Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers. "A Double-Barreled Detective Story" is a somewhat unusual short story. Twain takes Sherlock Holmes, world-famous detective, the creation of Sir Arthur Doyle, and puts him in an unusual setting, a small town in the American west, where our hero must solve a mystery.
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. A Set of Six I contains three stories including The Informeran, The Brutean and Gaspar Ruiz, an enthralling novel of inspirational rise from obscurity to light.
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. A Set of Six II contains three stories including An Anarchista, Il Condea and The Duel, both satiric and deeply sad tale about two officers in Napoleon`s Grand Army who, under a futile pretext, fought an on-going series of duels throughout the Napoleonic Wars.
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. His story A Smile of Fortune is a masterly tale of misplaced loyalty, family feuds, and illicit bargaining. Embarking in the tropics, a ship`s captain makes the instant acquaintance of a seemingly genial Mr. Jacobus and his irritable brother.
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set largely in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. The Allan`s Wife novel celebrated Allan Quatermain series, this book tells more stories of Quartermain`s time in South Africa — presenting his observations about two dueling witch doctors, his father`s death, and, eventually, the fate of his wife, Stella.
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. "An Exciting Christmas Eve" is a wonderful collection of selected short stories like "That Veteran", "The Winning Shot" and "An Exciting Christmas Eve or, My Lecture on Dynamite." .
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. His most famous works are "Treasure Island" and "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde". Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. "An Inland Voyage" is a travelogue about authors canoeing trip through France and Belgium in 1876. This book is one of Stevensons early works pioneering the genre of outdoor literature.
Howard Lovecraft was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Despite the fact that he was virtually unknown before he died, today he is known as the most influential author in his genre. "At the Mountains of Madness" is a science fiction-horror novella. The story details the events of a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic continent, and what was found there by a group of explorers led by the narrator, Dr. William Dyer.
Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. The story of the novel "Before Adam" is told through the eyes of a man of the early twentieth century who suffers from a split personality syndrome: every night he sees bright dreams, in which he is a distant ancestor of a man who lived hundreds of thousands of years ago. .
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. "Beyond the City" is a novel set in the Victorian era. It tells the story of different women, whose desire for money and romance forces them to go way beyond the traditional notions of middle-class life.
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set largely in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. In Black Heart and White Heart, Henry Rider Haggard mounts once more those trusty steeds of his, the nobility of the savage and the rascality of the civilized white. He rides, too, with all his old dexterity, and the story concerning Zulus, witches, battles, sacrifices, and traitors.
Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. This collection includes many amazing short stories such as "That Spot", "Trust", "All Gold Canyon" and "The Story Of Keesh".
Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers. This volume includes some of his amazing works: a novel about Buffalo Bill`s favorite horse "A Horse`s Tale, " a short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," and "Letters from the Earth," the most controversial work of the author. The story shows a unique view on the Satan`s exile from heaven and his experiences on Earth.
Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. "Children of the Frost" is an amazing collection of stories like "In the Forests of the North", "Nam-Bok the Unveracious" and "The Master of Mystery". .
Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. The setting of The Rattle of Life is an English village that stands on the site of a historic battle. Some characters refer to the battle as a metaphor for the struggles of life. It is the only one of the five Christmas Books that has no supernatural or explicitly religious elements.
Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. A Christmas Carol is the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, that starts on a Christmas Eve as cold as Scrooge`s own heart. That night, he receives three ghostly visitors: the terrifying spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. Each takes him on a heart-stopping journey. Will Scrooge`s heart be opened? Can he reverse the miserable future he is forced to see?
Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. The Chimes is his novella that concerns the disillusionment of Toby "Trotty" Veck, a poor working-class man. Trotty has lost his faith in humanity and believes that his poverty is the result of his un-worthiness. Then he is visited by spirits on New Year`s Eve to help restore his faith and show him that nobody is born evil, but rather that crime and poverty are things created by man.
William Sydney Porter known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His wit and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by the critics. Collected Short Stories contains "The Dream", "A Ruler of Men", "The Friendly Call" and other famous stories by O. Henry.
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. "Collected Tales" is a collection of early Doyle`s short stories. It includes stories of mystery, comedy, shipwrecks and fantasy. .
William Sydney Porter known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His wit and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by the critics. Collected Short Stories includes amazing stories like "The Rose of Dixie", "The Third Ingredient", "The Hiding of Black Bill", "Schools and Schools" and many others.
William Sydney Porter known by his pen name 0. Henry, was an American short story writer. His wit and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by the critics. Collected Tales includes "The Roads We Take", "A Newspaper Story", "Tommy`s Burglar" and other stories.
William Sydney Porter known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His wit and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by the critics. Collected Short Stories is a collection of humorous and sentimental stories of sheepherders, cowpunchers, trail cooks, prospectors, outlaws, and Texas Rangers that offer the modern reader a window into American West. Perhaps reflecting O. Henry`s own experience as a young man in the middle of nowhere, where women were few and far between, many of the stories are comic tales of romantic rivalry.
