Published 1900 onward
The Dark Star
Ruhannah “Rue” Carew, who dreams of becoming an artist, has grown up listening to her father tell the story of how he came by a wooden box a…
Sasha
Kuprin is well-known to Russian readers and has been described as one of the last exponents of Russian critical realism. He first made a car…
The Old House
On a snowy winter's evening, Christopher Ulwing returns to his home, known as The New House for the last thirty years. Settled between the …
Born to Good Luck
Dick Armstrong is an enterprising young man who works his way out of a slave-labor situation to become a successful businessman at only age …
A Thin Ghost and Others
A collection of short stories involving the supernatural. This is the fourth collection of ghost stories published by the author - following…
Nell and Her Grandfather
If you have heard of the Dickens novel, The Old Curiosity Shop, and remember Nell Trent, the beautiful and virtuous young girl of "not …
Caliban by the Yellow Sands
Caliban, the primitive, savage son of the witch Sycorax and the evil frog-tiger god Setebos, seeks to obtain knowledge and become civilized …
Bread
Bread by Charles G. Norris reads like a working class Great Gatsby with a tragic female main character. The author is said to have influence…
The Blue Germ
For your consideration: an English physician and a Russian research scientist jointly develop a bacillus that transforms disease causing ger…
The Stoneground Ghost Tales
A collection of gentle ghost stories set around a church by the fens in East Anglia. The author was an associate of Montague Rhodes James, …
Laughter Limited
When some people write the story of their life it is a sign that they are dead. There are in the motion-picture world also a class of dead …
The Yarn of Old Harbour Town
This novel opens in 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars between England and France. A retired sailor, Captain Acton, reminisces about his time …
Short Stories from Locomotive Engineers Journal
These short stories are taken from the Locomotive Engineers Journal, Volume 52 which covers the year, 1918. Don't expect any trains -- these…
Initiation
A tale of all types of human pain (physical, spiritual, and psychological), this book teaches what it means to be truly human. An interestin…
Harmer John
Hjalmar Johanson (novel, 1926) is a boyish unworldly Swedish body builder come to Walpole’s fictional cathedral town of Polchester. His name…
Family Pride
Bestselling and prolific American Author Mary Jane Holmes never disappoints. Family Pride is another superb example of the enchanting Victor…
Sacred and Profane Love
Carlotta Peel is an unusual young woman – clever, self-opinionated, a brilliant author and yearning to love and be loved but also to serve h…
When Woman Proposes
Does love at first sight exist? The heroine of this story, Natalie, seems to think so and is willing to move heaven and earth in order to m…
It's Like This, Cat
The Newbery-winning novel about 14-year-old Dave Mitchell, coming of age in New York City in the 1960s. A first-person narrative of everyday…
Bee and Butterfly
The wonderful evolution of a caterpillar, or grub, into a beautifully winged creature must inspire admiration in everyone. More marvelous st…