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Excerpt:'The three essays composing this small book were written several years ago for publication in the'Times Literary Supplement,'to the editor of which I owe the encouragement to write them, and now the permission to reprint them. Inadequate as periodical criticism, they need still more justification in a book. Some apology, therefore, is required. My intention had been to write a series of papers on the poetry of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: beginning with Chapman and Donne, and ending with Johnson. This forbidden fruit of impossible leisure might have filled two volumes. At best, it would not have pretended to completeness; the subjects would have been restricted by my own ignorance and caprice, but the series would have included Aurelian Townshend and Bishop King, and the authors of'Cooper's Hill'and'The Vanity of Human Wishes,'as well as Swift and Pope. That which dissipation interrupts, the infirmities of age come to terminate. One learns to conduct one's life with greater economy: I have abandoned this design in the pursuit of other policies. I have long felt that the poetry of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, even much of that of inferior inspiration, possesses an elegance and a dignity absent from the popular and pretentious verse of the Romantic Poets and their successors. To have urged this claim persuasively would have led me indirectly into considerations of politics, education, and theology which I no longer care to approach in this way. I hope that these three papers may in spite of and partly because of their defects preserve in cryptogram certain notions which, if expressed directly, would be destined to immediate obloquy, followed by perpetual oblivion.'

Excerpt:'The Owl shows its blue and gilt cover on the bookstalls every Saturday morning. Thursday nights are therefore nights of turmoil in the offices in Fleet Street. They are always wearing nights; more so, of course, in hot weather than in cold. They are nights of discomfort for the office-boy and of something worse for the editor. Spencer Hastings edited The Owl, and owned a third of it; and the little paper's success showed him to possess both brains and capacity for hard work. For a man of thirty-three he had achieved much; but that capacity for work was hard tested—especially on Thursday nights. As to the brains, there was really no doubt of their quality. Take, for instance, The Owl “specials.” After he had thought of them and given birth to the first, The Owl, really a weekly review, was enabled to reap harvests in the way of “scoops” without in any way degenerating into a mere purveyor of news.'

Excerpt:'My name is Martin—James Briggs Martin—but almost everybody calls me Tallow, because once when I was younger I saw old Uncle Ike Bond rubbing tallow on his boots to shine them, and then hurried home and fixed mine up with the stub of a candle and went to school. I guess it couldn't have smelled very good, for everybody seemed to notice it, even teacher, and she asked me what in the world I'd been getting into. After that all the boys called me Tallow, and always will, I guess. I tell you about me first only because I'm writing this account of what happened. Mark Tidd is really the fellow I'm writing about, and Mark's father and mother, and the engine Mr. Tidd was inventing out in his barn, and some other folks who will be told about in their places. I helped some; so did Plunk Smalley and Binney Jenks, but Mark Tidd did most of it. Mark Tidd sounds like a short name, doesn't it? But it isn't short at all, for it's merely what's left of Marcus Aurelius Fortunatus Tidd, which was what he was christened, mostly out of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a big book that Mr. Tidd was so fond of reading that he never read much of anything else except the papers.'

Excerpt:'Primarily, there were the conditions under which she was brought to fifteen years of age: the crowded, scummy tenements; the narrow green-painted halls with their dim gas-jets, making the entrance look more like that of a morgue than a dwelling-place; the dirty halls and rooms with their green or blue or brown walls painted to save the cost of paper; the bare wooden floors, long since saturated with every type of grease and filth from oleomargarine and suet leaked from cheap fats or meats, to beer and whiskey and tobacco-juice. A little occasional scrubbing by some would-be hygienic tenant was presumed to keep or make clean some of the chambers and halls. And then the streets outside—any of the streets by which she had ever been surrounded—block upon block of other red, bare, commonplace tenements crowded to the doors with human life, the space before them sped over by noisy, gassy trucks and vehicles of all kinds. And stifling in summer, dusty and icy in winter; decorated on occasion by stray cats and dogs, pawing in ashcans, watched over by lordly policemen, and always running with people, people, people—who made their living heaven only knows how, existing in such a manner as their surroundings suggested.'

Excerpt:'Mr. H. G. WELLS brought out some time ago an Outline of History, the object of which was to deny the Christian religion. I examined this production for the benefit of my co-religionists in the columns of certain Catholic papers. I did full justice to Mr. Wells's talents as a writer, but I exposed his ill acquaintance with modern work on Biology, with early Christian writing and tradition, with Christian doctrine itself: and, in general, his incompetence. Stung by this exposure, Mr. Wells has just brought out against me a small pamphlet, under the title of Mr. Belloc Objects to the “Outline of History.” It is an excited, popular, crude attack, full of personal insult and brawling, and ample proof that he is hit. But it is singularly weak in argument, confused in reply, and, as I shall show in a moment, shirks nine-tenths of the very damaging criticism which I directed against his book. That book denies a creative God. There is no God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth. The Incarnation is a myth; the Resurrection a falsehood; the Eucharist a mummery.'

