American Literature

Rautakorko: Vallankumousromaani

Jack London

Tämä on Jack Londonin “Rautakorko: Vallankumousromaani”, teos, jossa tieteiskirjallisuus yhdistyy…

A Spoil of Office: A Story of the Modern West

Hamlin Garland

Garland’s novel is a work of political fiction set against the backdrop of late‑nineteenth‑century agrarian…

The Great Sioux Trail: A Story of Mountain and Plain

Joseph A. Altsheler

The novel opens on a twilight‑lit frontier where the endless plains meet the shadowed foothills, and a young…

The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor

Annie F. Johnston

The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor is a juvenile fiction set in a genteel Kentucky boarding school, where the…

A Little Girl of Long Ago; Or, Hannah Ann A Sequel to a Little Girl in Old New York

Amanda M. Douglas

The work is a sequel to a New‑York‑set historical novel, presenting the world of a young girl named Hannah…

Tonio, Son of the Sierras: A Story of the Apache War

Charles King

The work is a Western adventure set during the Apache War of 1872‑73, focusing on Lieutenant “Hefty” Harris,…

The Fighting Edge

William MacLeod Raine

The Fighting Edge is a gritty western tale that opens on a remote Colorado homestead, where June Tolliver, a…

A Little Girl in Old Boston

Amanda M. Douglas

The work is a juvenile‑fiction tale set in early‑nineteenth‑century Boston, revolving around the arrival of a…

Old Ebenezer

Opie Percival Read

Old Ebenezer is a turn‑of‑the‑century American novel that follows Sam Lyman, a restless New Englander who…

The Roof Tree

Charles Neville Buck

The Roof Tree is a regional drama set in the rugged borderlands of Kentucky and Virginia, where a violent…

From Kingdom to Colony

Mary Devereux

From the opening pages, Mary Devereux’s From Kingdom to Colony presents itself as a historical romance set…

Moby Dick; Or, The Whale

Herman Melville

Moby‑Dick is a sprawling work of whaling fiction that begins with the iconic line “Call me Ishmael.” The…

The Lady Doc

Caroline Lockhart

The novel opens with a vivid, almost cinematic scene of a lone prospector, Dick Kincaid, descending a…

Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence; Or, The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands

Alice B. Emerson

The novel is a lively juvenile adventure that blends romance, mystery, and a dash of early‑film intrigue.

The Branding Iron

Katharine Newlin Burt

The opening of The Branding Iron drops the reader into a frozen, moon‑lit wilderness where the night is…

All Adrift; Or, The Goldwing Club

Oliver Optic

All Adrift; Or, The Goldwing Club introduces a youthful adventure set on Lake Champlain, launching the first…

The Guarded Heights

Wadsworth Camp

The Guarded Heights is a social‑class romance set against the backdrop of a rural horse‑stable and the…

Elkan Lubliner, American

Montague Glass

The novel is a slice‑of‑life drama set in the bustling garment district of early‑twentieth‑century New York,…

Patty's Social Season

Carolyn Wells

Patty’s Social Season is a light‑hearted juvenile novel that follows a young New York debutante on the…

The Dude Wrangler

Caroline Lockhart

The Dude Wrangler is a comic‑leaning Western set in the genteel world of a seaside resort hotel, where the…

The Brown Mouse

Herbert Quick

The work is a rural‑setting love story set in Iowa, where the modest lives of a farmer’s daughter and a hired…

Officer 666

Currie, Barton Wood; McHugh, Augustin

Officer 666 is a comic romp set in the glittering confines of a luxury hotel, where a cascade of absurd…

The Merry-Go-Round

Carl Van Vechten

The Merry‑Go‑Round is a collection of essays by Carl Van Vechten that opens with a sprawling meditation on…

The Gift of the Magi

O. Henry

The piece is a short Christmas story that follows Della, a young woman living in a modest flat, as she…