After his parents die, a young Scottish man travels to see his only remaining relative, expecting to be welcomed, but instead finds his life and liberty in grave danger.

After coming into his fortune and evading his uncle’s schemes, young gentleman David Balfour continues his adventures in 18th century Scotland, helping a politically unwelcome friend escape into France, avoiding the hangman himself, finding his place as a gentleman in Edinburgh society, and falling in love with the daughter of a notorious Macgregor clansman.

The relationship of two noble brothers is blighted by hostility and vengeance in Jacobite Scotland.

During the War of the Roses, a young knight must rescue his lady and find out who killed his father.

A prince who neglects to rule his kingdom finds that he is about to be deposed.

An ancient undead monster terrorizes Victorian London.

A civil servant tired of bureaucracy quits his job to become a writer, and falls in with a group of artists and philosophers.

A writer succumbing to mania tries to find a path out through occultism and religion, in Strindberg’s semi-autobiographical novel.

Autobiographical sketches from the Bengali writer, poet, and artist Rabindranath Tagore.

Thoreau’s report on his social experiment of solitude, simplicity, and self-reliance.

On a rowboat excursion with his brother, Thoreau lets his thoughts meander with the river.

A collection of Henry David Thoreau’s essays.