Books in English in Australia

Cover of The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories

The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories is a collection of thirty comic short stories by Mark Twain, published in 1906. The volume brings together tales from across …

Mansfield Park Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 Mansfield Park by Jane Austen is a novel first published in 1814. Ten-year-old Fanny Price is sent from her impoverished home to live with her wealthy aunt and uncl…

The Jungle Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 “The Jungle” is a novel by Upton Sinclair published in 1906. It tells the story of Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus and his family as they seek the American Dream…

The Lost World Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in 1912, is an adventure and science fiction novel. It follows journalist Edward Malone, who is looking for a …

Cover of George Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings

George Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings Doumic, René, 1860-1937; Hallard, Alys [Translator] René Doumic’s study examines the life and writings of the influential French novelist George Sand, presenting an analytical portrait of how personal history fed lit…

Cover of Sara Crewe; Or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's Boarding School

Sara Crewe; Or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's Boarding School Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 Sara Crewe arrives at Miss Minchin’s boarding school as a spirited, imaginative girl who has grown up in India with her wealthy father. After her father dies and he…

A Child's Garden of Verses Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson is a collection of 64 poems published in 1885. Presented through a child’s perspective, the verses convey the w…

Les Misérables Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885; Hapgood, Isabel Florence, 1850-1928 [Translator] Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is a French epic historical novel published in 1862. It spans from 1815 to the culmination in the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris, followi…

Maria; Or, The Wrongs of Woman Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 Maria, a woman living under the control of a tyrannical husband, is confronted with profound despair after being separated from her child. Her confinement is not on…

The Damnation of Theron Ware Frederic, Harold, 1856-1898 The Damnation of Theron Ware, by Harold Frederic, is a novel published in 1896. It centers on Theron Ware, a young Methodist pastor in upstate New York, whose caref…

The Art of War Sunzi, active 6th century B.C.; Giles, Lionel, 1875-1958 [Translator] The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to Sunzi and associated with the period around the 5th century BC. It is organized into 13 chapter…

Cover of The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come
Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan

The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan Bunyan, John, 1628-1688 The story is a Christian allegory by John Bunyan, originally written in 1678. It follows Christian, an ordinary man weighed down by sin, who leaves his home and fam…

Orthodoxy Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936 Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton is a late 19th-century philosophical work in which he addresses criticisms of his earlier writings, especially the ideas set out in He…

Cover of The Arabian Nights Entertainments

The Arabian Nights Entertainments Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 The Arabian Nights Entertainments, compiled by Andrew Lang in the late 19th century, presents an English translation of classic tales associated with The Arabian Ni…

The Poison Belt Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 Professor Challenger summons his companions to his home in Sussex with urgent instructions to bring oxygen. He has discovered that Earth is moving into a belt of po…