Novels

The Witch of Salem; or, Credulity Run Mad

John R. Musick

John R. Musick’s The Witch of Salem; or, Credulity Run Mad is a historical novel that dramatizes the volatile…

The Reckoning

Robert W. Chambers

The Reckoning is a historical romance set amid the American Revolution, the fourth installment in Robert W.

The Perpetual Curate

Mrs. Oliphant

The Perpetual Curate is a domestic drama set in a modest English parish, where the evening’s conversation in…

Three men in a boat (to say nothing of the dog)

Jerome K. Jerome

Jerome K. Jerome’s “Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)” is a comic travel narrative that begins…

De Zonderlinge Lotgevallen van Gil Blas van Santillano, deel 1 van 2 De Spaansche Avonturier

Alain René Le Sage

Dit is een avontuurlijke roman uit de 18e‑euwse Franse traditie, waarin de jonge Gil Blas van Santillano,…

Triplanetary

E. E. Smith

Triplanetary is a science‑fiction adventure that begins aboard the interplanetary liner Hyperion, a massive…

The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution

James Francis Barrett

The Loyalist is a historical romance set against the backdrop of the American Revolution, written by James…

The Land That Time Forgot

Edgar Rice Burroughs

The work is a pulp‑era adventure that blends science‑fiction with prehistoric fantasy, as indicated by its…

'Smiles': A Rose of the Cumberlands

Eliot H. Robinson

This work is an epistolary novel set in the Cumberland Mountains, introduced through a series of letters that…

The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective

Louis Tracy

The Albert Gate Mystery is a detective adventure starring Reginald Brett, a barrister who doubles as a…

"And That's How It Was, Officer"

Ralph Sholto

The work is an epistolary science‑fiction romp that begins as a letter addressed to a police officer, in…

Adrift in the Ice-Fields

Charles Winslow Hall

The work is a juvenile adventure set against the frozen Gulf of St.

Door het land der Skipetaren

Karl May

Dit boek is een avontuurlijke vertelling die zich afspeelt in een Arabisch‑getint gebied, waar de bewoners…

Olive: A Novel

Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

Olive: A Novel is a Victorian‑era domestic story that begins with the birth of its eponymous heroine, Olive…

Edmond Dantès

Edmund Flagg

Edmond Dantès is presented as a direct continuation of Alexandre Dumas’s celebrated Count of Monte‑Christo,…

Master of the Vineyard

Myrtle Reed

The novel opens with a lyrical panorama of a secluded valley, where Rosemary, a twenty‑five‑year‑old woman,…

Northern Lights

Gilbert Parker

Northern Lights is a collection of short stories set against the rugged backdrop of early‑to‑late…

The Watchers of the Plains: A Tale of the Western Prairies

Ridgwell Cullum

Ridley Steyne’s “The Watchers of the Plains” opens with a stark portrait of a weather‑worn hut on the White…

Der Gehülfe

Robert Walser

Der Roman „Der Gehülfe“ von Robert Walser ist ein kurzgefasstes, im frühen 20.

Mr. Opp

Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

The novel opens on a languid Kentucky riverbank where Jimmy Fallows, a stout‑bodied ferryman, waits for the…

A Voice in the Wilderness

Grace Livingston Hill

A. Grace Livingston Hill’s opening places the reader in a stark, night‑time desert scene where a young…

Die Engel mit dem Spleen

Kasimir Edschmid

Der Roman „Die Engel mit dem Spleen“ von Kasimir Edschmid ist ein experimentelles Werk der deutschen…

The Dominant Dollar

Will Lillibridge

The Dominant Dollar is a work of fiction that opens with a dense, almost theatrical exchange between two men,…

Mistress Anne

Temple Bailey

The work is a turn‑of‑the‑century domestic tale that opens on a snow‑laden New Year’s morning, when the…