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The Lost Prince
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924
The Lost Prince is a 1915 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett that follows Marco Loristan and his friend, a street urchin known as The Rat. Together, they are given a …
She Stoops to Conquer; Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
The play presents a comic sequence of misunderstandings and mistaken identities centered on Young Marlow and Miss Hardcastle. Mr. and Mrs. Hardcastle are concerned …
Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes by Robert Louis Stevenson is a non-fiction travel work first published in December 1878. It takes readers on a guided walk through Edin…
Memories and Portraits
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Memories and Portraits by Robert Louis Stevenson is a collection of autobiographical essays that draws on recollections from his early life and on sketches of peopl…
Weir of Hermiston: An Unfinished Romance
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Weir of Hermiston: An Unfinished Romance, by Robert Louis Stevenson, is a novel published in 1896 and set during the Napoleonic Wars. The story follows Archie Weir,…
Worldly Ways & Byways
Gregory, Eliot, 1854-1915
Worldly Ways & Byways is a collection of late-19th-century essays by Eliot Gregory that uses humor and light philosophical reflection to examine social behavior and…
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…
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…
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…
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…