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The Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard
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Include books by the same authorThe Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Rudolf Erich Raspe · 140 pages
Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson · 278 pages
KIDNAPPED is an adventure story that has become the model for any thriller of escape and suspense. Set in 1751, the flight of David Balfour and Alan Breck across the Highlands of Scotland is based on real events. Though he wrote the book to make money, while living as an invalid in Bournemouth. Stevenson was proud of it; he inscribed a presentation copy with the couplet. Here is the one sound
The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Emmuska Orczy · 242 pages
Conan (Book 1)
Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter · 221 pages
John Carter: Adventures on Mars
Edgar Rice Burroughs · 664 pages
Captain Blood Returns
Rafael Sabatini · 296 pages
This book explores the further adventures of Captain Peter Blood part time doctor, full time pirate
The World of Jeeves
P.G. Wodehouse · 564 pages
The collection (first published in 1967, reprinted in 1989) contains all of the Jeeves short stories (with the exception of "Extricating Young Gussie") presented more or less in narrative chronological order.
King Solomon's Mines
H. Rider Haggard · 220 pages
King Solomon’s Mines was published in September 1885, becoming an immediate best seller by tapping into people’s excitement for the unknown: in this case, the unexplored regions of Africa. Haggard wrote the novel in a very short period, between six and sixteen months, on a bet with his brother to try to match Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. In the process he created a new literary ge
Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories
Philip Roth · 298 pages
Dramatizations of aspects of American life seen through the comic or tragic predicament of American Jews.
With Fire and Sword
Henryk Sienkiewicz · 745 pages
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Howard Pyle · 247 pages
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood retells the legends of the English outlaw Robin Hood, adapting the old ballads to be read by children. The story sees Robin become an outlaw and follows his adventures as he recruits Merry Men and outwits the local authorities. Pyle's stories set a precedent for much of the modern Robin Hood mythology and storytelling.
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
E.W. Hornung · 292 pages
Winning His Spurs: A Tale of the Crusades
G.A. Henty · 278 pages
The Unvanquished
William Faulkner · 293 pages
Set in Mississippi during the Civil War and Reconstruction, THE UNVANQUISHED focuses on the Sartoris family, who, with their code of personal responsibility and courage, stand for the best of the Old South's traditions.
The Sea-Wolf and Selected Stories
Jack London · 368 pages
Mr. Midshipman Easy
Frederick Marryat · 349 pages
A Country Doctor's Notebook
Mikhail Bulgakov, Mikhail Afanas'evich Bulgakov · 160 pages
In 1916 a 25-year-old, newly qualified doctor named Mikhail Bulgakov was posted to the remote Russian countryside. He brought to his position a diploma and a complete lack of field experience. And the challenges he faced didn't end there: he was assigned to cover a vast and sprawling territory that was as yet unvisited by modern conveniences such as the motor car, the telephone, and electric light
The Rats in the Walls
H.P. Lovecraft · 42 pages
Gulliver's Travels and Other Writings
Jonathan Swift
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
Norman Maclean · 234 pages
Collection of three Western stories, featuring the title piece about the relationship between a father and his two sons, bound together by love and fly fishing.
Captain Hornblower R.N.: Hornblower and the Atropos / The Happy Return / A Ship of the Line
C.S. Forester · 638 pages
The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr Norris/Goodbye to Berlin
Christopher Isherwood · 207 pages
The Star Diaries: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy
Stanislaw Lem