Romance Books
Chéri
Sidonie Gabrielle ColetteChéri is a novel by Colette published in French in 1920. The title character's true name is Fred Peloux, but he is known as Chéri to almost everyone, except, usually, to his wife. This novel was follo..
The Black Moth - A Romance of the XVIIIth Century
Georgette HeyerThe Black Moth is a Georgian era romance novel by the British author Georgette Heyer, set around 1751. Published when Heyer was nineteen, The Black Moth was her debut novel. It was based on a story sh..
The Iron Woman
Margaret DelandThe Iron Woman is a novel of manners by the American writer Margaret Deland (1857–1945) set in the 19th century fictional locale of Mercer, an Ohio River community that represents Pittsburgh, Pennsylv..
The Blue Lagoon - A Romance
H. De Vere StacpooleThe Blue Lagoon: A Romance is a romantic adventure novel written by H. De Vere Stacpoole.He was a Celt, and all the salt seas that had flowed between him and Connaught these forty years and more ..
Evelina
Fanny BurneyEvelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World is a satirical work written by Fanny Burney.GENTLEMEN, The liberty which I take in addressing to you the trifling production of..
The Merchant of Venice
William ShakespeareThe Merchant of Venice is a 16th-century play written by William Shakespeare in which a merchant in Venice must default on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. It is believed to hav..
Mrs. Warren's Profession
George Bernard ShawMrs. Warren's Profession is a play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1893, and first performed in London in 1902. The play is about a former prostitute, now a madam, who attempts to come to terms with..
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
Samuel RichardsonPamela; or, Virtue Rewarded is an epistolary novel by English writer Samuel Richardson, first published in 1740. It tells the story of a 15-year-old maidservant named Pamela Andrews, whose employer, M..