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“A classic of the first water.” —H. P. Lovecraft In rural Ireland, two travelers stumble upon the ruins of a lakeside home. Inside, they discover a diary detailing the terrible final days of a man known only as the Recluse. A scholar who bought the house for its isolation, the Recluse...

A level 3 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Diane Mowat. 'We must leave for Zenda at once, to find the King!' cried Sapt. 'If we're caught, we'll all be killed!' So Rudolf Rassendyll and Sapt...

Young Arthur Lisle, feeling hesitant about his future, attends a dinner party where chance opens not one, but two doors for him. Arthur falls under the spell of his cousin’s wife and embarks on a potentially successful—or disastrous—business deal. A Young Man’s Year follows Arthur as he navigates an unexpectedly eventful year.

Rudolf Rassendyll, a peace loving English gentleman goes to Ruritania on a secret visit. By a strange quirk of fate, Rassendyll happens to look like Rudolf the Fifth, the real heir to the throne of Ruritania, who is imprisoned in the castle of Zenda by Black Michael the evil Duke of Strelsau. Rudolf...

When Lord Wheatley purchases a Greek island, he’s looking for a life of solitude and quiet. Unfortunately, the unfriendly natives have something else in mind. Wheatley is plunged into danger—his life further complicated by his love for the beautiful and captivating Phroso, who is in the line of succession to rule the island.

A chance invitation to spend time at the luxurious manse of the Count of Fieramondi sparks a mystery that ensnares the dashing Captain Dieppe, a French gentlemen who seems to have a preternatural ability to sniff out intrigue and dastardly deeds. Can Dieppe put things right before it's too late?

“There's ingratitude for you! ” Miss Dolly Foster exclaimed suddenly.

In this 1907 novel, a young English lord retires to Scarsmoor Castle to write his autobiography.  There he encounters Helena, a beautiful neighbor who blocks his access to the beach by closing off a private pathway.  As tensions rise between the neighbors, so, too, does a passion that surprises them both. 

Example in this ebook CHAPTER I LIFE IS RECOMMENDED The changeful April morning that she watched from the window of her flat looking over the river began a day of significance in the career of Trix Trevalla—of feminine significance, almost milliner's perhaps, but of significance...

A study of modern marriage as it exists in modern London life especially. Three couples are closely described, and the author writes in the most uncompromising English and discusses some of the most intricate problems of "double harness." Uncontrollable temper, increasing idealism, love...