Publisher: Charles River Editors
Chios Classics brings literature's greatest works back to life for new generations. All our books contain a linked table of contents. Parnassus on Wheels, written by Christopher Morley, is a novel about a fictional traveling book-selling business and the adventures of its owners.
This is the sequel to the ever popular FRECKLES, the first book of the Limberlost series. A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST is one of the most popular American novels ever published. It is a warm, moving, richly-human story of a young girl whose kindness and wholesome philosophy enable her to brighten the lives of her many friends, including a spoiled and idle heiress, and a wealthy young man. The story is a true coming-of-age story, of a young girl overcoming obstacles, loss, and hardships that are in many ways as relevant today as they were when this story was written.Show book
The Tales:Metzengerstein.The Duc De L'omelette.A Tale Of Jerusalem.Loss Of Breath.Bon-Bon.Ms. Found In A Bottle.The Assignation.Berenice.Morella.The Unparalleled Adventures Of One Hans Pfaal. King Pest. Shadow - A Parable. Four Beasts In One - The Homo-Cameleopard. Mystification. Silence - A Fable. Ligeia. How To Write A Blackwood Article. A Predicament. The Devil In The Belfry. The Man That Was Used Up. The Fall Of The House Of Usher. William Wilson. The Conversation Of Eiros And Charmion. Why The Little Frenchman Wears His Hand In A Sling. The Business Man. The Man Of The Crowd. The Murders In The Rue Morgue. A Descent Into The Maelström. The Island Of The Fay. The Colloquy Of Monos And Una. Never Bet The Devil Your Head. Eleonora. Three Sundays In A Week. The Oval Portrait. The Masque Of The Red Death. The Landscape Garden. The Mystery Of Marie Rogêt. The Pit And The Pendulum. The Tell-Tale Heart. The Gold-Bug. The Black Cat. Diddling. The Spectacles. A Tale Of The Ragged Mountains. The Premature Burial. Mesmeric Revelation. The Oblong Box. The Angel Of The Odd. Thou Art The Man. The Literary Life Of Thingum Bob, Esq. The Purloined Letter. The Thousand-And-Second Tale Of Scheherazade. Some Words With A Mummy. The Power Of Words. The Imp Of The Perverse. The System Of Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether. The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar. The Sphinx. The Cask Of Amontillado. The Domain Of Arnheim. Mellonta Tauta. Hop-Frog. Von Kempelen And His Discovery. X-Ing A Paragrab. Landor's Cottage. Poems Introduction To "Poems Poetry. O, Tempora! O, Mores! Tamerlane. Song. Dreams. Spirits Of The Dead. Evening Star. Imitation. Stanzas. A Dream. The Happiest Day. The Lake - To - . To Margaret. Alone. Sonnet - To Science. Al Aaraaf. Romance.And more...Show book
"The Mayor of Casterbridge" is one of Thomas Hardy's most compelling novels, originally published in 1886. Set in the fictitious town of Casterbridge, the story is a tragedy of character, exploring the life of Michael Henchard, a man of strong will and at times, self-destructive tendencies. After impulsively selling his wife and daughter at a fair while under the influence of alcohol, Henchard tries to amend his ways and eventually becomes the mayor of Casterbridge. However, the shadows of his past actions loom large, affecting his relationships and leading to a series of heartrending events. The narrative delves deep into themes of fate, personal responsibility, and the immutable character of a man.Show book
Though Northanger Abbey is one of Jane Austen's earliest novels, it was not published until after her death - well after she'd established her reputation with works such as Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility.Consider Austen's introduction of her heroine: we are told on the very first page that "no one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be an heroine." The author goes on to explain that Miss Morland's father is a clergyman with "a considerable independence, besides two good livings - and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters." Furthermore, her mother does not die giving birth to her, and Catherine herself, far from engaging in "the more heroic enjoyments of infancy, nursing a dormouse, feeding a canary-bird, or watering a rose-bush" vastly prefers playing cricket with her brothers to any girlish pastimes.Catherine grows up to be a passably pretty girl and is invited to spend a few weeks in Bath with a family friend. While there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor, who invite her to visit their family estate, Northanger Abbey. Once there, Austen amuses herself and us as Catherine, a great reader of Gothic romances, allows her imagination to run wild, finding dreadful portents in the most wonderfully prosaic events. But Austen is after something more than mere parody; she uses her rapier wit to mock not only the essential silliness of "horrid" novels, but to expose the even more horrid workings of polite society, for nothing Catherine imagines could possibly rival the hypocrisy she experiences at the hands of her supposed friends. In many respects Northanger Abbey is the most lighthearted of Jane Austen's novels, yet at its core is a serious, unsentimental commentary on love and marriage, 19th-century British style.An Author's Republic audio production.Show book
William Tell Told Again (1904) is a retelling of the William Tell legend in prose and verse. The main prose was written by P. G. Wodehouse, while the verses were written by John W. Houghton. Excerpt from the book: Once upon a time, more years ago than anybody can remember, before the first hotel had been built or the first Englishman had taken a photograph of Mont Blanc and brought it home to be pasted in an album and shown after tea to his envious friends, Switzerland belonged to the Emperor of Austria, to do what he liked with…"Show book
A British sniper is waiting in a shell-hole in no-mans land for his enemy. It is a battle of wits...the game of no mistakes. It takes the instinct of a hunter after a bear to spot the imperceptible movement, the chink of light and shift in the mud that reveals the movement of his enemy.A tense tale in which we sit alongside the sniper, watching with him as he waits to shoot his enemy.Show book
