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Code Three
Rick Raphael
This is a story of the North American Continental Thruway Patrol, where the law is enforced by "Continental Commandos" patrolling a vast, high-speed, multi-lane artery that spans the continent and ignores national borders.
From a Swedish homestead
Selma Lagerlöf
This collection of stories weaves together the folklore of the Swedish countryside with the psychological struggles of those trapped by grief, madness, or the weight of the past. It offers a poignant look at how humanity finds its way back from the brink of despair.
The Inevitable
Louis Couperus
The bonds of the past are not easily severed, even when law and distance intervene. This novel explores the psychological shadow cast by a former spouse upon a woman seeking an independent life.
Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 3, October, 1905
Various
This collection captures the vibrant, restless spirit of the early twentieth century through a mosaic of fiction, social commentary, and theatrical review.
My Lady Nobody: A Novel
Maarten Maartens
A young woman is thrust into the suffocating legacy of an aristocratic Dutch family, where she must navigate a web of bitter inheritance disputes, hidden scandals, and the heavy burden of duty.
One Day: A sequel to 'Three Weeks'
Unknown
The royal son of a forbidden romance struggles under the weight of his heritage, seeking to reconcile his duty to a throne with the uncontrollable, inherited fire of his parents’ love.
The guests of Hercules
C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
HOOK A convent-bred innocent arrives at the glittering, treacherous world of Monte Carlo, where she is caught in a web of gambling, dark secrets, and a romance that tests her soul.
The Halo
Hutten zum Stolzenberg, Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von
A young woman finds herself entangled in a forbidden, agonizing attraction to her fiancé’s father, a magnetic yet volatile violinist. This story explores the wreckage left by desire when duty and passion collide.
The Virgins of the Rocks
Gabriele D'Annunzio
A young aristocrat seeks to refine his soul by retreating into a world of pure, ancestral beauty, only to find himself entangled in the tragic decay of a noble family living in isolation.
A Rose of Yesterday
F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
The etching of a knight riding through death and the devil serves as a somber mirror for a woman trapped in a marriage that has long since withered into a life of endurance.
A Trip to Venus: A Novel
John Munro
This Victorian-era scientific romance follows a small group of explorers who abandon the Earth to seek the wonders of the solar system. It is a work of speculative imagination that balances technical obsession with a yearning for a more harmonious, beautiful existence.
Baseball Joe, Home Run King
Lester Chadwick
A talented baseball player navigates the pressures of professional fame and the schemes of envious rivals to secure a world championship and the woman he loves.
Jessamine: A Novel
Marion Harland
This story of love, misunderstanding, and the quiet endurance of the heart follows a young woman navigating the complex emotional landscapes of Victorian domestic life. It is a portrait of resilience in the face of stifling societal expectations.
The Vinegar Saint
Hughes Mearns
The story follows a young woman’s intellectual and emotional maturation under the guidance of a man who views himself as a sacrificial guardian of morality, a self-styled "Vinegar Saint" tasked with holding back chaos. It is a quiet, thoughtful study of the invisible lines between childhood, intellectual…
Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660
Hugo Gernsback
In the year 2660, a brilliant inventor relies on his mastery of science and high-frequency energy to rescue his beloved from the clutches of a desperate rival.
The first violin: A novel
Jessie Fothergill
An Englishwoman travels to Germany to study music, only to become entangled with a mysterious violinist whose haunted past hides a secret that threatens to define their future.
The Merchants of Venus
A. H. Phelps
HOOK When every scientific method for selecting perfect colonists fails, a cynical personnel director and a clever historian gamble the future of the human race on a desperate, deceptive, and thoroughly human plan.
Star, Bright
Mark Clifton
When his three-year-old daughter begins solving complex topology problems and reading minds, a widowed father faces the terrifying realization that his child is no longer playing by the rules of ordinary human existence.
The Destroying Angel
Louis Joseph Vance
The weight of a secret marriage and a life-altering medical prognosis drives a man toward an uncertain destiny. He soon finds himself caught in an emotional and physical labyrinth, pursued by professional agents and shadowed by the enigmatic woman who is his wife in name alone.
The Pomp of the Lavilettes, Complete
Gilbert Parker
This novel captures a collision between a dying European aristocrat and a secluded French-Canadian community, tracing how a single man’s vanity can unravel the lives of those around him. It is a story of moral awakening, set against the backdrop of the 1837 Rebellions.
The Syndic
C. M. (Cyril M.) Kornbluth
The future of humanity hinges on the fragile stability of a society built on the remnants of a failed state, where the choice between freedom and security is never settled. It is a portrait of a world where organized chaos acts as the ultimate check on tyranny.
Day of the Moron
H. Beam Piper
In a future where civilization rests upon the razor-edge of centralized nuclear power, a single reckless mistake by an unqualified worker can trigger a catastrophe that no amount of technology can contain.
