"It is typically an American novel, which, in its subtle, tragic performance, lays a tremendous hold upon the reader's sympathies.... The striking originality of the plot, the intensely dramatic climaxes, and the low, sweet thrills of happiness which are in such direct contrast, give the book a weir...

The book tells the story of the quest for Captain Grant of the Britannia. After finding a bottle cast into the ocean by the captain himself after the Britannia is shipwrecked, Lord and Lady Glenarvan of Scotland decide to launch a rescue expedition. The main difficulty is that the coordinates of the...

This is a short story about a shy, quiet little girl living in a big city. When her parents are offered the opportunity to take care of a house in the suburbs for the summer she meets another little girl in the house and they become playmates. (Introduction by Linda Andrus)

The literary world was shocked when in 1890, at the height of his career, Robert Louis Stevenson announced his intention to settle permanently in Samoa. His readers were equally shocked when he began to use the subject material offered by his new environment, not to promote a romance of empire, but ...

À Paris, Mme Dudevant est morte. Mais G. Sand est connu pour un vigoureux gaillard, écrit à propos d'Indiana, son premier roman, celle qui deviendra la bonne dame de Nohant mais n'est pour lors qu'une jeune femme vivant courageusement sa solitude après un mariage raté et quelques aventures aussi pas...

Marat, médecin aux écuries du comte d'Artois, et Danton, avocat, font connaissance à l'occasion de l'annonce du remplacement de M. de Brienne par Necker au poste de ministre des finances. Au cours d'un déjeuner, Marat raconte à Danton un épisode de sa jeunesse qui a bouleversé sa vie aussi bien mora...

Si le lecteur veut bien nous suivre avec cette confiance que nous nous flattons de lui avoir inspirée, depuis vingt ainsi que nous lui servons de guide à travers les mille détours du labyrinthe historique que, dédale moderne, nous avons entrepris d'élever, nous allons l'introduire dans le jardin du ...

One dark and stormy night, a stranger arrives in West Sussex at a village inn. He is heavily clad in an overcoat and his face is wrapped in bandages. He takes a room at the inn, but refuses to socialize with anyone. He stays cooped up in his room all day and night, working with strange chemicals and...

This is a collection of short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1893. It would prove to contain some of his final completed work before his death in 1894. It contains three stories: "The Beach of Falesá" "The Bottle Imp" "The Isle of Voices"

One of the first instances of science fiction, Wells’ classic tale published in 1986 examines various controversial philosophical issues active at the time of its publication, most notable being the implications of vivisection and degeneration. Narrated by its everyman protagonist Edward Prendick, t...