In the harsh, unforgiving wilderness of the Klondike, a man must be forged in the fire of experience or perish in the cold. Kit "Smoke" Bellew, a young, well-to-do San...

Milly Darrell is a Victorian novel of youth, vulnerability, and moral trial. Sent from home to study at a Yorkshire school, gentle Milly faces loneliness and the loss of familiar...

Men's Wives by William Makepeace Thackeray is a collection of interconnected sketches and stories exploring the complexities of marriage, gender roles, and domestic life in...

American ambulance driver John Estridge navigates the chaos of Russia's revolutionary turmoil, helping Palla Dumont, companion to the Grand Duchess Marie Romanoff. Facing danger...

Passing of the Third Floor Back by Jerome K. Jerome tells the story of a mysterious stranger who rents a room in a bleak London boarding house and quietly transforms the lives of...

Burmese Days is the first novel by English writer George Orwell, published in 1934. Set in British Burma during the waning days of empire, when Burma was ruled from Delhi as part...

Oblomov is the second novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is the central character of the novel, portrayed as the ultimate...

Cousin Pons is one of the last of the 94 novels and short stories that make up Honoré de Balzac’s Comédie humaine. The book was originally published as a...

Sadist had made a commitment, one that didn't include a woman, at least not one of his own, but was it possible he could have more?Sadist had lived the last ten years with one...

A young woman torn between love and money. A ruthless father who values gold above everything. A promise that could change a life forever. In the quiet town of Saumur,...