A Contemporary Classics hardcover edition of Virginia Woolf's fantastical novel about an Elizabethan nobleman who lives for three centuries and transitions into a woman. With a new introduction by Jeanette Winterson.Woolf's most lighthearted novel is a playful and exuberant romp through history. As a teenage nobleman, Orlando spends his days in revelry at the colorful Tudor court of Queen Elizabeth and his nights in writing earnest poetry. A favorite of the elderly queen, he falls in love with and is jilted by a wayward Russian princess. Two kings later, having reached his thirties, Orlando is sent to serve as ambassador to Constantinople, where he awakens one day to find himself in the body of a woman. The Lady Orlando takes this circumstance in stride and returns to England, where she engages in love affairs with both men and women, consorts with the famous poets of each age, finds happiness with an unconventional husband, and at last achieves publication of her own epic poem in the year 1928, the same year that Woolf published her novel. With its blend of fantastical adventure and satirical wit, Orlando was an immediate popular and critical success, one whose status as a classic has only grown with time. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on the 1st April 1875 in Greenwich, London. Leaving school at 12 because of truancy, by the age of fifteen he had experience; selling newspapers, as a worker in a rubber factory, as a shoe shop assistant, as a milk delivery boy and as a ship's cook. By 1894 he was engaged but broke it off to join the Infantry being posted to South Africa. He also changed his name to Edgar Wallace which he took from Lew Wallace, the author of Ben-Hur. In Cape Town in 1898 he met Rudyard Kipling and was inspired to begin writing. His first collection of ballads, The Mission that Failed! was enough of a success that in 1899 he paid his way out of the armed forces in order to turn to writing full time. By 1904 he had completed his first thriller, The Four Just Men. Since nobody would publish it he resorted to setting up his own publishing company which he called Tallis Press. In 1911 his Congolese stories were published in a collection called Sanders of the River, which became a bestseller. He also started his own racing papers, Bibury's and R. E. Walton's Weekly, eventually buying his own racehorses and losing thousands gambling. A life of exceptionally high income was also mirrored with exceptionally large spending and debts. Wallace now began to take his career as a fiction writer more seriously, signing with Hodder and Stoughton in 1921. He was marketed as the ‘King of Thrillers'and they gave him the trademark image of a trilby, a cigarette holder and a yellow Rolls Royce. He was truly prolific, capable not only of producing a 70,000 word novel in three days but of doing three novels in a row in such a manner. It was in, estimating that by 1928 one in four books being read was written by Wallace, for alongside his famous thrillers he wrote variously in other genres, including science fiction, non-fiction accounts of WWI which amounted to ten volumes and screen plays. Eventually he would reach the remarkable total of 170 novels, 18 stage plays and 957 short stories.Wallace became chairman of the Press Club which to this day holds an annual Edgar Wallace Award, rewarding ‘excellence in writing'. Diagnosed with diabetes his health deteriorated and he soon entered a coma and died of his condition and double pneumonia on the 7th of February 1932 in North Maple Drive, Beverly Hills. He was buried near his home in England at Chalklands, Bourne End, in Buckinghamshire.

This collection brings together 23 chilling tales by landmark gothic writers, including Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Sheridan Le Fanu, Sir Walter Scott and many more.Gothic fiction emerged in the 18th century, recognized for its bleak and sinister landscapes which housed unnatural forces of evil. Often controversial in their time, these stories pushed the boundaries of what was possible in fiction and evoked unsettling emotions as they told their tales of mysterious places, lost secrets, and sudden, shocking violence.Includes:• The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe• The Yellow Wall-paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman• Berenice by Edgar Allan Poe• The Invisible Girl by Mary Shelley• The Tapestried Chamber by Sir Walter ScottABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classic Mysteries and Marvels series brings together thrilling short stories from classic fiction, including spine-chilling ghost stories, gripping detective fiction and cosmic horror.

Max Reddick, a novelist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter, has spent his career struggling against the riptide of race in America. Now terminally ill, he has nothing left to lose. An expat for many years, Max returns to Europe one last time to settle an old debt with his estranged Dutch wife, Margrit, and to attend the Paris funeral of his friend, rival, and mentor Harry Ames. Among Harry's papers, Max uncovers explosive secret government documents outlining'King Alfred', a plan to be implemented in the event of widespread racial unrest and aiming'to terminate, once and for all, the Minority threat to the whole of the American society'. Realizing that Harry has been assassinated, Max must risk everything to get the documents to the one man who can help. Greeted as a masterpiece when it was published in 1967, The Man Who Cried I Am stakes out a range of experience rarely seen in American fiction: from the life of a Black GI to the ferment of postcolonial Africa to an insider's view of Washington politics in the era of segregation and the Civil Rights Movement. John A. Williams and his lost classic are overdue for rediscovery.

Jacques Heath Futrelle was born on the 9th April 1875 in Pike County, Georgia.His early career was as a journalist. Initially he worked for the Atlanta Journal where he began their sports section. This was followed by work for the New York Herald, the Boston Post and the Boston American. At the latter, in 1905, he published the serialized version of his short story ‘The Problem of Cell 13'who's main character was Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, commonly known as ‘The Thinking Machine', a detective, who used logic to solve crimes.In 1895 he married Lily May Peel with whom he had two children.In 1906 buoyed by the success of his short stories he left the paper to write novels. Such was his success that he had a house, ‘Stepping Stones', designed and built with a harbor view at Scituate, Massachusetts, where the family would spend most of their time together.On April 15th, 1912 he was returning from Europe as a first-class passenger aboard the Titanic when it stuck an iceberg. He refused to board a lifeboat but insisted that Lily did. She acquiesced and remembered the last she saw of him he was smoking a cigarette on deck with John Jacob Astor IV. His body was never recovered.

Jacques Heath Futrelle was born on the 9th April 1875 in Pike County, Georgia.His early career was as a journalist. Initially he worked for the Atlanta Journal where he began their sports section. This was followed by work for the New York Herald, the Boston Post and the Boston American. At the latter, in 1905, he published the serialized version of his short story ‘The Problem of Cell 13'who's main character was Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, commonly known as ‘The Thinking Machine', a detective, who used logic to solve crimes.In 1895 he married Lily May Peel with whom he had two children.In 1906 buoyed by the success of his short stories he left the paper to write novels. Such was his success that he had a house, ‘Stepping Stones', designed and built with a harbor view at Scituate, Massachusetts, where the family would spend most of their time together.On April 15th, 1912 he was returning from Europe as a first-class passenger aboard the Titanic when it stuck an iceberg. He refused to board a lifeboat but insisted that Lily did. She acquiesced and remembered the last she saw of him he was smoking a cigarette on deck with John Jacob Astor IV. His body was never recovered.

Jacques Heath Futrelle was born on the 9th April 1875 in Pike County, Georgia.His early career was as a journalist. Initially he worked for the Atlanta Journal where he began their sports section. This was followed by work for the New York Herald, the Boston Post and the Boston American. At the latter, in 1905, he published the serialized version of his short story ‘The Problem of Cell 13'who's main character was Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, commonly known as ‘The Thinking Machine', a detective, who used logic to solve crimes.In 1895 he married Lily May Peel with whom he had two children.In 1906 buoyed by the success of his short stories he left the paper to write novels. Such was his success that he had a house, ‘Stepping Stones', designed and built with a harbor view at Scituate, Massachusetts, where the family would spend most of their time together.On April 15th, 1912 he was returning from Europe as a first-class passenger aboard the Titanic when it stuck an iceberg. He refused to board a lifeboat but insisted that Lily did. She acquiesced and remembered the last she saw of him he was smoking a cigarette on deck with John Jacob Astor IV. His body was never recovered.

