Adventure Books
Nobody's Boy
Hector MalotNobody's Boy is an 1878 French novel by Hector Malot. The most recent English translation is Alone in the World by Adrian de Bruyn, 2007. The novel was reportedly inspired by the Italian street musici..
Chums in Dixie
St. George RathborneChums in Dixie; or, The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat is a juvenile fiction novel written by St. George Rathborne, an American author of boys' stories and dime novels. He is believed to have prod..
The Good Soldier
Ford Madox FordThe Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion by Ford Maddox Ford begins with the famous line "This is the saddest story I have ever heard." It is the tragic tale of an upper-class English couple, Edward Ashbur..
The Last Day of a Condemned Man
Victor HugoThe Last Day of a Condemned Man is a short novel by Victor Hugo first published in 1829. The novel recounts the thoughts of a man condemned to die. Victor Hugo wrote this novel to express his feelings..
Winnetou, the Apache Knight
Karl Friedrich MayWinnetou, the Apache Knight is a juvenile fiction novel written by Karl Friedrich May, German writer best known for his adventure novels set in the American Old West. His main protagon..
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Hugh LoftingThe Voyages of Doctor Dolittle was the second of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books to be published, coming out in 1922. It is nearly five times as long as its predecessor and the writing style is p..
Captains Courageous - A Story of the Grand Banks
Rudyard KiplingCaptains Courageous is an 1897 novel, by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a ..
Le Morte d'Arthur - Volume 1
Thomas MaloryLe Morte d'Arthur is a reworking by Sir Thomas Malory of existing tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin, and the Knights of the Round Table. Malory interpreted existing Fr..