The Blockade Runners Adventure Action History "The Blockade Runners" (French: Les forceurs de blocus) is an 1865 novella by Jules Verne. In 1871 it was published in single volume together with nov... The Blockade Runners 37 Views Jules Verne
Great Expectations Novel Great Expectations is written in the first person and is virtually a fictional autobiography of “Pip” from his childhood, through often painful experi... Great Expectations 83 Views Charles Dickens
The Count of Monte Cristo Adventure History Novel Written by French author Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo follows the life of Edmond Dantes as he embarks on a journey of revenge after bein... The Count of Monte Cristo 146 Views Alexandre Dumas
El Dorado Adventure Fiction History Novel El Dorado, by Baroness Orczy is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. It was first published in 1913. The novel is notab... El Dorado 46 Views Baroness Emmuska Orczy
The Man in the Iron Mask Fiction Novel The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas is part of the novel The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years After, published in serial form between 1857-50.... The Man in the Iron Mask 20 Views Alexandre Dumas
Little Dorrit Fiction Novel Little Dorrit is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child... Little Dorrit 24 Views Charles Dickens
Prisoner for Blasphemy Memoir George William Foote, a British secularist, was convicted and imprisoned on the charge of blasphemy after founding "The Freethinker", a magazine that,... Prisoner for Blasphemy 12 Views George William Foote
For the Term of His Natural Life Fiction Novel For the Term of his Natural Life, written by Marcus Clarke, was published in the Australian Journal between 1870 and 1872 (as His Natural Life), appea... For the Term of His Natural Life 16 Views Marcus Clarke
My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum Memoir It's a very interesting story from a man broken by an absurd system trying to recount what happened to him in order to at least come to terms with it... My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum 28 Views Herman Charles Merivale
The Escaping Club Memoir War It covers his time in the German camp. He introduces us to quite a cast of characters as they harass the guards and escape from the camp. It does drag... The Escaping Club 34 Views A.J. Evans
Charles Dickens Non-Fiction Biography Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by... Charles Dickens 20 Views Gilbert K. Chesterton
South African Memories Memoir War Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson was the aunt of Winston Spencer Churchill. In 1899 she became the first woman war correspondent when she was recrui... South African Memories 19 Views Lady Sarah Wilson
The Ballad of Reading Gaol Poetry This poem is mainly based on an execution that took place while he was in the prison. Making it the center of theme, Wild goes on to expose the dire c... The Ballad of Reading Gaol 41 Views Oscar Wilde
Uncle's Dream Novel Uncle’s Dream by Fyodor Dostoyevsky was written following his five year exile to Siberia where he was sent to serve in a hard labor camp. Following wh... Uncle's Dream 20 Views Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Michael Strogoff Political Science Michael Strogoff, a 30-year-old native of Omsk, is a courier for Tsar Alexander II of Russia. The Tartar Khan (prince), Feofar Khan, incites a rebelli... Michael Strogoff 8 Views Jules Verne