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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…
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 …
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…
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…
The Certain Hour (Dizain des Poëtes)
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958
The Certain Hour by James Branch Cabell is a collection of literary reflections and narratives that examines artistic ambition, creativity, and the complications of…
Remember the Alamo
Barr, Amelia E., 1831-1919
The story is set in San Antonio, Texas, in the period leading up to the Mexican-American conflict, when tensions rise among American settlers, Mexicans, and Native …
Laddie: A True Blue Story
Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924
Laddie: A True Blue Story by Gene Stratton-Porter is a fictional narrative focused on the close bond between Laddie, an older brother, and his younger sister, refer…
The Lost Continent
Hyne, C. J. Cutcliffe, 1866-1944
“The Lost Continent” is a 1899 fantasy novel that reimagines the legend of Atlantis by drawing on Plato’s account and incorporating elements of Greek mythology. The…
The House of Mirth
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
The House of Mirth is a novel by Edith Wharton, first published in 1905. Set in New York City during the 1890s, it follows Lily Bart, a 29-year-old woman whose beau…
The Reef
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
The Reef, published in 1912, is a novel by Edith Wharton. The story follows American diplomat George Darrow as he reconnects with his former love, the widowed Anna …
Eothen; Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East
Kinglake, Alexander William, 1809-1891
Eothen: Or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East by A. W. Kinglake is a mid-19th century travel narrative that follows the author’s journey from Europe into …
Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of Honolulu
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of Honolulu” takes the form of a passionate defense of Father Damien against harsh …
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