The orphan Kim, whose father was an Irish soldier, makes his living by begging on the streets of Lahore and running errands.

Chrétien de Troyes' Four Arthurian Romances continued and expanded on existing Arthurian legends, but began the Arthurian Romance genre, so popular in Medieval literature.

From the author: My aim, after summarizing the sociology of the Chinese as a prerequisite to the understanding of their ideas and sentiments, and dealing as fully as possible, consistently with limitations of space.

The Education of Henry Adams is the autobiography of the Bostonian Henry Adams.

In the South Seas is a collection of Robert Louis Stevenson's articles and essays on his travels in the Pacific.

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

Arnold Bennett's The Grand Babylon Hotel, from 1902, tells the story of a German prince mysteriously disappearing.

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

The Napoleon of Notting Hill is a futuristic novel set in London in 1984. Chesterton envisions neither great technological leaps nor totalitarian suppression.

The Haunted Bookshop speaks of the ghosts that inhabit all places of books - the ghosts of all great literature.

Beyond Lies the Wub was the first story ever published by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick.

Conrad reputedly wrote Under Western Eyes (1911) in response to Crime and Punishment, which he detested.

An Outcast of the Islands is Joseph Conrad's second novel, first published in 1896 and inspired by Conrad's time as mate of the steamer The Vigar.

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 is a novel about post-World War I youth and their morality.

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

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

Parnassus on Wheels is a novel by Christopher Morley, published in 1917.

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