Novels

The Vampyre; a Tale

John William Polidori

The work is a Gothic horror tale that begins with a long, rambling travelogue through the lakeside region of…

The Merryweathers

Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

The Merryweathers is a juvenile‑focused camp story that opens with a nervous, chatty exchange between two…

Gretchen Reinwalds letztes Schuljahr: Eine Erzählung für Mädchen von 13-16 Jahren

Agnes Sapper

Die Erzählung schildert das letzte Schuljahr von Gretchen Reinwald, einer jungen Schülerin im Alter von etwa…

Die Frau von dreißig Jahren

Honoré de Balzac

Der Roman „Die Frau von dreißig Jahren“ ist ein realistisches Werk von Honoré de Balzac, das im Kontext…

Documenti Umani

Federico De Roberto

Il volume è una raccolta di novelle che l’autore, Federico De Roberto, presenta come “Documenti umani”, un…

Jack O' Judgment

Edgar Wallace

Jack O’ Judgment is a detective‑mystery that opens with a tangled web of intrigue surrounding “Snow” Gregory,…

In Kings' Byways

Stanley John Weyman

In Kings’ Byways is a historical short‑story collection set in post‑Richelieu France, and the opening passage…

The Dark Tower

Phyllis Bottome

The Dark Tower is a sprawling family saga set against the backdrop of the First World War and its aftermath,…

Mountain Blood: A Novel

Joseph Hergesheimer

Mountain Blood is a work of regional fiction set in the rugged hills of Virginia, where the daily rhythms of…

A Mating in the Wilds

Ottwell Binns

The novel opens on a remote Hudson Bay Company post, where a lean, weather‑worn traveller paddles his canoe…

The Hero

W. Somerset Maugham

The work is a narrative set in the aftermath of the South African War, focusing on the domestic life of…

Frank Merriwell Down South

Burt L. Standish

This volume is a juvenile adventure set in the Mexican frontier, where the ever‑resourceful Frank Merriwell…

The Man Next Door

Emerson Hough

The novel opens with a rambling, first‑person narration that introduces Bonnie Bell Wright, a girl whose name…

A Wounded Name

Charles King

The work is a late‑nineteenth‑century adventure set in the early Arizona frontier, where the United States…

Brand Blotters

William MacLeod Raine

Brand Blotters is a rugged Western tale that thrusts the reader into the harsh desert at the moment a lone…

Fino a Dogali

Alfredo Oriani

Il libro è una raccolta di saggi che si apre con una narrazione quasi diaristica: l’autore racconta la…

The Mask: A Story of Love and Adventure

Arthur Hornblow

The opening places the reader in a richly described New‑York townhouse, where a bustling breakfast scene…

金瓶梅

Xiaoxiaosheng

The House with the Green Shutters

George Douglas Brown

The House with the Green Shutters is a nineteenth‑century Scottish social novel that opens on a bright summer…

The easiest way: A Story of Metropolitan Life

Walter, Eugene; Hornblow, Arthur

The novel is a melodramatic social study of a fallen woman who tries to escape her “scarlet past” through a…

The Biography of a Grizzly

Ernest Thompson Seton

Ernest Thompson Seton’s The Biography of a Grizzly is a juvenile‑fiction narrative that follows the early…

Der kleine Herr Friedemann: Novellen

Thomas Mann

Der Band enthält Thomas Manns Novelle „Der kleine Herr Friedemann“ sowie weitere Kurzgeschichten von…

The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley

Louis Tracy

The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley is a detective‑mystery framed by a vivid early‑twentieth‑century English…

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island is a swash‑swash sea story that begins in the modest “Admiral…