Fiction Books

The Flood

Émile Zola

The Flood is  a short story by Émile Zola, a French novelist, playwright, journalist, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism. The story is set in the village of Sai..

The Whole Family - a Novel by Twelve Authors

Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

A 1908 forerunner, told in twelve chapters, each with a different author. The basic plot was to show how an engagement or marriage would affect and be affected by an entire family. The project became ..

Beyond the City

Arthur Conan Doyle

Beyond the City is a British fiction set in the suburbs written by Arthur Conan Doyle, a British writer, who created the character Sherlock Holmes.Excerpts:These mysterious articles were followed..

The Lesser Bourgeoisie

Honore de Balzac

The Lesser Bourgeoisie is a French fiction written by Honoré de Balzac , a French novelist and playwright.Excerpts:The progressive movement which is carrying the Parisian population to the height..

Zibeline — Volume 1

marquis de Philippe Massa

Zibeline  is a heroines fiction written in multiple volumes by marquis de Philippe Massa. MARQUIS DE MASSA, soldier, composer, and French dramatist, was born in Paris, December 5, 1831. He s..

Bound to Rise

Horatio Alger Jr.

Bound to Rise is a friendship fiction novel written by Horatio Alger, Jr., an author who lived among and for boys and himself remained a boy in heart and association till death, was born at Rever..

The Right Stuff

Ian Hay

The Right Stuff: Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton is a British fiction story written by John Hay Beith, a British schoolmaster and soldier, but he is best remembered as a novelist, playwr..

A Spoil of Office - A Story of the Modern West

Hamlin Garland

A Spoil of Office: A Story of the Modern West is a farmers fiction written by Hamlin Garland, an American novelist, poet, essayist, short story writer, Georgist, and psychical researcher.In ..