The Ball and the Cross is G. K. Chesterton's third novel. In the introduction Martin Gardner notes that it is a "mixture of fantasy, farce and theolog...
Un brillant notaire parisien, Alfred L'Ambert, épris d’une danseuse de ballet de quatorze ans est provoqué en duel par son rival turc après une alterc...
In "The Blonde Lady," Arsène Lupin, the charming and cunning gentleman thief, once again faces off against his formidable adversary, the English detec...
Alexander Pushkin's 'Schuss' is a novella that tells the story of a young man named Ivan Petrovich Belkin who is insulted by a fellow officer, Silvio....
This poem details the return of Count Lara to England after years spent in the East. Upon inheriting his ancestral estate, he faces envy and conflict...
This novel, written by Thomas Mayne Reid during a period of personal hardship following a gunshot injury, follows the story of Clancy, a frontiersman...
Amends for Ladies is a Jacobean city comedy that follows three women as they debate which has the better lot: a maid, a wife, or a widow. Lady Honour,...
La Main enchantée, also known as "La Main de gloire," is a fantastical and macabre novella by Gérard de Nerval. This story, written with a darkly humo...
Set of Six is a collection of six short stories by Joseph Conrad. Each story explores a different aspect of the human condition, from the destructive...
This book is a collection of documents related to the death of Alexander Hamilton, a prominent American Founding Father. It includes items such as let...
