Novel-Classic Stories

The story begins with Hilda as a sensitive, intelligent young woman struggling with loneliness, disappointment, and questions of purpose.

The peculiar conditions of East Indian society bring together Hilda Howe, a gifted actress of sensational play, and Laura Filbert, a salvation army captain. The salvation methods fall with the emotional actress, who , however, comes under the influence of an ascetic priest. The peculiar methods of an evangelistic and a roman catholic mission are described with wit and humour, and also the patho that made the adventures of a "Memsahib and his honour and a lady" so delightful.

Pasha, is an aging ingnue who is suddenly confronted by the slim, prim and intimidating wife of one of her legion of gift-bearing admirers. Out of guilt and sentimentality, Pasha accedes to the aggrieved wife's demand to return all of the gifts that her husband has given, although this unfaithful husband among the many has given her only two inexpensive items. The dozen stories in this collection also include "Rothschild's Fiddle,".a village undertaker who realizes too late what an angry..

A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel that explores the themes of justice, sacrifice, resurrection, and the brutality of revolution.

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is an epic novel set in early 19th-century Russia during the Napoleonic Wars.

A young Scottish gentleman retreats to the quiet coast of Cruden Bay seeking peace and solitude and so the adventure begins...

The novel is presented as the diary of a young Englishwoman who decides to recount her “doings and misdoings” in a frank, witty, and mischievous way.

The book shows an unconventional young woman. Her father had hoped for a son and raised her with a boy’s name and education.

The novel follows the lives of two characters, both British men, whose fates cross as they serve their country in various conflicts.

The novel is presented as the confession of Fiammetta, a noblewoman from Naples.