Romance Books
A Modern Instance
William Dean HowellsA Modern Instance is a realistic novel written by William Dean Howells. The novel is about the deterioration of a once loving marriage under the influence of capitalistic greed. It is the first Americ..
The Wall Between
Sara Ware BassettThe Wall Between is a love story written by Sara Ware Bassett , an American author of fiction and nonfiction. Her novels primarily deal with New England characters, and most of them are set in two fic..
Adam Bede
George EliotAdam Bede, the first novel written by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously, even though Evans was a well-published and highly respected..
The Gift of the Magi
O. HenryThe Gift of the Magi is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each ot..
Oblomov
Ivan Aleksandrovich GoncharovOblomov is the second novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is the central character of the novel, portrayed as the ultimate incarnation of the superfluo..
The Trail of '98 - A Northland Romance
Robert ServiceThe north wind is keening overhead. It minds me of the howl of a wolf-dog under the Arctic stars. Sitting alone by the glow of the great peat fire I can hear it high up in the braeside firs. It is the..
Ivanhoe
Sir Walter ScottIvanhoe is a historical novel written by Sir Walter Scott in 1819. Set in 12th-century England, Ivanhoe caused a resurgence in the popularity of the Romantic and Medieval ages. In it Scott recreates t..
Elsie's Motherhood
Martha FinleyElsie's Motherhood is a juvenile fiction novel written by Martha Finley, an American teacher and author of numerous works for children, the best known being the 28-volume Elsie Dinsmore series which w..