Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around...
Anthony Trollope (1815—1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around th...
Anthony Trollope (1815 — 1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around...
A dentist lies murdered at his Harley Street practice... The dentist was found with a blackened hole below his right temple. A pistol lay on the floor near his outflung right hand. Later, one of his ...
Agatha Christie's seasonal Poirot and Marple short story collection, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers. First came...
Chris is a scarecrow who lives in a cornfield. It's summer, he's hot and thirsty and nobody can help him. The bees, the ants and the lizards are very busy. Finally autumn comes and then winter. The sc...
Mare Barrow learned this all too well when Cal's betrayal nearly destroyed her. Now determined to protect her heart-and secure freedom for Reds and newbloods like her-Mare resolves to overthrow the kingdom...
But, my dear friend, what lie are you living?' 'Why, of course, the lie that we're here to uplift our poor black brothers instead of to rob them. I suppose it's a natural enough lie. But it corrupts us,...
From the legend of King Arthur. As a boy, Arthur knows nothing about his real family. One day his foster father and brother attend a tournament, and his brother Kay sends Arthur to fetch his sword. Ar...
On a train journey, Pozdnyshev tells his story to a stranger: how his relationship with his wife gradually deteriorated from one of love and passion to jealousy and resentfulness, culminating in a mad...
From the well-loved stories by Rudyard Kipling. A little boy escapes a man-eating tiger, and is adopted by a family of wolves. The animals teach Mowgli to live in the jungle, but Shere Khan the tiger ...
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Short Stories is a collection of beautifully written and gripping tales, including several ghost stories and Cro...