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A Man from the North

Category: Author:阿诺德.本涅特 Arnold Bennett 

This is Bennett's first novel, the story of a young man from the north of England who arrives in London to seek his fortune. By day he works as a clerk in an office but has aspirations of becoming a writer. This young man is easily distracted though and one wonders if he will ever write that first novel.


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The Brethren 24

Category: Author:H. Rider Haggard 

R.M.S. Mongolia, 12th May, 1904 Mayhap, Ella, here too distance lends its enchantment, and these gallant brethren would have quarrelled over Rosamund, or even had their long swords at each other’s throat. Mayhap that Princess and heroine might have failed in the hour of her trial and never earned her saintly crown. Mayhap the good hors...


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Peg Woffington

Category: Author:novel 

'Peg' was supreme in comic parts but was also celebrated for her Shakespearean roles. She was known for her bitter rivalries with other actresses  and for her supposed love affairs, most notably with David Garrick who wrote 'My Lovely Peggy' and other songs 


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Eugenie Grandet

Category: Author:巴尔扎克 Honore De Balzag 

Eugenie Grandet is a quiet tragedy. The eponymous character is the quiet and industrious daughter of a miser. His entire life is devoted to making more money, even faking a stutter to put other people off their guard in business transactions.


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Jerry of the Islands

Category: Author:Jack London杰克·伦敦 

The action was placed in the Solomon Islands.  The action was praised by the critics and reviewers as a highly creditable effort of the imagination.  As regards reality—they said there wasn’t any.  Of course, as every one knew, kinky-haired cannibals no longer obtained on the earth’s surface, much less ran around with nothing on, chopp...


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Six Little Bunkers at Grandma Bell's

Category: Author:Laura Lee Hope 

 "There! It's all done, so I guess we can get on and start off! All aboard! Toot! Toot!" Russ Bunker made a noise like a steamboat whistle. 


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The Four Feathers四片羽毛

Category: Author:A.E.W. Mason 

The novel tells the story of British officer, Harry Feversham, who resigns his commission in the East Surrey Regiment just prior to Sir Garnet Wolseley's 1882 expedition to Egypt to suppress the rising of Urabi Pasha.


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Tales of a Traveller

Category: Author:Irving Washington华盛顿·欧文 

Tales of a Traveller, by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1824) is a collection of essays and short stories composed by Washington Irving while he was living in Europe, primarily in Germany and Paris.


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Three Thousand Dollars

Category: Author:Anna Katharine Green 

A plan for a daring robbery is hatched between a professional criminal and an unscrupulous office manager. 


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The Moon Maid

Category: Author:Edgar Rice Burroughs 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯 

In The Moon Maid, Julian is the commander of a spaceship that blasts off for Mars, or Barsoom, after contact is made with the famous Virginian John Carter on the Red Planet. 


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