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Les Miserables is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. First published in France in 1862, it is Victor Hugo's greatest achievement--the ultimate tale of redemption. Former prisoner Jean Valjean struggles to live virtuously after an unexpected act of forgiveness by a kindly...

Collection of nautical stories revealing some of the extraordinary difficulties faced by seamen from the days of sail.(Goodreads)

Excerpt: “How the wind is rising!” said Rosamond.—“God help the poor people at sea to-night!” Her brother Godfrey smiled.—“One would think,” said he, “that she had an argosy of lovers at sea, uninsured.” “You gentlemen,” replied Rosamond, “imagine that ladies are always thinking...

Set in England before World War I, the novel describes David's years at prep school and public school, his studies, sports and friendships, and finally, his brush with death when he stops a runaway horse. (Wikipedia)

The story centres around Pip (Philip) and his sister Pipette (nicknamed after their doctor father's surgery equipment). Pip is a solid, outstanding sportsman who, in this day and age might be thought of as an Aspergers sufferer. He doesn't 'get' most of what goes on around him and proceeds to do just...

In 1923 Robert Frost published his Selected Poems in the spring followed by this collection in November. The following year he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for it. In addition to the titular poem this collection includes the famous "Fire and Ice", a short poem with resonance from Dante...

The third in Bramah's Kai Lung series of fantasy novels. Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat, like the others in the series consists of thinly connected stories related by Kai Lung, concerning the adventures of the storyteller and his lady love Hwa-Mei versus the wicked but ever-smooth Mandarin Shan Tien and...

Bramah pulls out all the stops - evil Chinamen, dangerous Muslims, mysterious Ethiopians, ponderous British officials, dim policeman, and so many gorgeous, exotic women... (Goodreads)

A kind and humble shoemaker called Simon goes out one day to purchase sheep-skins in order to sew a winter coat for his wife and himself to share. Usually the little money, which Simon earned would be spent to feed his wife and children. Simon decided that in order to afford the skins he must go on...

Philip Francis Nowlan (1888 – February 1, 1940) was an American science fiction author, best known as the creator of Buck Rogers. Nowlan’s novella “Armageddon—2419 A.D.” tells about America in the 25th century, conquered by Hans in 2109 AD and only now beginning to rebel. Sometime after...

The stories are all told by the author in the first person, typically addressing a Parisian reader. The author, having relocated his home from Paris, recounts short bucolic tales about his new life in Provence as well as his trips to Corsica and French Algeria. Considered to be light-hearted, and...

The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (1885), is a celebrated English language translation of One Thousand and One Nights (the “Arabian Nights”) – a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age (8th−13th centuries)...

Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton's 19th travelogue is simply fascinating. In disguise and (I'm assuming he's accurate in this) at great risk to himself, Burton made a pilgrimage to Medina and Mecca. His intimate observations of customs, daily life, and travel in a foreign land are the sort that...

In Volume 13 of this collection, of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age (8th−13th centuries) by the British explorer and Arabist Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890) we find another excellent collection of tales of desert djinns, harem stories and desert bandit exploits.