The Innocence of Father Brown Gilbert Keith Chesterton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3713 urn:isbn:1602068984 en 1911 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery Collections Religion Twelve mysteries featuring Father Brown, the short, stumpy Catholic priest with "uncanny insight into human evil." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3713.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3713.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3713.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3713.mobi The Man Who Was Thursday: a Nightmare Gilbert Keith Chesterton http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680 urn:isbn:0375757910 en 1908 Novels Crime/Mystery Fantasy Thriller Religion The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare is a novel by G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1908. The book has been referred to as a metaphysical thriller. Although it deals with anarchists, the novel is not an exploration or rebuttal of anarchist thought; Chesterton's ad hoc construction of "Philosophical Anarchism" is distinguished from ordinary anarchism and is referred to several times not so much as a rebellion against government but as a rebellion against God. The novel has been described as "one of the hidden hinges of twentieth-century writing, the place where, before our eyes, the nonsense-fantastical tradition of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear pivots and becomes the nightmare-fantastical tradition of Kafka and Borges." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3680.mobi Quo Vadis Henryk Sienkiewicz http://www.feedbooks.com/book/350 urn:isbn:1934169064 en 1896 Novels History Romance Religion Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero, commonly known as Quo Vadis, is a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Quo vadis is Latin for "Where are you going?" and alludes to a New Testament verse (John 13:36). The verse, in the King James Version, reads as follows, "Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards." Quo Vadis tells of a love that develops between a young Christian woman, Ligia (or Lygia), and Marcus Vinicius, a Roman patrician. It takes place in the city of Rome under the rule of emperor Nero around AD 64. Sienkiewicz studied the Roman Empire extensively prior to writing the novel, with the aim of getting historical details correct. As such, several historical figures appear in the book. As a whole, the novel carries a powerful pro-Christian message. Published in installments in three Polish dailies in 1895, it came out in book form in 1896 and has since been translated into more than 50 languages. This novel contributed to Sienkiewicz's Nobel Prize for literature in 1905. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/350.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/350.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/350.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/350.mobi Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson http://www.feedbooks.com/book/95 urn:isbn:1593081316 en 1886 Novels Horror Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886. It is about a London lawyer who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the misanthropic Edward Hyde. The work is known for its vivid portrayal of a split personality, split in the sense that within the same person there is both an apparently good and an evil personality each being quite distinct from each other; in mainstream culture the very phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" has come to mean a person who is vastly different in moral character from one situation to the next. This is different from multiple personality disorder where the different personalities do not necessarily differ in any moral sense. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was an immediate success and one of Stevenson's best-selling works. Stage adaptations began in Boston and London within a year of its publication and it has gone on to inspire scores of major film and stage performances. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/95.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/95.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/95.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/95.mobi Through the Looking Glass (And What Alice Found There) Lewis Carroll http://www.feedbooks.com/book/23 urn:isbn:0688120490 en 1871 Novels Young Readers Fantasy Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) is a work of children's literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), generally categorized as literary nonsense. It is the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Although it makes no reference to the events in the earlier book, the themes and settings of Through the Looking-Glass make it a kind of mirror image of Wonderland: the first book begins outdoors, in the warm month of May, on Alice's birthday (May 4), uses frequent changes in size as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of playing cards; the second opens indoors on a snowy, wintry night exactly six months later, on November 4 (the day before Guy Fawkes Night), uses frequent changes in time and spatial directions as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of chess. In it, there are many mirror themes, including opposites, time running backwards, and so on. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/23.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/23.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/23.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/23.mobi Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/15 urn:isbn:0486264645 en 1902 Novels Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski). Before its 1902 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It is widely regarded as a significant work of English literature and part of the Western canon. This highly symbolic story is actually a story within a story, or frame narrative. It follows Marlow as he recounts, from dusk through to late night, his adventure into the Congo to a group of men aboard a ship anchored in the Thames Estuary. The story details an incident when Marlow, an Englishman, took a foreign assignment as a ferry-boat captain, employed by a Belgian trading company. Although the river is never specifically named, readers may assume it is the Congo River, in the Congo Free State, a private colony of King Leopold II. Marlow is employed to transport ivory downriver; however, his more pressing assignment is to return Kurtz, another ivory trader, to civilization in a cover up. Kurtz has a reputation throughout the region. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/15.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/15.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/15.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/15.mobi Don Quixote Miguel Cervantes http://www.feedbooks.com/book/183 urn:isbn:B001AAWVRY en 1615 Novels Humor/Satire Don Quixote, errant knight and sane madman, with the company of his faithful squire and wise fool, Sancho Panza, together roam the world and haunt readers' imaginations as they have for nearly four hundred years. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/183.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/183.