In Friendship's Guise
William Murray Graydon
A young artist’s secret past collides with a high-stakes art theft, unraveling a web of betrayal and hidden family legacies in Victorian London.
The Foolish Lovers
St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine
Ambition and romance often obscure the simple truths of home, yet sometimes a long, hard detour is exactly what is required to find one’s way back to the start.
Their Son
Eduardo Zamacois
To understand the ruin of a soul, one must often look at the small, sharp desires that first lead it astray. This collection offers a piercing, unflinching examination of how ordinary lives fracture under the weight of obsession and social expectation.
Growing up on Big Muddy
Charles V. De Vet
A stranded explorer undergoes a slow, silent transformation on a rain-drenched alien world as his own body begins to adapt to his surroundings.
The Life Everlasting: A Reality of Romance
Marie Corelli
The human spirit possesses the power to transcend physical decay, provided it masters the secret of eternal, selfless love. This transformative journey defies the boundaries of time, memory, and the illusions of death.
The Measure of a Man
Amelia E. Barr
An unwavering portrait of duty and domestic devotion, this story follows a Yorkshire mill owner navigating the tensions between ancestral tradition, industrial labor, and the volatile currents of his own family life. It remains a testament to the Victorian-era belief that individual character is the true bedrock of…
The Powers and Maxine
C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
This story follows the high-stakes intersection of international intrigue and personal devotion in the early twentieth century.
Victor's Triumph: Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend
Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
A villainous woman orchestrates a fraud to frame an innocent man for bigamy, only to see her network of deception collapse under the weight of truth.
Quest of the Golden Ape
Paul W. Fairman
A lost heir to an alien throne awakens with no memory inside a hidden Earth mansion, pulled across space to right a centuries-old betrayal.
Sand Doom
Murray Leinster
Surrounded by miles of searing yellow sand, a stranded survey officer must outthink a lethal world before his air and options run out.
The Republic of the Future
Anna Bowman Dodd
Beneath a polished veneer of automated comfort lies a world so perfectly equalized that humanity has forgotten how to feel, strive, or create.
With the one coin for fee
Helen R. (Helen Rose) Hull
A bitter rivalry between two aging New England women reaches its terrifying, exhilarating climax when a devastating hurricane strikes their coastal town.
Carnac's Folly, Complete
Gilbert Parker
Life will bend a man away from his natural course, but it rarely breaks the hidden ties of blood and purpose that pull him back.
Mary Gray
Katharine Tynan
A fragile girl from the slums of London rises through quiet resilience to enter high society, while those who touch her life navigate the unspoken boundaries of duty, rank, and love.
The Land of the Blue Flower
Frances Hodgson Burnett
A young king raised in solitude on a mountain summit learns the quiet secrets of the earth, then descends to redeem a darkened realm through the shared cultivating of a single, radiant blossom.
Goslings
J. D. (John Davys) Beresford
A sudden plague sweeps across the globe, killing almost every man while leaving women almost entirely spared, forcing a shattered society to rebuild itself from the ground up.
Natalie
Emma V. Hallett
An infant washed ashore in a wooden trough becomes the shining center of a Christian household, guiding lost souls from Nantucket to Italy toward spiritual peace.
The Return of Peter Grimm: Novelised From the Play
David Belasco
A dead nurseryman returns as a ghost to mend the lives he inadvertently ruined by forcing his earthly will upon those he loved.
Wang the Ninth: The Story of a Chinese Boy
B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale
A street-wise boy navigates the brutal collapse of nineteenth-century China, surviving famine, wall-climbing smugglers, and siege warfare with unyielding grit.
Beside Still Waters
Robert Sheckley
An aging prospector seeks ultimate solitude on a half-mile slab of rock floating in space, taking along only an adaptable, standard-issue robot for company.
David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales
Julian Hawthorne
A clergyman unmoors his soul for a sudden fortune, while phantom lovers and secret passages entangle ordinary lives in uncanny webwork.
The Bail Jumper
Robert J. C. Stead
A young clerk is accused of a prairie bank-safe robbery, loses his liberty to bail, and flees into the wide Canadian West to rebuild his honor.
The Mentor: The Ring of the Nibelung, Vol. 3, Num. 24, Serial No. 100, February 1, 1916
Henry T. Finck
A four-part epic of gods, dwarfs, and mortal heroes battles for a ring of absolute power that carries an inescapable deadly curse.
The Poor Plutocrats
Mór Jókai
A dark, gripping tale of love, greed, and deception in old Transylvania, where a forced marriage entangles a innocent heiress with a ruthless, masked criminal mastermind.
A Soldier's Son
Maude Mary Butler
When a young boy returns from a long illness transformed by a gentle, radical faith, his quiet certainty begins to reshape every life he touches.
The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer)
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
A decadent Russian prince retreats to the Riviera with his wealthy inner circle, swearing off women forever—only to be completely shattered when war and desire break down their fragile fortress of cynicism.