Henry Carter Hull

A romantic novel by Georg Moritz Ebers, a German Egyptologist and novelist. He is best known for his purchase of the Ebers Papyrus, one of the oldest Egyptian medical documents in the world. This is the eighth volume. (Source: Wikipedia)

A romantic novel by Georg Moritz Ebers, a German Egyptologist and novelist. He is best known for his purchase of the Ebers Papyrus, one of the oldest Egyptian medical documents in the world. This is the complete edition. (Source: Wikipedia)

Charles Paul de Kock (1793–1871) was a prolific French novelist, one of the most popular writers of his day. His writing career began around 1820; he authored roughly 100 novels, dealing primarily with middle-class life in Paris. The 1905 New International Encyclopædia describes his stories as "rather vulgar, but not immoral, demanding no literary training and gratifying no delicate taste". The Milkmaid of Montfermeil tells the story of the dashing...

The Small Bachelor is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 28 April 1927 by Methuen & Co., London, and in the United States on 17 June 1927 by George H. Doran, New York. It is based upon Wodehouse and Guy Bolton's book for the 1918 musical Oh, Lady! Lady!! Set during Prohibition, the story tells of the romantic troubles of George Finch, a short-statured would-be artist living in New York's Greenwich Village. George...

A romantic novel by Georg Moritz Ebers, a German Egyptologist and novelist. He is best known for his purchase of the Ebers Papyrus, one of the oldest Egyptian medical documents in the world. This is the sixth volume. (Source: Wikipedia)

Ripped from the headlines of her day, Mrs. Ward's 1905 bestseller was based on the whirlwind lives of Britain's rich and powerful. Distinguished statesman William Ashe falls in love with the "quite mad" Kitty Bristol, but their marriage fails to end her blazing jealousy over William's old flame.

Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (March 29, 1831 – March 10, 1919) was a British novelist and teacher. Many of the plots of her stories are laid in Scotland and England. The scenes are from her girlhood recollection of surroundings. Her works include "Jan Vedder's Wife", "A Border Shepherdess", "Feet of Clay", "Friend Olivia", "The Bow of Orange Ribbon", and many more. (Source: Wikipedia)

Excerpt from the first chapter: "It is sunset; a dusky red is spreading out from the horizon and throwing a duskier reflection upon the sullen sea and its more sullen shore. A weird, awful shore it is, encumbered with huge rocks and strangely hewn stone. "A grim, shuddering waste, made grimmer and more terrible by strange, stray specks of humanity, that, seen in the falling sunlight seemed rather distorted creations of fancy than actual human beings;...

Get set for a thrill ride of supernatural proportions with Stanley J. Weyman's The House of the Wolf. Though billed as a romance, this suspenseful tale is packed with action and adventure that will appeal to a broad audience. Whether you're in it for the werewolf scenes or the melting looks and passionate embraces of the leading hero and heroine, it's a can't-miss read for fans of classic action-adventure romances.

Alice Muriel Williamson (8 October 1858 – 24 September 1933), who published chiefly under names "C. N. and A. M. Williamson" and "Mrs. C. N. Williamson," was an American-English author. Her success as an author, in its early stages, was owing to Alfred Harmsworth who, recognizing her talent, promoted her stories – especially sensational serials – in the Daily Mail and his many other publications. Her first serial, "Confessions of a Stage-Struck...