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The Untilled Field
George Moore
A haunting portrait of a society in flux, this collection of stories captures the quiet desperation and inevitable departure of those caught in the fading light of rural Ireland.
Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes. Volume II
Walter De la Mare
HOOK This collection captures the thin, translucent veil between the familiar world of childhood and an unsettling, moonlit realm where nature and folklore collide.
Daisy's Aunt
E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
A young woman's heart becomes the battleground of a devoted aunt’s secret strategy to shield her from a scandal-ridden match.
Father Payne
Arthur Christopher Benson
This reflective memoir captures the quiet intensity of a mentor who invited young men to live and learn at his estate. It serves as a gentle exploration of how to live with purpose, sincerity, and intellectual freedom.
From Wealth to Poverty
Austin Potter
The drink curse spares no one, turning paradise into a hell of passions and hate. This narrative serves as a stark testament to the ruin wrought by the liquor traffic upon innocent families and communities.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 19, 1916
Various
Beneath the polished front of Edwardian wit, a nation at war confronts its own anxieties through pointed satire, domestic absurdities, and trench-side humor.
Sowing and Sewing: A Sexagesima Story
Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge
A village sermon on the Parable of the Sower prompts three young women to cultivate their spiritual lives, exposing how easily worldly motives can choke out good intentions.
The Blower of Bubbles
Beverley Baxter
Amid the shadows of the First World War, these five vignettes observe how ordinary lives are transformed by compassion, sacrifice, and the quiet weight of conflict.
The House of Dreams-Come-True
Margaret Pedler
A young woman travels to England with a hopeful heart, only to find her heart’s desire entangled in a web of family secrets, fierce rivalries, and sudden tragedy.
The Mayor of Warwick
Herbert M. (Herbert Müller) Hopkins
An ambitious small-town mayor, a bishop’s proud daughter, and a newly arrived astronomer collide across the rigid class lines of a New England college town.
The Queen's Scarlet: The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne
George Manville Fenn
Behind the glitter of brass instruments and military dress lies a dark story of family jealousy, mistaken identity, and a quiet lad forced to fight for his stolen life.
The Uninhabited House
Riddell, J. H., Mrs.
A young law clerk accepts a challenge to occupy a house so profoundly haunted that no tenant can remain, only to discover that the malevolent force within is far more human than he imagined.
True, and Other Stories
George Parsons Lathrop
A single choice made across three centuries ripples forward, entangling an ambitious young scholar, a haunted fisherman, and an heiress in the mysterious inheritance of their shared past.
Wild Heather
L. T. Meade
A motherless girl brought up by an austere aunt discovers her father's glittering high-society lifestyle conceals a shameful secret, leaving her to choose between wealth gained through deception and an honest, quiet life.
A Prince of Sinners
E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
To return to London after years in the Canadian wild as a altered man is one thing; to find oneself face-to-face with a forgotten past, a son who preaches moral reform, and a society hungry for political salvation is quite another.
Colin Clink, Volume 3 (of 3)
Charles Hooton
The third volume of Charles Hooton’s Victorian trilogy concludes the trial of Colin Clink, resolving long-buried familial secrets, dark criminal plots, and an agonizingly tested romance across rural England and London.
Love in a Muddle
Christine Jope-Slade
A young woman’s impulsive lie to escape a domineering parent lands her in a chaotic, sham engagement with a captivating army officer.
Mosada: A dramatic poem
W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Two lovers separated by religious war meet again only when one is condemned to the stake and the other wears the robe of her grand inquisitor.
Parodies of Ballad Criticism (1711-1787): A Comment Upon the History of Tom Thumb, 1711, by William
William Wagstaffe
A pedantic critic can turn any nursery rhyme into an epic, provided he brings enough Latin quotations and unearned gravity to the task.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 27, 1892
Various
A vintage issue of Punch captures late-Victorian England through satiric verse, parliamentary reporting, theatrical sketches, and sharp commentary on topical news.
Run to Earth: A Novel
M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
An inheritance hangs in the balance, a bride vanishes on her wedding night, and a dark shadow falls over every heir who stands between a cold-hearted schemer and a vast English fortune.
Scarlet and Hyssop: A Novel
E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
A sharp look at a high-society world where morality is discarded for convenience, and quiet self-possession proves more powerful than any scandal.
Sword and Gown: A Novel
George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence
An aristocratic invalid and an imperious heiress cross paths in the sunny Riviera, setting off an intense battle of wills where high-society cynicism collides with dangerous, unyielding passion.