Evelyn May Clowes was born on 7th May 1872 in Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire. Growing up in genteel circumstances, her early childhood was spent at Charlton Down House near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, and her teenage years near Heythrop in the Cotswolds. She was educated at home by governesses, excelling at German, Latin, Greek, shorthand, landscape painting, and fabric and wallpaper design.In 1897 she went to Mauritius as companion to her cousin Caroline and in 1898 married Maurice Wilhemn Wiehe, the owner of a sugar plantation. She gave birth to two stillborn children. After a few years of marriage, she found life difficult and returned to England. Shortly afterwards she went by herself to Australia, arriving in June 1902 and gave birth to a son a few months later. She lived in Melbourne for about eight years. To earn a living she took on a wide and varied range of jobs; she edited a woman's fashion paper, wrote short stories and articles, made blouses, designed embroideries, tilled gardens, acted as a housekeeper, and did other artistic work. Her health was not strong, but she undertook any kind of work which would provide a living for herself and her infant son. This gained her an experience of life which was readily put to use in her literary works.Her first book, ‘The Garden of Contentment', was published in 1902 under her pen-name Elinor Mordaunt. It was the first of many works that covered fiction, short stories, travel and autobiography.She changed her name by deed poll to Evelyn May Mordaunt on 1st July 1915 and gained a further reputation as a writer of short stories for magazines which display both her humour and sense of tragedy. Travel was always high on her priority and the experiences used not only for pleasure but in her writings and, as travel books, ideas in themselves. On 27th January 1933 at Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, she married a retired barrister from Gloucestershire. In her own words, the marriage ‘ended in tragedy.'Elinor Mordaunt died on 25th June 1942 at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. She was 70.

'Everything is always topsy-turvy here,'he said. A small town in the Ural mountains is the backdrop to the heartbreak and joys of a Russian-Jewish family, witnessing romance and illness, funerals and friendships, and the catastrophe of wartime invasion. Amidst the snowy peaks of the Ararat valley, a married couple from Moscow admire the view from their hotel balcony, unprepared for the absurdist realities of tourism in the USSR. From chandeliered metro stations to institute bus stops, monolithic skyscrapers and cockroach-infested apartments, Leonid Tsypkin evokes the tragicomedy of Soviet existence in transcendental prose.

A rollicking adventure from the Brontës'imagined kingdom of Verdopolis, The Secret is a tale of intrigue, lies, duplicity, and all-conquering love. It is accompanied by five other associated pieces, making up a unique volume from the best of Brontë's juvenilia.

Willa Cather (1873–1947) é uma das grandes autoras americanas, conhecida por retratar com lirismo a vida no meio-oeste e os desafios dos pioneiros. Suas histórias exploram temas como memória, identidade e a conexão com a terra. O Pioneers! conta a história de Alexandra Bergson, uma mulher determinada que transforma as terras áridas de Nebraska em uma fazenda próspera. Mais do que um relato de perseverança, o livro é uma celebração da força humana e da relação profunda com a natureza. Em The Professor's House, Cather aborda a vida do professor Godfrey St. Peter, que reflete sobre o passado enquanto lida com crises pessoais. A obra explora nostalgia, perda e as tensões entre tradição e modernidade. Esses livros são essenciais para quem deseja se aprofundar no talento literário de Willa Cather e sua literatura rica em beleza poética e reflexões sobre a condição humana.

The American early twentieth century novelist Grace Livingston Hill was immensely popular during her lifetime, writing over 100 books and numerous short stories. Many of her tales were written during a time of great uncertainty, in a world plagued with war and the troubles of the great Depression. Her protagonists were often young female ingénues, strong Christian women or those that have erred and now seek redemption. She wrote about a variety of subjects and almost always with a romance worked into the narrative. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Hill's complete novels, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, concise introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) Please note: Hill's last novel, ‘Mary Arden', was finished by her daughter and so cannot appear due to copyright restrictions. • Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Hill's life and works• Concise introductions to the major texts• All 95 novels, with individual contents tables• The complete Marcia Schuyler Trilogy• Features rare stores appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including Hill's first tale, ‘The Esselstynes', composed when she was only 12 years old• Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts• Excellent formatting of the texts• Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres CONTENTS: The Marcia Schuyler TrilogyMarcia Schuyler (1908)Phoebe Deane (1909)Miranda (1915) The NovelsA Sevenfold Trouble (1889)In the Way (1897)Lone Point (1897)A Daily Rate (1900)The Angel of His Presence (1902)An Unwilling Guest (1902)According to the Pattern (1903)The Story of a Whim (1903)Because of Stephen (1904)The Girl from Montana (1908)Aunt Crete's Emancipation (1911)Dawn of the Morning (1911)The Mystery of Mary (1912)Lo, Michael (1913)The Best Man (1914)The Man of the Desert (1914)The Obsession of Victoria Gracen (1915)The Finding of Jasper Holt (1916)A Voice in the Wilderness (1916)The Witness (1917)The Enchanted Barn (1918)The Red Signal (1919)The Search (1919)The War Romance of the Salvation Army (1919)Cloudy Jewel (1920)Exit Betty (1920)The Tryst (1921)The City of Fire (1922)The Big Blue Soldier (1923)Tomorrow about This Time (1923)Re-Creations (1924)Not under the Law (1925)Ariel Custer (1925)A New Name (1926)Coming through the Rye (1926)The Honor Girl (1927)Job's Niece (1927)The White Flower (1927)Blue Ruin (1928)Crimson Roses (1928)Found Treasure (1928)Duskin (1929)and many more -- too many to list The Shorter FictionThe Esselstynes (1877)A Chautauqua Idyl (1887)A Little Servant (1890)The Parkerstown Delegate (1892)Katharine's Yesterday and Other Christian Endeavor Stories (1895)Miscellaneous Stories

A soldier travels through Europe on a doomed mission to track down his fiancée in this masterful and vivid evocation of life between the wars __________'A concise, powerful writer who brilliantly evokes the social, political and intellectual turmoil of the era'Publisher's Weekly'A master of German prose... Roth understood the subtler acts of violence that war enacts upon the mind'Spectator'A very fine writer indeed'Guardian __________ Flight Without End tells the story of Franz Tunda, an officer in the Austro-Hungarian army, who is captured by the Russians in WWI and escapes to a remote Siberian farm. When peace is at last declared, Tunda pulls out a crumpled photo of his fiancée and sets off in search of home. But the old order has vanished, and Tunda finds himself instead swept along in the current of this new, terrifying world, surrendering to an impassioned love affair with a Russian revolutionary, then drifting phantom-like through Europe's cities. One of Joseph Roth's most personal novels, Flight Without End melds wry humour and experience of exile to reflect on the predicament of a man who can find no role for himself in a changed world.

