Fiction
Within the Tides
This collection of four Joseph Conrad tales was first published in 1916 and includes The Panther of Malta, The Partner, The Inn of the Two Witches and Because of the Dollars.
Twice Told Tales
Nathaniel Hawthorne?s Twice Told Tales is a collection of previously published short stories which reflect the author?s continuing preoccupation with the ethical problems of sin, punishment and atonement.
The Old Curiosity Shop
Young, sweet Nell’s life is thrown into disarray when her grandfather's debts catch up with him. When moneylender Daniel Quilp, takes over their shop to repay the debt, Nell and her grandfather are forced to escape to find another life.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
When the divine Dorian Gray sits to have his portrait painted, he makes a wish that his picture would age in his place, with nightmarish repercussions. The Picture of Dorian Gray, is both timeless and a gothic masterpiece.
The Wrong Box
A strange tale of inheritance, mistaken identity and a misplaced corpse, The Wrong Box was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne.
The War of the Worlds
"No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man?s..." The War of the Worlds is the literary predecessor to invasion stories like ?Independence Day?.
The Secret Agent
Set in 19th Century England The Secret Agent is an intriguing story of espionage, counter-espionage and corruption on both sides of the law.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
In 1836, the young Charles Dickens was suddenly propelled to fame on the back of a monthly piece commissioned by Chapman & Hall. These installments were collected together in 1837 and were published as The Pickwick Papers.
The Bunner Sisters
The Bunner Sisters (1892) takes place in a shabby neighborhood in New York City. The two Bunner sisters, Ann Eliza the elder, and Evelina the younger, keep a small shop selling artificial flowers and small handsewn articles to Stuyvesant Square's "female population".