Initially appearing in a series of French crime fiction, Fantomas is an evil genius who gives no mercy, feels no loyalty, and displays utter ruthlessness. A sadistic sociopath who does not care who he murders, Fantomas is a master of disguise and an ingenious criminal. Created in 1911 by Allain and his collaborator Pierre Souvestre, «Fantomas» is the first volume of a popular series of novels. The only counter to this villain is Inspector Juve, ...
The third volume of the 'd'Artagnan Romances', of which «The Three Musketeers» and «Twenty Years After» constitute the first and second volumes, was first serialized between October 1847 to January 1850. It has subsequently been published in three, four, and five-volume editions. Our edition follows the four-volume edition. The books in this edition in their chronological order are as follows: 1. «The Vicomte de Bragelonne» (chapt ...
"This lyrical drama… is based on the following story from the Mahabharata. In the course of his wanderings, in fulfilment of a vow of penance, Arjuna came to Manipur. There he saw Chitr?ngad?, the beautiful daughter of Chitrav?hana, the king of the country. Smitten with her charms, he asked the king for the hand of his daughter in marriage. Chitrav?hana asked him who he was, and learning that he was Arjuna the Pandara, told him that Prabhan ...
The third volume of the 'd'Artagnan Romances', of which «The Three Musketeers» and «Twenty Years After» constitute the first and second volumes, was first serialized between October 1847 to January 1850. It has subsequently been published in three, four, and five-volume editions. Our edition follows the four-volume edition. The books in this edition in their chronological order are as follows: 1. «The Vicomte de Bragelonne» (chapt ...
First published as a weekly serial in 1841, «The Old Curiosity Shop» is a novel that details the life of a young orphaned girl named Nell Trent. She lives with her loving grandfather in his London curiosity shop, until a gamble for wealth forces them to leave for the English countryside, penniless. After their departure, they are sought by both friends who wish to help them and cruel men with harmful designs. The pair of beggars ultimately exper ...
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's notoriety lies primarily in his Sherlock Holmes stories, which remain the quintessential crime and detective novels of the twentieth century. However, before his days of penning detective fiction for zealous audiences, Doyle found inspiration for his novel «The White Company» in an 1889 lecture on medieval times. He had read over a hundred volumes on the period of Edward III and the Hundred Years' War, and call ...
Set in Southern California shortly after the Mexican-American War, Helen Hunt Jackson's «Ramona» is the fictional story of its title character, a part Scottish and part Indian orphan girl who endures great discrimination while growing up in the late 1800s. Immensely popular when first published in 1884, «Ramona» is a timeless story of the discrimination that people of different cultures have endured throughout history exemplified by the con ...
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a novelist, playwright and poet who enjoyed international fame during his lifetime. As a child, Scott was a voracious reader and loved listening to tales and legends of his native Scotland, which accounts for his later collections and publication of Scottish ballads. He developed the reputation as a historical novelist with the 1814 publication of «Waverly»; in fact, he was virtually responsible with the creation ...
In this sequel to «A Princess of Mars», we find John Carter after being forced back to Earth at the end of «A Princess of Mars», returning to Mars after a ten-year absence. Having been separated from his wife Dejah Thoris and his unborn child and in an effort to return to them, Carter struggles against various obstacles in this fantastical imagination of the red planet by Edgar Rice Burroughs. «The Gods of Mars» is a captivating tale of science ...