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/183.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/183.mobi Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Lewis Carroll http://www.feedbooks.com/book/22 urn:isbn:0785824464 en 1897 Novels Young Readers Fantasy Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) is a novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit-hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar and anthropomorphic creatures. The tale is filled with allusions to Dodgson's friends (and enemies), and to the lessons that British schoolchildren were expected to memorize. The tale plays with logic in ways that have made the story of lasting popularity with adults as well as children. It is considered to be one of the most characteristic examples of the genre of literary nonsense, and its narrative course and structure has been enormously influential, mainly in the fantasy genre. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/22.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/22.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/22.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/22.mobi The Raven Edgar Allan Poe http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3428 en 1845 Poetry Horror "The Raven" is a narrative poem by the American writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe. It was published for the first time on January 29, 1845, in the New York Evening Mirror. Noted for its musicality, stylized language and supernatural atmosphere, it tells of the mysterious visit of a talking raven to a distraught lover, tracing his slow descent into madness. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3428.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3428.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3428.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3428.mobi The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe http://www.feedbooks.com/book/814 urn:isbn:0553212281 en 1843 Short Fiction Horror Gothic "The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It follows an unnamed narrator who insists on his sanity after murdering an old man with a "vulture eye". The murder is carefully calculated, and the murderer hides the body by cutting it into pieces and hiding it under the floorboards. Ultimately the narrator's guilt manifests itself in the hallucination that the man's heart is still beating under the floorboards. It is unclear what relationship, if any, the old man and his murderer share. It has been suggested that the old man is a father figure or, perhaps, that his vulture eye represents some sort of veiled secret. The ambiguity and lack of details about the two main characters stand in stark contrast to the specific plot details leading up to the murder. The story was first published in James Russell Lowell's The Pioneer in January 1843. "The Tell-Tale Heart" is widely considered a classic of the Gothic fiction genre and one of Poe's most famous short stories. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/814.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/814.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/814.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/814.mobi Twelfth Night William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3008 urn:isbn:0199536090 en 1601 Plays Twelfth Night, Or What You Will is a comedy by William Shakespeare, based on the short story "Of Apolonius and Silla" by Barnabe Rich. It is named after the Twelfth Night holiday of the Christmas season. It was written around 1601 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The main title is believed to be an afterthought, created after John Marston premiered a play titled What You Will during the course of the writing. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3008.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3008.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3008.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3008.mobi Macbeth William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2935 urn:isbn:0521606861 en 1606 Plays Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606. It is frequently performed at both amateur and professional levels, and has been adapted for opera, film, books, stage and screen. Often regarded as archetypal, the play tells of the dangers of the lust for power and the betrayal of friends. For the plot Shakespeare drew loosely on the historical account of King Macbeth of Scotland by Raphael Holinshed and that by the Scottish philosopher Hector Boece. There are many superstitions centred on the belief the play is somehow "cursed", and many actors will not mention the name of the play aloud, referring to it instead as "The Scottish play". (From Wikipedia) http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2935.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2935.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2935.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2935.mobi The Tempest William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3000 urn:isbn:0521618789 en 1611 Plays The Tempest is a comedy written by William Shakespeare. It is generally dated to 1610-11 and accepted as the last play written solely by him, although some scholars have argued for an earlier dating. While listed as a comedy in its initial publication in the First Folio of 1623, many modern editors have relabelled the play a romance. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3000.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3000.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3000.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3000.mobi Much Ado About Nothing William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2991 urn:isbn:1903436834 en 1600 Romance Plays Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. First published in 1600, it is likely to have been first performed in the autumn or winter of 1598-1599, and it remains one of Shakespeare's most enduring and exhilarating plays on stage. Stylistically, it shares numerous characteristics with modern romantic comedies including the two pairs of lovers, in this case the romantic leads, Claudio and Hero, and their comic counterparts, Benedick and Beatrice. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2991.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2991.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2991.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2991.mobi King Lear William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2940 urn:isbn:1903436591 en 1606 Plays King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606, and is considered one of his greatest works. The play is based on the legend of King Leir of Britain. It has been widely adapted for stage and screen, with the part of Lear being played by many of the world's most accomplished actors. (From Wikipedia) http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2940.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2940.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2940.