Books in English in Australia

Cover of The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc

The White Knight: Tirant Lo Blanc Martorell, Joanot, -1468; Galba, Martí Joan de, -1490; Rudder, Robert S. [Translator] Tirant Lo Blanc, published in 1490 by Joanot Martorell and Martí Joan de Galba, is a chivalric romance that traces the adventures of Tirant, a knight from Brittany,…

Kansas Women in Literature Barker, Nettie Garmer, 1882-1953 Kansas Women in Literature by Nettie Garmer Barker is a collection of biographical sketches compiled in the early twentieth century. The book brings together portra…

Cover of A Journal of the Plague Year
Being Observations or Memorials of the Most Remarkable Occurrences, as Well Public as Private, Which Happened in London During the Last Great Visitation in 1665. Written by a Citizen Who Continued All the While in London

A Journal of the Plague Year Being Observations or Memorials of the Most Remarkable Occurrences, as Well Public as Private, Which Happened in London During the Last Great Visitation in 1665. Written by a Citizen Who Continued All the While in London Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe, published in 1722, presents the experiences of a single man during the Great Plague of London in 1665, when bubonic pl…

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? Ambrose Bierce’s short story presents the final moments of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer, who is condemned to be hanged from a railroad bridge during t…

Fantastic Fables Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914? Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce is a collection of satirical fables that uses whimsy, humor, and irony to comment on late-19th-century society. Through a sequenc…

Lay Morals, and Other Papers Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894; Stevenson, Fanny Van de Grift, 1840-1914 [Author of introduction, etc.] This collection of reflective essays by Robert Louis Stevenson examines ethics, education, and the moral challenges that arise when individuals try to act with inte…

Prince Otto, a Romance Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 Prince Otto, a Romance is a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, published in 1885. Set in the small German state of Grünewald, the story begins when Prince Otto become…

Cover of Literary Blunders: A Chapter in the "History of Human Error"

Literary Blunders: A Chapter in the "History of Human Error" Wheatley, Henry B. (Henry Benjamin), 1838-1917 Henry B. Wheatley’s Literary Blunders, a historical study of human error in writing, examines the kinds of mistakes that arise in literature, with particular attent…

Cover of The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 Published in 1722, The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe follows Moll’s rise and repeated setbacks as she struggles to survive. B…

The outlaw of Torn Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a historical novel published as a serial in 1914. It takes place in thirteenth-century England during the Second Baron…

Cover of Acres of Diamonds: Our Every-day Opportunities

Acres of Diamonds: Our Every-day Opportunities Conwell, Russell H., 1843-1925; Shackleton, Robert, 1860-1923 [Contributor] Acres of Diamonds: Our Every-day Opportunities is a motivational treatise by Russell H. Conwell, written in the late 19th century. The book argues that people hold …

Cover of The Country of the Pointed Firs

The Country of the Pointed Firs Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909 In 1896, Sarah Orne Jewett’s The Country of the Pointed Firs follows a Boston writer who travels to the small coastal town of Dunnet, Maine, to seek solitude and fi…

Bab: A Sub-Deb Rinehart, Mary Roberts, 1876-1958 Bab: A Sub-Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart is a light-hearted early 20th-century novel that follows a young woman’s passage through adolescence. The story focuses on B…

The Land of Little Rain Austin, Mary, 1868-1934 The Land of Little Rain is a collection of essays by Mary Austin, first published in 1903. Written in lyrical prose, the book examines the harsh beauty of Californi…

The Mad King Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 Barney Custer, a young American, travels to the fictional European kingdom of Lutha without realizing he is the exact double of King Leopold, recently escaped from …