Fiction Books

Snow-Bound at Eagle's

Bret Harte

Snow-Bound at Eagle's is a social life and customs 19th century fiction book written by Francis Brett Hart, known as Bret Harte, was an American short-story writer and poet, best remembered for h..

Lapsia

Teuvo Pakkala

Lapsia is a Finnish fiction work by Teuvo Pakkala, a playwright, reporter, linguist and teacher. Pakkala is considered to be one of the realists of the 1880s and 1890s, and he is also often called a n..

A Tale of Three Lions

H. Rider Haggard

Taking place in the heart of Africa, “The Tale of Three Lions” is one more thrilling adventure from the eventful life of old hunter Quatermain, the famous hero of “King Solomons Mines”. This time, tho..

Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work

L. Frank Baum

The novel carries forward the continuing story of the three cousins Louise Merrick, Beth De Graf, and Patsy Doyle, and their circle. The title is somewhat misleading; it could more accurately have bee..

Crucial Instances

Edith Wharton

This is Edith Wharton's second published collection of short stories (1901). One of these seven stories, "Copy: A Dialogue," is written as a short play. The role of Hilda is read by Arielle Lipshaw, a..

White Lilac; or the Queen of the May

Amy Walton

White Lilac; or the Queen of the May is a children's fiction story written by Amy Walton.Excerpts: Mrs James White stood at her cottage door casting anxious glances up at the sky, and down t..

The Gem Collector

P. G. Wodehouse

A Gentleman of Leisure is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse. The basic plot first appeared in a novella, The Gem Collector, in the December 1909 issue of Ainslee's Magazine. A Gentleman of Leisure is a novel..

The Hairy Ape

Eugene O'Neill

The Hairy Ape is a 1922 expressionist play by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. It is about a beastly, unthinking laborer known as Yank, the protagonist of the play, as he searches for a sense of be..