Romance
The Witness for the Defence
Part romance, part mystery, part courtroom and quasi-courtroom drama. Young love reignites itself after a hiatus of some years. Or does it? …
Summer
Wharton's 1917 novella Summer, like her more famous work Ethan Frome, is set in a very small rural New England town. Charity Royall longs t…
The Efficiency Expert
Our hero, Jimmy Torrance, Jr., has a hard time finding suitable employment after a brilliant (athletically, at least) college career, despit…
The Golden Calf
A late 19th Century sensation novel following the young life of Ida Palliser as she searches for fortune and love within England's Gentry Cl…
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories
Step into the enchanting world of Lucy Maud Montgomery with this collection of short stories published in 1904. Renowned for her vivid story…
The Duke of Chimney Butte
An exciting tale of gun play, brave deeds and romance as Jerry Lambert, the "Duke" tries to protect the ranch of the lovely and ch…
A Princess of Mars
John Carter is mysteriously conveyed to Mars, where he discovers two intelligent species continually embroiled in warfare. Although he is a …
Agnes Grey
Agnes Grey is the daughter of a minister, whose family comes to financial ruin. Desperate to earn money to care for herself, she takes one o…
Running Water
Although A.E.W. Mason is best known for The Four Feathers, an adventure novel of 1902 set in Egypt and the Sudan (and filmed several times),…
The Age of Innocence
In an era before the advent of electric lights, telephones or motor vehicles, there exists a small cluster of aristocratic "old revolut…
Madame de Treymes
Edith Wharton's 1907 novella explores the milieu of Americans living abroad in Paris. New Yorker John Durham travels to Paris to woo an old…
I Say No
Emily Brown is an orphan girl that almost no one can help but love when they meet her. She is pursued by two worthy men: Mr. Alban Morris, t…
Julia Ried
Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name "Pansy." Sequel to "Ester Ried." Julia Ried must take a job as a bookke…
The House of a Thousand Candles
A top ten bestseller of 1906, The House of a Thousand Candles is part adventure/mystery and part romance. The book begins with young Jack Gl…
The Lamplighter
Gertrude began life as an abused child in the care of Nan Grant, a cold and cruel woman. The only human character who was kind to her was th…
Scaramouche
Scaramouche is a romantic adventure and tells the story of a young aristocrat during the French Revolution. His successive endeavors as a la…
Jo's Boys
Jo’s little men and women are grown up and entering new stages of life. Along with discovering their individual niches, there are lots of le…
The Lady of the Basement Flat
A naive young girl strikes out on her own and ends up leading a double life in this engaging tale of love lost and found. Summary by Judi M…
When a Man Marries
A divorced playboy hosts a dinner party complete with a stand in wife to placate his aunt who financially supports him. When his chef is hos…
Ivanhoe
Follows the fortunes of the son of a noble Saxon family in Norman England as he woos his lady, disobeys his father, and is loved by another.…