Books in English in United Kingdom

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…

A Girl of the Limberlost Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924 A Girl of the Limberlost is a novel by Gene Stratton-Porter, published in August 1909. The story is set in Indiana’s vanishing Limberlost Swamp and centers on Elnor…

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Apocrypha

Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha Anonymous This anonymous collection brings together deuterocanonical biblical texts associated with certain Christian traditions. Compiled from writings of the late Second Te…

At the Earth's Core Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950 When mining heir David Innes and inventor Abner Perry test an experimental drilling machine, they end up burrowing far into the Earth’s crust and uncovering Pelluci…

The Return of the Native Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 The Return of the Native is a novel by Thomas Hardy published in 1878, unfolding entirely on Egdon Heath over the course of a year. The story interweaves the lives …

Northanger Abbey Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 Northanger Abbey is a coming-of-age novel by Jane Austen, completed in 1799 and published posthumously in 1817. It centers on Catherine Morland, a naïve seventeen-y…

Treasure Island Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894; Rhead, Louis, 1857-1926 [Illustrator] Set in 1883, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson follows young Jim Hawkins after he discovers a mysterious map in a dead pirate’s sea chest. Believing it coul…

A Tramp Abroad Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 A Tramp Abroad is a travel literature work by Mark Twain, published in 1880. It follows Twain and his companion Harris as they move through Germany, the Alps, and I…

Cover of Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet

Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet Electronic Frontier Foundation; Gaffin, Adam [Author of introduction, etc.]; Kapor, Mitchell [Author of introduction, etc.] Big Dummy’s Guide to the Internet, produced by the Electronic Frontier Foundation in the early 1990s, is designed for readers with little or no experience in networ…