British Literature

Paul Clifford — Complete

Edward Bulwer Lytton

The work is a nineteenth‑century melodrama that follows the fortunes of Paul Clifford, a young man whose…

Characteristics of Women: Moral, Poetical, and Historical

Mrs. Jameson

The work is a scholarly essay by Mrs. Jameson that treats women’s roles in Shakespeare’s drama as moral,…

Pygmalion

Bernard Shaw

The work is a comedy play that opens with a long, tongue‑in‑cheek essay on the state of English phonetics,…

Robert Elsmere

Mrs. Humphry Ward

Robert Elsmere is a work of religious fiction that opens in a sun‑lit June garden, where the lively chatter…

The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 3 of 9]

William Shakespeare

This volume presents the third installment of the Cambridge Edition of William Shakespeare’s dramatic output,…

The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost Stories

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kip‑Khan’s The Phantom ‘Rickshaw, and Other Ghost Stories opens with a vivid, almost theatrical…

Set in Silver

Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris); Williamson, A. M.

Set in Silver is an epistolary novel that opens with a lively letter from Audrie Brendon to her mother in…

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

M. R. James

M. R. James’s Ghost Stories of an Antiquary gathers together a handful of his celebrated English horror…

The Ballad of the White Horse

G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton’s The Ballad of the White Horse is an epic‑style poem that treats the legendary King Alfred…

The Railway Children

E. Nesbit

The Railway Children is a youthful adventure set against the backdrop of English railways and countryside…

The Grand Babylon Hôtel

Arnold Bennett

The Grand Babylon Hôtel is a fast‑moving, first‑person mystery set in the world of London’s high‑society…

The case-book of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Case‑Book of Sherlock Holmes gathers the twelve short stories Doyle added to the famous detective’s canon…

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle

The work is a Sherlock Holmes detective story set on the bleak Dartmoor landscape, where the famed private…

The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3

George Gordon Byron

The third volume of Lord Byron’s collected works gathers a miscellany of poems, speeches, and occasional…

The Letters of Charles Dickens. Vol. 1, 1833-1856

Charles Dickens

The Letters of Charles Dickens, Vol. 1, 1833‑1856 gathers the novelist’s extensive correspondence, beginning…

Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold

The volume gathers the poetic output of Matthew Arnold, a leading Victorian voice whose work is catalogued…

The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2

George Gordon Byron

The second volume of Lord Byron’s collected poems presents a sprawling, lyrical tableau of his Romantic…

The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu

Sax Rohmer

The Insidious Dr. Fu‑Manchu is a detective‑mystery adventure that thrusts its protagonists into a night‑time…

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden opens with a stark portrait of Mary Lennox, an orphaned, sickly child sent from colonial…

Love's Labour's Lost

William Shakespeare

The play opens in the royal park of Navarre, where King Ferdinand gathers his courtiers, Berowne, Longaville…

Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race

M. I. Ebbutt

The work is a nineteenth‑century anthology that gathers together the heroic and romantic legends of England,…

Black Beauty: The autobiography of a horse

Anna Sewell

The work is presented as the memoir of a horse, narrated in the first person by a black stallion who recounts…

The mystery of the Blue Train

Agatha Christie

The novel is a classic Agatha Christie detective tale that opens with a cryptic love‑letter about precious…

The Big Four

Agatha Christie

The story is a classic Christie detective adventure, starring the celebrated Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot…