PDF Books in Action & Adventure Fiction
The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras
by Jules VerneThe Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras is an adventure novel written by Jules Verne comprising two parts titled as The English at the North Pole & The Field of Ice. Verne narrates the British Expedition led by Captain John Hatteras. The English at the North Pole narrates the Hatteras expedition to the north pole in spite their ship gets..
The Adventures of Gerard
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventures of Gerard is a set of short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle starring his another fictional hero Etienne Gerard serving French Army in Napoleonic wars. While there is no doubt Gerard is a brave soldier and great swordsman, often his own pride let him down in-spite he could escape from many of the encounters. A c..
The Doings of Raffles Haw
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Doings of Raffles Haw is a novel by Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle. A mysterious millionaire, Raffles Haw, comes to reside in Tamfield in Staffordshire. Even before he arrives, people start gossiping about him. As his house is being constructed, people wonder at the number of workers, their speed, and the complete disregard..
The Man from Archangel, and Other Tales of Adventure
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure is a volume collecting 15 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published in 1925. The collection is divided in two parts : Tales of Adventure with miscellaneous stories, and Tales of Medical Life with stories about medecine and doctors...
The Croxley Master - A Great Tale Of The Prize Ring
by Arthur Conan DoyleMR. ROBERT MONTGOMERY was seated at his desk, his head upon his hands, in a state of the blackest despondency. Before him was the open ledger with the long columns of Dr. Oldacre's prescriptions. At his elbow lay the wooden tray with the labels in various partitions, the cork box, the lumps of twisted sealing-wax, while in front a rank of empty bot..
The Jolly Corner
by Henry JamesThe Jolly Corner is a short story by Henry James published first in the magazine The English Review of December, 1908. One of James' most noted ghost stories, "The Jolly Corner" describes the adventures of Spencer Brydon as he prowls the now-empty New York house where he grew up. He encounters a "sensation more complex than had ever before found it..
The American
by Henry JamesThe American is a novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1876–77 and then as a book in 1877. The novel is an uneasy combination of social comedy and melodrama concerning the adventures and misadventures of Christopher Newman, an essentially good-hearted but rather gauche American businessman on his first t..
Tales of Unrest
by Joseph ConradTales of Unrest is a collection of short stories by Joseph Conrad originally published in 1898. Four of the five stories had been published previously in various magazines. This was the first published collection of any of Conrad's stories.The Stories"Karain: A Memory", first published in Blackwood's magazine in 1897"The Idiots", first published in..