Novels

The Art of Disappearing

John Talbot Smith

The Art of Disappearing is a turn‑of‑the‑century New York novel that weaves together themes of disguise,…

Paul the minstrel, and other stories

Arthur Christopher Benson

Arthur Christopher Benson’s collection gathers short stories that emerged from a “very happy time” in his…

Seek and Find; or, The Adventures of a Smart Boy

Oliver Optic

Seek and Find; or, The Adventures of a Smart Boy is a nineteenth‑century juvenile novel that blends moral…

The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance

Robert W. Service

The Trail of ’98 is a sprawling romance that places its narrator amid the fevered gold rush of the Yukon.

The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories

Guy de Maupassant

The volume gathers Guy de Maupassant’s most celebrated short stories and his first novel, Une Vie, presented…

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

The book is a whimsical fantasy set in an English countryside where animals speak and behave like genteel…

A Tar-Heel Baron

Mabell S. C. Smith

The novel is a regional tale set in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina, introducing the enigmatic…

Der Steppenwolf

Hermann Hesse

Der Roman ist ein psychologisches Porträt, das aus den Aufzeichnungen eines namenlosen Erzählers entsteht,…

The Rough Road

William John Locke

The Rough Road is a First‑World War novel that follows the unlikely life of James Marmaduke “Doggie” Trevor,…

Two on the Trail: A Story of the Far Northwest

Hulbert Footner

The novel opens in a cramped, wood‑panelled dining room of a frontier eatery, where the narrator, Garth…

Breaking Away; or, The Fortunes of a Student

Oliver Optic

Breaking Away; or The Fortunes of a Student is a juvenile fiction narrative that follows the young Ernest…

The Mystery of a Turkish Bath

Rita

The novel, written under the pen name Rita, belongs to the juvenile‑fiction strand of late‑nineteenth‑century…

The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius

Sarah Grand

The Beth Book is a nineteenth‑century social study presented as a work of fiction, focusing on the life of…

A Woman's Will

Anne Warner

The novel opens aboard a bustling transatlantic liner, where the boisterous Jack bids farewell to Rosina…

The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5

Théophile Gautier

The work is a nineteenth‑century French romance that blends travel narrative, archaeological description, and…

Jud Süß

Lion Feuchtwanger

Der Roman „Jud Süß“ von Lion Feuchtwanger ist ein historisch angelegtes Werk, das im späten 17.

The Love-Story of Aliette Brunton

Gilbert Frankau

The Love‑Story of Aliette Brunton is a turn‑of‑the‑century English romance that opens with a philosophical…

The Girl and the Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure

Bannister Merwin

The novel opens on a bustling State Street in Chicago, where the practical‑minded lawyer Robert Orme watches…

Anderson Crow, Detective

George Barr McCutcheon

Anderson Crow, Detective thrusts the reader straight into a chaotic night in the small Midwestern town of…

The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive

Emerson Hough

The work is a light‑hearted adventure tale that blends the genteel world of a late‑nineteenth‑century…

The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man

George Randolph Chester

The work is a light‑hearted, first‑person narrative that follows the newly‑inherited heir Bobby Burnit as he…

The Message

A. J. Dawson

The novel opens with a reflective, first‑person account of a young man’s upbringing in the English village of…

The Crooked House

Brandon Fleming

The Crooked House is a detective‑mystery that begins with a vivid, almost theatrical encounter in a London…

Hurricane Island

H. B. Marriott Watson

The novel is a Victorian‑era adventure narrated by a disillusioned London doctor who practices his trade in…