Published 1800 -1900
Chateau d'Or
The Chateau D'Or, or The Castle of Gold, looked gloomy and gray from the train rattling through the French countryside from Paris to Marseil…
The Eustace Diamonds
The Eustace Diamonds is the third in the Palliser Series first published in serial form and then as a novel in 1872. The story is set in Ir…
A Crown of Straw
There is a plan afoot to commit murder, but who could be the intended victim?The scene switches to an old forester and his seventeen-year-ol…
Letters from Mrs Palmerstone to Her Daughter
The extended title of these volumes is 'Inculcating Morality by Entertaining Narratives”, and in the preface the Author indicates she offere…
The Phantom Regiment
The title and a quick glance at the chapter titles of James Grant's The Phantom Regiment--such as "The Romance of the Month," &quo…
The Love of Landry
The Love of Landry is one of Dunbar's four novels, and one of three that are about white people. In this case, the story is about the recupe…
Horacker
"Fake News" im 19. Jahrhunder - gebettet in eine ländliche (Schein-)Idylle: So läßt sich, "neudeutsch" &…
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
The short novel “At the Sign of the Cat and Racket” was one of Balzac’s earliest fictions, first published in 1830 and substantially revised…
The Marriage Contract
Balzac’s novel “The Marriage Contract” (1835) is part of his “Scenes of Private Life,” which is one section of “The Human Comedy,” his great…
A Second Home
This novella was first published in French in 1830, with the title “La femme vertueuse” (“The virtuous woman”). In an 1842 edition, the titl…
The Lerouge Case
Widely considered the first modern detective novel in French literature, The Lerouge Case is the first in Emile Gaboriau's acclaimed "L…
Ships That Pass in the Night
This short novel by Beatrice Harraden, who was known for her work as a suffragist, was a bestseller in its time. In it, teacher and activis…
The Wing of Azrael
Mona Caird, a British writer and feminist, criticized in numerous non-fiction writings the state of marriage as it existed in her time. Her …
Sowing Seeds in Danny
Nellie L. McClung (1873-1951) is a Canadian icon - a feminist, social activist, author, and political leader. When she was a child, she move…
Juffrouw Lirriper's Legaat
De kerstverhalen van Charles Dickens uit het jaar 1864. Hoofdstuk 1 en 7 vormen een doorlopend verhaal dat het vervolg is van hoofdstuk 1 en…
Mademoiselle Norma
“Mademoiselle Norma” es una novela corta y temprana de Vicente Blasco Ibáñez y fue publicada por primera vez en 1888 junto otr…
Neue Märchen
Sammlung von zehn romantischen Märchen, verfasst vom bedeutendsten Novellendichter des 19. Jh.Zusammenfassung von Friedrich
The Ivory Tower
An unfinished manuscript written in ponderous, convoluted language making possible subterfuge and frankness in wealthy American society of J…
The Firm of Girdlestone
This book summarizes the down fall of one of the largest African trading firms in London, and the futile attempts of father and son to save …
Letters to the Joneses
We watch our news and live our lives and see many things wrong with society today. It is easy for us to claim that things were better in &qu…