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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..
Peter Pan
by James Mathew BarriePeter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up or Peter and Wendy is J. M. Barrie's most famous work, in the form of a 1904 play and a 1911 novel. Both versions tell the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous yet innocent little boy who can fly, and has many adventures on the island of Neverland that is inhabited by mermaids, fairies, Native Americans and ..
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
by William ShakespeareComplete Works of William Shakespeare is the standard name given to any volume containing all the plays and poems of William Shakespeare. Some editions include several works which were not completely of Shakespeare's authorship (collaborative writings), such as The Two Noble Kinsmen, a collaboration with John Fletcher, Pericles, Prince of Tyre or E..
The Personal History of David Copperfield
by Charles DickensI do not find it easy to get sufficiently far away from this Book, in the first sensations of having finished it, to refer to it with the composure which this formal heading would seem to require. My interest in it, is so recent and strong; and my mind is so divided between pleasure and regret?pleasure in the achievement of a long design, regret in..
Dickens' Stories About Children Every Child Can Read
by Charles DickensCharles Dickens was one of the greatest among the many story-writers of "the Victorian age;" that is, the middle and latter part of the Nineteenth Century, when Victoria was Queen of Great Britain. Perhaps he was the greatest of them all for now, a generation after he passed away, more people read the stories of Dickens than those by any other auth..
A Child's Dream of a Star
by Charles DickensTHERE was once a child, and he strolled about a good deal, and thought of a number of things. He had a sister, who was a child too, and his constant companion. These two used to wonder all day long. They wondered at the beauty of the flowers; they wondered at the height and blueness of the sky; they wondered at the depth of the bright water; they w..
Songs Of The Road
by Arthur Conan DoyleSongs of the Road is a book of poems by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in March 1911 by Smith, Elder & Co. in 2,000 copies. The remainders of 895 copies were reissued by John Murray in January 1920. An American edition was published by Doubleday, Page & Co. in October 1911 with 971 copies. When this collection was included in the 1922 John Murray ed..
Salome - A Tragedy in One Act
by Oscar WildeSalome is a tragedy by Oscar Wilde. The original 1891 version of the play was in French. Three years later an English translation was published. The play tells in one act the Biblical story of Salome, stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas, who, to her stepfather's dismay but to the delight of her mother Herodias, requests the head of Jokanaan ..