The story recounts the tragic love of Lucy Ashton and Edgar, Master of Ravenswood. Edgar's father was stripped of the title for supporting the deposed King James VII. Lucy's...

Crime mystery novel which takes place in London with lots of dialect and slang and characters named 'Papa', 'Chick' , 'Phones' and 'Limpy'. Drug...

It is a moot point whether burglary is to be considered as a sport, a trade, or an art. For a trade, the technique is scarcely rigid enough, and its claims to be considered an art...

Dorian is a cultured, wealthy, and impossibly beautiful young man. He becomes a disciple of the new Hedonism and proposes to live a life dedicated to the pursuit of pleasure. Lord...

If there was one thing Constance Wetherill would not accept, it was pity. So when her family lost their fortune, she slipped away from town, determined to start a new life. And...

Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories entitled The King in Yellow,...

Emma Marshall (1830-1899) was an English children's author who wrote more than 200 novels. All his stories have a high moral and religious tone. His method was to choose a...

When Charlie Montgomery, a handsome soldier, declares his love for Blythe Bonniwell, she realizes she should be offended. But she isn’t—in fact, she’s honored!...

Once upon a time, and a very good time too, though it was not in my time, nor your time, nor for the matter of that in any one's time, there lived a man and a woman who had one...

Adam Bede, the first novel written by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), was published in 1859. The plot is founded on a story told to George Eliot by her aunt...