Scenes of Bohemian Life (1851) is a novel by Henri Murger. Written at the beginning of his career as a popular French poet and novelist, Scenes of Bohemian Life is composed of vign...
The Haunted Bookshop (1919) is a novel by Christopher Morley. Although less popular than Kitty Foyle (1939), a novel adapted into an Academy Award-winning film, The Haunted Bookshop is a ...
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: The Intimate Diary of a Professional Lady (1925) is a novel by Anita Loos. Adapted from a series of stories written for Harper's Bazaar, Gentlemen Pref...
The Comet (1920) is a science fiction story by W. E. B. Du Bois. Written while the author was using his role at The Crisis, the official magazine of the NAACP, to publi...
A moving account of Hawaii’s most culturally significant stories, presented by King David Kalakaua.The Legends and Myths of Hawaii introduces readers to th...
Memoirs of Casanova (1792) is the autobiography of Italian adventure and socialite Giacomo Casanova. Written at the end of his life, the Memoirs capture the experiences of one of E...
Calumet "K" (1904) is a novel by Henry Kitchell Webster and Samuel Merwin. Written as a collaborative effort between the two natives of Evanston, Illinois, Calumet "K" is a story o...
Latimer is cursed with psychic abilities that allow him to see the future, yet he's unable to avoid the dark turn of his own life. What many consider a gift, he sees as a curse that has dest...
With a modest upbringing and an ordinary profession, Shibli considers himself to be an average Persian man. But when he discovers that he is the chosen one to free the nation from the vicious ru...
A compilation of Sarah Orne Jewett's essential works including Deephaven, a novel about two young women who spend a summer visiting a small coastal town. Other notable ...
After her mother's death, a woman heads out on her own and is pulled into several history-making events including women's suffrage and World War I. She's driven by her wits and ...
Delia is a confident young woman who works as a housekeeper for a small family. Every morning, she gets up before everyone else and makes breakfast for each family member, then starts on her cle...
The Confidence-Man (1857) is a novel by American writer Herman Melville. After the failure of his novels Moby-Dick (1851) and Pierre: or, The Ambiguities (1852), Melville s...
The Four Million (1906) is a collection of short stories by American writer O. Henry. Inspired by his experiences as a fugitive and in prison, these stories address themes of poverty, p...
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879) is a work of travel literature by British explorer Isabella Bird. Adventurous from a young age, Bird gained a reputation as a writer and photog...
In the midst of World War I, the son of a British aristocrat and daughter of an English colonel are roped into a treasonous plot. They must navigate secret agents and spies who ...
The Secret Power (1921) is a science fiction novel by Marie Corelli. Published toward the end of Corelli's career as one of the most successful writers of her generation, the novel combin...
Born into a family of sixteen children, Nora Ascouth is used to fighting to be heard. From a young age, Nora becomes determined to have a writing career, and travels around the world looking for...
Arsene Lupin (1909) is a novel by Maurice Leblanc. Originally a four-act play, the story was turned into a novel by Leblanc before being translated into English by Edgar Jepson. Partly ba...
Talma Gordon (1900) is a short story by Pauline E. Hopkins. Recognized as the first African American mystery story, Talma Gordon was originally published in the October 1900 editio...