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Cleopatra
Georg Ebers
A queen’s destiny hangs in the balance as political intrigue, youthful infatuation, and loyalty clash in the sunlit streets and marble halls of ancient Alexandria.
Cleopatra
Georg Ebers
As Roman forces close in on Alexandria, a proud queen and a fading hero choose a final, glittering defiance before the end.
Diary of Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys
Early modern London pulses through ledger entries, tavern brawls, royal coronations, and domestic exasperation, recorded with unsparingly human fidelity.
Literary Boston as I Knew It (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance)
William Dean Howells
Stepping into the vibrant yet fading literary capital of New England in 1866, a young western editor encounters the towering minds shaping American letters.
Memoir of the Proposed Territory of Arizona
Sylvester Mowry
A harsh, sun-baked borderland rich in silver and scarred by violence begs the United States government for order, statehood, and the basic protection of law.
Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan
Madame de Montespan
Behind the gilded facades of Versailles lies a world of secret passions, grim imprisonments, and sharp courtly wit.
Pelham
Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
Beneath a foppish exterior, an ambitious young man navigates the glittering world of London society, balancing political intrigue, gambling dens, and the dark, haunting secrets of his enigmatic friend, Sir Reginald Glanville.
Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon
Louis Constant Wairy
Napoleon's life is defined by restless movement, endless military campaigns, and absolute command, all viewed intimately from the vantage point of his first valet de chambre.
The Bride of the Nile
Georg Ebers
Amidst religious turmoil and a failing Nile in ancient Egypt, a young nobleman torn between passion and duty watches as those he loves risk everything on a perilous river rescue.
The Circus Boys Across the Continent
Edgar B. P. Darlington
A thrilling journey across America with the Great Sparling Combined Shows, where young acrobats face dangerous stampedes, train wrecks, and a vengeful saboteur.
The Gilded Age, Part 5
Mark Twain
A brilliant, ambitious woman navigates the treacherous corridors of Washington lobbying and high-stakes financial speculation, fighting for a vast congressional land grant while entangled in a consuming, destructive obsession with a married former lover.
The tale of Brownie Beaver
Arthur Scott Bailey
Deep in a pond beyond Blue Mountain, a diligent young beaver builds his own home, outwits seasonal floods, and navigates a whimsical forest community.
The World for Sale, Volume 2
Gilbert Parker
A visionary industrialist strives to unite two rival frontier towns, only to find himself hunted by ancient tribal vendettas and blinded by sudden violence.
A Copper Harvest
Self-made man
An accidental revival in a Nebraska doctor’s surgery launches two resourceful youths into a high-stakes western venture involving a forgotten Montana copper claim.
A haunted life
James Grant
Bound by past regrets and haunted by the spectral presence of a deceased husband, two sisters navigate love, class expectations, and the thin veil between the living and the dead in Victorian high society.
A Princess in Calico
Edith Ferguson Black
Bound by duty to a harsh step-family in a stagnant rural village, seventeen-year-old Pauline Harding catches a glimpse of a wider, more cultivated world during a transformative summer in Boston.
A Question of Courage
Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone
Courage is not the absence of terror, but the quiet willingness to do what must be done despite it.
A Short View of the Laws Now Subsisting with Respect to the Powers of the East India Company: To Borrow Money under their Seal, and to Incur Debts in the Course of their Trade, by the Purchase of Goods on Credit, and by Freighting Ships or other Mercantile Transactions
William Pulteney
William Pulteney examines the legislative bounds of the East India Company, defending its commercial credit and arguing that merchants require normal trade debts to thrive.
A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George Whitefield
J. C. (John Charles) Ryle
A man of singular purpose, George Whitefield emerged from humble origins to become a transformative force in eighteenth-century religion, using his extraordinary eloquence to challenge a stagnant church and reach thousands with his message.
A Strange, Sad Comedy
Molly Elliot Seawell
Amid the upheavals of the post-Civil War era, a proud, impoverished Virginia family clashes and connects with wealthy, worldly visitors from the North and England.
A Sunny Little Lass
Evelyn Raymond
A resilient young peddler navigates the bustling alleys and railway tracks of turn-of-the-century New York to protect her blind grandfather and a lost toddler.
Abbr
Frank Riley
Visiting Earth from a distant colony, a young visionary discovers a hyper-efficient future where classic culture is reduced to fleeting seconds—and risks everything to rescue humanity's artistic heritage.
Among the Scented Ones
Basil Wells
Exiled on a savage alien planet without the natural scent protection of its native inhabitants, an undercover Earthman fights for survival when a massive stampede triggers a desperate journey through hostile wilderness.
An epitome of astronomy, with the new discoveries: including an account of the eídouraníon, or transparent orrery
William Walker
Peer into a twenty-foot transparent universe where glowing planets float in silent majesty, revealing the grand, clockwork harmony of the cosmos through light and motion.
