Fiction Books

The Other Man

Edgar Wallace

Doris obeyed mutely, her mobile lips quivering as she sought to suppress her emotion. She was conscious of a shiver which seemed to spread from her heart throughout her limbs. The oppression of a name..

A Japanese Blossom

Onoto Watanna

The screaming child was alternately hugged and petted and fanned, until finally, his fat little legs kicking out in every direction, he was carried from the room by Gozo. Out in the garden, the big br..

A Twentieth Century Idealist

Henry Pettit

Paul was not as a general thing given to bothering about hidden meanings. His diving below the surface had been chiefly as a swimmer, from early boyhood until more recent experience. He possessed a ke..

The Goddess - A Demon

Richard Marsh

A vague wonder passed through my mind as to whether her object might not be felony. She had left the window open—I could feel the cool night-air—and stood inside it, as if listening. Was she endeavour..

Mignon

John Strange Winter

After the chief had left the room, Bootles continued his breakfast in silence, considering the two suggestions for the disposal of the child.  Now, if the truth be told, Bootles had a horror of w..

The Magic Cameo - A Love Story

Mrs. Georgie Sheldon

In a palatial residence on Nob Hill, in San Francisco, a distinguished-looking gentleman may be seen sitting in his luxurious library. Its walls are hung with an exquisite shade of old rose, the broad..

Sir Isumbras at the Ford

D. K. Broster

Anne-Hilarion was quite aware, in a general way, of his father's occupations. In fact, as he lay now in his bed, looking through the curtains at the wardrobe doors, he was meditating on the important ..

Daughters of Men

Hannah Lynch

Through the confused mingling of languages French could be detected as the most universal. A fair, pale young man, with the grave questioning air of a stranger who is disagreeably conscious of being s..