< A classic meditation on artistic creation and the quest for spiritual transcendence from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Siddhartha __________'A great writer... complex, subtle, allusive.'The New York Times'The classic literal-metaphorical journey.'The Guardian'[Hesse's] simplicity belies galaxies of knowledge in motion--history, theology, psychology, philosophy. Rilke, T. S. Eliot, Gide, Thomas Mann rightly called Hesse a master.'Life __________ In the aftermath of the Great War, a League of seekers sets off on a journey to the East. This merry band of artists, poets, musicians and storytellers travel across landscapes and millennia, every member in pursuit of a different goal. Yet all are united in their purpose - and in their vow to keep the League's essential mystery a secret. Initially a devoted follower of the League, the writer H.H. finds himself riven with doubt years later, when he comes to narrate their doings. As he tries to describe their journey without betraying his vow, words, memories, and his very sense of self all seem to slip from his grasp. A kaleidoscopic narrative which reels between despair and elation, Hesse's work was a major inspiration for travellers on the hippie trail of the 1960s and'70s. It remains a profound meditation on spiritual seeking and the act of creation, from one of the twentieth century's great mystics.

One, None, and One Hundred Thousand by Luigi Pirandello is a profound exploration of identity, perception, and the fluidity of the self. In this novel, Pirandello presents a protagonist, Vitangelo Moscarda, who begins to question his sense of self after a casual remark about his appearance. This seemingly trivial event leads Moscarda to realize that he is perceived differently by every person he encounters, resulting in a crisis of identity. The novel delves into themes of existentialism, highlighting the disparity between how we see ourselves and how others perceive us. Moscarda's journey illustrates the fragmentation of identity, as he grapples with the notion that he is not a single, fixed individual but rather a multiplicity of selves shaped by the perspectives of others. The title itself — One, None, and One Hundred Thousand—reflects this idea, signifying the many versions of a person that exist in the minds of others, as well as the elusive nature of true self-knowledge.

TRAVEL BACK IN TIME WITH MARK TWAIN'S CLASSIC NOVELWritten by Mark Twain in 1889, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court tells the story of Hank Morgan, the quintessential self-reliant New Englander, a 19th-century engineer from Connecticut.After a severe blow to the head, Hank awakens to find himself inexplicably transported back in time and space to early medieval England during the reign of King Arthur. After a bit of confusion and his capture by one of King Arthur's knights, Hank realizes where he is and uses his technological knowledge to fool people into believing that he is a powerful magician. He becomes a rival of Merlin, who appears to be a fraud next to him, and gains the trust of King Arthur.Hank tries to make people's lives better by attempting to modernize the past. He is disgusted at the way the Barons treat the common people and tries to implement democratic ideas and reforms but is unable to change things and prevent the death of King Arthur.Twain wrote the book as a caricature of the romantic notions of chivalry and a satire of servitude and sovereignty. He celebrates plain and simple ingenuity as well as democratic values. Through this story where the past and present collide, Twain exposes the fragility of both utopias, destroying the myth of the romantic ideal as well as his own era's faith in scientific and social progress.“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus”

O. Henry (1862 - 1910) was the pseudonym of William Sydney Porter, one of the greatest American short story writers of the 19th century. His romanticized stories, often with unpredictable endings, became his trademark and made him one of the most popular authors of his time. A prolific and talented writer, O. Henry was always an optimist, and in his work, there is no place for bitterness and despair. In this precious collection, part of the Best Short Stories Collection, the reader will be introduced to this great American writer through thirteen of his finest stories.

Let's be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many. In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the rules and do as you were told. Many did.But whilst male society sought to place obstacles in the path to equality, it could not deny their literary talents, which many times they circumvented by using male pseudonyms. However, the soaring sales of magazines and periodicals during the Victorian Age meant they had voracious appetites for literature, whatever the sex of its gender.Dozens of authors appeared to fill the need. Narratives had new ideas. Characters were emboldened by societal changes and the female voice taking responsibility.The women included here are talents that dazzle. Put them up against anyone and they rise to the top. Whether they remain with an avid readership today or faded to obscurity with the passing of the times their quality remains undimmed. They still speak to us with a clear and unique voice.

Let's be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many. In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the rules and do as you were told. Many did.But whilst male society sought to place obstacles in the path to equality, it could not deny their literary talents, which many times they circumvented by using male pseudonyms. However, the soaring sales of magazines and periodicals during the Victorian Age meant they had voracious appetites for literature, whatever the sex of its gender.Dozens of authors appeared to fill the need. Narratives had new ideas. Characters were emboldened by societal changes and the female voice taking responsibility.The women included here are talents that dazzle. Put them up against anyone and they rise to the top. Whether they remain with an avid readership today or faded to obscurity with the passing of the times their quality remains undimmed. They still speak to us with a clear and unique voice.

Let's be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many. In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the rules and do as you were told. Many did.But whilst male society sought to place obstacles in the path to equality, it could not deny their literary talents, which many times they circumvented by using male pseudonyms. However, the soaring sales of magazines and periodicals during the Victorian Age meant they had voracious appetites for literature, whatever the sex of its gender.Dozens of authors appeared to fill the need. Narratives had new ideas. Characters were emboldened by societal changes and the female voice taking responsibility.The women included here are talents that dazzle. Put them up against anyone and they rise to the top. Whether they remain with an avid readership today or faded to obscurity with the passing of the times their quality remains undimmed. They still speak to us with a clear and unique voice.

