Classic Literature

A Karin Stephen classic.

Fast-paced, entertaining mystery about a beautiful woman running away from someone or something. A man meets her at the train station and tries to help her without knowing all of her mysterious past. Mary's story is revealed through the many twists and turns of the plot.

A J. M. Synge classic.

In the noon of a September day in the year of our dear Lord 1395, a merchant vessel nodded sleepily upon the gentle swells of warm water flowing in upon the Syrian coast. A modern seafarer, looking from the deck of one of the Messagerie steamers now plying the same line of trade, would regard her curiously, thankful to the calm which held her while he slaked his wonder, yet more thankful that he was not of her passage.

Jack London's classic tale of is best known for his lead character, Wolf Larsen, a seaman with a will. Ostensibly the book was written to refute Nietzche's premise in Man and Superman. Though Wolf Larson is one of the most memorable characters in fiction, he bears little resemblance to Super Man, either the comic book, or the Nietzche variety. He does, as has been observed often, bear a considerable resemblance to London, himself.

Three More Full Length Tarzan Books In One! Read three Tarzan novels in one eBook--for one low price. The Beasts of Tarzan and The Son of Tarzan tell the thrill-packed story of the kidnapping of the jungle lord's infant son by a treacherous enemy. Tarzan's best efforts to track the culprit prove fruitless, and, in what the enemy feels is the perfect revenge, the boy is abandoned in the jungle, to die among the animals. But one of Tarzan's ape friends senses the foundling is the jungle lord's son... more info>>

The sinking of the Lusitania is only a taste of the action when Tommy meets Tuppence in World War I England and the two set out together to foil an enemy spy.

A Charles A. Swinburne classic.

A Trio of Full Length Tarzan Books in One! Here are three of the best Tarzan novels in one eBook--for one low price. In Tarzan the Untamed, the ape man goes on a trail of vengeance when German soldiers burn his African ranch and he finds Jane's charred body among the ruins. In Tarzan the Terrible, the discovery that Jane still lives, her apparent death a trick by enemy soldiers, sends the jungle lord into the almost impenetrable fastnesses of the lost land of Pal-ul-don. There he finds two kingd... more info>>

There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe the ass, for instance: his character is about perfect, he is the choicest spirit among all the humbler animals, yet see what ridicule has brought him to. Instead of feeling complimented when we are called an ass, we are left in doubt.

A London fog, solid, substantial, yellow as an old dog's tooth or a jaundiced eye. You could not look through it, nor yet gaze up and down it, nor over it; and you only thought you saw it. The eye became impotent, untrustworthy; all senses lay fallow except that of touch; the skin alone conveyed to you with promptness and no incertitude that this thing had substance. You could feel it; you could open and shut your hands and sense it on your palms, and it penetrated your clothes and beaded your ... more info>>

Thirty-nines tales by the consummate and prolific early 19th century American author Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864). Originally published between 1830 and 1852, then reissued as collections of short stories, these tales include twenty-one from "Twice-Told Tales" (1837, 1841), twelve from "Mosses from an Old Manse" (1846, 1854), and six from "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales" (1851).

The conglomerate twins were brought on the the stage in Chapter I of the original extravaganza. Aunt Patsy Cooper has received their letter applying for board and lodging, and Rowena, her daughter, insane with joy, is begging for a hearing of it.

Three noteworthy works by the remarkable mid-19th Century British sisters Emily, Charlotte, and Anne Bronte: Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte, 1847), Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte, 1847), and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Anne Bronte, 1848).

A lawyer argues for love in "The Christmas Eve Suit." A young woman must choose between two men who go to fight with General Putnam in the Revolutionary War in "Suzie Rolliffe's Christmas." And in the final tale, the author draws from his own experience in "A Civil War Christmas" the story of a soldier's return.

Elsie ran to give her brother a welcome home kiss. Imagine her surprise when she draws back to find she has kissed instead a friend of her brother's from college. Will she ever live down her error? Will Elsie's embarrassment turn to love?

A Mark Twain classic.

Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey with the boy, Jim Hawkins, charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including Long John Silver

This is a wonderful old world of ours, the one we live in. It is wonderful to think how it has grown, day by day, year by year, century by century, and by each step of Time just a little better worth living in. It is like a beautiful fairy story, with the great advantage of being true.

This is one of the three plays which Strindberg placed at the head of his dramatic production during the middle ultra-naturalistic period, the other two being The Father and Miss Julia. It is, in many ways, one of the strongest he ever produced. Its rarely excelled unity of construction, its tremendous dramatic tension, and its wonderful psychological analysis combine to make it a masterpiece.

In 1834, a Harvard student enlisted as a common seaman--the result was this adventure classic. Crackling with realism, it offers memorable views of a dangerous voyage, vividly describing storms, whales, an insane captain, excruciating hardships, and magical beauty, as well as fascinating historical detail, including a portrait of California before the gold rush.

This true adventure tells of Mellville's experiences in the Marquesas Islands after he was shipwrecked there. A best-seller in it's day, Typee explored themes of free love. Melville thought he was in paradise until he realized that all his new and helpful friends were also cannibals.

At the turn of the last century, an orphan from the city finds herself living on a farm with her country cousins in Vermont. Follow Betsy, as she experiences a new kind of life and a new kind of school. Written by the woman who introduced the Montessori system of education to the U.S.

She's a smooth blonde with enough real glamour not to need makeup--especially when she's in tight white satin. She's honest and sort of naive, but she knows how to get a man or get rid of a wolf. She's a cigarette girl in a spot just off Chicago's loop, but she's about to start really going places. As she goes, she collects an Indian raja, an amorous sheikh and a mysterious gentleman reputed to be the Rockefeller of Burma. These gents are after something, chasing the gal around the world to get... more info>>

Prophecy may vary between being an intellectual amusement and a serious occupation; serious not only in its intentions, but in its consequences. For it is the lot of prophets who frighten or disappoint to be stoned. But for some of us moderns, who have been touched with the spirit of science, prophesying is almost a habit of mind.