The Sturgis wager: A detective story

I am a woman

Ann Bannon

The novel is a mid‑century American romance that follows Laura, a young woman who flees an abusive,…

Torchy and Vee

Sewell Ford

Torchy and Vee is a collection of short, humor‑tinged stories set against the backdrop of World War I…

The Green Mouse

Robert W. Chambers

The Green Mouse is a whimsical blend of fantasy and early‑twentieth‑century New York society, framed as a…

Just Around the Corner: Romance en casserole

Fannie Hurst

Just Around the Corner: Romance en casserole is a collection of short stories by Fannie Hurst, first…

The Faith Doctor: A Story of New York

Edward Eggleston

The Faith Doctor is a late‑Victorian novel that sets its scene in the bustling streets of New York, using the…

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street

Herman Melville

The work is a mid‑nineteenth‑century novella that frames itself as a memoir of a modest New York…