Adventure

White Fang

Jack London

The opening of Jack London’s White Fang plunges the reader into a stark, frozen wilderness where a sled team…

On the Trail of the Space Pirates

Carey Rockwell

The novel is a juvenile science‑fiction adventure that follows Captain Strong, a Solar Guard officer, as he…

The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1

Polo, Marco; Rusticiano, da Pisa

The volume presents a scholarly edition of Marco Polo’s 13th‑century account of his journeys through Asia,…

Complete Short Works of George Meredith

George Meredith

The volume gathers George Meredith’s shorter prose, beginning with the exuberant episode “The Ride and the…

The Secret Adversary

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie’s first foray into the detective‑adventure genre introduces two restless young adults, Tommy…

Plague Ship

Andre Norton

Andre Norton’s Plague Ship is a mid‑century science‑fiction adventure that opens aboard the Solar Queen, a…

Tarrano the Conqueror

Ray Cummings

Ray Cummings’s Tarrano the Conqueror is a forward‑looking science‑fiction adventure set in the year 2430, a…

Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey

Ingersoll Lockwood

This work is a Victorian‑era fantasy adventure that follows the diminutive “Little Baron” von Troomp and his…

The Thirty-Nine Steps

John Buchan

John Buchan’s The Thirty‑Nine Steps is a wartime spy story that begins in the summer of 1915, when a weary,…

'Firebrand' Trevison

Charles Alden Seltzer

‘Firebrand’ Trevison is a Western story that begins not with a gunfight but with a flurry of letters written…

L'île mystérieuse

Jules Verne

Ce roman mêle science‑fiction, aventure et récit de naufrage.

Peter the Brazen: A Mystery Story of Modern China

George F. Worts

Peter the Brazen is a detective‑mystery set against the bustling backdrop of early twentieth‑century China.

Quintus Claudius: A Romance of Imperial Rome. Volume 1

Ernst Eckstein

Ernst Eckstein’s Quintus Claudius is a historical romance set in the later Flavian era, specifically the year…

The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot

Holman Day

The opening places the reader in a gritty, turn‑of‑the‑century mill city, where Walker Farr, a young man with…

The Riddle of the Sands

Erskine Childers

The Riddle of the Sands is a covert‑adventure tale set against the backdrop of early‑twentieth‑century naval…

The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

Philip Sidney

The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia is a sprawling pastoral romance that opens amid a tangled web of love,…

Anabasis

Xenophon

Anabasis is Xenophon’s first‑hand account of the Greek mercenaries’ expedition to Persia in 401 B.C., their…

Mr. Standfast

John Buchan

The novel opens on a weary British officer returning from the Western Front, his mind a tangle of medals,…

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World

Jules Verne

The work is a science‑fiction adventure that immerses the reader in the inner workings of a fantastical…

Voyage au Centre de la Terre

Jules Verne

Ce roman mêle science-fiction et aventure, centré sur le professeur Otto Lidenbrock, un géologue allemand…

Adventures of a Young Naturalist

Lucien Biart

The work is a first‑person travel narrative that blends description of Mexican wilderness with the…

A princess of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

A Princess of Mars is Edgar Rice Burroughs’s early foray into planetary adventure, blending science‑fiction…

The rose of old St. Louis

Mary Dillon

The Rose of Old St. Louis is a historical‑fiction romance set amid the bustling social life of early…

Set in Silver

Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris); Williamson, A. M.

Set in Silver is an epistolary novel that opens with a lively letter from Audrie Brendon to her mother in…