Ethel May Dell was born on 2nd August 1881, in the London borough of Streatham, England to a middle class and comfortably off family.She wrote short stories from an early age, mainly romance themed and located in various parts of the British Empire buy more usually India. For their time they were considered to be rather racy.Her first novel, which she worked on for many years, was constantly rejected by publishers until when finally released in 1911 as ‘The Way of An Eagle'was a huge success and went through 30 reprints.Further works followed, all loved by her audience and generally panned by her critics, but it didn't seem to upset her in the slightest. Her income kept all criticisms and enquiries at bay.In 1922 she married Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Tahourdin Savage. He resigned his commission, devoted himself to her well-being and kept all outside interest away from his very shy and private wife.Across her career she wrote some thirty novels and many short stories in magazines and periodicals which were later collected and published in their own volumes.Ethel May Dell Savage died of cancer on 17th September 1939. She was 58.

Ethel May Dell was born on 2nd August 1881, in the London borough of Streatham, England to a middle class and comfortably off family.She wrote short stories from an early age, mainly romance themed and located in various parts of the British Empire buy more usually India. For their time they were considered to be rather racy.Her first novel, which she worked on for many years, was constantly rejected by publishers until when finally released in 1911 as ‘The Way of An Eagle'was a huge success and went through 30 reprints.Further works followed, all loved by her audience and generally panned by her critics, but it didn't seem to upset her in the slightest. Her income kept all criticisms and enquiries at bay.In 1922 she married Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Tahourdin Savage. He resigned his commission, devoted himself to her well-being and kept all outside interest away from his very shy and private wife.Across her career she wrote some thirty novels and many short stories in magazines and periodicals which were later collected and published in their own volumes.Ethel May Dell Savage died of cancer on 17th September 1939. She was 58.

Ethel May Dell was born on 2nd August 1881, in the London borough of Streatham, England to a middle class and comfortably off family.She wrote short stories from an early age, mainly romance themed and located in various parts of the British Empire buy more usually India. For their time they were considered to be rather racy.Her first novel, which she worked on for many years, was constantly rejected by publishers until when finally released in 1911 as ‘The Way of An Eagle'was a huge success and went through 30 reprints.Further works followed, all loved by her audience and generally panned by her critics, but it didn't seem to upset her in the slightest. Her income kept all criticisms and enquiries at bay.In 1922 she married Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Tahourdin Savage. He resigned his commission, devoted himself to her well-being and kept all outside interest away from his very shy and private wife.Across her career she wrote some thirty novels and many short stories in magazines and periodicals which were later collected and published in their own volumes.Ethel May Dell Savage died of cancer on 17th September 1939. She was 58.

Margaret Pedler was born in 1877.As is unfortunately common with many—particularly women authors—little is known of her life or circumstances.She initially studied piano and singing at the Royal Academy of Music and went on to publish several songs.From 1917, when she published her first novel, she went on to write 28 in total, mainly romances.Margaret Pedler died on the 28th December 1948.

Margaret Pedler was born in 1877.As is unfortunately common with many—particularly women authors—little is known of her life or circumstances.She initially studied piano and singing at the Royal Academy of Music and went on to publish several songs.From 1917, when she published her first novel, she went on to write 28 in total, mainly romances.Margaret Pedler died on the 28th December 1948.

Margaret Pedler was born in 1877.As is unfortunately common with many—particularly women authors—little is known of her life or circumstances.She initially studied piano and singing at the Royal Academy of Music and went on to publish several songs.From 1917, when she published her first novel, she went on to write 28 in total, mainly romances.Margaret Pedler died on the 28th December 1948.

Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin was born on the 1st July, 1804, in Paris, France, to an unconventional family who were from different classes—her father being from noble lineage whilst her mother from rather more modest origins. Following her father's early death, Sand was raised by her aristocratic grandmother at the family estate in Nohant, which she later inherited at 17. The house and surrounding countryside was a profound influence on her writing which often highlighted pastoral themes and the natural world, particularly in her later, possibly most critically, acclaimed novels.Sand's life and writings were unconventional and very progressive. At the age of 18, she married Baron Casimir Dudevant, with whom she had two children. However, the marriage was unhappy, and Sand left in 1831, moving to Paris to pursue her literary ambitions. This point also marked her adoption of the pseudonym ‘George Sand'to help her in the male dominated world of publishing. Her first major novel was ‘Indiana'(1832). It was a critical success and there now followed a series of successful novels which established her as more famous and successful than Victor Hugo or Honoré de Balzac. Her writing, a blend of romance and realism, had an effortless spontaneity which neither sacrificed style or form and tackled the complexities of politics, society, and gender.Sand was a bohemian. She wore men's clothing, smoked cigars, and engaged in several high-profile romantic relationships including Prosper Mérimée and Frédéric Chopin.She was a staunch advocate for social justice, women's rights, and workers'welfare and championed democratic and socialist causes. As a Republican she supported the 1848 Revolution and was a member of the provisional government. Despite criticism for her lifestyle and feminist views she continued her literary career across novels, plays, essays, and memoirs. Her defiance of societal expectations and her commitment to social and gender equality continue to inspire readers and writers alike, cementing her place as a central figure in the history of French literature. George Sand died on 8th June,1876, at her childhood home in Nohant and was buried in the private graveyard there. She was 71.

Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin was born on the 1st July, 1804, in Paris, France, to an unconventional family who were from different classes—her father being from noble lineage whilst her mother from rather more modest origins. Following her father's early death, Sand was raised by her aristocratic grandmother at the family estate in Nohant, which she later inherited at 17. The house and surrounding countryside was a profound influence on her writing which often highlighted pastoral themes and the natural world, particularly in her later, possibly most critically, acclaimed novels.Sand's life and writings were unconventional and very progressive. At the age of 18, she married Baron Casimir Dudevant, with whom she had two children. However, the marriage was unhappy, and Sand left in 1831, moving to Paris to pursue her literary ambitions. This point also marked her adoption of the pseudonym ‘George Sand'to help her in the male dominated world of publishing. Her first major novel was ‘Indiana'(1832). It was a critical success and there now followed a series of successful novels which established her as more famous and successful than Victor Hugo or Honoré de Balzac. Her writing, a blend of romance and realism, had an effortless spontaneity which neither sacrificed style or form and tackled the complexities of politics, society, and gender.Sand was a bohemian. She wore men's clothing, smoked cigars, and engaged in several high-profile romantic relationships including Prosper Mérimée and Frédéric Chopin.She was a staunch advocate for social justice, women's rights, and workers'welfare and championed democratic and socialist causes. As a Republican she supported the 1848 Revolution and was a member of the provisional government. Despite criticism for her lifestyle and feminist views she continued her literary career across novels, plays, essays, and memoirs. Her defiance of societal expectations and her commitment to social and gender equality continue to inspire readers and writers alike, cementing her place as a central figure in the history of French literature. George Sand died on 8th June,1876, at her childhood home in Nohant and was buried in the private graveyard there. She was 71.

Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin was born on the 1st July, 1804, in Paris, France, to an unconventional family who were from different classes—her father being from noble lineage whilst her mother from rather more modest origins. Following her father's early death, Sand was raised by her aristocratic grandmother at the family estate in Nohant, which she later inherited at 17. The house and surrounding countryside was a profound influence on her writing which often highlighted pastoral themes and the natural world, particularly in her later, possibly most critically, acclaimed novels.Sand's life and writings were unconventional and very progressive. At the age of 18, she married Baron Casimir Dudevant, with whom she had two children. However, the marriage was unhappy, and Sand left in 1831, moving to Paris to pursue her literary ambitions. This point also marked her adoption of the pseudonym ‘George Sand'to help her in the male dominated world of publishing. Her first major novel was ‘Indiana'(1832). It was a critical success and there now followed a series of successful novels which established her as more famous and successful than Victor Hugo or Honoré de Balzac. Her writing, a blend of romance and realism, had an effortless spontaneity which neither sacrificed style or form and tackled the complexities of politics, society, and gender.Sand was a bohemian. She wore men's clothing, smoked cigars, and engaged in several high-profile romantic relationships including Prosper Mérimée and Frédéric Chopin.She was a staunch advocate for social justice, women's rights, and workers'welfare and championed democratic and socialist causes. As a Republican she supported the 1848 Revolution and was a member of the provisional government. Despite criticism for her lifestyle and feminist views she continued her literary career across novels, plays, essays, and memoirs. Her defiance of societal expectations and her commitment to social and gender equality continue to inspire readers and writers alike, cementing her place as a central figure in the history of French literature. George Sand died on 8th June,1876, at her childhood home in Nohant and was buried in the private graveyard there. She was 71.

Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin was born on the 1st July, 1804, in Paris, France, to an unconventional family who were from different classes—her father being from noble lineage whilst her mother from rather more modest origins. Following her father's early death, Sand was raised by her aristocratic grandmother at the family estate in Nohant, which she later inherited at 17. The house and surrounding countryside was a profound influence on her writing which often highlighted pastoral themes and the natural world, particularly in her later, possibly most critically, acclaimed novels.Sand's life and writings were unconventional and very progressive. At the age of 18, she married Baron Casimir Dudevant, with whom she had two children. However, the marriage was unhappy, and Sand left in 1831, moving to Paris to pursue her literary ambitions. This point also marked her adoption of the pseudonym ‘George Sand'to help her in the male dominated world of publishing. Her first major novel was ‘Indiana'(1832). It was a critical success and there now followed a series of successful novels which established her as more famous and successful than Victor Hugo or Honoré de Balzac. Her writing, a blend of romance and realism, had an effortless spontaneity which neither sacrificed style or form and tackled the complexities of politics, society, and gender.Sand was a bohemian. She wore men's clothing, smoked cigars, and engaged in several high-profile romantic relationships including Prosper Mérimée and Frédéric Chopin.She was a staunch advocate for social justice, women's rights, and workers'welfare and championed democratic and socialist causes. As a Republican she supported the 1848 Revolution and was a member of the provisional government. Despite criticism for her lifestyle and feminist views she continued her literary career across novels, plays, essays, and memoirs. Her defiance of societal expectations and her commitment to social and gender equality continue to inspire readers and writers alike, cementing her place as a central figure in the history of French literature. George Sand died on 8th June,1876, at her childhood home in Nohant and was buried in the private graveyard there. She was 71.

Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin was born on the 1st July, 1804, in Paris, France, to an unconventional family who were from different classes—her father being from noble lineage whilst her mother from rather more modest origins. Following her father's early death, Sand was raised by her aristocratic grandmother at the family estate in Nohant, which she later inherited at 17. The house and surrounding countryside was a profound influence on her writing which often highlighted pastoral themes and the natural world, particularly in her later, possibly most critically, acclaimed novels.Sand's life and writings were unconventional and very progressive. At the age of 18, she married Baron Casimir Dudevant, with whom she had two children. However, the marriage was unhappy, and Sand left in 1831, moving to Paris to pursue her literary ambitions. This point also marked her adoption of the pseudonym ‘George Sand'to help her in the male dominated world of publishing. Her first major novel was ‘Indiana'(1832). It was a critical success and there now followed a series of successful novels which established her as more famous and successful than Victor Hugo or Honoré de Balzac. Her writing, a blend of romance and realism, had an effortless spontaneity which neither sacrificed style or form and tackled the complexities of politics, society, and gender.Sand was a bohemian. She wore men's clothing, smoked cigars, and engaged in several high-profile romantic relationships including Prosper Mérimée and Frédéric Chopin.She was a staunch advocate for social justice, women's rights, and workers'welfare and championed democratic and socialist causes. As a Republican she supported the 1848 Revolution and was a member of the provisional government. Despite criticism for her lifestyle and feminist views she continued her literary career across novels, plays, essays, and memoirs. Her defiance of societal expectations and her commitment to social and gender equality continue to inspire readers and writers alike, cementing her place as a central figure in the history of French literature. George Sand died on 8th June,1876, at her childhood home in Nohant and was buried in the private graveyard there. She was 71.

