Based on her second marriage to Frank Russell and a pre-cursor to Daphne du Maurier’s ‘Rebecca’, this darkly comic, historical romance is the tale of a naïve young woman named Lucy ...

"Green Tea" tells the haunting story of a man plagued by a demonic monkey. The unnamed narrator, a trained surgeon who can’t practice because of the loss of two of his fingers, is ...

‘To Whom This May Come’ (1889) is a classic short story by the American author, Edward Bellamy, most famous for his socialist and utopian novel ‘Looking Backward: 2000-1887’ (1888) ...

‘At Pinney's Ranch’ (1898) is a short story by the American author, Edward Bellamy, most famous for his socialist and utopian novel ‘Looking Backward: 2000-1887’ (1888).It was love ...

‘An Echo of Antietam’ (1898) is a short story by the American author, Edward Bellamy, most famous for his socialist and utopian novel ‘Looking Backward: 2000-1887’ (1888).Young cou ...

Sometimes, being disobedient brings unbelievable surprises.When five-year-old Freddie is warned by Toby Littleback, the proprietor of the local tobacco shop, never to touch the jar ...

"Consequences" (1919) follows the life of Alexandra Clare, an upper class Catholic girl from London, after she turns down her only suitor. Alex is a misfit and having failed to mee ...

A man and his guide enter the vast, labyrinthine Mammoth Cave. However, this is not an advert for Visit Kentucky, so you can predict the next plot line.The man loses his guide. The ...

‘Greenmantle’ is the second of five John Buchan novels in which we follow the adventures and exploits of Brigadier-General Richard Hannay.In ‘Greenmantle’ we reunite with Richard H ...

Henri is a shameless and spoiled heir. When he falls in love with the beautiful Paquita, he simply must seduce her. But Paquita already has a lover. Brimming with anger and revenge ...

The South African unscrupulous millionaire Charles Van Drift spends his time travelling to exotic locations with his family. One of these trips leads them to the Riviera where Van ...

Hilda Wade is a nurse working for the famous doctor Hubert Cumberledge. He admires Hilda and their friendship grows stronger with every passing day. Hilda’s past and her future goa ...

Jerry Stokes is a hangman in Kingston. One day, he refuses to hang a convicted murderer because he is not so convinced that the man is actually guilty. This is the first time in hi ...

Lois Cayley is an intelligent, young, attractive and independent woman who is forced to face the world on her own after the death of her stepfather. Since there is nothing left to ...

J. Arbuthnot Wilson is about to spend a memorable New Year’s Eve. He and the group he is travelling with were going to visit the sealed pyramid of Abu Yilla on the next day but Wil ...

One Londoner and an American geologist are out for a bicycle trip in the Thames valley. They talk about natural disasters and volcanic eruptions and how thankful they are that such ...

"Twelve Tales" is a unique collection of short stories selected by Grant Allen himself. The stories are a vivid combination of horror, science fiction and detective tales. The intr ...

Doctor Nikola sets out on another adventure, which this time leads him to Venice. There he meets the old acquaintance – Richard Hatteras – whose fiancée Nikola had kidnapped, and t ...

‘Inside the Lines’ (1915) is a gripping novel by American writers Earl Derr Biggers and Robert Wells Ritchie.On the eve of the First World War as preparations for the conflict are ...

Born into the squalor and humiliation of slavery, Frederick Douglass seemed destined for a lifetime of misery. So how did he break the shackles and become a world-famous abolitioni ...

For Western lovers and old romantics, 'Under the Toto Rim' follows schoolteacher Lucy Watson as she integrates into a backwoods community. Following her father's death, young Lucy ...

It is sometimes difficult to know who most deserves our judgement.Do we look down more upon a shop owner for inventing a royal backstory for one of his items - or is the customer w ...

Why do good people suffer?This is the question Honoré de Balzac poses in 'The Hated Son', set in Normandy during the eighth war of religion between Catholics and Protestant Hugueno ...

If you have seen Ricky Gervais in 'The Office', you will know how much comedy and pathos occurs in apparently mundane locations. In 'The Lesser Bourgeoisie', Honore de Balzac turns ...

Born mixed-race, but with pale skin, Georges was rejected by everyone in the 19th-century French colony of Mauritius. But, in this era of slavery and abuse, he was destined to be n ...