Jane Austen’s first novel, Northanger Abbey—published posthumously in 1818—tells the story of Catherine Morland and her dangerously sweet nature, innocence, and sometime self-delusion. Though Austen’s fallible heroine is repeatedly drawn into scrapes while...
Odour of Chrysanthemums was written in the year 1914 by David Herbert Lawrence. This book is one of the most popular novels of David Herbert Lawrence, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic...
On the Spot: Violence and Murder in Chicago was written in the year 1931 by Edgar Wallace. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edgar Wallace, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic...
Orlando: A Biography is an influential novel by Virginia Woolf, first published on 11 October 1928. A semi-biographical novel based in part on the life of Woolf's lover Vita Sackville-West, it is generally considered one of Woolf's most accessible novels. The...
People of the Dark was written in the year 1932 by Robert Ervin Howard. This book is one of the most popular novels of Robert Ervin Howard, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings...
Th Blindman's World was written in the year 1886 by Edward Bellamy. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edward Bellamy, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young...
The Adaptive Ultimate was written in the year 1935 by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum. This book is one of the most popular novels of Stanley Grauman Weinbaum, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic...
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective and illustrated by Sidney Paget.These are the first of the Sherlock Holmes short stories, originally published as single stories in...
The story of a billionaire, Isaac Flint, who attempts to control the very air people breathe, and the violent consequences of his ambition and greed. In the concluding chapter, Flint is described as one of "the most sinister and cruel minds ever evolved upon...
The Altar of the Dead was written in the year 1916 by Henry James. This book is one of the most popular novels of Henry James, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers...
Arthur Raffles is a prominent member of London society, and a national sporting hero. As a cricketer he regularly represents England in Test matches. He uses this as a chance to commit a number of burgalries, primarily stealing valuable jewellry from his hosts....
Concerned that her son Chad may have become involved with a woman of dubious reputation, the formidable Mrs. Newsome sends her 'ambassador' Strether from Massachusetts to Paris to extricate him. Strether's mission, however, is gradually undermined as he falls...
E rendkívül népszerű, ifjúkori regényét 1900-ban írta Krúdy Gyula. Podolin, melynek sajátos levegője Wart Erzsébet és Prihoda Ancsurka, Kavaczky György és Riminszky Kázmér meg az öreg vak trombitás sorsát meghatározza, nagy szerepet játszott Krúdy Gyula életében...
A hajdani alföldi betyár neve még ma is fogalom. Alakja köré a nép képzelete mondákat kerekített, tetteit kiszínezte, s hol a hőstetteit, hol a gonoszságait túlozta el olyannyira, hogy a híres rablóvezér valóságos képe már-már elhomályosult. De hát milyen is...
Krúdy életművének egyik központi figurája Szindbád, ez a különös hős, ez az álmodozó, fáradt magyar, aki többnyire az álmok vizén hajózik, ifjúsága tájaira tér vissza, hajdani szeretőit, barátnőit látogatja meg. Százhét nő szerette, de nem győzött mélabúsan...