Adventure

The family Robinson Crusoe: Or, Journal of a Father Shipwrecked, with His Wife and Children, on an Uninhabited Island.

Johann David Wyss

The work is an early‑nineteenth‑century adventure narrative that blends family drama with practical…

Seven Legs Across the Seas: A Printer's Impressions of Many Lands

Samuel Murray

The work is a first‑person travelogue by Samuel Murray, a union printer who has saved a modest fortune to…

Ocean's Story; or, Triumphs of Thirty Centuries Maritime Adventures, Achievements, Explorations, Discoveries and Inventions; and of the Rise and Progress of Ship-Building and Ocean Navigation, from the Ark to the Iron Steamships

Frank B. Goodrich

Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours

Jules Verne

Ce roman s’inscrit dans le genre de l’aventure et du voyage, comme l’indiquent les sujets « Adventure stories…

The Son of Tarzan

Edgar Rice Burroughs

The novel opens on the river‑bound boat Marjorie W., where a weary crew spots a gaunt, half‑clothed stranger…

Jerry Todd and the Talking Frog

Leo Edwards

This book is a juvenile detective adventure that blends mystery, humor, and a touch of the supernatural.

The Adventures of Harry Rochester: A Tale of the Days of Marlborough and Eugene

Herbert Strang

Herbert Strang’s “The Adventures of Harry Rochester” is a juvenile historical adventure that sets its…

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 (of 10)

The volume presents a segment of the legendary Arabian night‑tale tradition, where Shahrazad continues her…

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure

This volume presents the memoirs of Sir Samuel White Baker, a nineteenth‑century explorer whose life was…

Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope, Volume 3 (of 3)

Lady Hester Stanhope

Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope, Volume 3, continues the vivid chronicle of the English aristocrat’s…

Vingt mille lieues sous les mers

Jules Verne

Ce roman de Jules Verne s’inscrit dans le genre de la science‑fiction maritime, où l’aventure naît d’un…

The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies

Beatrix Potter

The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies is a children’s story set in the familiar garden of Mr.

Hereward, the Last of the English

Charles Kingsley

Hereward, the Last of the English is a historical novel set in pre‑1066 Britain, written by Charles Kingsley.

The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, and Other East African Adventures

J. H. Patterson

The book is a first‑person memoir by J. H. Patterson, an engineer who helped build the Uganda Railway, and it…

Roraima and British Guiana, With a Glance at Bermuda, the West Indies, and the Spanish Main

J. W. Boddam-Whetham

This work is a travelogue that traces the author’s 19th‑century itinerary from New York, across Bermuda and…

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 (of 10)

The volume opens amid a tangled court intrigue, where an old queen, furious at a handmaid’s report, confronts…

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West

Irving, Washington; Bonneville, Benjamin Louis Eulalie de

The work is a first‑person narrative of the explorer‑soldier Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville, presented…

The Swiss Family Robinson: A Translation from the Original German

Johann David Wyss

The Swiss Family Robinson is an adventure novel that places a devoted family in a desperate maritime…

The Smoky God; Or, A Voyage to the Inner World

Willis George Emerson

The work is a speculative travel narrative that frames itself as the transcription of an elderly Norwegian…

The Elusive Pimpernel

Emmuska Orczy

The Elusive Pimpernel is a historical adventure set against the blood‑soaked backdrop of the French…

The Crossing

Winston Churchill

The Crossing is a historical adventure that places a young frontiersman’s childhood in the rugged backcountry…

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 (of 10)

This volume is the third installment of the Arabian Nights collection, gathering a series of interwoven tales…

South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure

Cyrus Townsend Brady

Cyrus Townsend Brady’s South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure is a sprawling…

St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 13, May 1886, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks

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