Fiction

I was buried in one of those profound reveries to which everybody, even a frivolous man, is subject in the midst of the most uproarious festivities. The clock on the Elysee-Bourbon had just struck midnight. Seated in a window recess and concealed behind the undulating folds of a curtain of watered silk, I was able to contemplate at my leisure the garden of the mansion at which I was passing the evening.

A Transmutation of Muddles is presented here in a high quality paperback edition

Honore de Balzac is considered the founder of social realism

Henry James (1843 - 1916) was one of the leaders in the school of realism in fiction. He is known for his series of novels in which he portrayed the encounter of America with Europe. James is considered to be the master of the novel and novella.

This 1891 novelette by Henry James tells of an ocean voyage on a ship called The Patagonia, sailing from Boston to Liverpool. The unnamed narrator is friends with a Mrs. Nettlepoint, a woman of good family with a son names Jason.

A Passionate Pilgrim is a novella by Henry James, first published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1871. The story was the earliest fiction that James included in the New York Edition (1907–09) of his works. Set in England, the tale shows James' strong interest in the contrast between the Old World and the New. In fact, the difference between America and Europe erupts into open conflict in the story, which leads to an ironic ending.The narrator meets fellow American Clement Searle at an old-fashioned London inn. Searle has long wanted to settle in England to escape what he considers his arid life in America.

James explored consciousness and perception from the point of view of a character within a tale.

Evil men had stolen his treasure, and Raud set out with his deer rifle and his great dog Brave to catch the thieves before they could reach the Starfolk.

Dr. Farnham had thought to help the world with his invention, instead he released a plague upon it.

The Glory of Ippling is presented here in a high quality paperback edition

Henry Beam Piper (March 23, 1904 – c. November 6, 1964) was an American science fiction author

Devil Crystals of Arret is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Hal K. Wells is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition.

What Need of Man? is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Harold Calin is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition

Spawn of the Comet is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by H. Thompson (Harold Thompson) Rich is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition

The Coming of the Ice is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Green Peyton is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition.

Two mathematicians and a psychologist attract the attention of a fourth dimensional being. The insanity begins.

The enlightened days of mental telepathy and ESP should have made the world a better place, but the minute the Rhine Institute opened up, all the crooks decided it was time to go collegiate!

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.