Allen Grant: 135 books

First published in 1895, The Who Who Did was a scandalous best seller about an independent woman and a child out of wedlock. According to Wikipedia: "Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 October 25, 1899) was a science writer, author and novelist, and a successful upholder of the theory of evolution."

Grant Allen was a late 19th century Canadian author best known for writing about both science and novels. This is one of his horror tales.

Biography of Darwin, first published in 1885. According to Wikipedia: "Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 October 25, 1899) was a science writer, author and novelist, and a successful upholder of the theory of evolution."

Mystery novel with a female detective, first published in 1899. According to Wikipedia: "Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 October 25, 1899) was a science writer, author and novelist, and a successful upholder of the theory of evolution."

Classic novel, first published in 1893. According to Wikipedia: "Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 October 25, 1899) was a science writer, author and novelist, and a successful upholder of the theory of evolution."

Classic science fiction novel, first published in 1895. According to Wikipedia: "Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 October 25, 1899) was a science writer, author and novelist, and a successful upholder of the theory of evolution."

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by CLASSIC COLLECTION 600.*** Synopsis: J. Arbuthnot Wilson (pseudonym of the real author, Grant Allen) tells this short story of his strange night spent inside "the great unopened Pyramid of Abu Yilla" in Egypt. On New Year's Eve,...

First published in 1884, biographies of ordinary working-class people, including stonemason, engine-man, sculptor, painter, bandsman, canal boy, and shoemaker. According to Wikipedia: "Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 October 25, 1899) was a science writer, author and novelist, and a successful upholder of the theory of evolution."

Trick or Treat! Get a worm cup of tea, curl by the fire, and enjoy the cold chills of this meticulously edited horror collection, jam-packed with the darkest mysteries, supernatural thrillers and gothic romances: James Malcolm Rymer & Thomas Peckett Prest: Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: The most notorious of the so-called "New Woman" novels of the 1890s--a type of fiction inspired by contemporary debates about women's education, family life, and sexual independence--The Woman...

INTRODUCTION The existence of this volume is due, not to my own initiative, but to that of my enterprising kinsman and publisher, Mr. Grant Richards. He it was who first suggested to me the idea that it might be worth while to collect in one volume such of my scattered short stories as...

A CORNISH LANDLORD. "Then you don't care for the place yourself, Tyrrel?" Eustace Le Neve said, musingly, as he gazed in front of him with a comprehensive glance at the long gray moor and the wide expanse of black and stormy water. "It's bleak, of course; bleak and cold, I grant you; all this upland...

Published in 1885, this biography of the founder of modern evolution was part of the “English Worthies” series edited by Andrew Lang. Allen presents Darwin in context, showing the world to which he was born, his place as intellectual heir to Lamarck and Malthus, and an assessment of his place in history.

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: The book was first offered to Chattos in 1889, and rejected with a friendly warning that it could destroy Allens career. However, following the success of "The Woman Who Did," (John Lane, 1895)...