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Description In the third installment of her Scarlet Pimpernel stories, Baroness Orczy brings back Chauvelin, the French official unable to catch the Pimpernel in the first novel. This time he is more determined, more ruthless, and more devious. He plans to capture both the Pimpernel and his wife, threatening an entire town in the process. He has thought of every possibility, closed every loophole, anticipated every move of his arch-rival. It appears that at last the Pimpernel might have met his
Description The young Vicomte de Marny rashly challenges a French official to a duel, and dies as a result. The Vicomteโs father, the ancient Duc de Marny, insists that his daughter, Juliette, swear an oath before God to seek revenge on the man who killed her brother. Years later, as the French Revolution rages, Juliette insinuates herself into the officialโs household, and quickly discovers a way to anonymously accuse him before the National Convention. It will take all of the Scarlet
Description During the unloading of an Insular and Continental Steam Navigation Company ship arrived from Rouen, the Bullfinch, a cask falls, splits, and reveals its unexpected contents. As the dockworkers try to work out what to do, Mr. Lรฉon Felix arrives and claims the cask as his own. His actions set into motion a complicated trail for the detectives of Londonโs Scotland Yard and Parisโs Sรปretรฉ to follow to the end. Freeman Wills Crofts was one of many authors writing crime fiction in
Description Progress and Poverty, first published in 1879, was American political economist Henry Georgeโs most popular book. It explores why the economy of the mid-to-late 1800s had seen a simultaneous economic growth and growth in poverty. The bookโs appeal was in its balance of moral and economic arguments, challenging the popular notion that the poor, through uncontrolled population growth, were responsible for their own woes. Inspired by his years living in San Francisco and his own
Description This collection of short โmysteryโ stories by Oscar Wilde was originally published in 1891 and was his second published collection of stories. This edition follows the 1907 edition, which was published after his death and added โThe Portrait of Mr. W. H.,โ a story first published in 1899. Written around the same time as The Picture of Dorian Gray and before he turned his hand to playwriting, these stories showcase the quintessential Wilde: dark irony combined with an incisive
Description In her third novel, Virginia Woolf departs from conventional narrative and explores storytelling through discordant scenes and impressions. Jacob Flanderโs life story is told through the perspectives of the people in his life. In Jacobโs Room, we see Jacob grow from a young boy to an ardent student of Classical culture while the world around him moves closer to an impending war. Jacob is described in flashes by the women around himโhis mother and his lovers.