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  The Readjustment - From their...

  Mary Austin

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  The bookshelves of American literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Mary Austin'

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  The Hill of Dreams - A Roman...

  Arthur Machen

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  A Welsh boy who cannot live in the world builds a Roman city in his head above his father's parish, moves to London, and writes a book nobody will read while the walls close in. Machen called it his one attempt at a Robinson Crusoe of the soul and could not place it with a publisher for years. It is the least supernatural of his books and by far the most frightening. Fifty-nine plates of mist, fog and moonlit lanes by painters from Friedrich to Grimshaw run alongside Machen's dream-city, matching its haunted inward weather.

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  The Children's Pilgrimage -...

  L. T. Meade

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  Two London orphans, Cecile and Maurice D'Albert, children of a French father and a Spanish mother, set out from London for the Pyrenees to find the grandmother they have never seen. L. T. Meade wrote for a Victorian public that liked its poverty rescued in the last chapter, and she gives them the rescue — after two hundred pages that are exact about hunger, cold and the price of a night's shelter. Cecile is ten, and the book knows what it is asking of her. Thirty-seven plates of London streets and hard roads by Luke Fildes and Thomas Creswick carry the children's journey out of the city and onto the open road.

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  The Velveteen Rabbit

  Margery Williams

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  "Real isn't how you are made, it's a thing that happens to you."   A shy toy rabbit has dreams of becoming real, even as he learns that being real comes with wear, love, and sometimes pain, but as the wise Skin Horse says, "When you are real, you don't mind being hurt." Margery Williams' The Velveteen Rabbit (or How Toys Become Real) is a story of love, imagination and a little bit of nursery magic. First appearing in Harper's Bazaar in 1921 and published in book form the following year, this timeless classic continues to inspire readers with its touching reflections on childhood.

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  The Monk

  Matthew Lewis

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  The Monk: A Romance is a Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis, published in 1796. A quickly written book from early in Lewis's career, it was published before he turned twenty. It is a prime example of the type of Gothic that specialises in the aspect of horror.

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  The Kreutzer Sonata And Other...

  Leo Tolstoy

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  The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories gathers some of Leo Tolstoy's most intense and thought-provoking works. In the title novella, Tolstoy dives deep into the psyche of Pozdnyshev, a man who becomes so overcome with jealousy and suspicion that it drives him to murder his wife. This tragic tale explores themes of sexual passion, possessiveness, and the moral implications of love, while also reflecting Tolstoys broader views on marriage and human behavior. The collection also includes other short stories that reveal Tolstoy's fascination with human conflict, spirituality, and the search for personal redemption. His exploration of ethical and philosophical issues—often set against the backdrop of rural Russian society—demonstrates his ability to delve into the deepest emotional and psychological territories. Each story challenges the reader to examine their own beliefs, values, and the complexities of life.

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