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The uncommercial traveller Charles Dickens · 1776 · ★ 3.5 · 419p · ≈ 13h · Demanding A collection of seventeen sketches which grew out of Dickens' insomnia. He took long walks through London at night and his observations resulted in these sketches. Shares: British and irish fiction, English literature, Classic Literature

The Guilty River Wilkie Collins · 1886 · 124p · ≈ 4h · Challenging During his lifetime, British fiction writer Wilkie Collins came to rival Charles Dickens in popularity and critical acclaim. Like Dickens, Collins often gravitated toward characters who overcame significant obstacles to learn important life lessons. The novella The Guilty River continues in this vein, recounting an against-all-odds love affair that blossoms between a couple that each… Shares: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

The Black Robe Wilkie Collins · 1881 · ★ 3.7 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Challenging The Black Robe is an 1881 partially-epistolary novel by famed English writer, Wilkie Collins. The book, which relates the misadventures of one "Lewis Romayne", is noted for its anti-Catholic lens. Shares: British and irish fiction, English literature, Classic Literature

The dynamiter Robert Louis Stevenson · 1885 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Challenging All fourteen-year-old Robbie Hendrick ever wanted was a family. Yet as another Mississippi summer begins, his wayward mother has run off again fearing a breakdown and he's left to burn the days caring for his half brother, Fess. As the deep days and nights pass without her return and with older brother Lucas dangerously in their lives again, Robbie must face the fact that his dream of a family… Shares: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

Within the tides Joseph Conrad · 1915 · ★ 3.6 · 172p · ≈ 5h · Challenging In the private editorial office of the principal newspaper in a great colonial city two men were talking. They were both young. The stouter of the two, fair, and with more of an urban look about him, was the editor and part-owner of the important newspaper. Shares: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo William Le Queux · 1921 · 243p · ≈ 8h · Challenging "Yes! I'm not mistaken at all! It's the same woman!" whispered the tall, good-looking young enman in a well-cut navy suit as he stood with his friend, a man some ten years older than himself, at one of the roulette tables at Monte Carlo, the first on the right on entering the room - that one known to habitual gamblers as "The Suicide's Table." Shares: English literature, Classic Literature

Rodney Stone Arthur Conan Doyle · 1896 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Challenging From the book:On this, the first of January of the year 1851, the nineteenth century has reached its midway term, and many of us who shared its youth have already warn-ings which tell us that it has outworn us. We put our grizzled heads together, we older ones, and we talk of the great days that we have known; but we find that when it is with our children that we talk it is a hard matter to make… Shares: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

Pelham Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · 1828 · 375p · ≈ 12h · Challenging This is the tale of Henry Pelham. He falls in love with his best friend’s sister, and then learns that his friend is accused of murder. He must find the real killer in order to marry his love. The book really illustrates the manners, habits and lifestyles of the rich and famous in the first half of the 19th century. This is a very entertaining read!Please Note: This book is easy to read in true… Shares: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

Barrack-room ballads and other verses Rudyard Kipling · 1890 · ★ 3.0 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Challenging "Barrack Room Ballads and Other Verses" is a seminal collection of poetry by Rudyard Kipling that captures the grit, humor, and daily struggles of the British soldier during the height of the British Empire. Written largely in the vernacular of the "Tommy Atkins" figure, these poems offer a vivid and rhythmic portrayal of life on the front lines and in the barracks, particularly within the… Shares: English literature, Poetry

Les contemplations Victor Hugo · 1856 · ★ 4.0 · 457p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Les Contemplations est un recueil de poésie de Victor Hugo, publié en 1856. Il est composé de 158 poèmes rassemblés en six livres. La plupart de ces poèmes ont été écrits entre 1841 et 1855, mais les poèmes les plus anciens de ce recueil datent de 1830. Les Contemplations est un recueil du souvenir, de l’amour, de la joie mais aussi de la mort, du deuil et même d'une certaine foi mystique. Le… Shares: Poetry

Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Charlotte Brontë · 1846 · ★ 3.9 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Brontë sisters,  Charlotte,  Emily and Anne in 1846 (see 1846 in poetry), and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice against female writers, the Brontë sisters adopted androgynous first names. All three retained the… Shares: Poetry

The Complete Poetical Works Edgar Allan Poe · 1849 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Challenging The eerie tales of Edgar Allan Poe remain among the most brilliant, enduring, and influencial works in American literature. But Poe is also the author of some of the most haunting poetry ever written–poems of love, death and loneliness that have lost none of their power to enthrall in this unique Signet Classic edition. Shares: Poetry

The Haunted House Charles Dickens · 1859 · ★ 3.1 The drama begins with a Yuletide gathering in an eerie country retreat that's rumored to be haunted. There, Dickens and his friends, including acclaimed authors Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins, take on the task of finding evidence of a supernatural presence in the house. When they reconvene at a Twelfth Night feast to review their findings, what will their stories reveal? Shares: British and irish fiction, English literature

The Poison Belt Arthur Conan Doyle · 1913 · ★ 3.9 · 83p · ≈ 2h · Challenging Being an account of another adventure of Prof. George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Prof. Summerlee and Mr E. D. M alone, the discoverers of "The Lost World". Shares: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

Tales of Terror and Mystery Arthur Conan Doyle · 1963 · ★ 3.8 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Moderate From the book:The idea that the extraordinary narrative which has been called the Joyce-Armstrong Fragment is an elaborate practical joke evolved by some unknown person, cursed by a perverted and sinister sense of humour, has now been abandoned by all who have examined the matter. The most macabre and imagi-native of plotters would hesitate before linking his morbid fancies with the unquestioned… Shares: British and irish fiction, English literature, Classic Literature

The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents H. G. Wells · 1895 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Challenging The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents was H. G. Wells' first collection of short stories, published in 1895. These fantasy and science fiction tales were all written between 1893 and 1895 and published in various periodicals. Shares: British and irish fiction, Classic Literature

Little Novels Wilkie Collins · 1887 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Challenging This is novel book. Having bowed with a happy mingling of dignity and politeness, the conventional side of this gentleman's character suddenly vanished; and a crazy side, to all appearance, took its place. He dropped on his knees in front of the footstool. Had he forgotten to say his prayers that morning, and was he in such a hurry to remedy the fault that he had no time to spare for consulting… Shares: British and irish fiction, English literature

Idylls of the King and a Selection of Poems Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1961 · 319p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Tennyson's version of the Arthurian legend takes the form of twelve poems telling of King Arthur and the Round Table, from Arthur's initial meeting with his future queen, Guinevere, to the last battle with his son, Modred. This edition also includes extensive selections from Tennyson's other works. Shares: British and irish fiction, Poetry

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