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The Siege of Rhodes The story follows Gervaise Tresham who joins the Order of the Knights of St. John and heads to the Mediterranean. Gervaise’s jo...

The Posthumous Papers Originally entitled The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, the story follows the adventures and misadventures of Samuel ...

A Romance Inspired by Hawthorne’s brief time at the Brook Farm commune, the story explores the conflicts between personal ambition, romantic entang...

A Romance A gothic novel centered around a mysterious, decaying mansion in Salem, Massachusetts, and the family that inhabits it. The story follows...

The Relief of the Legations The story follows Rex Bateman, the son of an English merchant, during the Siege of Pekin during the Boxer Rebellion. Re...

A Tale of the Thirty Years War The story follows Hector Campbell, the orphaned son of a Scottish officer in the French Army during the Thirty Years...

Southern California Set shortly after the Mexican–American War, the book explores the life of a Scottish–Native American orphan girl named Ramona. ...

Through the Insurrection of Hayti The story follows the adventures of a young Englishman, Nathaniel, or Nat for short, whose journey takes him to t...

With Cortez in Mexico Set during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the early 16th century. The story follows a young Englishman, Roger, w...

Five Little Peppers Polly, is a sweet, imaginative girl who has a talent for telling stories. The book explores her creative spirit and how her sto...

Five Little Peppers A sequel to Five Little Peppers Midway, the story follows the Pepper siblings—Polly, Joel, Davie, Phronsie, and Ben—as young ad...

The Hardy Boys Series Teenage brothers Frank and Joe Hardy find themselves embroiled in a perplexing case when they stumble upon a missing person's...

A Tragedie The story revolves around the Moorish general Othello, his wife Desdemona, and his ensign Iago. Set in Venice, the story follows Othello...

A Psychological Adventure The story follows Humphrey van Weyden, a refined literary critic who finds himself shipwrecked and rescued by a seal-hunt...

A Comedy Set in the Italian town of Messina, the story revolves around two pairs of lovers: Claudio and Hero, and Benedick and Beatrice. Claudio, a...

A Comedy A comedic play that revolves around the courtship and marriage of two sisters, Katherine and Bianca. Baptista Minola, their father, declar...

And the Rule of the Puritans in England British Historian Charles Firth’s biography of Oliver Cromwell. Esmond de Beer wrote that Firth: "knew the ...

TragedieThe story follows the ambitious Scottish general Macbeth as he is tempted by the prophecies of three witches and driven to commit murder in...

Wolfdog Set in the harsh wilderness of the Yukon Territory during the Klondike Gold Rush, the story follows the journey of a wolf-dog hybrid named ...

Tragedie One of William Shakespeare's lesser-known plays, blending elements of romance, tragedy, and comedy. The story revolves around King Cymbeli...

The Tarzan Series The story picks up where The Return of Tarzan left off, with Tarzan settled in his ancestral home in Africa with his wife Jane an...

A Shakespearean Tragedy The story follows the aging King Lear of Britain, who decides to divide his kingdom among his three daughters based on thei...

The Sierra Nevadas John Muir’s recounting his experiences during the summer of 1869 when he worked as a shepherd in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of ...

A Shakespearean Comedy The story begins with a shipwreck that separates Viola, a young woman, from her twin brother, Sebastian. Viola disguises her...

A Shakespearean Comedy Set in the city of Vienna, where Duke Vincentio decides to temporarily leave his duties and appoints Angelo to rule in his a...

Lord Nelson A detailed account of Horatio Nelson’s naval career and personal life. The book explores Nelson’s rise through the ranks of the Royal N...

A Chronicle of English Colonial Beginnings Mary Johnston’s history of the colonial beginnings of the southern United States. The book follows the l...

A Tale of Norway A collection of stories part of Marineau’s “Playfellow” series written for children. The book is set in Norway along the fjords in...

A Tale of the Neutral Ground Set during the American Revolution, the story revolves around Harvey Birch, a mysterious character who operates as a s...

Traces of Travel Brought Home The book recounts Kinglake's journey through the Middle East, particularly focusing on his travels in the Levant (Eas...

A Novel Set in Southern California during the early 20th century and revolves around the oil industry, depicting the rise of an ambitious and ruthl...

The Meatpacking Industry The story revolves around the life of Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant who comes to America with his family in search...

A Vacation Voyage Richard Henry Dana, Jr.’s travel narrative of his trip to Cuba in 1859. While the United States was contemplating the annexation ...

A Christmas Story A heartwarming tale that revolves around Carol Bird, a young girl born on Christmas Day. Carol, despite being born with a serious...

Nature The story is set in rural Norway and follows the life of the protagonist, Lieutenant Thomas Glahn, who has chosen to live in isolation in th...

The Father Brown Series A collection of short stories featuring the fictional detective-priest, Father Brown. Father Brown is a clever and unassumi...

The Father Brown Series Father Brown finds himself embroiled in a mysterious case when a famous atheist, Professor Adam, invites him to witness a m...

The Father Brown Series A collection of detective short stories featuring Father Brown, a Catholic priest with a keen intellect and a deep understa...

A Shakespearean Comedy The story follows Rosalind, the daughter of a banished duke, who flees to the Forest of Arden with her cousin Celia. In the ...

A Shakespearean Comedy Helena is hopelessly in love with Bertram, a nobleman. Despite her low social status, Helena cures the King of France, earni...

Of Long Ago The story of Nearchus, a Macedonian boy, laid during the the time of Philip of Macedon and Alexander the Great. The author sought to “s...

Three Bears Often entitled The Story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears is a fable about three bears who live in a house in the woods. Their pleasan...

(To Say Nothing of the Dog) A humorous account of a two-week boating holiday on the River Thames by three men and a dog. Initially intended to be a...

The Raven A narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The poem tells the story of a distraught lover who is paid a mysterious visit by a t...

Or, Life Among the Lowly The classic anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The novel had a profound effect on the attitudes of the public to...

Capitalism and Socialism Belloc provides a broad overview of the economic history of Europe starting with the ancient pagan states through medieval...

A Dickens Classic Set in England during the middle of the 19th century, the story follows Philip Pirrip, “Pip” for short, a young orphan. Surroundi...

Tales of Mother Goose Charles Perrault’s famous retelling of classic folklore. Included are such popular fairy tales as Sleeping Beauty, Little Red...