Adventure

Michael Strogoff; Or, The Courier of the Czar

Jules Verne

The novel opens amid the glittering splendor of a Russian imperial ball, where grand‑chamberlains, duchesses…

A Boy's Voyage Round the World

Samuel Smiles

The book is a first‑person travel narrative that began as a series of letters a young sailor kept for his…

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

Hugh Lofting

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle is a fantasy adventure aimed at younger readers, built around the imaginative…

An Adventure

Moberly, C. A. E. (Charlotte Anne Elizabeth); Jourdain, Eleanor F.

The work is a first‑person narrative that records a single, unsettling excursion to the Petit Trianon in…

Astoria; Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains

Washington Irving

Washington Irving’s Astoria; Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains is a historical…

In the Track of the Trades The Account of a Fourteen Thousand Mile Yachting Cruise to the Hawaiis, Marquesas, Societies, Samoas and Fijis

Lewis R. Freeman

The book is a travelogue that chronicles a fourteen‑thousand‑mile yachting cruise through the islands of…

The Camp of Refuge: A Tale of the Conquest of the Isle of Ely

Charles MacFarlane

The Man of the Forest

Zane Grey

The opening places the reader squarely in a rugged western landscape, introducing Milt Dale as a solitary…

A Vagabond Journey Around the World: A Narrative of Personal Experience

Harry Alverson Franck

The Talisman

Walter Scott

The work is a historical romance set amid the Third Crusade, using the well‑known figures of Richard I and…

The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales

Arthur Conan Doyle

The volume is a collection of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle that begins with a detailed journal entry…

Loafing along Death Valley trails: A Personal Narrative of People and Places

William Caruthers

The work is a first‑person memoir that blends personal recollection with a sketch of the largely forgotten…

Robin Hood

J. Walker McSpadden

This work is a sprawling historical romance that re‑imagines the Robin Hood legend through the eyes of Robert…

The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras

Jules Verne

Eben Holden: A Tale of the North Country

Irving Bacheller

The novel is a work of historical fiction that paints a vivid picture of early‑twentieth‑century life on the…

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 (of 10)

The volume presents a segment of the legendary Arabian night‑tale cycle, continuing the intricate web of…

The art of travel: or, Shifts and contrivances available in wild countries

Francis Galton

Francis Galton’s The Art of Travel is a practical handbook born of his own 1850‑51 expedition across…

The Companions of Jehu

Alexandre Dumas

The work is a historical adventure set amid the turbulence of the French Revolution, specifically between…

Through deserts and oases of central Asia

Sykes, Ella; Sykes, Percy, Sir

The book is a travelogue and ethnographic record of the Sykes siblings’ 1915 expedition across Central Asia,…

The Mysterious Island

Jules Verne

Jules Verne’s The Mysterious Island is a science‑fiction adventure that begins with a dramatic, almost…

Nobody's boy (Sans famille)

Hector Malot

The novel is a French adventure of the mid‑nineteenth century, narrated through the eyes of a foundling who…

The Wrecker

Stevenson, Robert Louis; Osbourne, Lloyd

The work is a maritime adventure set in the French‑controlled port of Tai‑o‑hae, a bustling hub in the…

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 06

Robert Louis Stevenson

The volume presents a sprawling, episodic tale set in a remote coastal inn, where a grizzled, rum‑loving…

Shifts and expedients of camp life, travel & exploration

Lord, William Barry; Baines, Thomas

The work is a practical handbook for explorers, soldiers, hunters and anyone who must survive in remote or…