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First published in 1872, the story is that of Olivia who, as the curtain opens, has been locked in a room, threatened, and is frantic to escape. She sees her chance, and her escape takes her to the smallest of the Channel Islands named Sark. There she and lives peacefully, under an assumed identity, until she has an accident and is in need of a doctor. Dr Martin Dobree comes from the neighboring island to help her and is instantly taken with her. Thus unfolds various circumstances that delve into Olivia's past and what will become of her future.

The Age of Innocence was first published in 1920 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1921. The novel centers around several rich families in New York and their preoccupation with reputation and appearance. Written by Wharton in her late 50s, her title refers to a bygone age of innocence that was dramatically changed with the first World War.

Perhaps Rachael Innes would not have taken a summer rental on a sprawling mansion by the sea if she had known it was haunted. By the time she had spent the second--mostly sleepless--night in ¿Sunnyside¿, the house proved not only haunted but the site of a murder. To make matters worse, that very night she received news of a spectacular bank failure whose engineer might be under her roof.

This is an early book (1886) by Wiggin, author of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. It tells of a lovely, fair haired girl born on Christmas day to the Bird family and thus named Carol. The story carries a tinge of sadness for a Christmas story, but it is a wonderful example of the true meaning of Christmas. In charming Kate Wiggins style, she also brings humor and sometimes hilarity to the telling of the tale.

Written in 1899, Chopin shocked readers by creating the passionate main character of Edna Pontellier. Pentellier, a wife and mother of two sons living in conventional Creole society, rejects these roles and decides to live selfishly. The scandal created by the book haunted Kate Chopin for the rest of her life: she did not produce any new works during the last five years of her life.

The Black Moth, first published in 1921, is Georgette Heyer's first novel and is also the first novel in a four-part series including These Old Shades, Devil's Cub, and An Infamous Army. The Black Moth is set around 1751 during the Georgian era and comes disguised as an amusing but uncomplicated romance. The story appears so straightforward that you may be inclined to read it with half a mind, but that would be a mistake.

Persuasion is Jane Austen's last novel, published posthumously in 1818. The story follows 27-year-old Anne Eliot, who is much older than the central characters in Austen's other books. Having fallen in love with and persuaded to reject a poor naval officer 8 years ago, Anne re-encounters him as a wealthy captain. She is then forced to deal with her regret for past actions and growing jealousy as he courts another woman. This ebook is also part of The Complete Works of Jane Austen.

North and South tells a tale of contrast between the way of life in the industrial north of England and the wealthier south. First published in 1854, the story centers around young Margaret Hale from the South who moves with her parents to a fictional industrial town in the North. The move brings about many changes, as her experiences with the poor and the industrial ruling classes make her rethink her preconceived ideas on class, gender, and romance.

Originally published in 1849, Shirley is the only of Charlotte Brontë¿s novels to be set in a historical period before the novel was written. It takes place in Yorkshire during 1811¿1812 in the midst of an industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic wars. The story revolves around two heroines, Caroline Helstone and Shirley Keeldar, and their relationships with the Moore brothers.

First published in 1811, Sense and Sensibility chronicles two sisters' experiences through romance, misunderstandings and heartbreak. Elinor Dashwood with her good sense and well-developed sense of justice forms a foil to her romantic, headstrong sister Marianne. Economics and social standing also play important parts in one of Austen's most endearing stories. The illustrated edition below includes 39 black and white illustrations by Hugh Thomson. See The Jane Austen Bicentenary Library illustrated and annotated edition.

First published in 1904, The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen is a travel journal written in the same style as the author's other autobiographical works Elizabeth and Her German Garden and The Solitary Summer. Elizabeth's a goal is to ride her coach around Rügen, Germany's largest island and a popular tourist destination. Von Arnim records her journey with enlightening and always witty observations.

Also known as Sand and Sanditon, this unfinished novel was written in 1817, the last year of Jane Austen's life. The novel ends at Chapter 11, after a promising introduction of the seaside village of Sanditon, a few major characters, and several intriguing minor characters. Also included are The Watsons, Lady Susan, Frederic and Elfrida, Love and Freindship, Lesley Castle. The History of England, A Collection of Letters, and Scraps. This ebook is also part of The Complete Works of Jane Austen.

Originally published in October 1919, Night and Day is Virginia Woolf's second novel. It contrasts the daily lives of four major characters while examining the relationships between love, marriage, happiness, and success.

First published in 1905, Princess Priscilla's Fortnight was no doubt written as a true-to-life fairy tale for Von Arnim's children. It tells the story of Priscilla, a hugely popular German princess, who grows tired of her lavish and pampered life. Through the instruction of her mentor, Herr Fritzing, she learns there is a wide and varied world outside the castle walls and yearns to escape.

First published in 1897, That Affair Next Door is another fascinating study in human motivations intertwined with bits and pieces of circumstantial evidence that at first make very little sense. True to Green¿s style, she calls up and explains each motivation, each piece of evidence with mathematical precision until the mystery unravels and the perpetrator is punished in a most fitting fashion.

