Social Llife & Customs Books
The Unclassed
George GissingThe Unclassed tells the story of two friends who are aspiring authors living in London in the late 19th century. Both of them fall in love. Both believe in social change but do not know how to bring i..
The Paying Guest
George GissingClarence and Emmeline Mumford are in for a real treat when they take in the young, outspoken Miss Louise Derrick as their guest. Shedding a light on class struggles in the Victorian era, The Paying Gu..
The Whirlpool
George GissingHarvey Rolfe was old enough to dine with deliberation, young and healthy enough to sauce with appetite the dishes he thoughtfully selected. You perceived in him the imperfect epicure. His club had no ..
Thyrza
George GissingThere were three at the breakfast-table—Mr. Newthorpe, his daughter Annabel, and their visitor (Annabel's Cousin), Miss Paula Tyrrell. It was a small, low, soberly-furnished room, the walls covered wi..
Children of India
Janet Harvey KelmanBefore America was discovered by Columbus men here had strange ideas about the shape of the world. Men in India had thought of that too, long before anyone in Britain did, and this is the picture of t..
Christian Marriage Indissoluble - A Plain Sermon
James Galloway CowanMarriage, you know, was instituted in the time of man’s innocency. God judged that it was not good for man to be alone; He therefore gave him a help meet for him. That help was a creature ..
The Chronicles of Aunt Minervy Ann
Joel Chandler HarrisIt was a very good thing for Hamp that he married Aunt Minervy Ann, otherwise he would have become a wanderer and a vagabond when freedom came. It was a fate he didn’t miss a hair’s breadth; he “broke..
He that will not when he may - vol. I
Mrs. OliphantAlmost exactly coincident with this sigh the door of the drawing-room opened far down in the dim outer part, and two men came in. The house was so entirely given up to this innocent sway of youth, tha..