In the third installment of the Arsène Lupin series, we find our gentleman burglar up against Isidore Beautrelet, a young but gifted amateur detective who is determined to foil Lupin once and for all. As he hunts down the Hollow Needle...
Classic fiction
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Author:Leblanc, MauriceSummary: - Author:Doyle, Arthur ConanSummary:
At Baskerville Hall on the grim moors of Devonshire, a legendary curse has apparently claimed one more victim. Sir Charles Baskerville has been found dead. There are no signs of violence, but his face is hideously distorted with terror...
- Author:Milne, A. A.Summary:
A. A. Milne's companion volume to Winnie-the-Pooh. In it, you will rediscover Pooh, Christopher Robin, Piglet, Eeyore, and all their friends as well as be introduced to the irrepressible and very bouncy Tigger.
- Author:Wharton, EdithSummary:
Lily Bart enjoys an equitable standing within the New York City elite. Although she desires a comfortable life and has received generous proposals from wealthy suitors, Lily remains single with hope for an honest and loving marriage....
- Author:Hugo, VictorSummary:
Written in 1831 before Hugo was forced to flee from Louis Napoleon's France. In this novel, Hugo paints a vivid portrait of medieval Paris. Quasimodo, the one-eyed, hunchbacked refugee; Esmeralda, the dancing gypsy girl, threatened by...
- Author:Dostoyevsky, FyodorSummary:
Prince Myshkin, the last of his royal bloodline, suffers from epilepsy and a trusting nature. His saintlike purity of soul makes him suspect in the eyes of sinful St. Petersburg, but he finds a friend in passionate Rogozhin, and through...
- Author:Bernhardt, SarahSummary:
Fifteen-year-old Esperance Darbois, the only daughter of philosophy professor François Darbois, is determined to become an actor, though her family insists it will sully their reputation and harm her marriage prospects.
- Author:HomerSummary:
The Iliad is an epic Greek poem written by philosopher Homer, and is considered one of the oldest pieces of western literature still in existence. The story takes place during the last weeks of the ten year Trojan War, with a focus on...
- Author:Wilde, OscarSummary:
This final play from the pen of Oscar Wilde is a stylish send-up of Victorian courtship and manners, complete with assumed names, mistaken lovers, and a lost handbag. Jack and Algernon are best friends, both wooing ladies who think...
- Author:Rohmer, MaxSummary:
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu is the first title in the famous series of "Yellow Peril" novels published by English writer Sax Rohmer, aka Henry Sarsfield Ward (1883–1959), between 1913 and 1959. The novel, like its many sequels, pits the...
- Author:Wells, H.G.Summary:
After the Lady Vain is shipwrecked, Edward Prendick is plucked from the waves by a passing ship and deposited on a remote island. Here he is the guest of Dr Moreau, whose notorious scientific methods had caused an uproar that left him...
- Author:Joyce, JamesSummary:
Features selected readings from the works of James Joyce, whose works came to define the modernist movement in literature.
- Author:Austen, JaneSummary:
A collection of BBC radio full-cast dramatisations of Jane Austen's six major novels Jane Austen is one of the finest writers in the English language, and this volume includes all six of her classic novels. Mansfield Park: On a...
- Author:Kipling, RudyardSummary:
Come meet heroic mongoose Riki-Tiki-Tavi, the “man cub” Mowgli, Toomai the elephant handler and many more delightful characters in these playful fables set in the vividly imagined India of Kipling’s youth. Each tale teaches a lesson to...
- Author:Cooper, James FenimoreSummary:
While guiding a small party of English settlers to the protection of a fort during the French and Indian War, Hawkeye, a frontier scout, and his two Indian friends, struggle against the evils of Uncas who desires a white maiden for his...
- Author:Knowles, Sir JamesSummary:
This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. From the finding of Merlin to the death of King Arthur, follow every thrilling adventure in the Arthurian...
- Author:Dickens, CharlesSummary:
The likeable young Nicholas, left penniless on the death of his father, sets off in search of better prospects. His meandering route to happiness includes work as a teacher at Dotheboys Hall, where the brutal Wackfor Squeers ill-treats...
- Author:Hawthorne, JulianSummary:
Assembled and edited by Julian Hawthorne and first published in 1907, the Old Time English volume of The Lock and Key Library features ten classic mysteries and ghost stories by Charles Dickens, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Thomas de Quincey,...
- Author:Doyle, Arthur ConanSummary:
A scientific expedition headed by Professor George Edward Challenger sets out to explore an isolated South American plateau where it is rumored that dinosaurs and other creatures from the Jurassic Era are still alive. This classic...
- Author:Hammett, DashiellSummary:
Featuring the character that inspired the AMC series Monsieur Spade starring Clive Owen. One of Time Magazine's 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time. Detective Sam Spade is a private eye with his own solitary code of...
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