Adventure

From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People

Sven Anders Hedin

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 (of 10)

The volume concludes the famed Arabian compilation with a tale that begins in a bustling market where…

Life of Frederick Courtenay Selous, D.S.O., Capt. 25th Royal Fusiliers

John Guille Millais

The book is a biographical memoir of Frederick Courtenay Selous, a celebrated hunter, explorer and soldier,…

Westward Ho! Or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the County of Devon, in the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth

Charles Kingsley

The work is a sprawling historical romance set in Elizabethan England, beginning with a richly detailed…

The story of Robinson Crusoe in Latin: Adapted from Daniel Defoe's famous book [or rather, translated from J.H. Campe's "Robinson der Jüngere"] by G.F. Goffeaux. Edited, amended and rearranged by P.A. Barnett

Campe, Joachim Heinrich; Defoe, Daniel

Hoc est opus adolescentibus destinatum, quod ex adaptationibus G. F. Goffeaux et emendationibus P. A.

Typee: A Romance of the South Seas

Herman Melville

The work is an adventure narrative set in the South Pacific, drawn from the author’s own experience as a…

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 (of 10)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Middle-English Arthurian Romance Retold in Modern Prose

Jessie L. Weston

This edition presents Jessie L. Weston’s prose rendering of the medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green…

The Story of King Arthur and his Knights

Howard Pyle

The work is a nineteenth‑century retelling of the Arthurian legends, organized into a series of “Books” that…

Spanish Explorers in the Southern United States, 1528-1543. The Narrative of Alvar Nunez Cabeca de Vaca. The Narrative of the Expedition of Hernando De Soto by the Gentleman of Elvas

Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar, active 16th century; Castañeda de Nájera, Pedro de, active 16th century; Knight of Elvas

Los gringos; or, An inside view of Mexico and California: with wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia

H. A. Wise

The work is a sprawling nineteenth‑century travel memoir by Henry Augustus Wise, catalogued under California,…

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Howard Pyle

Howard Pyle’s “The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood” is a lively retelling of England’s most beloved outlaw…

The Adventures of Reddy Fox

Thornton W. Burgess

The story introduces Reddy Fox, a young fox who has been sent from his crowded family to live with the crafty…

Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service; or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty

H. Irving Hancock

The work is a naval adventure set during the First World War, written by H.

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 (of 10)

This volume collects a swath of Arabian folklore, beginning with the famed sailor‑merchant Sindbad and moving…

The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan

James Justinian Morier

The work is a satirical novel set against the backdrop of early‑nineteenth‑century Persia, a time when the…

The Mucker

Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Mucker reads as a gritty, street‑level adventure set in early‑20th‑century Chicago.

Orlando Furioso

Lodovico Ariosto

Orlando Furioso is an Italian epic poem that weaves together a sprawling tapestry of chivalric love,…

Through the first Antarctic night, 1898-1899: a narrative of the voyage of the "Belgica" among newly discovered lands and over an unknown sea about the south pole

Frederick Albert Cook

Frederick A. Cook’s account is a first‑hand narrative of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897‑99, the…

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 (of 10)

The volume opens with a lavishly detailed tableau of King Sabur, a Persian monarch famed for his wealth,…

Abroad at Home: American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street

Julian Street

Travels and Adventures of Little Baron Trump and His Wonderful Dog Bulger

Ingersoll Lockwood

The work is a sprawling juvenile fantasy that blends historical romance with absurd adventure.

Mardi, and a voyage thither, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Herman Melville

Mardi, and a Voyage Thither, Vol. 1 is a maritime adventure that begins with a vivid launch from the island…

The Story of the Amulet

E. Nesbit

The Story of the Amulet is a whimsical fantasy about four siblings, Cyril, Robert, Anthea and Jane, who…