrietta Temple
The Armine family, in particular the young Ferdinand Armine, is in great financial difficulties. Ferdinand's grandfather has burdened the family estate with large debts, which his father did not manage to diminish. Ferdinand himself is not disposed to live with his small income alone, and during his time in Malta with his regiment, he incurs debts of his own. The only thing that can easily pay for his debts and restore the house of Armine now is for Ferdinand to marry well, and the chosen wife for him is his cousin Katherine, the heiress to their grandfather's wealth... | |
Sketches | |
Ixion In Heaven | |
Lothair | |
The Infernal Marriage |
By: Romain Rolland (1866-1944) | |
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Pierre and Luce
Pierre and Luce were an unlikely young pair who found themselves in the chaos of Paris during the war; Pierre, the shy, recently conscripted pacifist, and Luce, the free spirited artist in training, and both confused about the things going on around them. Why were these war birds flying overhead? Why these warning sirens, and occasional bombs exploding in the distance? Why did the government leaders, who didn't even know one another, hate and destroy so much? Why did these two delicate young adults find each other now? This story takes place between January 30 and Good Friday, May 29, 1918. (Introduction by Roger Melin) |
By: Oliver Herford (1863-1935) | |
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This Giddy Globe
Is there a genre called FUN? Yes, and this is it! Insanely humorous geography that will have you rolling on the floor laughing with your sides hurting. | |
Kitten's Garden of Verses
The Kitten's Garden of Verses is a book of short poetry, modeled after Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses. Of course, the poems in this book are intended for kittens rather than children! | |
The Peter Pan Alphabet |
By: Grace Isabel Colbron (1869-1943) | |
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The Case of the Golden Bullet
Joseph Muller, quiet mannered detective, tries to solve the mystery of a man who died in his study, by a bullet hole in the chest. But all windows and doors were locked, from the inside. |
By: William MacLeod Raine (1871-1954) | |
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Bucky O'Connor | |
Yukon Trail
The Yukon Trail: A Tale of the North (filmed as The Grip of the Yukon in 1928) is an adventure yarn from the prodigious output of William MacLeod Raine, who averaged nearly two western novels a year for some 46 years. Twenty of his novels have been filmed. Though Raine was prolific, he was a slow, careful, conscientious worker, intent on accurate detail, and considered himself a craftsman rather than an artist. (Adapted from Wikipedia) | |
A Texas Ranger | |
Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West | |
The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure | |
The Vision Splendid | |
A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today | |
A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 | |
Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also the Villain) | |
Oh, You Tex! |
By: Tobias Smollett (1721-1771) | |
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Adventures of Roderick Random
I am Roderick Random. This is the contemporary story of my struggle against the adversity of orphan-hood, poverty, press gangs, bloody duels, rival fortune hunters, and the challenge to be well-dressed through it all. In the course of recounting my adventures to you, dear reader, I will give you a front row seat to the characters of English eighteenth century life including highway robbers, womanizing monks, debt-laden gallants, lecherous corrupt officials, effeminate sea captains, bloodthirsty surgeons, and my dear friend Miss Williams, a reformed prostitute... |
By: Burton E. Stevenson (1872-1962) | |
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That Affair at Elizabeth
A detective novel set in turn-of-the-century New York City, in which a young lawyer plays the sleuth. Packed with plot twists (and the ubiquitous romantic complication, of course). ( |
By: Burton Egbert Stevenson (1872-1962) | |
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A Soldier of Virginia | |
Affairs of State Being an Account of Certain Surprising Adventures Which Befell an American Family in the Land of Windmills |
By: Charles Neville Buck (1879-1930) | |
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The Tyranny of Weakness
Torn between her love for her aging father, a minister steeped in the puritanical values of old New England, and the young Virginian who was born and raised of southern chivalrous tradition, the many and conflicting emotions which stir deep within Conscience Williams envelop this tale of desire, devotion, inner strength, devious treachery, and individuality of spirit. | |
