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"Guy Garrick" by Arthur B. Reeve is a classic detective fiction novel that showcases the ingenuity of its titular sleuth. This gripping tale falls squarely within the detective fiction …

The Scarlet Pimpernel series by Baroness Orczy includes the novel The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel. The story begins in Paris in April 1794, when Theresia Cabarrus is betrothed to Citizen …

"The Cricket on the Hearth" is a novella written by Charles Dickens. The Peerybingle family and their lovely home, where a joyful cricket dwells on the hearth, are the focus of this …

"The Maid of Sker" by R. D. Blackmore is a gripping gothic romance novel that transports readers to the misty hills of Wales, where Victorian literature meets the eerie allure of folklore. …

George Lewis Becke (1848-1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist. He began his voyages in the south seas at a very early age and there are two accounts of these beginnings: one by the …

Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the …

Hardy”s masterpiece traces a poor stonemason”s ill-fated romance with his free-spirited cousin. No Victorian institution is spared — marriage, religion, education — and the outrage following public …

"Gloria Victis!" is an ancient historical romance story book written by Ossip Schubin. Early 19th-century Germany, described through instability in politics and revolutionary movements. The …

"A Fourth Form Friendship: A School Story" by Angela Brazil is a captivating work of children’s literature that immerses readers in the world of a British boarding school. As a renowned …