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2940.mobi The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2989 urn:isbn:0521618754 en 1598 Plays The Merchant of Venice is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. Although classified as a comedy in the First Folio, and while it shares certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, the play is perhaps more remembered for its dramatic scenes, and is best known for the character of Shylock. The title character is the merchant Antonio, not the Jewish moneylender Shylock, who is the play's most prominent and more famous villain. Though Shylock is a tormented character, he is also a tormentor, so whether he is to be viewed with disdain or sympathy is up to the audience (as influenced by the interpretation of the play's director and lead actors). As a result, The Merchant of Venice is often classified as one of Shakespeare's problem plays. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2989.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2989.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2989.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2989.mobi The Imp and the Crust Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1742 en 1886 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1742.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1742.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1742.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1742.mobi Little Girls Wiser Than Men Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1737 en 1909 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1737.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1737.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1737.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1737.mobi Evil allures, but good endures Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/136 urn:isbn:1600964079 en 1885 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/136.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/136.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/136.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/136.mobi There are No Guilty People Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1735 en 1909 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1735.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1735.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1735.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1735.mobi Work, Death, and Sickness Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1744 en 1903 Short Fiction Religion This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1744.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1744.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1744.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1744.mobi Where Love is, There God is Also Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1736 en 1885 Short Fiction Religion This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1736.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1736.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1736.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1736.mobi Tales of Old Japan Lord Redesdale http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2726 urn:isbn:0804833214 en 1871 Short Fiction History Collections Tales of Old Japan is an anthology of short stories, compiled by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Lord Redesdale, writing under the better known name of A.B. Mitford. These stories focus on the varying aspects of Japanese life in centuries past. The book, which was written in 1871, is still regarded as an excellent introduction to Japanese literature and culture, by virtue of its ease of access and supplemental notes by the writer. Also included are the author's eyewitness accounts of a selection of Japanese rituals, ranging from the harakiri and marriage to a selection of sermons. This book had a lasting influence on the Western perception of Japanese history, culture and society, particularly because of just one widely known tale about samurai revenge. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2726.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2726.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2726.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2726.mobi Password Incorrect Nick Name http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3127 en 2008 Short Fiction Collections 25 short, sometimes funny and sometimes mean stories ideal to rediscover the joy of reading a book as shiny and beautiful as a brand new cell phone. A look from a distance at the absurdity of our present day lives: fights with the less and less comprehensible equipment, pursuit of the latest technological news, pitfalls of our modern lifestyle, useless inventions and issues racing in all directions at a breakneck speed. A lot of entertainment and a little food for thought. Just perfect for the moment when you're finally bored with exploring the alarm settings on your new iPhone. Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3127.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3127.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3127.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3127.mobi Just so Stories Rudyard Kipling http://www.feedbooks.com/book/865 urn:isbn:0517266555 en 1902 Short Fiction Fantasy Collections The stories, first published in 1902, are pourquoi stories, fantastic accounts of how various phenomena came about. A forerunner of these stories is "How Fear Came" in The Second Jungle Book (1895), in which Mowgli hears the story of how the tiger got his stripes. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/865.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/865.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/865.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/865.mobi The Murders in the Rue Morgue Edgar Allan Poe http://www.feedbooks.com/book/795 urn:isbn:0679643427 en 1841 Short Fiction Crime/Mystery "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". Similar works predate Poe's stories, including Das Fräulein von Scuderi (1819) by E.T.A. Hoffmann and Zadig (1748) by Voltaire. C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mysterious brutal murder of two women. Numerous witnesses heard a suspect, though no one agrees on what language was spoken. At the murder scene, Dupin finds a hair that does not appear to be human. As the first true detective in fiction, the Dupin character established many literary devices which would be used in future fictional detectives including Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot. Many later characters, for example, follow Poe's model of the brilliant detective, his personal friend who serves as narrator, and the final revelation being presented before the reasoning that leads up to it. Dupin himself reappears in "The Mystery of Marie Roget" and "The Purloined Letter". http://www.feedbooks.com/book/795.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/795.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/795.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/795.mobi The Damned Thing Ambrose Bierce http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2835 urn:isbn:1406595918 en 1898 Short Fiction Horror This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2835.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2835.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2835.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2835.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