Historical romans

O Pioneers! is a 1913 novel by American author Willa Cather, written while she was living in New York. It is the first novel of her Great Plains trilogy, followed by The Song of the Lark (1915) and My Ántonia (1918).

"Sometimes, when I have watched the bright beginning of a love story, when I have seen a common feeling exalted into beauty by imagination, generosity, and the flaming courage of youth, I have heard again that strange complaint breathed by a dying woman..

My Man Jeeves is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the UK in May 1919 by George Newnes. Of the eight stories in the collection, half feature the popular characters Jeeves and Bertie Wooster.

Willa Cather’s Lucy Gayheart gropes a wistful way back to the time of the horse and buggy, when some men and some women loved deeply and truly and make themselves miserable and hugged their misery.

Bayou Folk is a Chopin's classic book containing of 23 masterpiece short stories shows rural life in Louisiana after the American Civil War and how former slaves, people of color, women, poor whites, and wealthy whites chafed against social restrictions.

"Professor James Parkhurst, I consider you a colossal failure as an educator," said Francesca, his daughter, known to friend and family as Bambina, or Bambi for short. Professor Parkhurst lifted a startled face from his newspaper and surveyed his only

After war ends, the harder work begins. A weary leader learns that peace demands memory, responsibility, and love carried through loss. A quiet historical novel about choosing life after violence.

Alexander's Bridge was Willa Cather's first novel. It was originally published in 1912, then released a second time in 1922 after Cather had established her repuation. The second edition contained an author's preface.

"Steppenwolf," written by Hermann Hesse, is a novel that explores the complex inner life of its protagonist, Harry Haller, a middle-aged man grappling with his identity and place in society. Haller lives a disordered and solitary life.

To the Lighthouse is a 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf. The novel centres on the Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland between 1910 and 1920. The novel is set in the Ramsays' summer home in the Hebrides, on the Isle of Skye.

Arms and the Man is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid, in Latin: Arma virumque cano ("Of arms and the man I sing"). The play was first produced on 21 April 1894 at the Avenue Theatre.

The Fairy Detective: The Vanishing Court is a dark fantasy mystery set at the edge of the human world and ancient fae realms. When an impossible crime occurs—the sudden disappearance of a Fairy Court—a human detective trained in logic and reason is dr

Anna Karenina is a novel, first published in book form in 1878, by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Tolstoy called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments from 1875 to 1877.

This is the historically based story of Edward V and his brother Richard of Shrewsbury, and their adventures in Medieval England.

In the charming artisan town of Harmony Creek, Elara Vance, a luthier, finds her peaceful life disrupted by the return of Julian Reed, a successful architect and her former love.

Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners commonly known as simply Madame Bovary, is the début novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, originally published in 1856 and 1857.

Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly referred to as Leviathan, is a book by the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), published in 1651 (revised Latin edition 1668).

Les Misérables is a French epic historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published on 31 March 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. Les Misérables has been popularized through numerous adaptations for film, television.

Embark on a chilling journey into the depths of the human psyche with Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein." This timeless gothic masterpiece unfolds the tragic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who, consumed by ambition, creates a living being.

Emma is a novel written by English author Jane Austen. It is set in the fictional country village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfield, Randalls, Donwell Abbey, and involves the relationships among people from a small number of families.

The Count of Monte Cristo (is an adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas. Completed in 1844, it is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean.

A work of historical fiction about a young Iranian woman in a parallel universe, where the 1979 revolution did not take place. She pursues a military career and becomes involved in a fight against extremism in her country and the region.

A work of historical fiction about a young Iranian woman in a parallel universe, where the 1979 revolution did not take place. She pursues a military career and becomes involved in a fight against extremism in her country and the region.

The Black Cat, short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in The Saturday Evening Post in August 1843 and included in the collection Tales by Edgar Allen Poe (1845). The story’s narrator is an animal lover who, as he descends into alcoholism.

A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel published in 1859 by English author Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment..

The Brothers Karamazov, is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Dostoyevsky spent nearly two years writing The Brothers Karamazov, which was published as a serial in The Russian Messenger and completed in November 1880.

This is the frightening yet beautiful tale of the French Resistance in World War II. Dark nights, escapes from Nazi soldiers, Secret Airfields and other strange and wonderful stories spice up this gripping book, which is woven with plots and sub-plots.

The Shadow of Wallgau is a tale based in the Victorian period in a rural area of Bavaria, Germany. Leopold Stecher is being hunted by his Uncle who holds a grudge against him because he did not want to be a farmer like his uncle.

The Mutiny is a tale of Henry Hudson and his last voyage in the Discovery. Was he looking for the North-West Passage? If not, what was he looking for? The Mutiny is an unusual book, and not what you expect from the average authors of today.

There was a hint in it of laughter, but of a laughter more terrible than any sadness—a laughter that was mirthless as the smile of the sphinx, a laughter cold as the frost and partaking of the grimness of infallibility.