Novel-Classic Stories

Of all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome's destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside because of her beauty. Julius Caesar, whose legions trampled the conquered world from Canopus to the Thames, capitulated to her, and Mark Antony threw a fleet, an empire and his own honor to the winds to follow her to his destruction.

The novel follows an investigator drawn into a perplexing case involving the sudden disappearance of several prominent men in Chicago.

A scientist, Victor Frankenstein, learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and more powerful.

The story takes place in the slums of New York City and follows Maggie Johnson, a young girl growing up in poverty, neglect, and violence.

A wealthy traveler who journeys to a small village called Carnacliff in the west of Ireland.

The story follows young Andy Blair and his sister Judy as they travel with their father to take part in the historic Oklahoma Land Run of 1889.

Commissioner Sanders is called upon by the British Government "to keep a watchful eye upon some quarter of a million cannibal folk, who ten years before had regarded white men as we regard the unicorn." Written when world powers were vying for colonial honor, Sanders of the River encapsulates the beliefs and assumptions that motivated such quests. There is religious palava, raiding palava, and all the while, Bosambo, magnificent chief of the Ochori, watches on.

A business man and an eccentric scientist find a way to travel to the moon where they find an advanced alien society

A quiet weaver who lives in the industrial town of Lantern Yard and is falsely accused of theft.

A man surviving in a futuristic world ravaged by the plague