Martin Eden (1909) is a novel by American writer Jack London. The book follows the tradition of the Künstlerroman, a narrative that traces the life and development of an artist, to tell...
S. Henry Berthoud (1804-1891) was a writer of considerable ability, remembered today mostly for his often reprinted collections of folkloric legends from Northern France. Yet, he was a writer who c...
Elizabeth Gaskell’s first novel depicts nothing less than the great clashes between capital and labour, which arose from rapid industrialisation and problems of trade in the mid-nineteenth ce...
When John Barton's wife dies, he is forced to raise his daughter, Mary, alone, while he grieves the love of his life. Though he is a hard-working man, John struggles to provide for his family. R...
Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in the English city of Manchester between 1839 and 1842, and de...
Peytra Sike is a gifted, but frustrated sculptor. After the masked duke, Jors Ameros, is taken with her and her artwork, he commissions Peytra to carve the mantels in his castle.There, Pe...
Jean Lorrain, one of the leading figures of the Decadent Movement, was a master of the conte cruel. Presented here, for the first time in English, are ten such tales: stories of princes and prin...
Falling for each other was never part of the plan...Doctor Sage Porter has moved to Marble Falls to be the private physician for a group of men unlike any the ...
He's a YouTube sensation, making hilarious videos about hunting down monsters in the wilds of Missouri that are too outlandish to be real. Besides, every...
Harlem, New York, 1925 is a mecca of cultural and creative freedom, where masquerade drag balls are all the rage and the music, dancing, and loose prohibition laws unite people from all walks of...
Corruption. Power. The clash of god-arcanists rocks the world. Volke Savan is tasked with finding the remaining god-creatures and helping them bond with people...
Charles Dickens, the foremost British writer, is memorable for his interesting characters and rich plots. He was a social activist who wrote plays and novels during the Victorian period. His best k...
The old eddas speak of dreki-fabled creatures who haunt the depths of Iceland's volcanoes and steal away fair maidens.Solveig wants none of such myths...
When I became a nun, I vowed to remain chaste and pure. Then the Berserkers raided the abbey and carried me off. Now I'm their captive, at their mercy. And no amount of prayer will stop the two ...
You think you are just playing a game online; masterminding the perfect crime. But something is not right.A website inviting players to come up with the perfect crime is the façade for bi...
Mathilda (1959) is a posthumous novella by English writer and Romantic Mary Shelley. Written as a means of self-distraction following the deaths of her young children in Italy, Mathild...