An Explanatory Discourse by Tan Chet-qua of Quang-chew-fu, Gent
Chambers, William, Sir
Disguised as a worldly Cantonese gentleman, an embattled royal architect defends his sensational vision for landscape design against a chorus of hostile English satirists.
Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir: And Other Stories for Boys and Girls
Mary Catherine Crowley
A boisterous March wind ushers in a series of domestic trials, childhood mischiefs, and small acts of grace across nineteenth-century neighborhoods.
Billy and Hans, My Squirrel Friends: A True History
William James Stillman
Two rescued squirrels transform a traveler’s view of the natural world, teaching him a profound, lasting lesson about universal love and compassion for all living things.
Bruggil's bride
Robert F. Young
A manufactured opera android, built to sing Wagner, is stolen and set adrift across the galaxy, unwittingly serving as a catalyst for the men who fall in love with her.
Colonel Sion S. Bass, 1827-1862
Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County
Born in Kentucky and established in Fort Wayne as a foundryman, Sion Bass left a prosperous civilian life to command the Thirtieth Indiana Volunteers, dying of wounds received at Shiloh.
Colorado Outings
James W. (James William) Steele
Rising from the edge of the flat midwestern plains like a colossal, serrated wall, the Rocky Mountains offer a landscape of titanic height and untamed beauty that defies ordinary human description.
Crossroads of Destiny
H. Beam Piper
Late at night in a train's club car, five strangers casually discuss alternate timelines, completely unaware that a quiet passenger beside them has slipped across the boundary from a vastly different reality.
Curlie Carson Listens In
Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell
Perched high in a secret Chicago tower, a young radio detective intercepts illegal airwaves and uncovers a reckless treasure hunt heading straight into a violent Atlantic storm.
Debating for boys
William Horton Foster
Mastering the art of public debate offers young citizens a rigorous framework for clear thinking, orderly organization, and persuasive civic engagement.
Elsie in the South
Martha Finley
A southern voyage of family devotion and historical leisure offers a quiet portrait of domestic harmony under patriarchal care.
Equation for Time
R. R. (Russell Robert) Winterbotham
When a brilliant physicist invents a machine that bends space and time, a ruthless corporate rival tries to destroy her, leaving her body split across the galaxy.
Four-billion dollar door
Michael Shaara
A brilliant, lifelong scientist spends four billion dollars to become the first man to reach the Moon, only to be defeated by a frozen mechanical door.
Generals Help Themselves
M. C. Pease
Facing imminent surrender after a devastating galactic collapse, a defiant admiral gambles everything on a banned tactical doctrine to force a demoralized populace back into war.
Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, October 1847
Various
A mid-nineteenth-century literary periodical capturing the varied tastes, romances, and social commentaries of its era through diverse fiction, verse, and critical reviews.
Green Fields and Running Brooks, and Other Poems
James Whitcomb Riley
The rhythm of the seasons and the quiet persistence of memory define this collection, where the landscape of childhood never quite fades from the view of the aging heart.
Harper's Round Table, September 1, 1896
Various
Colonial surveyors, Victorian Philadelphia parlors, wet-plate textile printing, and Nebraska sand hills converge in a dense Victorian mirror of juvenile aspiration.
Harper's Round Table, September 17, 1895
Various
This collection captures the Victorian ideal of childhood education and leisure, blending instructional narratives on maritime life with lighthearted humor and serialized fiction. It serves as a time capsule of late 19th-century optimism, industry, and the expansive curiosity encouraged in young readers.
Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880: An Illustrated Weekly
Various
A weekly miscellany of instructive articles, natural history, historical anecdotes, school sports, and correspondence, inviting young readers into the expanding world of late-nineteenth-century knowledge and adventure.
Harper's Young People, October 31, 1882: An Illustrated Weekly
Various
A Victorian weekly periodical for children opens a window onto nineteenth-century life through serialized fiction, historical accounts, practical crafts, and young readers' letters.
His "day in court": 1895
Charles Egbert Craddock
HOOK In the rugged shadow of the Great Smoky Mountains, a bitter, long-standing family feud collapses under the weight of a young woman’s divided heart and the unpredictable bonds of parenthood.
Holinshed's Chronicles, vol. 2 of 6, slice 03 of 12: England, 1100-1127, Henry I
Raphael Holinshed
A king’s death brings a scramble for power, where broken oaths and political maneuvering shape the destiny of a nation.
In the Dead of Night: A Novel. Volume 3 (of 3)
T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight
Buried secrets, forged identities, and a newly discovered coal seam upend Victorian fortunes as a wrongfully suspected man returns to reclaim his name.
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of George William Curtis
George William Curtis
Through essays, social satire, and fiction, George William Curtis maps the moral landscape of nineteenth-century America with sharp wit and gentle humanism.
Irresolute Catherine
Violet Jacob
A mountain shepherd and an anxious bride navigate shifting loyalties, pride, and rural Welsh traditions after a disrupted baptism.