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By: George Moore | |
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Esther Waters
“She stood on the platform watching the receding train. A few bushes hid the curve of the line; the white vapour rose above them, evaporating in the pale evening. A moment more and the last carriage would pass out of sight. The white gates swung forward slowly and closed over the line”. Thus opens the novel about Esther Waters, young, pious woman from a poor working class family who, while working as a kitchen maid, is seduced by another employee, becomes pregnant, is deserted by her lover, and against all odds decides to raise her child as a single mother... | |
Celibates
The author is considered the first great Irish writer of realist fiction and is said to have been an inspiration for James Joyce. Celibates is a novel of three characters: Mildred Lawson, John Norton and Agnes Lahens.They have nothing in common other than an absolute love of themselves and an inability to sympathize with others. In that vein, it constitutes a striking image of our own modern day self-absorbed society. (Introduction by James Carson) | |
The Untilled Field | |
Mike Fletcher A Novel |
By: George Morang (1866-1937) | |
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The Copyright Question
This is a letter to the Toronto Board of Trade regarding Canadian copyrights. Morang requested an appearance before the Toronto Board of Trade but was denied. This is his letter in response. He wished to make clear his position. |
By: George O. Smith (1911-1981) | |
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The Big Fix | |
Stop Look and Dig |
By: George S. Harney | |
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David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story |
By: George Sand (1804-1876) | |
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The Devil's Pool
George Sand (the pen name of Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin 1804-1876) is famous for flaunting the conventions of behavour expected of women of her standing in France at the time and for her numerous romantic liaisons including her long standing affair with Frédéric Chopin. The Devil’s Pool (published in 1846 as La Mare au Diable) is one of several short pastoral novels drawn from her childhood experiences in the rural French region of Berri. It tells the story of a young widower, Germain, who, at the insistence of his father-in-law, sets out to remarry so that he will have someone to help raise his three young children. Summary written by the reader. | |
The Devil's Pool |
By: George Sylvester Viereck (1884-1962) | |
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The House of the Vampire
The House of the Vampire is a 1907 novella that is a very unusual vampire story. A young writer comes under the powerful influence of a mysterious older master, who seems to have left a trail of ruined proteges in his wake. The story is as much about the nature of artistic creation as it is a chilling vampire tale. |
By: George Thompson (1823-) | |
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Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life |
By: George Van Schaick (1861-1924) | |
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The Peace of Roaring River |
By: George W. Bateman | |
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Zanzibar Tales
If you have read any accounts of adventure in Africa, you will know that travelers never mention animals of any kind that are gifted with the faculty of speech, or gazelles that are overseers for native princes, or hares that eat flesh. No, indeed; only the native-born know of these; and, judging by the immense and rapid strides civilization is making in those parts, it will not be long before such wonderful specimens of zoölogy will be as extinct as the ichthyosaurus, dinornis, and other poor creatures who never dreamed of the awful names that would be applied to them when they were too long dead to show their resentment... |
By: George W. Ogden (1871-1966) | |
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The Duke of Chimney Butte
An exciting tale of gun play, brave deeds and romance as Jerry Lambert, the “Duke” tries to protect the ranch of the lovely and charming Vesta Philbrook from thieving neighbors and other evil doers. |
By: George W. Orton (1873-1958) | |
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Bob Hunt in Canada |
By: George Washington Cable (1844-1925) | |
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The Grandissimes | |
Bonaventure, A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana
This is a gentle, delightful story of life and love on the bayoux of Acadian Louisiana during the latter half of the 19th century. Bonaventure is a Creole raised among the Acadians. He loves learning, and through his calling as a teacher, and his own unique force of character, comes to have a lasting effect on the people around him. A word of warning: This story has occasional references to Jews and African Americans that the modern mind finds offensive. They are retained here in the interest of preserving the original text. | |
Madame Delphine |
By: Georges Ohnet (1848-1918) | |
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Serge Panine |
By: Georgette Leblanc (1869-1941) | |
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The Choice of Life |
By: Georgie Sheldon (1843-1926) | |
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His Heart's Queen |
By: Gerald Baldwin | |
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Grey Town An Australian Story |
By: Gerald Breckenridge (1889-1964) | |
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The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards |
By: Geraldine Bonner (1870-1930) | |
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The Emigrant Trail |
By: Geraldine Mockler | |
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The Rebellion of Margaret | |
A Tale of the Summer Holidays |
By: Gertrude Atherton (1857-1948) | |
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Rezanov
This novel by the prolific Californian author Gertrude Horn Atherton is based on the real life story of Nikolai Rezanov, a man who, in 1806, pushed for the Russian colonization of Alaska and California. "Not twenty pages have you turned before you know this Rezanov, privy councilor, grand chamberlain, plenipotentiary of the Russo-American company, imperial inspector of the extreme eastern and northwestern dominions of his imperial majesty Alexander the First, emperor of Russia—all this and more, a man... | |
Valiant Runaways
Savage bears, a river rescue, capture by Indians, escape on wild mustangs and a revolutionary battle await the protagonists of this suspenseful adventure novel, set in California. |
By: Gertrude Crownfield (1867-1945) | |
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The Shadow Witch |
By: Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (1857-1948) | |
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The Californians | |
The Gorgeous Isle A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842 |
By: Gertrude Hall Brownell (1863-1961) | |
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Aurora the Magnificent |
By: Gertrude Knevels (1881-1962) | |
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The Wonderful Bed
Three children sent to stay the night with their Aunt Jane find themselves sharing an enormous bed. So enormous is it, that when they make a tent of the bedsheets and crawl in, they never make it to the foot of the bed, crawling instead into a dreamworld of caves and pirates and adventures. |
By: Gertrude P. Dyer | |
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Parables from Flowers | |
Little Pollie Or a Bunch of Violets |
By: Gertrude Page (1873-1922) | |
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Winding Paths |
By: Gertrude W. Morrison | |
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The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret |
By: Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) | |
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The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova
This is the first of five volumes. – Giacomo Casanova (1725 in Venice – 1798 in Dux, Bohemia, now Duchcov, Czech Republic) was a famous Venetian adventurer, writer, and womanizer. He used charm, guile, threats, intimidation, and aggression, when necessary, to conquer women, sometimes leaving behind children or debt. In his autobiography Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century, he mentions 122 women with whom he had sex... |
By: Giambattista Basile (1566 or 1575-1632) | |
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Stories from Pentamerone
This is one of the oldest written collections of fairy tales. Although the names are different, listeners should recognise many of the stories as the basis of modern fairy tales. Be warned however, that these stories are a lot more violent and gruesome then the Disney versions you may be familiar with. Parents should listen to the files to gauge their suitability before allowing children to listen to them. |
By: Gideon Wurdz (b. 1875) | |
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The Foolish Dictionary
“The Foolish Dictionary” was written by “Gideon Wurdz” and was published in 1904. According to the beginning of the book, it is “An exhausting work of reference to un-certain English words, their origin, meaning, legitimate and illegitimate use…” This a a short but amusing dictionary which “redefines” words in some interesting ways. Funny and sometimes bizarre observations are sprinkled throughout. In keeping with the policy to read, rather than attempt to rewrite, books – even those with offensive content – nothing has been omitted... |
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... |