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Mrs. Bindle
Herbert Jenkins' most popular fictional creation was Mr. Joseph Bindle, who first appeared in a humorous novel in 1916 and in a number of se…
Max Carrados
Max Carrados is a blind detective who has developed his own remaining senses to a superior level and who has enlisted the superior observati…
The Green Rust
A millionaire is taken suddenly ill, and sensing his mortality, he asks his attorney to do him one last favor—to find and secretly watch ove…
The Crimson Cryptogram
Young Dr Ellis, a struggling new physician, is enjoying a quiet evening smoking and enjoying conversation with his journalist friend Cass, w…
The Spider
Arthur Vernon, member of the Athenian club and member of “society,” has a secret. His father has died and left him destitute, so he has begu…
Tales of the Jazz Age
Tales of the Jazz Age is a captivating collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, showcasing the vibrancy and complexity of …
Our Mr. Wrenn
"At thirty-four Mr. Wrenn was the sales-entry clerk of the Souvenir Company. He was always bending over bills and columns of figures at…
A Daughter of the Snows
In Jack London's first novel, he tells the story of Frona Welse, a strong and interesting heroine, "a Stanford graduate and physical Va…
The Innocents
“Mr. and Mrs. Seth Appleby were almost old. They called each other 'Father' and 'Mother.' But frequently they were guilty of holding hands, …
The Pagan Madonna
The Pagan Madonna, one of Harold MacGrath's numerous novels, set in Shanghai, tells a story of intrigue, murder, and illicit art “collecting…
The King of Ireland's Son
The King of Ireland's Son is a children's novel published in Ireland in 1916 written by Padraic Colum, and illustrated by Willy Pogany. It i…
New Arabian Nights
New Arabian Nights is a collection of short stories which include Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest fiction as well as those considered his …
Dutch Courage and Other Stories
Jack London was quoted as saying, "I've never written a line that I'd be ashamed for my young daughters to read, and I never shall writ…
When God Laughs
This collection of Jack London's short stories touches on a variety of topics, from his love of boxing, to relationships between criminals, …
Widdershins
Onions wrote several collections of ghost stories, of which the best known is Widdershins (1911). It includes the novella The Beckoning Fair…
Brood of the Witch Queen
A swan suffers a mysterious death, its neck wrung by apparent supernatural forces. A young woman dies alone in a hospital room, apparently s…
More New Arabian Nights
More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter (1885) is a collection of linked short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Vandegrift. Three …
The Secret of the Night
Gaston Leroux, perhaps best known as the author of The Phantom of the Opera in its novel form, was also the author of a popular series of my…
A Guest at the Ludlow
Bill Nye was a respected journalist who also became known as a humorist. His short pieces range from a description of a visit to a friend re…
Our Mutual Friend
Our Mutual Friend (written in the years 1864–65) is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, …