Honoré de Balzac 
The Imaginary Mistress by Honoré de Balzac — Delphi Classics (Illustrated) [EPUB ebook] 

Here are a dozen tales of passion, revenge, greed, and murder-the final adventures of the great detective, as recounted by the master storyteller himself. …

Originally published in 1913, this volume contains the full text of editions one, two and three of The Blue Review – the magazine of literature, drama, art and music — from May 1913 to July 1913. …

In the early and mid-nineteenth century, Marguerite Blessington, who had been born in Ireland but spent most of her life in London, became a famous salonnière; she was generally regarded as an import …

From Doctor to Princess? by Annie Claydon He’s her reluctant patient…But might she soon be his royal fiancée?Dr Nell Maitland escaped her unpleasant former boss to become private physician to Dr Hugo …

Hot Mediterranean seduction!Greek tycoon Zach has one mission: to track down the long-lost granddaughter of the mentor who helped him rise from the streets of Athens to unrivalled success. But Zach q …

"The First Four Books of Xenophon’s Anabasis" is an ancient historical book written by Xenophon. Authored by Xenophon, a prominent figure in ancient Greek literature, this collection is a c …

First published in 1956. Arthur Waley here presents an engrossing account of the works and life of Yuan Mei (1716-1797), the best-known poet of his time. Gaiety is the keynote of his works and the po …

The essays in this volume examine questions such as Dickens’ symbolism, his political attitudes, his psychological tensions and his artistry. They are also concerned with aspects of Dickens which hav …

First Published in 1966. In experience of many years in conducting a course in Goethe»s Faust, trying to present to students of varied types and training the background out of which the drama grew, …

First published in 1969, this title examines the works of Jonathan Swift from both a literary and an historical perspective. W. A. Speck first presents Swift in his historical context, analysing in p …