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  A Gentleman of France - Being...

  Stanley John Weyman

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  France, 1588: a Huguenot gentleman of forty with a good sword, a bad horse and no money is given a commission by the King of Navarre that cannot be admitted to and probably cannot be survived. Weyman failed at the bar and was briefly jailed in France as a suspected spy while on holiday; this 1893 novel made his name, and Stevenson admired it — the poverty of the hero is the fresh thing, and he counts every coin. Fifty-seven plates of cavalry battles, ploughmen and horses, and portraits by François Clouet and Edvard Munch carry the horsemanship, hard labour and hard coin that drive this memoir.

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  Trio of Stories A - Alun Lewis -...

  Alun Lewis

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  Alun Lewis was born on the 1st July 1915 in Cwmaman in South Wales. 
  He studied history at Aberystwyth and Manchester Universities before beginning a career as a teacher. 
  In 1940, despite his pacifism, he enlisted to serve in the Royal Engineers and later received a commission in the South Wales Borderers. 
  His first poetry collection ‘Raider’s Dawn’ was published in 1942 as was his short story collection ‘The Last Inspection’.  Both brought him critical acclaim and an admiring audience. 
  Later that year he was posted to India where his conscience and morality wrestled with suffering and poverty that so was so evident all around him. 
  Alun Lewis died on the 5th March 1944 in Rakhine, Myanmar, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, that was officially declared accidental.  He was 28.  
  His second poetry collection, ‘Ha! Ha! Among the Trumpets’, was published posthumously in 1945.

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  The land of gold reality versus...

  HINTON R. HELPER

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  PREVIOUS to my departure for California, near and dear friends extracted from me a promise to communicate by letter, upon every convenient occasion, such intelligence as would give them a distinct idea of the truthfulness or falsehood of the many glowing descriptions and reputed vast wealth of California. In accordance with this promise, I collected, from the best and most reliable sources, all that I deemed worthy of record touching the past of the modern El Dorado, relying upon my own powers of observation to depicture its present condition and its future prospects. This correspondence was never intended for the public eye, for the simple reason that the matter therein is set forth in a very plain manner, with more regard to truth than elegance of diction. Indeed, how could it be otherwise? I have only described those things which came immediately under my own observation, and, beside this, I make no pretensions to extensive scholastic attainments, nor do I claim to be an adept in the art of book-making.

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  Scoring off Jeeves

  P. G. Wodehouse

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  "There are moments when a man feels he has the upper hand… and then there are the moments immediately after."
  In Scoring off Jeeves, Bertie Wooster is quietly confident that, just this once, he has managed to get the better of his otherwise infallible valet. A small victory, perhaps—but in a life so frequently guided, corrected, and discreetly improved, it feels like a triumph of historic proportions.
  Naturally, this cannot possibly last.
  With the usual assortment of social complications, emotional entanglements, and decisions of a distinctly Woosterian calibre, matters begin to develop in a direction that is, at best, questionable—and, at worst, entirely inevitable.
  Fortunately (or otherwise), Jeeves is observing.
  Calm, unruffled, and several moves ahead of everyone else, he allows events to unfold just far enough before applying his particular brand of quiet correction—restoring order with a precision that is as humbling as it is impressive. A perfectly tuned piece of Wodehouse: light, swift, and irresistibly clever. Ideal for listeners who appreciate understated wit, elegant mischief, and the delicate art of being gently—but decisively—outmaneuvered. Because when Bertie Wooster thinks he's winning… it's usually only part of Jeeves's plan.

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  Annie Besant An Autobiography

  Annie Besant

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  "An Autobiography" from Annie Besant. Prominent British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933).Annie Besant was a British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer, orator, educationist, and philanthropist. Regarded as a champion of human freedom, she was an ardent supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule. She was a prolific author with over three hundred books and pamphlets to her credit.

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  The Octopus

  Frank Norris

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  We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age. Will you support our efforts with a donation ? At the end of the nineteenth-century, a group of wheat growers in California's San Joaquin Valley fights back when the railroad monopoly attempts to take possession of their farms. United in the local Farmer's League, they try to retain the land that they've been improving for years, while the railroad company threatens them with increased shipping rates and eviction from their homes. When political opposition, court cases, and bribery all fail, the conflict comes to an explosive conclusion. Published in 1901, The Octopus is the first part of Frank Norris's unfinished trilogy The Epic of the Wheat , on the production, distribution, and consumption of wheat. The Mussel Slough Tragedy of 1880, a bloody incident in the conflict between farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad involving disagreements on land ownership, inspired the novel, in which the portrayal of the railroad monopolies as powerful, evil, and greedy reflects the anti-railroad sentiments of the time. Frank Norris (died 1902) was a prominent voice of the late 19th and early 20th century. Their work has endured across generations and continues to be read and studied worldwide. As a work of classic literary fiction, The Octopus exemplifies the narrative craft and social insight that defined great storytelling of its era. Literary fiction of this period was characterized by careful attention to character psychology, social milieu, and the moral questions that animated public discourse.

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