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Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson v1.0

G. K. Chesterton said of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson that he seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins.

Sylvie and Bruno Sylvie and Bruno v1.0

Sylvie and Bruno is set in Victorian England and in Fairyland, each setting with their own narrative.

A Room with a View A Room with a View v1.0

A Room with a View is a romance and a social critique of Edwardian society.

Howards End Howards End v1.0

Howards End is a masterful discussion of changing social class-consciousness.

Helen of Troy Helen of Troy v1.0

Scottish writer Andrew Lang is best remember for his prolific collections of folk and fairy tales, but he was also an accomplished poet, literary critic, novelist and contributor in the field of anthropology.

The Critique of Practical Reason The Critique of Practical Reason v1.0

The Critique of Practical Reason is the second of Kant's three Critiques, following Critique of Pure Reason.

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon v1.0

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon is the compilation of 34 short stories and essays by Washington Irving.

The Touchstone The Touchstone v1.0

Stephen Glennard is in desperate need of money; his career is in ruins and he wants to marry his beautiful fiancee.

This Side of Paradise This Side of Paradise v1.0

This Side of Paradise is a novel about post-World War I youth and their morality.

The Valley of Decision The Valley of Decision v1.0

Life at Pontesordo was in truth not very pleasant for an ardent and sensitive little boy of nine.

The Romany Rye The Romany Rye v1.0

The Romany Rye is a fictional, yet highly autobiographical novel by George Borrow, which follows his novel Lavengro.

The Way of All Flesh The Way of All Flesh v1.0

Samuel Butler's The Way of All Flesh follows four generations of the Pontifex family.

All These Things Added All These Things Added v1.0

James Allen's All These Things Added was first published in 1903 and contains both Entering the Kingdom and The Heavenly Life, which were both later published as separate books.

How to Live a Holy Life How to Live a Holy Life v1.0

If the reading of this little book encourages any on their pilgrim way; if it arouses them to greater diligence.

The Joyful Heart The Joyful Heart v1.0

This is a guide-book to joy. It is for the use of the sad, the bored, the tired, anxious, disheartened and disappointed.

The Old Stone House The Old Stone House v1.0

The niece of James Fenimore Cooper and a good friend and correspondent of Henry James, Constance Fenimore Woolson was a well known short story writer in the later part of the 19th century.

Washington Square Washington Square v1.0

Washington Square by Henry James is the story of the gentle, dull Catherine Sloper who falls for the ambivalent Morris Townsend, who her father believes is a fortune hunter.

The Bostonians The Bostonians v1.0

First published in 1886, The Bostonians is one of James' wittiest social satires.

Death - and After? Death - and After? v1.0

Death consists in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing.

The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid v1.0

Thomas Hardy (1840 1928) was a naturalist and writer, whose fiction sits on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution and is filled with an imminent sense of nostalgia for the coming transformation of the British countryside.