A humorous story about a manipulative mother's attempts to arrange a marriage between her beautiful daughter and a wealthy elderly nobleman. The story provides an brilliant...

For years I had been preoccupied with thoughts of love—and by love I mean a noble and sensuous passion, absorbing the energies of the soul, fulfilling destiny, and reducing all...

“The greatest novel of physical love which China has produced.” — Pearl S. BuckA saga of ruthless ambition, murder, and, famously, Chinese erotica, The Golden...

The book tells satiric biographical story of an early 18th century underworld boss Jonathan Wild, from his birth in 1682 until his execution in 1725. Fielding's biography of...

Sylvia Robson lives happily with her parents on a farm, and is passionately loved by her rather dull Quaker cousin Philip. She, however, meets and falls in love with Charlie...

Paul Manning moves to the country at the age of 19 and befriends his mother's family and his second cousin Phillis Holman, who is confused by her own placement at the edge of...

'Dubliners' is James Joyce's attempt to portray a 'slice of life' of his beloved capital in fifteen short stories recording events in the lives of its...

In this volume we enter hidden world of cats, discover their ways of life, how cat mothers teach their kittens important wisdoms and lessons of life. The humorous tales are told...

"Life on the Mississippi" (1883) is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War, and also a travel...

Prester John tells the story of a young Scotsman named David Crawfurd and his adventures in South Africa, where a Zulu uprising is tied to the medieval legend of Prester John....