The Drum is an adventure novel by the British writer A. E. W. Mason which was first published in 1937. The book's action takes place on the Northwest Frontier of British...

"Such is Life" is an imaginary novel written by Australian author John Furphy, also known as Tom Collins.The story was published in 1903 and it is an imaginary account...

Jules Verne (1828-1905) is one of the most recognizable names in Western literature, coming to be known as one of the Fathers of Science-Fiction. Although he studied to be a...

An universal icon and a metaphor of the human condition, the book is considered a canonical piece of children's literature and has had great impact on world culture. The...

"Kidnapped" is a novel written by R.L.Stevenson in 1886. The story is told in first person by the protagonist. The book is set in Scotland in the years of the civil war,...

White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War is the fifth book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1850. The book is based on the author's fourteen...

Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. King was the son of...

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens) is a novel by James Matthew Barrie published in 1906. In Kensington Gardens there is a Lake, the Serpentine,...

"A Drama in the Air" (French: "Un drame dans les airs") is an adventure short story by Jules Verne. Just as the narrator starts the ascent of his balloon, a...

Mardi, and a Voyage Thither is the third book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849. Beginning as a travelogue in the vein of the author's two...