Mademoiselle Giraud, My Wife (1870) is a novel by Adolphe Belot. Written at the height of his career as a popular playwright, the novel proved immensely popular and caused a stir with its...więcej »
Gerald Arbuthnot receives a promotion from Lord Illingworth, a worldly politician who has a sordid history of women, one of whom is Gerald's widowed mother. When their connection is revealed...więcej »
Left at a monastery as a baby, Ambrosio grew up to be a cruel and stern monk, renowned for his sermons and piety. When a nun named Agnes goes to Ambrosio for the sacrament of confession, she adm...więcej »
After being injured during war, young naval officer Nevil Beauchamp is ordered to recover in Venice. With high ideals and big dreams, Nevil quickly falls in love with an energetic and intelligen...więcej »
The Woman of Mystery (1916) is a novel by Maurice Leblanc. Although he is known for his series of stories and novels featuring Arsene Lupin, a character based on the life of French anarch...więcej »
A thrilling and thoughtful adventure into the desire of God to provide all you will ever need simply because He loves you and considers you His treasure. In the Auction of a Lifetime you are giv...więcej »
The Eight Strokes of the Clock (1922) is a collection of short stories by Maurice Leblanc. Partly based on the life of French anarchist Marius Jacob, Arsene Lupin first appeared in print ...więcej »
The Woman's Bible (1895-1898) is a work of religious and political nonfiction by American women's rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Despite its popular success, The Woman's Bible...więcej »
The House by the Church-Yard (1863) is a novel by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. An important source for James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, The House by the Church-Yard is a hybrid of ...więcej »
A nobleman with a penchant for solving mysteries works to uncover the truth about a dead body found in the bathtub of an architect's home. This is a peculiar case that requires the unique...więcej »
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902) is a children's book by L. Frank Baum. Although less popular than his influential Wizard of Oz series--fourteen novels that inspired t...więcej »
When Loveday Brooke falls from her place in London high society, losing her financial security, she has no choice but to become a working woman. Set in the Victorian era, it is considered unusua...więcej »
Felix Holt is an endearing but opinionated Radical, who returns to Treby Magna just as the wealthy landowner, Harold Transome, announces his bid for election. It marks the beginning of a ...więcej »
The Lair of the White Worm (1911) is a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. Published only a year before Stoker's death, The Lair of the White Worm helped to establish the Irish mast...więcej »
Lady Windermere misinterprets her husband's interest in an older woman, Mrs. Erlynne, causing a rift that could lead to both marital and societal ruin. Lady Windermere's Fan Is an...więcej »
An aristocrat and his daughter are targeted by a former peasant who hides his true identity to ingratiate himself into the world of French royalists. After gaining their trust, he attempt...więcej »
A gifted musician's decision to navigate society as a white man causes an internal debate about anti-blackness and the explicit nature of intent versus impact. James Weldon Johnson presen...więcej »
The Headswoman (1898) is a story by Kenneth Grahame. Although less popular than The Wind in the Willows (1908), which would go on to become not only a defining work of Edwardia...więcej »
Set in a small English town during the 19th century, Cranford depicts the lives of women, centering on the elderly, the widowed, and the unmarried. The social expectations and customs of ...więcej »
Percy Blake, the forefather of the Scarlet Pimpernel, is hired to kidnap a young woman with sensitive information regarding the potential assassination of a prince. It's a complex family ...więcej »