Tales of Wonder Lord Dunsany http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3357 en 1916 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections The Last Book of Wonder, originally published as Tales of Wonder, is the tenth book and sixth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3357.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3357.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3357.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3357.mobi The Book of Wonder Lord Dunsany http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3355 en 1912 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections The Book of Wonder is the seventh book and fifth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. It was first published in hardcover by William Heinemann in November, 1912, and has been reprinted a number of times since. A 1918 edition from the Modern Library was actually a combined edition with Time and the Gods. The book collects fourteen fantasy short stories by the author. Source: Wikipedia This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3355.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3355.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3355.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3355.mobi A Dreamer's Tales Lord Dunsany http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3352 en 1910 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections A Dreamer's Tales is the fifth book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. It was first published in hardcover by George Allen & Sons in September, 1910, and has been reprinted a number of times since. Issued by the Modern Library in a combined edition with The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories as A Dreamer's Tales and Other Stories in 1917. The book is actually Dunsany's fourth major work, as his preceding book, The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth (March, 1910), was a chapbook reprinting a single story from his earlier collection The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories (October, 1908). In common with most of Dunsany's early books, A Dreamer's Tales is a collection of fantasy short stories. Source: Wikipedia This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3352.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3352.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3352.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3352.mobi Fifty-One Tales Lord Dunsany http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3356 urn:isbn:1592240062 en 1915 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections Fifty-One Tales is a collection of fantasy short stories by Irish writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. The first editions, in hardcover, were published simultaneously in London and New York by Elkin Mathews and Mitchell Kennerly, respectively, in April, 1915. The British and American editions differ in that they arrange the material slightly differently and that each includes a story the other omits; "The Poet Speaks with Earth" in the British version, and "The Mist" in the American version. The collection's significance in the history of fantasy literature was recognized by its republication (as The Food of Death: Fifty-One Tales) by the Newcastle Publishing Company as the third volume of the celebrated Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library in September, 1974. The Newcastle edition used the American version of the text. The book collects fifty-one short stories by the author. Source: Wikipedia This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3356.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3356.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3356.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3356.mobi The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories Lord Dunsany http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3309 en 1908 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories is the third book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. It was first published in hardcover by George Allen & Sons in October, 1908, and has been reprinted a number of times since. Issued by the Modern Library in a combined edition with A Dreamer's Tales as A Dreamer's Tales and Other Stories in 1917. The book is a series of short stories, some of them linked by Dunsany's invented pantheon of deities who dwell in Pegāna, which were the focus of his earlier collections The Gods of Pegāna and Time and the Gods. One of the stories, "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth," was afterwards (1910) published by itself as a separate book, a now very-rare "Art-and-Craft" style limited edition. Source: Wikipedia This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3309.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3309.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3309.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3309.mobi The Gods of Pegana Lord Dunsany http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3275 en 1905 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections The book is a series of short stories linked by Dunsany's invented pantheon of deities who dwell in Pegāna. It was followed by a further collection Time and the Gods and by some stories in The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories . This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3275.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3275.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3275.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3275.mobi Time and the Gods Lord Dunsany http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3349 en 1905 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections Time and the Gods is the second book by Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. The book was first published in hardcover by William Heinemann in September, 1906, and has been reprinted a number of times since. It was issued by the Modern Library in an unauthorised combined edition with The Book of Wonder under the latter's title in 1918. Dunsany had a brief preface in the original edition and added a new introduction to the 1922 edition. The book is a series of short stories linked by Dunsany's invented pantheon of deities who dwell in Pegāna. It was preceded by his earlier collection The Gods of Pegāna and followed by some stories in The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3349.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3349.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3349.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3349.mobi Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley Lord Dunsany http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3266 urn:isbn:1592240046 en 1922 Novels Fantasy A coming of age story set in the mythical "golden age" of Spain. The titular character is excluded from the inheritance of the family castle on the grounds that given his expertise with sword and mandolin he should be able to win his own estate and bride. Setting out to achieve his place in the world, Rodriguez quickly acquires a Sancho Panza-like servant, Morano, and goes on to experience a series of adventures en route to his goal. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3266.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3266.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3266.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3266.mobi A Dark Night's Work Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3366 urn:isbn:019282807X en 1863 Novels A concealed crime and a false accusation of murder. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3366.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3366.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3366.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3366.mobi The Chronicles of Clovis Saki http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3401 en 1911 Short Fiction Collections Humor/Satire One of Saki's best-known works. A collection of satirical short stories featuring Clovis. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3401.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3401.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3401.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3401.mobi Beasts and Super-Beasts Saki http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3399 urn:isbn:1406542865 en 1914 Short Fiction Collections Humor/Satire Beasts and Super-Beasts is a collection of short stories, written by Saki (the literary pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro) and first published in 1914. Along with The Chronicles of Clovis, Beasts and Super-Beasts is one of Saki's best-known works. It was his final collection of stories before his death in World War I, and several of its stories, in particular "The Open Window" and "Sredni Vashtar", are reprinted frequently in anthologies. The majority of the volume's stories deal in one fashion with animals, providing the source for its title. The character of Clovis Sangrail, featured in earlier works by Saki, appears in several stories. Most of the stories appeared previously in periodicals. Stylistically, Beasts and Super-Beasts displays the simple language, cynicism and wry humor that characterize Saki's earlier literary output. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3399.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3399.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3399.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3399.mobi Siddhartha Hermann Hesse http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3374 urn:isbn:0553208845 en 1922 Novels Philosophy Religion Siddhartha is an allegorical novel by Hermann Hesse which deals with the spiritual journey of an Indian boy called Siddhartha during the time of the Buddha. The book, Hesse's ninth novel, was written in German, in a simple, yet powerful and lyrical, style. It was first published in 1922, after Hesse had spent some time in India in the 1910s. It was published in the U.S. in 1951 and became influential during the 1960s. The word Siddhartha is made up of two words in the Sanskrit language, siddha (gotten) + artha (meaning or wealth). The two words together mean "one who has found meaning (of existence)" or "he who has attained his goals". The Buddha's name, before his renunciation, was Prince Siddhartha Gautama, later the Buddha. In this book, the Buddha is referred to as "Gotama". Source: Wikipedia This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3374.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3374.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3374.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3374.mobi Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen Aleksander Chodźko http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2997 en 1896 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2997.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2997.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2997.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2997.mobi Sketches by Boz Charles Dickens http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3369 en 1836 Short Fiction Collections Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836. Dickens' career as a writer of fiction truly began with this collection in 1833, when he started writing humorous sketches for The Morning Chronicle, using the pen-name "Boz". The first edition was accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank. The sketch "Mr. Minns and his Cousin" (originally titled "A Dinner at Poplar Walk") was the first piece of fiction that Dickens ever had published. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3369.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3369.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3369.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3369.mobi Whose Body? Dorothy Leigh Sayers http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3406 en 1923 Novels Crime/Mystery Lord Peter Wimsey investigates the sudden appearance of a naked body in the bath of an architect at the same time a noted financier goes missing under strange circumstances. As the case progresses it becomes clear that the two events are linked in some way. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3406.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3406.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3406.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3406.mobi Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque Edgar Allan Poe http://www.feedbooks.com/book/40 en 1840 Short Fiction Horror Collections Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of previously-published short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1840. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/40.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/40.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/40.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/40.mobi The Jungle Upton Sinclair http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3384 en 1906 Novels Politics The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by author and socialist journalist Upton Sinclair. It was written about the corruption of the American meatpacking industry during the early 20th century. The novel depicts in harsh tones the poverty, absence of social programs, unpleasant living and working conditions, and hopelessness prevalent among the "have-nots", which is contrasted with the deeply rooted corruption on the part of the "haves". The sad state of turn-of-the-century labor is placed front and center for the American public to see, suggesting that something needed to be changed to get rid of American "wage slavery". The novel is also an important example of the "muckraking" tradition begun by journalists such as Jacob Riis. Sinclair wanted to persuade his readers that the mainstream American political parties offered little means for progressive change. Upton Sinclair came to Chicago with the intent of writing The Jungle; he had been given a stipend by the socialist newspaper The Appeal to Reason. Upon his arrival in the lobby of the Chicago Transit House, a hotel near the stockyards, he was quoted as saying, "Hello! I'm Upton Sinclair, and I'm here to write the Uncle Tom's Cabin of the Labor Movement!" (Arthur, 43). He rented living quarters and immediately immersed himself in the city by walking its streets, talking to its people, and taking pictures. One Sunday afternoon, he worked his way into a group of Asian immigrants getting together for a wedding party – "Behold, there was the opening scene of my story, a gift from the gods". He was welcomed to the festivities and stayed until two o'clock in the morning. The novel was first published in serial form in 1906 by The Appeal to Reason. "After five rejections", its first edition as a novel was published by Doubleday, Page & Company on February 28, 1906, and it became an immediate bestseller. It has been in print ever since. Source: Wikipedia This work was published before 1923 and is in the public domain in the USA only. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3384.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3384.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3384.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3384.mobi Irish Fairy Tales James Stephens http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4143 en 1920 Short Fiction Young Readers Fantasy Collections The lore of ancient Ireland comes to life in this collection of classic folk tales retold for modern readers. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4143.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4143.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4143.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/4143.mobi The Book of Dragons Edith Nesbit http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2924 urn:isbn:8132015959 en 1899 Short Fiction Young Readers Fantasy Collections Eight madcap tales of unpredictable dragons — including one made of ice, another that takes refuge in the General Post Office, and a fire-breathing monster that flies out of an enchanted book and eats an entire soccer team! This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2924.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2924.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2924.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2924.mobi Lilith George MacDonald http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3414 en 1895 Novels Fantasy Lilith is a fantasy novel written by Scottish writer George MacDonald and first published in 1895. Its importance was recognized in its later revival in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fifth volume of the celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in September 1969. Lilith is considered among the darkest of MacDonald's works, and among the most profound. It is a story concerning the nature of life, death and salvation. Many believe MacDonald is arguing for Christian universalism, or the idea that all will eventually be saved. Mr. Vane, the protagonist of Lilith, owns a library that seems to be haunted by the former librarian, who looks much like a raven from the brief glimpses he catches of the wraith. After finally encountering the supposed ghost, the mysterious Mr. Raven, Vane learns that Raven had known his father; indeed, Vane's father had visited the strange parallel universe from which Raven comes and goes and now resides therein. Vane follows Raven into the world through a mirror (this symbolistic realm is described as "the region of the seven dimensions", a term taken from Jacob Boehme). Source: Wikipedia http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3414.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3414.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3414.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3414.mobi