American Literature

Marjorie's Busy Days

Carolyn Wells

Marjorie's Busy Days is a juvenile fiction tale that follows the four Maynard children as they turn a bright…

In Apple-Blossom Time: A Fairy-Tale to Date

Clara Louise Burnham

The work is a late‑Victorian romance that opens in a bustling eatery, where the plump Miss Upton, exhausted…

Peggy Stewart at School

Gabrielle E. Jackson

The novel opens in the elegant breakfast room of the Stewart estate, Severandale, where the heat of an August…

The Tyranny of Weakness

Charles Neville Buck

The work is a sprawling piece of nineteenth‑century fiction that opens with a vivid tableau of a boy and a…

Ahead of the Army

William O. Stoddard

Ahead of the Army is a juvenile adventure set against the backdrop of the Mexican‑American War, written by…

The Indifference of Juliet

Grace S. Richmond

The Indifference of Juliet is a late‑nineteenth‑century American fiction piece that opens with a lively,…

Tom, The Bootblack; or, The Road to Success

Horatio Alger, Jr.

The work is a juvenile adventure story that follows the everyday struggles of Tom, a fifteen‑year‑old street…

Plotting in Pirate Seas

Francis Rolt-Wheeler

The novel is a juvenile adventure set against the political intrigue of the West Indies, introducing the…

The Cheerful Smugglers

Ellis Parker Butler

The book is a comic sketch of domestic life that turns a family’s modest savings scheme into a parody of…

Theft: A Play In Four Acts

Jack London

The work is a four‑act drama by Jack London, presented as a stage play that opens in the sitting‑room of…

The Finer Grain

Henry James

The Finer Grain is a work of nineteenth‑century American fiction that opens with a sprawling, almost…

Betty Leicester: A Story For Girls

Sarah Orne Jewett

The book opens with a quiet breakfast scene in a Boston hotel, where fifteen‑year‑old Betty Leicester and her…

Friendship Village

Zona Gale

Friendship Village is a collection of short stories that paints a portrait of small‑town life in…

A Chosen Few: Short Stories

Frank R. Stockton

Frank R. Stockton’s A Chosen Few gathers a series of American short stories that blend domestic observation…

An Anarchist Woman

Hutchins Hapgood

The work is a sociological portrait framed as a narrative, written by Hutchins Hapgood to illuminate the…

King Midas: a Romance

Upton Sinclair

King Midas: a Romance is a lyrical work of fiction by Upton Sinclair that opens with a scholarly aside on…

On the Stairs

Henry Blake Fuller

The novel is a work of fiction that frames its narrative around two contrasting lives, linked by the…

The Girl in the Golden Atom

Ray Cummings

The story is a speculative romance that blends scientific imagination with a love‑filled fantasy.

The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch

Eleanor H. Porter

The novel is a juvenile‑fiction tale set in a New England town where a group of six girls, the “Happy…

Alonzo and Melissa; Or, The Unfeeling Father: An American Tale

Mitchell, I. (Isaac); Jackson, Daniel

Alonzo and Melissa is a romance set against the backdrop of the American Revolutionary era, blending…

The Innocents: A Story for Lovers

Sinclair Lewis

The work is a domestic comedy set in early‑twentieth‑century New York, focusing on the long‑married Seth and…

A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays

Willa Cather

This volume gathers a selection of Willa Cather’s essays, short stories, and sketches that portray the social…

Susan Clegg and a Man in the House

Anne Warner

The work is a humorous sketch of small‑town life, presented as a series of lively conversations between Susan…

The Free Range

Francis William Sullivan

The Free Range is a Western tale that opens with a heated dispute over grazing rights on the open,…