Novels

The Reign of Greed

José Rizal

The Reign of Greed is a satirical Philippine novel rendered in English translation, opening with a vivid…

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…

Cruel as the grave

Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

The novel opens in a grand, yet slightly decaying mansion where a carriage pulls up to a stone‑staired…

The Yellow Crayon

E. Phillips Oppenheim

The Yellow Crayon is a work of fiction that folds its intrigue into a bustling London of aristocratic salons…

The Secret of the Night

Gaston Leroux

The Secret of the Night is a detective‑mystery centered on the brilliant young reporter‑detective Joseph…

The Grand Babylon Hôtel

Arnold Bennett

The novel is a fast‑moving, dialogue‑driven thriller set in the glamorous world of the Grand Babylon Hotel,…

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…

Du côté de chez Swann

Marcel Proust

Ce premier extrait révèle un récit qui mêle mémoire personnelle et description des milieux ruraux français du…

By Advice of Counsel

Arthur Cheney Train

By Advice of Counsel is a legal‑themed adventure that follows the bustling cases of the fictional firm Tutt &…

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…

At the mountains of madness

H. P. Lovecraft

The story is presented as a first‑person scientific report from a Miskatonic University expedition to…

Fantômas

Souvestre, Pierre; Allain, Marcel

The novel is a French detective adventure that plunges the reader straight into a tangled investigation in…

The Heather-Moon

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

The Heather‑Moon is a turn‑of‑the‑century romance aimed at young women, set in a gloomy British household…

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

L. Frank Baum

The story unfolds as a fantastical quest set in the imagined land of Oz, where courage, home, and the…

Aladdin & Co.: A Romance of Yankee Magic

Herbert Quick

Aladdin & Co. is a sprawling, early‑twentieth‑century melodrama that plunges the reader straight into the…

I demagoghi O, I misteri di Livorno

Cesare Monteverde

Il romanzo di Cesare Monteverde si presenta come un’opera di finzione che intreccia dialoghi teatrali e…

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…

Mon oncle et mon curé; Le voeu de Nadia

Jean de La Brète

Ce roman, signé Jean de La Brète, se présente comme le récit introspectif d’une jeune fille de quinze ans,…

The Big Four

Agatha Christie

The story opens with a seasoned private investigator, Hastings, returning to England after a long stint in…

Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

Mrs. Dalloway is a psychological portrait of a single day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a middle‑aged,…

The Man Who Did the Right Thing: A Romance

Harry Johnston

The novel is a romance set against the backdrop of British missionary and diplomatic activity in East Africa,…

Blue-grass and Broadway

Maria Thompson Daviess

The work is a turn‑of‑the‑century theatrical romance set against the glitter of Broadway, introduced through…