The Peterkins were a lovable but comically inept family that possess ingenuity, logic, resourcefulness, and energy--but not common sense. The general...
In 1881, Mrs. Cecil Hall's brother went to Manitoba to farm. In 1882, she went out for a visit of some two months, and followed that visit with a long...
Humphry Clinker follows a group of characters as they journey through 18th-century England, encountering a colorful cast of personalities and experien...
Published in 1922, "Perfect Behavior" by Donald Ogden Stewart offers a satirical and humorous look at the intricacies of social etiquette in the Roari...
This book presents a collection of medieval French romances, primarily drawn from the "Lays" of Marie de France. These tales explore themes of love, c...
In a suspenseful journey on the Engadine express from Calais to England, an army officer, Colonel Basil Annesley, finds himself sharing the train with...
In George Griffith's "Honeymoon in Space," Miss Lilla Zaidie Rennick, a young woman on a transatlantic voyage to England, faces a forced marriage to t...
Sir Charles Grandison, a multi-volume epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, tells the story of Harriet Byron, a young woman of virtue and intelligenc...
This poem by Marcus Clarke explores the complex and often contradictory nature of human relationships. The speaker of the poem is a man who is deeply...
