Fiction Books

Abijah's Bubble

Francis Hopkinson Smith

Abijah's Bubble is a popular book by F. Hopkinson Smith. He was an American author, artist and engineer. His novels and short stories are especially felicitous in their portrayal of the Old South.&nbs..

The Scottish Chiefs

Jane Porter

The Scottish Chiefs is an adventure novel about William Wallace, one of the most popular books ever written by Jane Porter. The French version was even banned by Napoleon, and the book has remained ve..

Aaron Trow

Anthony Trollope

What is it like to be a fox hunted by hounds? We find out through the senses of an escaped convict as he struggles to free himself from would-be captors. The struggle is brutal. In the end, we are lef..

The Accused

Harold Daniels

The Accused is a fine crime story made finer by the courtroom trial.  The plot, the atmosphere, and the characterization in The Accused (1958) by American crime writer Harold R. Daniels are so re..

Ptomaine Street - The Tale of Warble Petticoat

Carolyn Wells

Ptomaine Street: The Tale of Warble Petticoat is a A parody on Sinclair Lewis's "Main Street." On a Pittsburgh block, where three generations ago might have been heard Indian war-whoops—yes, and the n..

To the Old Pagan Religion

H. P. Lovecraft

To the Old Pagan Religion is a poem written by H. P. Lovecraft, an American writer of weird fiction and horror fiction. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he spent most of his life there, and..

The Lost Prince

Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Lost Prince is about Marco Loristan, his father, and his friend, a street urchin named The Rat. Marco's father, Stefan, is a Samavian patriot working to overthrow the cruel dictatorship in the kin..

The Tragedy of the Korosko

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Tragedy of the Korosko is a novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was serialized a year earlier in The Strand magazine between May and December 1897, and was later turned into a play Fires of Fate.&..