Fiction Books
The Scottish Chiefs
Jane PorterThe Scottish Chiefs is an adventure novel about William Wallace, one of the most popular books ever written by Jane Porter. The French version was even banned by Napoleon, and the book has remained ve..
Aaron Trow
Anthony TrollopeWhat is it like to be a fox hunted by hounds? We find out through the senses of an escaped convict as he struggles to free himself from would-be captors. The struggle is brutal. In the end, we are lef..
The Accused
Harold DanielsThe Accused is a fine crime story made finer by the courtroom trial. The plot, the atmosphere, and the characterization in The Accused (1958) by American crime writer Harold R. Daniels are so re..
Ptomaine Street - The Tale of Warble Petticoat
Carolyn WellsPtomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat is a A parody on Sinclair Lewis's "Main Street." On a Pittsburgh block, where three generations ago might have been heard Indian war-whoops—yes, and the n..
To the Old Pagan Religion
H. P. LovecraftTo the Old Pagan Religion is a poem written by H. P. Lovecraft, an American writer of weird fiction and horror fiction. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he spent most of his life there, and..
The Lost Prince
Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Lost Prince is about Marco Loristan, his father, and his friend, a street urchin named The Rat. Marco's father, Stefan, is a Samavian patriot working to overthrow the cruel dictatorship in the kin..
The Tragedy of the Korosko
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Tragedy of the Korosko is a novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was serialized a year earlier in The Strand magazine between May and December 1897, and was later turned into a play Fires of Fate.&..
Hoodie
Mrs. MolesworthHoodie is a juvenile fiction novel written by Mary Louisa Molesworth, an English writer of children's stories who wrote for children under the name of Mrs Molesworth. Her first novels, for adult ..