Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
Violet Osborne
"This book is in turns funny and sad. Violet Osborne is a very beloved child with no financial problems. She is both beautiful and good…
Taten des Großen Alexander
Wenig bekanntes Werk über Alexander den Großen.In komprimierter Form werden durch Michail Kusmin sowohl biografische Daten als au…
Arabella Stuart
Lady Arabella Stuart was an English noblewoman at the beginning of the seventeenth century. At one time considered to be a possible successo…
Isaac Bickerstaff, Physician and Astrologer
Isaac Bickerstaff Esq. was a pseudonym used by Jonathan Swift as part of a hoax to predict the death of then famous Almanac-maker and astrol…
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre is an extraordinary orphan girl who is treated horribly by her aunt Mrs. Reed and her children. She is sent away to a girl’s board…
Langs Lijnen van Geleidelijkheid
Men moet verklaren dat de lezende wereld, als zij niet ontvankelijk was voor de 'Lijnen van geleidelijkheid', al heel ondankbaar zou moeten …
Elizabeth Musch
Een historisch vrijwel correcte beschrijving van het leven van Elisabeth Musch (kleindochter van Jacob Cats) en haar man Henri de Fleury de …
Jean-Christophe
The central character, Jean-Christophe Krafft, is a German musician of Belgian extraction, a composer of genius whose life is depicted from …
Days With Sir Roger de Coverley
The author Sir Richard Steele, who was one of the writers for The Spectator, gets the opportunity to spend a month in Sir Roger de Coverley'…
The American Diary of a Japanese Girl
This is the fictional diary of a young Japanese woman, first published in installments before being published in a single volume. The book d…
The History Of Sir Richard Calmady
Lucas Malet is the pen name of Mary Kingsley, daughter of Charles Kingsley. She became a hugely successful Victorian novelist, rivalling Rud…
Reveries of a Bachelor
Reveries of a Bachelor, or A Book of the Heart, is a novel by American author Donald Grant Mitchell published under the pseudonym Ik Marvel.…
Lore of Proserpine
If a thing is not sensibly true it may be morally so. If it is not phenomenally true it may be so substantially. And it is possible that one…
Metamorfoze
-... Je verbergt je achter je woorden: je wikkelt je in je stijl als in een mantel. - Neen. Ik leef een metamorfoze. Meer niet. Ik geef meze…
The Boy Travellers in the Russian Empire
An engaging travelogue first published in 1886, written conversationally among two youths and their guide and mentor. Subtitle: Adventures o…
Catherine
The wild and raw adventures of Catherine Hayes, who was burned for murder at Tyburn in 1742 - Summary by Mark Leder
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship
The novel is in eight books. The eponymous hero undergoes a journey of self-realization. The story centers upon Wilhelm's attempt to escape …
Marion, the Story of an Artist's Model
In this Asian/Canadian perspective on "foreignness," Marion (the protagonist) eventually leaves the cruelty of racial discriminati…
The Mysterious Aviator
Nevil Shute was the nom-de-plume of the Anglo-Australian aeronautical engineer and writer, best known for works like “On the Beach” and “A T…
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief
Take a fascinating journey from France to America through the "eyes" of a pocket handkerchief. She marvels at the vastness of the …