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  The Innocents - A Story for Lovers

  Sinclair Lewis

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  The Innocents: A Story for Lovers is a 1917 novel by Sinclair Lewis.
  This distinctive pulp novel follows a longtime married couple as they vacation away from their home in New York City and contemplate starting a business.

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  Great Expectations

  Charles Dickens

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  "Great Expectations" is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published in serialized form between 1860 and 1861. The story follows the life of an orphan named Pip, who rises from humble beginnings thanks to an anonymous benefactor. Set in Victorian England, the narrative explores themes of social class, personal development, and the complexity of human emotions, as Pip navigates love, ambition, and moral dilemmas. The novel is considered one of Dickens's greatest works and a classic of English literature.

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  The Portrait of a Lady Volume 1

  Henry James

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  "The Portrait of a Lady" by Henry James tells the story of Isabel Archer, a spirited and independent American woman who inherits a considerable fortune. Set in Europe, the novel explores Isabel's journey of self-discovery as she navigates the complexities of love, ambition, and societal expectations. Captivated by her newfound freedom and possibilities, Isabel rejects several marriage proposals, including one from her passionate suitor, Caspar Goodwood, and instead marries Gilbert Osmond, an enigmatic and manipulative Englishman living in Italy. Despite the warning signs from her confidante, Madame Merle, Isabel remains blinded by Osmond's charm.

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  The Rainbow Trail

  Zane Grey

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  A disillusioned minister searches the Utah desert for a girl who went missing years ago in this sequel to western classic Riders of the Purple Sage.With Riders of the Purple Sage, Zane Grey invented the western literary form. His timeless novel tells the tale of a mysterious gunman named Lassiter and a Mormon woman named Jane Withersteen, who risk everything to escape the tyranny of a polygamist Mormon minister. Together with a little girl named Fay Larkin, they trap themselves behind a boulder in the lush but secluded Surprise Valley. Ten years later, a disillusioned minister named John Shefford comes looking for Surprise Valley—and Fay. Though his faith in God is shaken, he refuses to lose hope that she can be saved. But as the trail leads Shefford to a secret Mormon village, he begins to wonder—even if he does find her—who she has become.

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  The Invisible Man

  H. G. Wells

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  The mysterious recluse Mr Griffin wanders into town, keeping his whole body hidden and shutting himself away with his scientific equipment. So begins a tour de force by the master of science fiction, H.G. Wells.
  
  When the village is besieged by strange thefts by an uncatchable thief, the clues might lie with the odd-acting stranger. Revealing his incredible secret, he has turned himself invisible, Griffin escapes and seeks those whom he might suborn into aiding him. Driven to darkness by his inability to make himself visible again, Griffin decides to use his misfortune to terrorise others. Greeted with fear and suspicion and betrayed by those around him, Griffin is determined to show just how dangerous an unseen enemy can be.

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  Tender is the Night (Unabridged)

  F Scott itzgerald

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  Dick and Nicole Diver are a glamorous couple who rent a villa in the South of France and surround themselves with a coterie of American expatriates. Rosemary Hoyt, a 17-year-old actress, and her mother are staying at a nearby resort. Rosemary becomes infatuated with Dick and becomes close to Nicole.

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