A Pagan of the Hills | |
Destiny | |
The Lighted Match |
By: Rolf Boldrewood (1826-1915) | |
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Robbery Under Arms
A tale of cattle duffing, horse stealing and bushranging in the New South Wales outback with Captain Starlight.To quote the author "though presented in the guise of fiction, this chronicle of the Marston family must not be set down by the reader as wholly fanciful or exaggerated. Much of the narrative is literally true, as can be verified by official records. A lifelong residence in Australia may be accepted as a guarantee for fidelity as to local colour and descriptive detail." |
By: Juan Valera (1824-1905) | |
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Pepita Ximenez |
By: Arthur Mee (1875-1943) | |
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The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction |
By: Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915) | |
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The Doctor's Wife
This is one of the Victorian “Sensationist” Mary Elizabeth Braddon's many novels (best known among them: “Lady Audley’s Secret”). It is extremely well written, fluid, humorous and, in places, self-mocking: one of the main characters is a Sensation Author. The motifs of the-woman-with-a-secret, adultery, and death are classic “sensationist” material. Yet this is also a self-consciously serious work of literature, taking on various social themes of the day. Specifically, Braddon presents... | |
Fenton's Quest
This story revolves around Gilbert Fenton, a very talented middle class businessman from London, who falls in love with a beautiful country woman far below his station. He decides to marry her anyway. But is she all that she seems? | |
Run to Earth
A captivating Victorian “sensation” novel by the author of Lady Audley's Secret, Run to Earth has it all: scoundrels and mercenaries, love and lust, jealousy, intrigue, and suspense. (Introduction by Gail Mattern) | |
The Lovels of Arden
The novel traces the return of a young Englishwoman from several years of schooling abroad, to find that her life will not take up where she thought it would. Clarissa Lovel faced not only an emotionally and financially bereft father, but her first glimpse at love - and that not from the best vantage point. |
By: Mary Elizabeth Bradden (1835-1915) | |
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John Marchmont's Legacy
"Like Wuthering Heights, the center of this story is a dramatic love triangle, the setting is a huge English manor. Olivia Marchmont has always "done her duty." However, when she falls in love and her beloved is in love with another woman, the malice of her heart is released in full view. In this dramatic tale, the vivid description of the country is also important- as if nature has a part in it. Unlike many novels, nobody gets what they deserve at the end. Or do they? Read and decide for yourself." |
By: Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835-1915) | |
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Birds of Prey
The first part of the book builds the characters of four con men who become interconnected and attempt their schemes on each other. This book is the first of a two part story, the second part is the book Charlotte's Inheritance. |
By: M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon (1835-1915) | |
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Vixen, Volume I. | |
Vixen, Volume III. | |
Milly Darrell | |
Vixen, Volume II. |
By: editor: Frank Munsey | |
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The Scrap Book Sampler
18 works -- two non-fic articles & one short fiction or poetry each -- from issues March, April, May, June, July, & August 1906 of The Scrap Book, Volume 1, edited by Frank Munsey. As he states in the editorial of the April 1906 issue (Vol 1, Iss 2) this was a sort of supplement to the editor's popular monthly, Munsey's Magazine. The Scrap Book is very like an American version of Punch with many short, often humorous articles interspersed with at least one short story, some poetry, and several longer non-fic pieces. The Scrap Book ran up to 1922. |
By: Edward S. Ellis (1840-1916) | |
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Steam Man of the Prairies
Ethan Hopkins and Mickey McSquizzle-a "Yankee" and an "Irishman"-encounter a colossal, steam-powered man in the American prairies. This steam-man was constructed by Johnny Brainerd, a teenaged boy, who uses the steam-man to carry him in a carriage on various adventures. |
By: James H. Schmitz (1911-1981) | |
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The Winds of Time | |
An Incident on Route 12 | |
Watch the Sky |