Fiction Books
The Belton Estate
Anthony TrollopeMrs. Amedroz, the wife of Bernard Amedroz, Esq., of Belton Castle, and mother of Charles and Clara Amedroz, died when those children were only eight and six years old, thereby subjecting them to the g..
Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish
Lyman AbbottThis book was not made; it has grown. When three years ago I left the pulpit to engage in literary work and took my seat among the laity in the pews, I found that many ecclesiastical and religious sub..
Leah Mordecai - A Novel
Belle K. AbbottThe two girls stepped out into the slippery street, and turned their faces homeward. "I am glad, Lizzie," continued Bertha, as they turned corner after corner, "that our paths run together so far; hav..
The Duke's Prize
Maturin Murray BallouTHE DUKE'S PRIZE.A Story Of Art And Heart In FlorenceBy Lieutenant Maturin Murray BallouTHE scenes of the following story are laid in Italy, that land of the sun. They are designed to impress a goodly..
The Heart's Secret
Maturin Murray BallouTHE locale of the following story is that gem of the American Archipelago; the Island of Cuba, whose lone star, now merged in the sea, is destined yet to sparkle in liberty's hemisphere, and radiate t..
Sisters
Kathleen Thompson NorrisCherry Strickland came in the door of the Strickland house, and shut it behind her, and stood so, with her hands behind her on the knob, and her slender body leaning forward, and her breath rising and..
King Midas - a Romance
Upton SinclairIn the course of this story, the author has had occasion to refer to Beethoven's Sonata Appassionata as containing a suggestion of the opening theme of the Fifth Symphony. He has often seen this state..
The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig - A Novel
David Graham PhillipsArkwright glanced from the parlor where he was sitting into the gloom of the open bathroom and back again. His cynical brown-green eyes paused upon a scatter of clothing, half-hiding the badly-rubbed ..