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Twilight Sleep was written in the year 1927 by Edith Wharton. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edith Wharton, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Born In Exile was written in the year 1891 by George Gissing. This book is one of the most popular novels of George Gissing, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

In this the third of Boothby's Dr. Nikola novels, Nikola applies his almost hypnotic persuasion to convince an out-of-luck Australian, formerly from England, named Gilbert Pennethorne to assist Nikola unwittingly in an evil scheme. Nikola takes advantage of Pennethorne's intense desire for revenge against a former boss in Australia who stole information about the location of a gold field that would have made Pennethorne immensely wealthy. Using that information the boss made himself rich, living a high life in London, while Pennethorne remained penniless. Nikola contrives a plan and a device for Pennethorne to commit the perfect murder of the wealthy thief. Unknowingly, Pennethorne thus becomes a party to another one of Nikola's insidious schemes.

The lore of ancient Ireland comes to life in this collection of classic folk tales retold for modern readers.

The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London. The plot concerns a previously domesticated and even somewhat pampered dog named Buck, whose primordial instincts return after a series of events finds him serving as a sled dog in the treacherous, frigid Yukon during the days of the 19th century Klondike Gold Rushes.Published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is one of London's most-read books, and it is generally considered one of his best. Because the protagonist is a dog, it is sometimes classified as a juvenile novel, suitable for children, but it is dark in tone and contains numerous scenes of cruelty and violence.London followed the book in 1906 with White Fang, a companion novel with many similar plot elements and themes as The Call of the Wild, although following a mirror image plot in which a wild wolf becomes civilized by a mining expert from San Francisco named Weedon Scott.

MS. Found in a Bottle was written in the year 1833 by Edgar Allan Poe. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edgar Allan Poe, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Winner Take All was written in the year 1930 by Robert Ervin Howard. This book is one of the most popular novels of Robert Ervin Howard, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

A collection of short stories with an introduction by G.K. Chesterton.

The Mortal Immortal was written in the year 1910 by Mary Shelley. This book is one of the most popular novels of Mary Shelley, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Ruth Fielding Down East was written in the year 1920 by Alice B. Emerson. This book is one of the most popular novels of Alice B. Emerson, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Die Schatzinsel ist der bekannteste Roman des schottischen Autors Robert Louis Stevenson. Er erzählt von der hindernisreichen Suche nach einem vergrabenen Piratenschatz – einem beliebten Thema solcher Abenteuerromane – und wurde vor allem als Jugendbuch, aber auch durch seine inzwischen über zwanzig Verfilmungen populär.

The Crimson Circle was written in the year 1925 by Edgar Wallace. This book is one of the most popular novels of Edgar Wallace, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

The poverty-stricken Raskolnikov, believing he is exempt from moral law, murders a man only to face the consequences not only from society but from his conscience, in this seminal story of justice, morality, and redemption from one of Russia's greatest novelists.

A mystifying story dealing with a wealthy M.P.'s experiment with a poor young man.

She was written in the year 1886 by Henry Rider Haggard. This book is one of the most popular novels of Henry Rider Haggard, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

Hilton Cubitt, ein angesehener Gutsherr konsultiert Sherlock Holmes. Cubitts Frau Elsie wird von Geheimbotschaften aus tanzenden Strichmännchen in die Verzweiflung getrieben, doch weigert sie sich strikt, Einblick in ihre Vergangenheit in Amerika zu gewähren, die der Schlüssel zu sein scheint. Während Holmes den Code entschlüsselt, wird ihm klar, dass es nicht nur um einen dummen Streich geht, sondern um tödlichen Ernst. Tatsächlich wird sein Klient Cubitt kurz darauf ermordet. Kann Elsie noch gerettet werden?