Novels

The Secret of the Ninth Planet

Donald A. Wollheim

Donald A. Wollheim’s The Secret of the Ninth Planet is a mid‑century science‑fiction adventure that opens…

Anthem

Ayn Rand

The work is a speculative, psychological narrative that blends science‑fiction ideas with a stark,…

The Grell Mystery

Frank Froest

The Grell Mystery is a detective tale set against the rain‑slicked streets of early‑twentieth‑century London.

Antony Gray,—Gardener

LM

Antony Gray, Gardener is a work of fiction by Leslie Moore that follows its eponymous protagonist as he…

Agatha's Husband: A Novel

Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

Agatha’s Husband is a Victorian‑era romance that opens on a quiet Sunday in Bloomsbury Church, where the…

The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I

Jules Lermina

The Son of Monte‑Christo, Volume I is an adventure‑driven continuation of Alexandre Dumas’s famed tale,…

Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749)

John Cleland

The work is an eighteenth‑century English novel that presents itself as the frank memoir of Frances Hill, a…

Royal Highness

Thomas Mann

Royal Highness is a German‑origin work of fiction, rendered into English by A.

Lourdes

Émile Zola

Ce roman, signé Émile Zola, s’inscrit dans la tradition du récit de pèlerinage catholique, avec pour décor le…

The Chessmen of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs

The opening thrusts the reader into a violent Martian tempest, where the air‑ship Vanator is battered by a…

Drottning Moi-Même: Historisk silhuett

Elisabeth Kuylenstierna-Wenster

Denna historiska skildring placerar läsaren mitt i Stockholms vinterkväll 1626, där fru Ebba och fru Anna…

In Our Town

William Allen White

In In Our Town William Allen White offers a satirical portrait of a typical American country community,…

Madame Bovary: A Tale of Provincial Life, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary is a domestic novel that immerses the reader in the provincial world of a French middle‑class…

Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book

Anna Fuller

Anna Fuller’s Peak and Prairie is a series of short, loosely linked sketches that paint a picture of life on…

The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Complete

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The work is a continuation of Cervantes’s celebrated Spanish picaresque, presenting the eighth chapter of the…

In Jeopardy

Van Tassel Sutphen

In In Jeopardy Van Tassel Sutphen weaves a hybrid of inheritance drama, romance, and mystery set against a…

Tancred; Or, The New Crusade

Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Tancred, or The New Crusade opens amid a heated domestic scene in the Bellamont household, where the Duchess…

The Faith Doctor: A Story of New York

Edward Eggleston

The Faith Doctor is a late‑Victorian novel that sets its scene in the bustling streets of New York, using the…

The Jungle

Upton Sinclair

The novel opens in a bustling back‑room of a Chicago saloon, where a Lithuanian wedding is in full swing.

Erik Dorn

Ben Hecht

Ben Hecht’s Erik Dorn is a modernist novel set in Chicago that unfolds as a meditation on urban life and the…

Some Everyday Folk and Dawn

Miles Franklin

Miles Franklin’s Some Everyday Folk and Dawn opens in a cramped, sun‑baked kitchen where a family’s idle…

Los argonautas

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Los Argonautas se presenta como una novela de ficción española que abre con una escena cargada de detalle…

The Frozen Pirate

William Clark Russell

The Frozen Pirate is a blend of science‑fiction and classic sea yarn, introduced by a narrator who has…

The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest

James B. Hendryx

The Promise is a rugged western adventure set in the snow‑bound forests of the Northwestern States, and it…