The Changeling
Walter Besant
A desperate secret adoption creates a web of deceit that entangles high society, an American fortune, and a cold young aristocrat's identity.
The House of Life
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
A sonnet is framed here as a coin or a carved monument to a single hour, capturing the soul’s deepest encounters with love, memory, and mortal decay.
The Mad Lover, a Tragi-Comedy: The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (3 of 10)
John Fletcher
A battle-hardened general falls instantly in love with a princess, only to lose his wits and demand his own heart be cut out to prove his devotion.
The Man Who Lost Himself
H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole
A penniless American promoter wakes up in a luxurious London mansion, mistaken for a disgraced English earl who looks exactly like him.
The White Cat: Captains All, Book 10
W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
A sly tale of rustic avarice, where a local inheritance hinges entirely on the lifespan of a two-eyed white cat.
All for a Scrap of Paper: A Romance of the Present War
Joseph Hocking
Honor and duty collide with deep personal conscience when a young Cornishman finds his pacifist beliefs tested by the sudden onset of the First World War.
Fast as the Wind: A Novel
Nat Gould
An escaped convict chokes out a bloodhound on Dartmoor, flees to the coast under an assumed identity, and confronts the glamorous woman whose hidden crime cost him his freedom.
"I'll Leave It To You": A Light Comedy In Three Acts
Noël Coward
An extended family learns that sudden financial independence is not a gift handed down from above, but a discipline forged under pressure.
Lover or Friend
Rosa Nouchette Carey
Bound by propriety and secret shame, a spirited young woman marries not out of grand passion, but in response to honor, gradually discovering that true love was standing quietly beside her all along.
Much Ado About Nothing
William Shakespeare
Two fiercely independent wits wage a war of words while a malicious conspiracy threatens to destroy a young couple's wedding in sunny Messina.
The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney
Samuel Warren
Beneath the polished surfaces of nineteenth-century society lies a web of greed, stolen inheritances, desperate crimes, and legal maneuvers where justice hinges on a forgotten document or a sudden deathbed confession.
The Fortunes of the Farrells
Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
A unexpected inheritance test pits moneyed comfort against quiet integrity.
The Fourth Generation
Walter Besant
A mysterious crime committed decades ago casts a shadow over three generations of a prosperous English family, forcing a brilliant young man to confront his ancestors' dark history.
The Princess Aline
Richard Harding Davis
A dashing young American painter chases an ideal across Europe, only to find that the real thing was standing beside him all along.
The Soul Stealer
Guy Thorne
A mad scientist invents a machine that can read and display human thoughts, then secretes his rival in a basement dungeon to harvest his mind.
The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare
Two sharp-witted outsiders battle for dominance in a fiercely sharp marriage of convenience, while a web of elaborate disguises entangles the suitors of Padua.
The Wicked Marquis
E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
A lordly debtor faces the man he wronged decades ago, only to discover that revenge takes form not in blood, but in balance sheets.
The Yellow Streak
Valentine Williams
A sudden death in an English country house uncovers a tangled web of deceit, blackmail, and international conspiracy.
Within the Rim, and Other Essays, 1914-15
Henry James
Across the narrow stretch of blue water, an old empire's tranquil summer breaks against the sudden, monstrous shock of continental war.
An awfully big adventure
Bartimeus
The quiet courage of those who endure the sea’s perils often remains hidden, obscured by the rigid protocols of service and the crushing weight of duty. These accounts peel back the veil, revealing the humanity behind the uniform.
Balloons
Elizabeth Bibesco
A vibrant collection of social vignettes exposes the hidden fractures, quiet ironies, and fleeting moments of self-discovery within high-society relationships.
Guilty Bonds
William Le Queux
A single, horrific symbol on a series of corpses plunges an English gentleman into a nightmare of Russian underground politics and framing.
House of Torment: A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court
Guy Thorne
A high-stakes thriller of secret identities, royal intrigue, and devotion that braves the flames of Tudor London and the horrors of the Spanish Inquisition.
Kept in the Dark
Anthony Trollope
A proud young woman keeps her broken first engagement secret from her sensitive second husband, kindling a bitter domestic crisis when the truth emerges.
Mr. Punch with the Children
Unknown
Victoria’s golden age finds its most candid, unfiltered historians not in solemn parliamentarians, but in the nursery room, where small children routinely dismantle adult gravity with sheer logical precision.