The second installment in Booth Tarkington's "e;Growth Series"e;, "e;The Magnificent Ambersons"e; is a 1918 novel that won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1919.
First published in 1923, "e;The Fascinating Stranger and Other Stories"e; is a fantastic collection of classic short stories by American dramatist and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Newton Booth Tarkington (1869-1946).
First published in 1865, "e;The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"e; was Mark Twain's first real literary success and arguably launched his career as a writer.
First published in 1889, "e;A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"e; is a novel by Mark Twain about Hank Morgan, an engineer from Connecticut, U.
Raised by her wealthy relatives, Fanny Prince's modesty and integrity stand in stark contrast to the glamorous yet ambiguous lives around her in this most controversial of Jane Austen's novels.
Arguably one of the best-loved novels in English literature, having sold more than 20 million copies, follow the spirited Elizabeth Bennet in a timeless tale of love, class, and social intrigue.
Size does matter in these delightfully tiny tales populated with narcoleptic drivers, bickering backers, suspicious spouses, and other memorable characters.
This novel follows the lives of several schoolboys as they study, take part in their school sports (particularly boxing and running), and enjoy tea in their studies.
The "e;Little Nugget"e; of the title is one Ogden Ford, a spoiled, unpleasant child of overindulgent, wealthy parents; he is so dubbed due to his immense ransom value, being a prime target for kidnappers.
The action begins with playboy bachelor Jimmy Pitt in New York; having fallen in love on a transatlantic liner, he befriends a smalltime burglar and breaks into a police captain's house as a result of a bet.
Mike Jackson, cricketer and scion of a cricketing clan, finds his dreams of studying and playing at Cambridge upset by news of his father's financial troubles, and must instead take a job with the "e;New Asiatic Bank"e;.
After seeing his friend Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge for the first time in years, Jeremy Garnet is dragged along on holiday to Ukridge's new chicken farm in Dorset.
This is the story of a good-natured footman's adventures on the road home from London with his friend and mentor, the absent-minded parson Abraham Adams.
