Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
- Humorous Lives: Fictional Memoirs
- Fictional Lives Through History
- Dramatic Lives: Fictional Biographies
- Classics of Personal Journeys
The Pit
The Trilogy of The Epic of the Wheat includes the following novels: THE OCTOPUS,, a Story of California.THE PIT, a Story of Chicago.THE WOL…
Beatrice
Beatrice is a lonely twenty-two year old woman. After saving Geoffrey's life, they fall in love. However, Geoffrey is married. In addition, …
The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft
This novel consists of selections from the diary of an author, starting soon after his retirement and continuing until just before his death…
Christina
"Christina is a story of two people: Christina, a strong young and poor woman who searches for work and finds more than she bargained f…
Victory
Recollections of the life of Axel Heyst, one-time manager of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal Company in a fictitious island in the Pacific…
There is a Tavern in the Town
There is a Tavern in the Town invites listeners into the lively world of a barstool philosopher, where humor and insight intertwine. This en…
Movies and Hollywood Short Story Collection
Fiction about (or involving) motion pictures started appearing in the late nineteenth-century, when writers first became aware of early kine…
David Copperfield
David Copperfield, like all of Dickens' novels, is filled with many memorable characters (because they are hyperbolic representations of cha…
Superwomen
In this 1916 work, Albert Payson Terhune introduces twelve immensely influential women, whose actions influenced world history. Terhune choo…
Where the Blue Begins
In his collection Plum Pudding, Christopher Morley included two pieces about an unprepossessing mutt named “Haphazard Gissing I” with a gift…
Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal
Life in the Grey Nunnery was first published in Boston, in 1857 by Edward P. Hood, who was credited as the book's editor. It is likely that …
Collected Works of Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
A collection of 4 short works by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding. - Summary by Krista Zaleski
Lazarillo de Tormes
La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades (más conocida como Lazarillo de Tormes) es una novela española…
The Heavenly Twins
First published in 1893, this novel came to question many subjects which were considered taboo. Through a few interconnected plots and sub p…
Louis Lambert
Louis Lambert is an 1832 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the Études philosop…
Bleak House
Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March 1852 and September 1853. It is widely held to…
Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich
"Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich" is a work of humorous fiction by Stephen Leacock first published in 1914. It is the follo…
The Romance of an Old Fool
A light-hearted account of a successful middle aged widower who chances to visit the small town in which he grew up to renew old acquaintanc…
Richelieu
Written in three volumes, this fictionalized biography of Richelieu is supposedly based on a manuscript that fell into the author's hands an…
The Secret Places of the Heart
Richard Hardy, a member of the British gentry, tries to resolve problems in his marriage as he travels with a psychiatrist. The book is to a…