Svengali, a rogue, masterful musician and hypnotist seduces, dominates and exploits Trilby, a young Irish girl. Svengali promises and makes Trilby a famous singer in Paris. It was...

The Innocents Abroad is a travel book by American author Mark Twain which humorously chronicles his travels on board the chartered vessel Quaker City through Europe and the Holy...

It follows a Sapphire given to a Captain Michael Crowther by his Burmese wife who he is deserting. When he finally decides to return to them he finds them now out of his reach and...

The Shadow-Line is a short novel based at sea by Joseph Conrad. The novella depicts the development of a young man upon taking a captaincy in the Orient, with the shadow line of...

"Me-Smith" is the first novel by Caroline Lockhart (1911).Caroline Cameron Lockhart (1871–1962) was an American journalist and author.A failed actress, she...

During an anniversary hike at Mt. Diablo in California, Dan and Nancy see a meteor in the sky. Suddenly, it changes course, crashing immediately in front of them.They wake up in...

Ralph Henry Barbour (Also wrote, with L.H. Bickford, as Richard Stillman Powell)(November 13, 1870 – February 19, 1944) was an American novelist, who wrote popular works of...

“Peter Pan and Wendy” is the most famous work of J. M. Barrie, which was published in the form of play in 1904 and then of fiction in 1911. Both versions tell the...

Set in England in the 1920’s, this story is about a father’s love, devotion and sacrifice for his beloved son. Captain Sorrell returns from the war to find his wife...

Lauren is a lonely housewife, living with a husband who's rarely home because of his work. When he is home, he's too tired to do anything with her and their dry spell in their...