Fiction
Explore the best fiction books of all time, including top science fiction, fantasy, historical, and romantic novels. Find famous novels and best-selling titles at our online bookstore, offering the best books to read.
-
Doctor MarigoldDoctor MarigoldI am a Cheap Jack, and my own fathers name was Willum Marigold. It was in his lifetime supposed by some that his name was William, but my own father always consistently said, No, it was Willum. On which point I content myself...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Somebody's LuggageSomebody's LuggageThe writer of these humble lines being a Waiter, and having come of a family of Waiters, and owning at the present time five brothers who are all Waiters, and likewise an only sister who is a Waitress, would wish to offer a...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Masterman ReadyMasterman ReadyPlease take a look at the important information in this header. We encourage you to keep this file on your own disk, keeping an electronic path open for the next readers. Do not remove this. We produce about two million dollars for each...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Tarzan the UntamedTarzan the Untamed Hauptmann Fritz Schneider trudged wearily through the somber aisles of the dark forest. Sweat rolled down his bullet head and stood upon his heavy jowls and bull neck. His lieutenant marched beside him while Underlieutenant von Goss brought up the rear,...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Where the Blue BeginsWhere the Blue Begins Gissing lived alone (except for his Japanese butler) in a little house in the country, in that woodland suburb region called the Canine Estates. He lived comfortably and thoughtfully, as bachelors often do. He came of a respectable family, who...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Anna KareninaAnna Karenina Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys house. The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her husband that she could...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Great ExpectationsGreat ExpectationsMy fathers family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip. I give Pirrip as my fathers...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Rienzi, the Last of the Roman TribunesRienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes From the time of its first appearance, Rienzi has had the good fortune to rank high amongst my most popular worksthough its interest is rather drawn from a faithful narration of historical facts, than from the inventions...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Seven Poor TravellersThe Seven Poor TravellersStrictly speaking, there were only six Poor Travellers; but, being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven. This word of explanation is due at...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Penelope's Irish ExperiencesPenelope's Irish Experiences It is the most absurd thing in the world that Salemina, Francesca, and I should be in Ireland together. That any three spinsters should be fellow-travellers is not in itself extraordinary, and so our former journeyings in England and Scotland could...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Jimmyjohn Boss, and Other StoriesThe Jimmyjohn Boss, and Other Stories I One day at Nampa, which is in Idaho, a ruddy old massive jovial man stood by the Silver City stage, patting his beard with his left hand, and with his right the shoulder of a boy who...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Lady BaltimoreLady Baltimore You know the great text in Burns, I am sure, where he wishes he could see himself as others see him. Well, here lies the hitch in many a work of art: if its makerpoet, painter, or novelistcould but have become its...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Padre Ignacio Or, The Song of TemptationPadre Ignacio; Or, The Song of Temptation At Santa Ysabel del Mar the season was at one of those moments when the air rests quiet over land and sea. The old breezes were gone; the new ones were not yet risen. The flowers in...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Ayrshire Legatees Or, The Pringle FamilyThe Ayrshire Legatees; Or, The Pringle FamilyOn New Years day Dr. Pringle received a letter from India, informing him that his cousin, Colonel Armour, had died at Hydrabad, and left him his residuary legatee. The same post brought other letters on the same subject...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
MotherMother IN 1901, this story appeared anonymously as the ninth of a sequence of short stories by various authors, in a volume entitled A House Party. It has been slightly remodelled for separate publication. When handsome young Richard Fieldhe was very handsome and very...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Lin McLeanLin McLean MY DEAR HARRY MERCER: When Lin McLean was only a hero in manuscript, he received his first welcome and chastening beneath your patient roof. By none so much as by you has he in private been helped and affectionately disciplined, an now...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Little White Bird Or, Adventures in Kensington GardensThe Little White Bird; Or, Adventures in Kensington Gardens Sometimes the little boy who calls me father brings me an invitation from his mother: I shall be so pleased if you will come and see me, and I always reply in some such words...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
The TalismanThe Talisman The best leeches of the camp were unable to effect the cure of the King's disease; but the prayers of the army were more successful. He became convalescent, and the first symptom of his recovery was a violent longing for pork. But...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
Subtitle: or, Maid, wife and widow: a matter-of-fact romance Subtitle: a tale of the middle agesThe Cloister and the Hearth A small portion of this tale appeared in Once a Week, July-September, 1859, under the title of A Good Fight. After writing it, I took wider views of the subject, and also felt uneasy at having deviated unnecessarily from...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per
-
The Underground City; Or, The Black IndiesThe Underground City; Or, The Black Indies - (Sometimes Called The Child of the Cavern) The engineers curiosity was excited to the highest pitch. It never occurred to him to doubt whether this letter might not be a hoax. For many years he had...
- $9.99 AUD
$19.99 AUD- $9.99 AUD
- Unit price
- per