Thomas Hardy 
Far from the Madding Crowd 

"Whitefoot the Wood Mouse" is a delightful children’s book written by Thornton W. Burgess, an acclaimed author renowned for his stories featuring anthropomorphic animal characters. This …

Based on the experiences of Captain Frederic Horn, an American sailor and trader, "The Adventures of Captain Horn" by way of Frank R. Stockton is an exciting story. As Captain Horn sets …

"Dead Men Tell No Tales" by way of E. W. Hornung delves into the existence of A. J. Raffles, a gentleman thief, and his dependable partner Bunny Manders. The novel unfolds as Raffles and …

E. Phillips Oppenheim’s "A Millionaire of Yesterday" was first released in 1900. The book follows the story of a young man’s struggle for fortune in colonial Africa and his quest for …

Rafael Sabatini, an Italian-born British author, wrote the 1906 historical adventure book Bardelys the Magnificent. It is a wonderful story of romance and adventure set in early seventeenth-century …

The Illustrious Prince is an interesting and mysterious novel written by E. Phillips Oppenheim. The novel was written more than 30 years before Pearl Harbor and four years before World War I began. …

Rafael Sabatini penned the historical novel Bellarion the Fortunate. The story opens with Bellarion, a young man who was abandoned as a child and educated in an abbey, leaving with a letter of …

The Scarlet Pimpernel series by Baroness Orczy includes the novel The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel. The story begins in Paris in April 1794, when Theresia Cabarrus is betrothed to Citizen …

"Tanglewood Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a collection of timeless myths and legends, reimagined for a younger audience. This book provides a new and intriguing take on ancient Greek …

"The Cricket on the Hearth" is a novella written by Charles Dickens. The Peerybingle family and their lovely home, where a joyful cricket dwells on the hearth, are the focus of this …