Fiction Classics Books

And then a day came in which an attempt was made by a large body of convicts, under his leadership, to get the better of the officers of the prison. It is hardly necessary to say that the attempt failed. Such attempts always fail. It failed on this occasion signally, and Trow, with two other men...

The story begins with strange lights and sounds reported in the skies over Europe. The events are capped by the mysterious appearance of a black flag atop the Eiffel Tower. These events are all the work of the mysterious Robur, a brilliant inventor who intrudes on a meeting of a...

Scott's magnificent novel recreates the drama and the strange mixture of assurance and profound unease of the age of Elizabeth through the story of Amy Robsart.

This sequel to Eight Cousins follows Rose as she returns to Aunt Hill after traveling and tries to establish herself as an independent young woman.  The story begins when Rose comes back from a long trip to Europe. Everyone is well altered and as a joke, when she arrives home, she lines up her...

Set in San Francisco, this is the story of Martin Eden, an impoverished seaman who pursues, obsessively and aggressively, dreams of education and literary fame.

Salute To Adventure is an exciting chronicle featuring conflicts of man vs. nature and man vs. man alike. Action, self-discovery, and the resolve to make the most of one's life distinguish this involving narrative.

Lady Baltimore is the classic novel of post-Civil War Charleston life, in the process of healing the wounds of war through the reconciliation of Northerners and Southerners.

Sir Percy, the Scarlet Pimpernel, plans to rescue the young Dauphin, but his travelmate, Armand St. Just, betrays him, and he is imprisoned.

A Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood Advice to Maiden, Wife and Mother Love, Courtship, and Marriage

In this FREE e-Book, the brilliant English caricaturist and critic, Max Beerbohm turns his comic spotlight on the fantastic Fin-de-Siecle (turn/end of the Century) world of the 1890's--the age of Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley, the young Yeats, as well his own (Beerbohm) first success. Download...