Honoré de Balzac 
Der Ball von Sceaux [EPUB ebook] 

Falling In With Fortune is a fictional novel written by Horatio Alger Jr. It is a complete story in itself, but it is the second of the two book volumes, the first is known as "Out For Business. …

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 Tallien …

"On Picket Duty, and Other Tales" by using Louisa May Alcott is a captivating series of short testimonies that showcases the writer’s versatility and storytelling prowess. The anthology com …

Perhaps the inspiration for the show the Amazing Race, Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne is the story of the eccentric Englishman Phileas Fogg and his trusty French valet Passepartout, who, …

"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 …

Winter in the Air comprises eighteen short stores written between 1938 and 1955. Despite the time span Sylvia Townsend Warner”s biographer, Claire Harman, considers this collection the first ”to se …

"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 heartwa …

"The Fortunes of Philippa: A School Story" by Angela Brazil is a captivating children’s literature work that invites readers into the vibrant world of a British boarding school. As a distin …

Everyone knows that Bertolt Brecht was one of the great 20th-century innovators in theatre – the literary-theatrical equivalent of a Picasso or Stravinsky – and Germany”s greatest poet of the last c …

First published in 1990. Although one of Jules Verne”s lesser known novels, as part of his ”Extraordinary Voyages” collection, there is still much to enjoy about ”The Floating Island”*. Written …