Mrs. Pauline Manford is a busy woman, as any upstanding New York society lady should be. Parties, dinners, charity luncheons, balls, and strict exercise and beauty regimes fill her daily schedule to an exhausting degree. Her secretary can hardly keep up. To manage a modern household is to hold the family together, staying on trend with all things helpful, but her daughter has horrible taste in married men, her ex-husband is unwell, and her son is struggling to forge a career for himself while his postpartum wife refuses to settle down from lavish partying. Pauline can't decide if she should bob her hair, redecorate, or get a face lift, and she surely doesn't have time to notice her current husband's wandering eye as anything other than harmless flirtations. When a rakish Italian actor bound for Hollywood and a scandal with the local wellness guru threaten to tear her perfectly constructed life apart, Pauline moves on to new spiritually medicinal treatments, and the Manfords must navigate the fraught tensions that bind them together. Hopefully a vacation from NYC's ruthless grind to their quiet country house will deter any further worries. Twilight Sleep (1927), named for the early anesthetic that predates epidural and induces memory loss, is Edith Wharton's oft-forgotten novel of modern motherhood and the pressures that lead women to reconstruct or completely escape their lives. Sharp and humorous, it feels as relevant today as it did in the 1920s.

At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate; this far from civilization the boys can do anything they want. Anything. They attempt to forge their own society, failing, however, in the face of terror, sin and evil. And as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far from reality as the hope of being rescued. Labeled a parable, an allegory, a myth, a morality tale, a parody, a political treatise, even a vision of the apocalypse, Lord of the Flies is perhaps our most memorable novel about “the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart.”

One of the Guardian's novels everyone must read. This new edition of Stevenson's renowned gothic masterpiece has a specially written introduction by Denise Mina. In The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London lawyer Gabriel John Utterson investigates a series of sinister events involving his seemingly respectable friend Dr Henry Jekyll and the dangerous and violent criminal known as Edward Hyde. The shocking revelation about their hidden connection has enthralled generations of readers since the book's first publication in 1886; it is still regarded as one of the most important and influential stories ever written. A morality tale of good and evil, the book explores the multi-faceted complexities of human nature, duality and class – themes that continue to fascinate and intrigue us today.'An important book... written with great economy, tension and wit'– IAN RANKIN'An exciting and unexpected read, even for those who think they know the story already'– LOUISE WELSH

'Winesburg, Ohio'by Sherwood Anderson is a seminal work of American literature, first published in 1919. This collection of interconnected short stories paints a vivid portrait of life in a small Midwestern town at the turn of the 20th century. The book's protagonist, George Willard, a young reporter for the local newspaper, serves as the thread connecting the various tales of the town's inhabitants. Each story delves into the inner lives of Winesburg's residents, revealing their deepest desires, fears, and frustrations. Anderson's characters are often marked by their loneliness and sense of isolation, yearning for connection and understanding in a world that seems indifferent to their struggles. The stories explore themes of alienation, the search for meaning, and the complexity of human emotions. Anderson's writing style is notable for its simplicity and emotional depth, capturing the essence of small-town America with a blend of realism and lyricism.'Winesburg, Ohio'is celebrated for its innovative structure and its profound insight into the human condition. The book's exploration of personal and societal constraints makes it a timeless reflection on the challenges of finding one's place in the world. Through its rich characterizations and poignant storytelling,'Winesburg, Ohio'remains a touchstone in American literary tradition.

Disillusioned with the United States after being expelled from medical school because of his race, Matthew Towns, a young African American man, moves to Berlin, Germany, where he meets and falls in love with Kautilya, a princess from India. They become members of an international coalition against white imperialism. Civil rights activist and NAACP cofounder W. E. B. Du Bois dedicated his life to illuminating racial bigotry's historical, economic, and cultural consequences. Dark Princess, written in the genre of fantasy romance fiction, offered Du Bois an opportunity to fulfill his greatest ambitions, dreams, and longings: eradicating prejudice and discrimination against African Americans and people of color. Although it was not well received when it was first published, the novel is a powerful indictment of white supremacy — and a stirring call for international solidarity among people of color. It has since been rediscovered by scholars and critics who appreciate its bold vision and historical significance.

'The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer'offers a comprehensive collection of the esteemed poet's literary legacy, comprising 20 books that span his illustrious career. Illustrated to enhance the reader's experience, this anthology showcases Chaucer's mastery of language, storytelling, and poetic form. At the heart of the collection is'The Canterbury Tales,'Chaucer's magnum opus, which follows a diverse group of pilgrims as they journey to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. Through a series of captivating tales told by characters from all walks of life, Chaucer provides a vivid portrait of medieval England, exploring themes of love, morality, and human nature with wit, humor, and insight. Also included in the anthology is'Troilus and Criseyde,'Chaucer's epic poem set against the backdrop of the Trojan War, which tells the tragic love story of Troilus, a Trojan prince, and Criseyde, the daughter of a traitorous priest. Readers will also encounter'The Romaunt of the Rose,'a poetic allegory of courtly love, and a selection of Chaucer's minor poems, including'The Parliament of Fowls,''The Legend of Good Women,'and'The Complaint of Chaucer to His Purse.'Additionally, the anthology features'Boece,'Chaucer's translation of Boethius's'Consolation of Philosophy,'which reflects his interest in philosophical and theological themes. Illustrated with evocative artwork that brings Chaucer's medieval world to life, this collection invites readers to immerse themselves in the rich tapestry of his poetry and prose. From the bustling streets of London to the idyllic countryside of England, Chaucer's works offer a captivating glimpse into the literary and cultural landscape of the Middle Ages. Whether you're a longtime admirer of Geoffrey Chaucer's writing or discovering his works for the first time,'The Complete Works'is sure to delight with its blend of timeless poetry, captivating storytelling, and enduring literary significance. Prepare to be transported to a world of knights and ladies, chivalry and romance, where the human experience is explored with depth, insight, and imagination. THE POETRY • THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE • THE BOOK OF THE DUCHESS • THE HOUSE OF FAME • ANELIDA AND ARCITE • PARLEMENT OF FOULES • TROILUS AND CRISEYDE (ORIGINAL TEXT) • TROILUS AND CRISEYDE (MODERNISED AND ANNOTATED) • THE LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN • THE CANTERBURY TALES (ORIGINAL TEXT) • THE CANTERBURY TALES (MODERNISED AND ANNOTATED) • MINOR POEMS THE NON-FICTION • BOECE • TREATISE ON THE ASTROLABE THE CRITICISM • CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES BY GRACE ELEANOR HADOW • ON MR. GEOFFREY CHAUCER BY G. K. CHESTERTON • ADVENTURES IN CRITICISM BY SIR ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH • LECTURES ON CHAUCER AND SPENSER BY WILLIAM HAZLITT • EXTRACT FROM ‘MY LITERARY PASSIONS'BY WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS • THE RENAISSANCE AND THE REFORMATION BY ANDREW LANG • THE PASTONS AND CHAUCER BY VIRGINIA WOOLF • EXTRACT FROM ‘INTRODUCTION TO THE PAINTINGS'BY D. H. LAWRENCE • EXTRACT FROM ‘REALISM AND IDEALISM IN ENGLISH LITERATURE'BY JAMES JOYCE

