In Trust

Fred M. White

Friday is a busy night in Westbury, because this evening several thousand people get their weekly salary. There are spinning mills and iron foundries in Westbury, not to mention the growing shipping trade. Roland Thornycroft had the air of a dissipated man who carefully conceals his vices, and, truth to say, appearances were not far wide of the mark.On the one hand a burgeoning city, on the other a city where people work, unaware of time.

The Red Triangle

Arthur Morrison

Fourth and last collection of detective fiction featuring Martin Hewitt, a famous private detective whose methods closely resemble those of Sherlock Holmes. The plot lines of all six linked sensation stories in this collection center on the mystery of the Red Triangle, a group of villains known only from the Red Triangle left stamped on the heads of their victims, and the actions of Martin Hewitt and his narrator, esteemed journalist Mr. Brett, in bringing the members of that group to justice. This work includes the following stories: The affair of Samuels diamonds, The case of Mr. Jacob Mason, The case of the Lever Key, The case of the burnt barn, The case of the Admiralty code and The adventure of Channel Marsh.

The Man-Stealers

M.P. Shiel

In The Man-Stealers we have the French plot to kidnap the Duke of Wellington to avenge Napoleons imprisonment. Matthew Phipps Shiel (18651947) was a prolific British writer of West Indian descent. His legal surname remained Shiell though he adopted the shorter version as a de facto pen name. He is remembered mostly for supernatural and scientific romances. His work was published as serials, novels, and as short stories. The Purple Cloud (1901; 1929) remains his most famous and often reprinted novel. If you havent discovered the joys of Shiel s mysteries there is a good place to start.

Ten Years Later

Alexandre Dumas

The dArtagnan Romances are a set of three novels by Alexandre Dumas telling the story of the musketeer dArtagnan from his humble beginnings in Gascony to his death as a marshal of France in the Siege of Maastricht in 1673. It is May 1660 and the fate of nations is at stake. Mazarin plots, Louis XIV is in love, and Raoul de Bragelonne, son of Athos, is intent on serving France and winning the heart of Louise de la Valliere. DArtagnan, meanwhile, is perplexed by a mysterious stranger, and soon he learns that his old comrades already have great projects in hand. Athos seeks the restoration of Charles II, while Aramis, with Porthos in tow, has a secret plan involving a masked prisoner and the fortification of the island of Belle-Ile. DArtagnan finds a thread leading him to the French court, the banks of the Tyne, the beaches of Holland, and the dunes of Brittany. The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years Later is the 3rd and largest continuation of the Musketeer saga, following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After.

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens großer Roman zieht den Leser bis heute mit Sprachwitz, Spannung und nicht zuletzt mit der schonungslos realistischen Schilderung der Armut im England seiner Zeit in seinen Bann. Oliver Twist ist eines der berühmtesten Kinderbücher der Welt. Der Waisenjunge Oliver Twist wächst in kläglich Elend auf. Er kommt zu einem Leichenbestatter in die Lehre, flieht ohne einen Pfennig nach London und gerät in die Fänge des Hehlers Fagin, der eine Bande jugendlicher Taschendiebe anführt. Er gerät mitten hinein in die Welt des Verbrechens. Doch Oliver trifft auch auf liebenswerte Menschen, die Mitleid mit ihm haben und ihm helfen. Und schließlich kommt Erstaunliches über seine Herkunft ans Licht.

La Comédie humaine. Volume III. Scenes de la vie privée. Tome III

Honoré de Balzac

Les deux comédies humaines La vieille fille et Un mené de garçon nous révelent tous les tenants et les aboutissants de la personne: le désir de profiter aux dépens de quelquun dautre, de séclairer, de trahir. En mme temps, lauteur ne prend pas la position dobservateur extérieur propos de tout ce qui se passe, il évalue au contraire assez séverement les maux dans lesquels une personne est embourbée. La vieille fille Rosa Cormont et le célibataire Jean-Jacques Rouget sont au centre des récits.

Under His Shirt

Max Brand

If you enjoy a fast moving Western dealing with vengeance and well-deserved payback, youll like "Under His Shirt" by Max Brand (1923). Fascinating characters, action-packed adventure, skillful literary description, and a plot that keeps you guessing - Max Brands "Under His Shirt" offers something to appeal to every reader, whether youre a confirmed fan of the genre or someone who is dipping into Western for the first time. Faust wrote more than 500 novels and over 400 short stories & novellas using twenty pseudonyms, including George Owen Baxter, George Challis, Evan Evans, John Frederick, Frederick Frost, David Manning & Peter Morland.

The Shanty Sled

Hulbert Footner

This story is something vital, but very tragic. The main character decides to travel from New York to northwestern Canada to see her mother, who sent her to New York twenty years ago. She falls in love with a local catcher, and then an evil fur trader tries to intervene.