before 1945

"The School by the Sea" by Angela Brazil is a delightful children’s literature classic that transports readers to the enchanting world of a British boarding school nestled along the picture …

Chesterton wrote several writings for the London Daily News, which are collected in the book All Things Considered. While some of the issues are entertaining, some seem to be a bit serious. The book …

The Beautiful and the Damned is F. Scott Fitzgerald”s second book, published in 1922, which portrays the lives of a young, wealthy, and pleasure-seeking couple, Anthony and Gloria Patch. Anthony is …

"The Great Prince Shan" by E. Phillips Oppenheim is an enthralling espionage thriller classic that delves into the shadowy world of British spy fiction. Set against the backdrop of politica …

The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes is the fifth volume of the Rover Boys Series for readers of all ages and is a stand-alone novel. The brother’s Dick, Tom, and Sam of the rowdy Rover Boys continue th …

‘I just—I don’t belong there. I don’t know how else to explain it.’ Persephone doesn’t fit into the mystical underworld of the Greek gods, especially now that she is being forced to wed Henry, the bo …

This book contains easy-to-read retellings of John Lyly”s MOTHER BOMBIE and SAPPHO and PHAO.Do you know a language other than English? If you do, I give you permission to translate this book, copyri …

A penetrating analysis of the stagnation and paralysis of Dublin society. The stories incorporate epiphanies, by which Joyce meant a sudden consciousness of the soul of a thing. …

The Trampling Of The Lilies is a historical fiction novel written by Rafael Sabatini. The novel starts four years prior to the French Revolution and moves quickly to the Revolution. The protagonist L …

"Whitefoot the Wood Mouse" is a delightful children’s book written by Thornton W. Burgess, an acclaimed author renowned for his stories featuring anthropomorphic animal characters. This sto …