Jennie Gerhardt is a destitute young woman. While working in a hotel in Columbus, Ohio, Jennie meets George Brander, a United State Senator, who becomes infatuated with her. He...

The story is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War, when France and Great Britain battled for control of North America. During this war, the French depended on its Native...

The first collection of short stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the master of the jazz age. The collection includes: The Offshore Pirate, The Ice Palace, Head and Shoulders,...

The Greek hero Odysseus, also known as Ulysses in Roman myths is returning home after the fall of Troy. It takes Odysseus ten years to reach Ithaca after the ten year Trojan War....

Three Men on the Bummel is a sequel to equally popular humorous novel Three Men in a Boat. The sequel brings back the three companions, this time on a bicycle tour through the...

Lucien Chardon, the son of a lower middle-class father and an impoverished mother of remote aristocratic descent, is the pivotal figure of the entire work. Living at Angouleme, he...

A young Cambridge University professor, Horace Holly, is visited by a colleague, Vincey, who reveals that he will soon die and proceeds to tell Holly a fantastical tale of his...

Kidnapped is a historical adventure novel set around 18th-century Scottish events, notably the Appin Murder, which occurred near Ballachulish in the aftermath of the Jacobite...

An ardent activist, champion of political reform, novelist, and progressive journalist, Upton Sinclair is perhaps best known today for The Jungle — his devastating...

A House of Pomegranates offers an eclectic collection of Oscar Wilde tales which he considered as 'intended neither for the British child nor the British public.' The stories here...