Published 1900 onward
The Street Called Straight
Henry Guion, a rich and successful American businessman, faces complete ruin and jail as he has embezzled all his client’s money. He tells h…
Bucking the Tiger
A group of down-and-outers decide on the ultimate gamble: they will bankroll one of themselves, chosen by lot, to live well for a year. Then…
The Enchanted April
Escaping their lives for a month in a castle on the Riviera, four women spend considerable effort suspiciously guarding their solitude, beli…
If You Touch Them They Vanish
"No man who has not endured solitude in long doses knows how vivid, real, and necessary people and things of the imagination may become…
The Dark Star
Ruhannah “Rue” Carew, who dreams of becoming an artist, has grown up listening to her father tell the story of how he came by a wooden box a…
Sasha
Kuprin is well-known to Russian readers and has been described as one of the last exponents of Russian critical realism. He first made a car…
The Old House
On a snowy winter's evening, Christopher Ulwing returns to his home, known as The New House for the last thirty years. Settled between the …
Born to Good Luck
Dick Armstrong is an enterprising young man who works his way out of a slave-labor situation to become a successful businessman at only age …
A Thin Ghost and Others
A collection of short stories involving the supernatural. This is the fourth collection of ghost stories published by the author - following…
Nell and Her Grandfather
If you have heard of the Dickens novel, The Old Curiosity Shop, and remember Nell Trent, the beautiful and virtuous young girl of "not …
Caliban by the Yellow Sands
Caliban, the primitive, savage son of the witch Sycorax and the evil frog-tiger god Setebos, seeks to obtain knowledge and become civilized …
Bread
Bread by Charles G. Norris reads like a working class Great Gatsby with a tragic female main character. The author is said to have influence…
The Blue Germ
For your consideration: an English physician and a Russian research scientist jointly develop a bacillus that transforms disease causing ger…
The Stoneground Ghost Tales
A collection of gentle ghost stories set around a church by the fens in East Anglia. The author was an associate of Montague Rhodes James, …
Laughter Limited
When some people write the story of their life it is a sign that they are dead. There are in the motion-picture world also a class of dead …
The Yarn of Old Harbour Town
This novel opens in 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars between England and France. A retired sailor, Captain Acton, reminisces about his time …
Short Stories from Locomotive Engineers Journal
These short stories are taken from the Locomotive Engineers Journal, Volume 52 which covers the year, 1918. Don't expect any trains -- these…
Initiation
A tale of all types of human pain (physical, spiritual, and psychological), this book teaches what it means to be truly human. An interestin…
Harmer John
Hjalmar Johanson (novel, 1926) is a boyish unworldly Swedish body builder come to Walpole’s fictional cathedral town of Polchester. His name…
Family Pride
Bestselling and prolific American Author Mary Jane Holmes never disappoints. Family Pride is another superb example of the enchanting Victor…