Biblioteca clássica

Oberland

Dorothy M. Richardson

An independent young woman from London is gifted a two week trip to a resort in Switzerland.

The House of the Arrow

A. E. W. Mason

A blackmailer falsely accuses a dead woman’s niece of murder by poison, but the evidence suggests the accusation might not be false after all.

Barlasch of the Guard

Henry Seton Merriman

Caught between the empires of Napoleonic France and Tsarist Russia, those in Danzig struggle to survive a nightmare of occupation and destruction, but within this the unlikeliest of friendships offers salvation to two very different people.

His Royal Nibs

Winnifred Eaton Reeve

A young Englishman finds a new purpose in life as a hired hand at a ranch in Canada.

The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp

W. H. Davies

At the end of the 19th century, a destitute tramp wanders across England and North America.

Contending Forces

Pauline E. Hopkins

A young woman of color reckons with her troubled past after she settles in Boston.

Sentimental Education

Gustave Flaubert

A young man in mid-19th-century Paris obsesses over a friend’s wife.

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Edmund Burke

The conservative political theorist Edmund Burke critiques the political program of the French Revolution.

Short Fiction

Thomas Mann

A collection of Thomas Mann’s short stories, ordered by date of their original publication.

The Art of Illustration

C. H. Spurgeon

Baptist preacher C. H. Spurgeon teaches how to use illustrations and examples for effective preaching.

Within and Without

George MacDonald

A spiritually unfulfilled monk goes on a journey to rescue a woman from his past.

The Final Count

H. C. McNeile

An arch criminal tries to get his hands on the world’s deadliest poison.

A Book-Lover’s Holidays in the Open

Theodore Roosevelt

Outdoorsman and former U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt weaves his love of reading into the stories of his travels through the Americas.

Brigadier Gerard Stories

Arthur Conan Doyle

A gallant French cavalryman recounts his adventures in the Napoleonic Wars.

The Trap

Dorothy M. Richardson

At the start of the 20th century an independent woman and budding writer takes an apartment with a spinster night-school teacher.