Romance

The Girl on the Boat

P. G. Wodehouse

The novel is a light‑hearted romp that mixes romance, sport and a touch of social satire.

In Direst Peril

David Christie Murray

In Direst Peril is a first‑person memoir that blends adventure, romance, and a touch of self‑deprecating…

Desert Dust

Edwin L. Sabin

Desert Dust is a Western tale that begins with a self‑conscious narrator from Albany, New York, who decides…

Faithful Margaret: A Novel

Mrs. J. M. Simpson

Faithful Margaret is a Victorian‑era romance of duty and redemption, introduced through a dense, almost…

My Friend the Chauffeur

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

The novel opens with a tongue‑in‑cheek advertisement for an “amateur automobilist” who will ferry ladies,…

The Silver Butterfly

Mrs. Wilson Woodrow

The Silver Butterfly unfolds as a turn‑of‑the‑century New York mystery, introduced through the eyes of…

The Rustle of Silk

Cosmo Hamilton

The opening of The Rustle of Silk drops the reader into a bustling London street, where a nameless dramatist…

The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus

Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull

The work is a historical romance that dramatizes the early reign of Janus II, king of Cyprus, and his…

The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure

Rex Beach

The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure is a collection of short, adventure‑oriented stories by Rex…

Salthaven

W. W. Jacobs

The novel opens in the modest office of Mr. Hartley, a veteran clerk whose thirty‑five years of service have…

From Kingdom to Colony

Mary Devereux

From the opening pages, Mary Devereux’s From Kingdom to Colony presents itself as a historical romance set…

The Guarded Heights

Wadsworth Camp

The Guarded Heights is a social‑class romance set against the backdrop of a rural horse‑stable and the…

Patty's Social Season

Carolyn Wells

Patty’s Social Season is a light‑hearted juvenile novel that follows a young New York debutante on the…

Which? Or, Between Two Women

Ernest Daudet

Ernest Daudet’s Which? Or, Between Two Women is a historical romance that intertwines personal intrigue with…

Officer 666

Currie, Barton Wood; McHugh, Augustin

Officer 666 is a comic romp set in the glittering confines of a luxury hotel, where a cascade of absurd…

Beatrice

H. Rider Haggard

Dit is een romantisch‑avontuurlijk verhaal van H. Rider Haggard, waarin de jonge Beatrice Granger op haar…

Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898

Levi Jackson Hamilton

Levi Jackson Hamilton’s “Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier” unfolds as a sprawling, episodic romance…

The Ghost Breaker: A Novel Based Upon the Play

Goddard, Charles; Dickey, Paul

The Ghost Breaker is a melodramatic detective‑mystery that opens in a dimly lit Southern parlor, where the…

Polly's Business Venture

Lillian Elizabeth Roy

Polly’s Business Venture is a juvenile adventure set in the bustling world of early‑twentieth‑century New…

A Son of the Immortals

Louis Tracy

A Son of the Immortals is a turn‑of‑the‑century romance that blends love, art, and a dash of political…

Love and Lucy

Maurice Hewlett

Love and Lucy is a Victorian‑era romance that opens with a philosophic meditation on the hidden “winged…

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…

Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'

Charles Edward Pearce

Madame Flirt is a sprawling, theatrical romance that plunges the reader into the raucous streets of…

Molly Bawn

Duchess

Molly Bawn is a light‑hearted domestic comedy set in a country house where a group of relatives and servants…