The year is 1880. Marguerite is an artist and former slave who is hired to paint a wedding portrait for a wealthy family. She soon finds that the family has close ties to her past from which she has constantly fled. Instead of fleeing again, she stays to paint a portrait of her former family, and in so doing she begins to understand the difficult choices her loved ones were driven to make. Read first chapter.

A short novel first published in 1688, Oroonoko centers around the tragic love of its hero, an enslaved African, and the author's own experiences in Suriname in the 1660s. Behn was the first professional female dramatist, as well as one of the first English novelists, male or female.

Northanger Abbey, written around 1798 but actually published in 1817, follows Catherine Morland on a visit to Bath and later to Northanger Abbey, the house of new acquaintances, the Tilneys. Because she has been reading Ann Radcliffe's gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho, Catherine expects her visit to be full of fantastical mystery, murder, and romance. This ebook is also part of The Complete Works of Jane Austen.

First published in 1921, this is the final book in the Anne of Green Gables series. The story revolves around Anne and Gilbert's youngest daughter Bertha Marilla "Rilla" Blythe. Set during World War I, Rilla's brothers Jem, Walter, and Shirley along with Rilla's sweetheart Ken Ford end up fighting in Europe. Rilla of Ingleside is the only Canadian novel written from a contemporary women's perspective about the First World War.

Considered the first novel by a female African-American, Our Nig was ignored upon first publication in 1859 and lost for more than 100 years. The novel achieved national attention when it was rediscovered and reprinted in 1983. Our Nig tells the story of Frado growing up as an indentured servant in the antebellum northern United States. Like Our Nig number of novels and other works of fiction of the period were in some part based on real-life events, including Fanny Fern's Ruth Hall; Louisa May Alcott's Little Women; or even Hannah Webster Foster's The Coquette.

First published in 1813, Pride and Prejudice is the most famous of Jane Austen's novels. Its manuscript was first written between 1796 and 1797, initially called First Impressions, but was never published under that title. It follows the story of the Bennets, a family of 5 daughters, and their trials through romance, economics, pride, and prejudice. The illustrated edition includes illustrations by Charles E. Brock.

The first novel by Fanny Fern, otherwise known as Sara Payson Willis, is a semi-autobiographical tale of a talented writer who loses her husband and is forced to support herself and two young children in the mid 1800s. Fern writes with biting social commentary on the subject of traditional assumptions of a woman's place in society.

Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe was first published in 1861. The story features Marner, a weaver, who is framed for theft by his best friend. He becomes a recluse, but then finds his life drastically changed as he takes responsibility for an orphaned child.

First published anonymously in 1860, the narrator of this novel (who remains unnamed) is an orphan who is sent to live with her aunt. During the journey, the narrator and her companion, Mr. Rutledge, are injured in a train wreck and are thus moved to a nearby parsonage to recuperate before continuing the journey. At the parsonage, part of a large estate called Rutledge, the narrator enjoys the kindness and caring of Mr. Rutledge and the parsonage¿s occupants. When the narrator finally makes it to her aunt's house, she is caught in the flippant social whirl and to a certain degree comes to enjoy it. Drama and tragedy ensue before our narrator determines where her place place of real joy and love should be.

Roast Beef, Medium: The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney was first published in 1913. It chronicles the adventures of perhaps the only a successful traveling saleswoman in literary history, a stellar employee of T. A. Buck¿s Featherloom Petticoats. Emma is the divorced mother of a 17-year-old son Jock, who also makes a few appearances. The title refers to the only consistently good road food, in Emma's opinion: roast beef. The illustrated edition contains 27 illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg.

This selection of short stories includes The Garden Party and Other Stories, Bliss and Other Stories, and In a German Pension. Some of these stories are set in Europe and others set in Mansfield's native New Zealand such as "The Garden Party", "Her First Ball", and "Prelude".

Toute la ligne de rues qui conduisait du mont Janicule au Forum était envahie par cette masse de dés¿uvrés que créent les grands centres de civilisation. Ce jourlà, l'oisiveté romaine s'était éveillée avec l'espérance d'une distraction; elle comptait sur l'arrivée d'un immense convoi de prisonniers.Les maîtres du monde avaient trouvé une nouvelle nation à réduire: ce coin de terre tout couvert de magiques forêts, et que protégeaient des dieux inconnus, était enfin soumis; on allait voir ce peuple de l'Armorique, si merveilleux par sa force, si étrange dans ses m¿urs, dans son culte, et c'était courbé sous la domination romaine qu'il allait apparaître!Aussi, ce jourlà, tous les instincts du grand peuple étaientils agités; toutes ses curiosités avaient été mises en mouvement! il trouvait à la fois un triomphe pour son orgueil, un spectacle pour ses loisirs. Parfois cependant, dans cette foule qu'amassait une même pensée, on entendait surgir quelques mots de regret; c'étaient les plus pauvres qui, au milieu de la joie publique, s'attristaient de n'avoir pas quelques milliers de sesterces peur acheter un Armoricain!Vers la quatrième heure (dix heures du matin), les promeneurs se rangèrent sur deux haies: le cortége de prisonniers commençait à passer sous la porte Aurélia et à traverser les rues de la ville.

This collection of short stories was first published in 1920. It includes several stories originally published in magazines and the last three are from her first book of short stories, The Troll Garden.