'The Classic Collection of Baroness Emmuska Orczy'presents a captivating array of novels and short stories from the esteemed author, highlighting her iconic tales of adventure, romance, and intrigue. At the forefront of this anthology is'The Scarlet Pimpernel,'Orczy's timeless masterpiece that follows the exploits of Sir Percy Blakeney, a dashing English aristocrat who leads a secret double life as the elusive Scarlet Pimpernel. With cunning disguises and daring rescues, Sir Percy and his League of the Scarlet Pimpernel risk their lives to save French aristocrats from the guillotine during the Reign of Terror. The collection also features thrilling sequels and spin-offs, including'Sir Percy Leads the Band,''Sir Percy Hits Back,'and'The Way of the Scarlet Pimpernel,'which further explore the adventures of the enigmatic hero and his valiant companions. Additionally, readers will be captivated by Orczy's riveting short stories, such as'Mam'zelle Guillotine,'which offer glimpses into the world of espionage, betrayal, and heroism. Illustrated with evocative artwork that brings Orczy's vivid characters and settings to life, this anthology immerses readers in the swashbuckling world of the Scarlet Pimpernel. From the bustling streets of revolutionary France to the opulent salons of English high society, Orczy's stories transport readers to a time of political upheaval and romantic intrigue. Whether you're a longtime admirer of Baroness Emmuska Orczy's work or discovering her stories for the first time,'The Classic Collection'is sure to enchant with its blend of adventure, romance, and suspense. Prepare to be swept away by the daring escapades of the Scarlet Pimpernel and the timeless allure of Orczy's storytelling. THE EMPEROR'S CANDLESTICKS IN MARY'S REIGN THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL BY THE GODS BELOVED I WILL REPAY A SON OF THE PEOPLE BEAU BROCADE THE ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL THE NEST OF THE SPARROWHAWK PETTICOAT GOVERNMENT A TRUE WOMAN FIRE IN STUBBLE MEADOWSWEET EL DORADO UNTO CÆSAR THE LAUGHING CAVALIER A BRIDE OF THE PLAINS THE BRONZE EAGLE LEATHERFACE LORD TONY'S WIFE A SHEAF OF BLUEBELLS HIS MAJESTY'S WELL-BELOVED THE FIRST SIR PERCY THE TRIUMPH OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL NICOLETTE PIMPERNEL AND ROSEMARY SIR PERCY HITS BACK MARIVOSA A JOYOUS ADVENTURE A CHILD OF THE REVOLUTION THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL LOOKS AT THE WORLD THE WAY OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL SIR PERCY LEADS THE BAND MAM'ZELLE GUILLOTINE THE WILL-O'-THE-WISP THE SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS • OLD HUNGARIAN FAIRY TALES • THE CASE OF MISS ELLIOTT • THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER • LADY MOLLY OF SCOTLAND YARD • THE LEAGUE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL • CASTLES IN THE AIR • UNRAVELLED KNOTS • SKIN O'MY TOOT • ADVENTURES OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL • IN THE RUE MONGE

On Shaky Ground is a modernist novel written in the late 1930s and early 1940s and was originally published in Nazi occupied Kharkiv in 1942. One of the best examples of intellectual fiction of the time, the work summarizes the struggles of the Ukrainian intelligentsia in the late 1920s and early 1930s, when totalitarian reality, together with rampant industrialization, started to affect everyday life. V. Domontovych is the pen name of Viktor Petrov, a historian and archaeologist, a representative of neoclassicism in Ukrainian literature. The novel follows the trajectory of art historian, Rostyslav Mykhailovych, who goes on a work trip from the capital city of Kharkiv to provincial Katerynoslav (today Dnipro), the place where he spent his childhood. In the late 1920s, a section of the Dnipro River became the place of a major industrial project, the construction of the largest hydroelectric station in Ukraine (Dniprelstan), which flooded the rapids over the river and led to serious ecological and social changes in the region. While the main goal of the trip is to save an old church from being turned into a museum, the journey becomes a philosophical reflection on dislocation and loss of connection with one's birthplace, traditions, religion and more globally, a sense of security.

In this captivating tale set in early 1900s Kansas, David Constable navigates the challenges of small-town politics and forbidden love. As he rises to prominence and faces fierce opposition, David must choose between his political ambitions and his growing affection for the mysterious Julia Norman.

When Jack Holden salvages an abandoned sailboat, the Sea-Lark, he sets up a ferry business. But strange events start happening that threaten his new enterprise. First, shadowy figures sneak aboard late at night, trying to steal something. Then Jack catches another prowler red-handed and a struggle ensues. After that, two shady men hire the Sea-Lark for a sail but turn on Jack and his friend Rodney, marooning them. Why are these men so desperate to get their hands on an old sailboat? Jack is determined to solve the mystery and save his precious Sea-Lark. With new dangers around every corner, he races against time to uncover long-buried secrets and bring the culprits to justice.

Amazing Stories Volume 175 is a great collection of action short stories from'The Golden Age of Science Fiction'. Featured here are four short stories by different authors:'Captives Of The Thieve-Star'by James H. Schmitz,'Left Hand, Right Hand'by James H. Schmitz,'Dear Nan Glanders'by Beta McGavin, and'Feet Of Clay'by Robert Hoskins.

The novel,'The Programmed People,'features a seemingly'perfect'future existence. The people of'the Hive'went about their rigid lives in ignorance of their real ruler and the actual history of their race. How could one slender blonde woman crack this powerful monolithic monstrosity?