Translated by John Ormsby. One of the earliest novels in a modern European language, one which many people consider the finest book in the Spanish language. Book Excerpt brown, spring out of the thicket with a goatherd after it, calling to it and uttering the usual cries to make it stop or turn back to […]
A Tale of the Last Kafir War Book Excerpt me here as I stand. Shoot again, Umlilwane–shoot again, if you dare. Hau! Hear my `word.’ You have slain my dog–my white hunting dog, the last of his breed–who can outrun every other hunting dog in the land, even as the wind outstrippeth the crawling ox-wagon, and […]
A poor governess, Jane Eyre, captures the heart of her enigmatic employer, Edward Rochester. Jane discovers that he has a secret that could jeopardize any hope of happiness between them. Book Excerpt m grasp my hair and my shoulder: he had closed with a desperate thing. I really saw in him a tyrant, a murderer. […]
Anna is the jewel of St. Petersburg society until she leaves her husband for the handsome and charming military officer, Count Vronsky. They fall in love, going beyond High Society’s acceptance of trivial adulterous dalliances. But when Vronsky’s love cools, Anna cannot bring herself to return to the husband she detests… (Translated by Constance Garnett) […]
The Davis Twins Series Spice-o-meter Rating: This fun romance is a solid 7.5, maybe an 8, on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being mild (Grandma’s diary – let’s hope!) and 10 being Ooh La La, I’m blushing, but I can’t seem to stop turning the pages (The Fifty Shades of Grey Red […]
Yet another of Gould’s splendid stories of love, adventure and horse racing. Book Excerpt “That poor devil who escaped from Dartmoor five days ago.” Dick smiled. “Is that your news?” “Yes.” “There have been several escapes lately.” “But they’ve all been caught in no time; this chap ain’t, and by gum, lad, if he come’d […]
“A dystopian fiction novella by Ayn Rand, first published in 1938. It takes place at some unspecified future date when mankind has entered another dark age as a result of the evils of irrationality and collectivism and the weaknesses of socialistic thinking and economics.”–Wikipedia Book Excerpt hey reach their fifteenth year. Then they go to […]
A Georgian Romance Set in the late Georgian era, Elizabeth Bailey’s traditional historical romance features an unconventional heroine with a rebellious spirit who runs headlong into adventure. Threatened with a pistol by the young lady discovered in a deserted mansion, Major Gerald Alderley is instantly intrigued. Who is the beautiful intruder? And why does she […]
Don Quijote de la Mancha (ortografía y título original -1605-, El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha) es una de las obras cumbre de la literatura española y la literatura universal, el libro más traducido después de la Biblia, escrito por Miguel de Cervantes.
The Woman in White is widely regarded as the first in the genre of ‘sensation novels’. It follows the story of two sisters living in Victorian England with their selfish, uninterested uncle as their guardian. Marian Halcombe is the elder of the two sisters, and a remarkably ugly woman, but with courage, strength and resourcefulness […]