The Crimson Gardenia

Rex Beach

The royal yacht dropped anchor to the roar of the cannons, and the king went ashore. The city was hung with flags; a thousand whistles sounded. Up the garlanded streets, His Majesty was led between long lines of blue-coated officers, followed by an impatient crowd for miles after miles.

Homeward Bound, or, the Chase. A Tale of the Sea

James Fenimore Cooper

The storyline is centered around a sea voyage. The storys subtitle is The Chase and it picks up right away as the authorities try to get back a passenger who apparently owes money to the father of his new fiancée.

Sketches by Boz. Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People

Charles Dickens

Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836. The 56 sketches concern London scenes and people and are divided into four sections: Our Parish, Scenes, Characters, and Tales. The material in the first three of these sections is non-fiction. The last section comprises fictional stories. It was Dickenss first book, published when he was twenty-four, and in it we find him walking the London streets, in theatres, pawnshops, law-courts, prisons, along the Thames, and on the omnibus, missing nothing, recording and transforming urban and suburban life into new terrain for literature. Originally, the sketches were published in various newspapers and periodicals from 1833-1836 before being published collectively in one volume. If you enjoy the works of Charles Dickens then this collection is highly recommended for your book collection.

The Younger Set

This is one of Chambers most popular novels. It has been translated into several other languages around the world. The story begins with who Selwyn is. Lots of questions, lots of mysteries. But that just makes it more interesting to read.

A Changed Man and Other Tales

Thomas Hardy

The stories that make up The Changed Man were written at different points in Hardys life, but this collection was not published until 1913. Hardy wrote really excellent short stories many of his stories had the scope and complexity of a full-length novel. This collection of twelve stories; Tales of soldiers, shepherds, milkmaids and dukes often contain some elements of the creepy or supernatural to some extent.

The Professors House

Willa Cather

When Professor Godfrey St. Peter and his wife move into a new home, he begins to feel dissatisfied with the new turn in life. He continues his scientific work in his dusty laboratory in an old house, trying to return to his old life. Two of his daughters get married and leave their home, two sons-in-law appear in the family. This provokes a midlife crisis, making the professor feel like he has lost his will to live due to a lack of purpose.

Les Quatre Filles du docteur Marsch

Louisa May Alcott

Guerre civile américaine en Amérique. Le Dr March a rejoint larmée du Nord, ne laissant que sa femme et ses quatre filles, quatre surs aux tempéraments et aux passions opposés. Meg est sentimentale, Beth aime la musique, Joe est la fois un garçon manqué et un écrivain novice.

Jack Sheppard

William Harrison Ainsworth

Set in the eighteenth century, the novel is a retelling of the story of real-life criminal turned tragic anti-hero Jack Sheppard. The sensational melodrama tells about the life of the eponymous anti-hero.

Bettina. Komedia w jednym akcie

Alfred de Musset

Bettina to śpiewaczka operowa zakochana w uzależnionym od hazardu baronie Steinbergu. Na jego prośbę porzuca scenę i zamieszkuje w jego posiadłości we Włoszech. Pomimo wielu próśb baron nie zamierza rezygnować dla ukochanej ze swoich pasji. Na jej nieszczęście należy do nich gra w karty u mieszkającej po sąsiedzku księżnej. W końcu Steinberg przegrywa w grze większość swego majątku i uświadamia sobie, że nie będzie w stanie utrzymać swojej żony. Jednocześnie wciąż nie chce, aby ta wróciła na scenę. W noc, kiedy postanawia się odegrać, w pałacu pojawia się Margrabia Stefani, który niegdyś był wielbicielem Bettiny...

Ihak mądry osioł. Powieść dla młodzieży

Kazimierz Rosinkiewicz

Ihak mądry osioł opowiada o przygodach wybitnie inteligentnego osiołka tak zabawnych, jak i pouczających. Kazimierz Rosinkiewicz (18651940) polski pisarz, autor książek dla dzieci i młodzieży, a także wynalazca. Propagował idee postępu, w książkach szczepił dzieciom wartości wynikające z partnerstwa, przyjaźni i życia w zgodzie ze społeczeństwem.

Kejsarn av Portugallien

Selma Lagerlöf

Kejsarn av Portugallien är en roman av den svenska författarinnan Selma Lagerlöf. Romanen utspelas p 1860- eller 1870-talet i Lagerlöfs hembygd i Värmland och handlar om torparen Jan i Skrolycka. Han älskar sin dotter över allt annat men när hon flyttar till Stockholm och aldrig hör av sig, sjunker han in i en drömvärld där hon är förnäm kejsarinna av Portugallien och han tror ocks att han är kejsare. Hela hans tillvaro domineras av tankarna p hennes terkomst och vad som d ska ske. I rollen som kejsare bosatt i den fattiga skogsbygden kan han ifrgasätta traktens sociala hierarkier: iförd sina kejserliga regalier sätter han sig längst fram i kyrkan, tar plats vid honnörsbordet p bjudningar och han försöker umgs med traktens godsägare.

Thelma

Marie Corelli

A love story written by someone who was touched by the beautiful scenery of Norway, as evidenced by the detailed descriptions of the place. Its very fast paced, and while youre afraid of a tragic end, its not like that at all. It folds magically and you put the book down with a sigh, thoughtful, as love stories always do.

Death Comes for the Archbishop

Willa Cather

The novel tells about the life of a French missionary in the southwestern United States. In the center of the novel are two Frenchmen, Bishop Jean Latour and Father Joseph Veillant, who left Europe and devoted their entire adult lives to creating a new Catholic parish in Santa Fe after the Mexican War.

The Canary Murder Case

S.S. Van Dine

One of the best novels by the little American detective writer Van Dyne, The Canary Killing Case, takes the reader to New York sixty years ago, where amateur detective Filo Vance, a literary relative of Sherlock Holmes, brilliantly uses the deductive method to find the killer of the star Broadway at night nicknamed Canary.

Larramees Ranch

Max Brand

Larramees Ranch is another great and entertaining Max Brand novel! This is quite a change of pace for Max Brand. His hero Tom Holden is a bookish young man with a bad leg, no money, and no experience with firearms. When he sets out to make his fortune, he has no real prospects but through a series of bluffs he outwits a killer, faces down a town bully, makes a considerable bundle of money for himself. Then he announces he will marry Alexa Larrame, the beautiful blue-eyed daughter of the wealthiest rancher around even though hed never even met her! But now he has a lot more than just a rash promise to live up to. He is being accused of committing several robberies and murders in a town where the strong make the laws and enforce them with bullets!

Trouble for Lucia

E.F. Benson

Lucia is now rich, happily married, and Mayor of Tilling but the village gossip is in full swing and Lucias arch-rival Miss Elizabeth Mapp is out for revenge. Their epic collisions rock their small society and provide the narrative engines for Bensons gloriously farcical masterpieces. Will Lucia fall at the final hurdle? Delightfully witty and shamelessly entertaining, this is a fitting finale to the series E.F. Bensons au reservoir!