Books in English in Australia

Cover of HomeBrew HomePages Put YOU on the World Wide Web

HomeBrew HomePages Put YOU on the World Wide Web Anonymous HomeBrew HomePages Put YOU on the World Wide Web is a mid-1990s shareware instructional guide that helps readers create their own web pages and establish an online …

The Fibonacci Number Series Husted, Michael This scientific publication by Michael Husted presents a detailed enumeration of the Fibonacci numbers. It provides a structured list that runs from the first term,…

The Ballad of Reading Gaol Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem by Oscar Wilde written in 1897 after his release from prison, following a conviction for gross indecency. Drawing on the period…

Cover of United States Declaration of Independence

United States Declaration of Independence Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 The United States Declaration of Independence, written in 1776, was drafted by Thomas Jefferson and later edited by the Continental Congress. It sets out the reason…

Tales from Two Hemispheres Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth, 1848-1895 Tales from Two Hemispheres by Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen is a late 19th-century collection of stories that explores life across two worlds. The opening tale follows Half…

The Market-Place Frederic, Harold, 1856-1898 The Market-Place is a novel by Harold Frederic, published posthumously in 1899. It centers on Joel Thorpe, a powerful financier whose rise is tied to a rubber syndi…

The Flirt Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946 Valentine Corliss returns to his hometown after years abroad, stepping back onto Corliss Street on a hot summer day. As he walks and reconnects with familiar places…

The Cash Boy Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899 Frank Fowler, a young boy, must face life after the loss of his mother and the hard realities that follow for orphans and the poor. With resilience, he sets out to …

Cover of The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1

The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1 Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1 brings together selected stories written in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Across these narratives, Whart…

Cover of The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales

The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 The Captain of the ‘Polestar’ and Other Tales by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a late 19th-century collection of short stories. In the opening story, John M’Alister Ray…

Paul Prescott's Charge Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899 Paul Prescott’s life changes when his father dies, leaving him to face the consequences of a debt and the responsibilities that come with it. Orphaned and burdened …

Cover of Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home

Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878 The novel Beauty and the Beast by Bayard Taylor blends realistic social detail with an imaginative, sometimes whimsical tone in a mid-19th-century setting in Russia…

The Golden Age Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932 The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame is a collection of reminiscences first published in 1895. Told through a child's perspective, it presents adults as distant “Olymp…

Cover of The Stark Munro Letters
Being series of twelve letters written by J. Stark Munro, M.B., to his friend and former fellow-student, Herbert Swanborough, of Lowell, Massachusetts, during the years 1881-1884

The Stark Munro Letters Being series of twelve letters written by J. Stark Munro, M.B., to his friend and former fellow-student, Herbert Swanborough, of Lowell, Massachusetts, during the years 1881-1884 Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 The Stark Munro Letters is an epistolary novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1895. Composed as a sequence of twelve letters written between 1881 and 1884, it …

The Wind in the Willows Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932 The Wind in the Willows is a children’s novel by Kenneth Grahame, published in 1908. It centers on Mole, Ratty, and Badger as they try to help the well-off but reck…