PDF Books in Action & Adventure Fiction
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 Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales is a collection short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.I. THE NIGHT OF THE BEACONSII. COUSIN EDIE OF EYEMOUTHIII. THE SHADOW ON THE WATERSIV. THE CHOOSING OF JIMV. THE MAN FROM THE SEAVI. A WANDERING EAGLEVII. THE SHADOW ON THE LANDVIII. THE COMING OF THE CUTTERIX. THE DOINGS AT WEST INCHX. THE RET..
The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Exploits of Brigadier Gerard is a collection of short stories starring Etienne Gerard, a fictional character created by Arthur Conan Doyle in the absence of Sherlock Holmes. Readers might doubt that Conan scripted the death of Sherlock Holmes only to popularize Brigadier Gerard and wrote about 18 short stories portraying his br..
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..