In this piercing and elegant novella, Edith Wharton explores the corrosive price of betrayal and the possibility of moral redemption. Desperate for the money needed to marry the...

In this masterly psychological novel, Edith Wharton crafts a gripping drama of love, betrayal, and moral consequence. Journeying to a French chateau to wed his widowed first love,...

In this poignant and intense novella, Edith Wharton examines the haunting weight of moral conscience and the redeeming power of maternal love. When young Kate Orme discovers her...

In this witty collection of Edwardian mysteries, eccentric retired judge Basil Grant solves bizarre London puzzles not by cold deduction, but through poetic intuition. Accompanied...

In this sparkling collection of Edwardian essays, mundane everyday trifles become portals to profound wonder and philosophy. Armed with his trademark wit and dazzling paradox,...

In this brilliant and affectionate travelogue, Chesterton records his 1921 journey across the United States with trademark paradox and philosophical depth. Observing everything...

In this compelling collection of political mystery tales, brilliant amateur sleuth Horne Fisher solves baffling crimes among Britain's ruling elite. Accompanied by journalist...

The Death of Ivan Ilyich first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, considered one of the masterpieces of his late fiction, written shortly after his religious...

Father Théréau, the parish priest of a small village in the French Pyrenees and a former missionary in Africa, is found dead. It appears to be a suicide –...

Howard Pyle’s Within the Capes is a gripping 19th-century maritime romance and adventure. Young Quaker Tom Granger leaves home for the perilous life of a sailor, determined to...