Fiction
Hard Times
Hard Times, is perhaps most remarkable for its brevity. The normally prolific and wordy Dickens’ short novel is a moving complaint against contemporary utilitarianism, counterbalanced by a look at the necessity of entertainment.
The Altar of the Dead
Henry James' short novels provide an overview of his entire career and serve as an excellent introduction to his singular art and imagination. The Altar of the Dead (1909) is about a man so trapped in the past that he has pushed life and love aside.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The murky and mysterious back streets of turn of the century London are a perfect setting for these absorbing and intriguing mysteries. The astute Holmes and his side kick, Watson, pit their wits against the clandestine and cryptic in these classic detective stories.
The Black Robe
Henry James wrote in 1865, “To Mr Collins belongs the credit of having introduced into fiction those most mysterious of mysteries, the mysteries which are at our own doors.” The Black Robe is one such mystery.
The Master of Ballantrae
Set in Scotland during the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, in the exotic French indies, and in the North American wilderness, the story has as its hero one of the most compelling yet horrifying studies of evil in nineteenth century fiction - James Durie, Master of Ballantrae.
The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton was born Edith Newbold Jones in New York City on January 24, 1826, the third child and only daughter of George Fredric Jones and Lucretia Stevens Rhinelander. She was privately educated.
Silas Marner
Marian Evans (alias George Eliot) has long been the darling of the literary set. Henry James couldn?t get enough of her and Charlotte Brontë ·ent weak at the knees at the mention of her name. In Silas Marner this adulation is justified.
The House of the Seven Gables
An almost operatic plot told in language that has the precision of architecture.
The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Volume Two
One of the major figures in American literary history, Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was the author of more than 40 works, inluding novels, short stories, poetry, and non-fiction.
The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Volume One
One of the major figures in American literary history, Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was the author of more than 40 works, inluding novels, short stories, poetry, and non-fiction. The first volume includes the following short stories: "Kerfol", "Mrs.