The Deluge is a literary masterpiece that sweeps across the plains and forests of Poland, Lithuania and Prussia in an epic tale of treasons, faith, selfishness, sacrifice and...

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos produced Dangerous Liaisons in an effort to “write a work which departed from the ordinary, which made a noise, and which would remain on this...

Two émigré families petition Emperor Napoleon for the restoration of their lands under the conditional amnesty offered. The first is Monsieur le comte de Courson,...

A woman goes on a secret errand into the far Northwest. Before it is accomplished the usual characters come into the story—Indians, mounted police, and the villain.

With its intense mix of mystery, adventure, and a surprise ending, Benito Cereno at first seems merely a provocative example from the genre Herman Melville created with his early...

When a beautiful young woman approaches wealthy Tryon Dunham at a train station and tells him she is in danger, he agrees to see her to safety. Then, before he can learn any more...

Handsome young Paige Madison didn’t know what to do. He had returned from the war and was on his way to building an exceptional career with a prominent businessman. But,...

The much-loved daughter of a good family, Romayne Ransom led a sheltered life. Then, one tragic day, her world came crashing down around her. And it was all handsome Evan...

With H. G. Wells’ other novels, The War of the Worlds was one of the first and greatest works of science fiction ever to be written. Even long before man had learned to fly,...

Poverty-stricken, hard-working Jane Arleth could not shake the feeling that she did not belong in Lew Lauderdale’s wealthy and sophisticated world. Still, he had taken great...