Tacet Books: 219 books

Charlotte M. Yonge was a best-selling author in her time. Her appeal is due to the liveliness of her portrayal of character. Her books are peopled with large Victorian families, every member distinctly drawn and presented with insight and humour. Her books helped to spread the influence of the Oxford...

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of James Fenimore Cooper which are The Pilot and The Last of the Mohicans. James Fenimore...

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Jules Verne which are A Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues...

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of William Dean Howells which are **  The Rise of Silas Lapham ** and** The...

A. Merritt was an american fantasist, science-fiction writer, and journalist. Most of his novels remained in print in both hardcover and paperback, and in 1959, one of his publishers estimated that his books had at that time sold over four million copies. In 1999 he was honored with a place in the...

Lovecraft created a new brand of horror, discarding ghosts and witches and instead unleashing nightmarish fiends to whom mankind is a hapless tiny spot of dwindling sanity in a malevolent universe. This selection chosen by the critic August Nemo, reveals the mesmerizing narrative style of the visionary...

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of H. G. Wells which are The War of the Worlds and Time Machine. H.G. Wells, in full Herbert...

Anthony Trollope wrote convincing novels of political life as well as studies that show great psychological penetration. One of his greatest strengths was a steady, consistent vision of the social structures of Victorian England, which he re-created in his books with unusual solidity. This selection...

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Charlotte Perkins Gilman which are** Herland** and With Her in Ourland. Charlotte...

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of George Sand which are** The Devil's Pool** and Mauprat. Sand's writing was immensely popular during her lifetime...

Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His first two books gained much attention, though they were not bestsellers, and his popularity declined precipitously only a few years later. By the time of his death he had been almost completely forgotten, but his...

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Honoré de Balzac which are** Father Goriot** and**  A Woman of Thirty. **  Honoré...

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Leo Tolstoy  which are  War and Peace and   Anna Karenina .  Leo Tolstoy is...

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Charlotte Brontë which are Jane Eyre and Villette. Charlotte Brontë (21 April 1816...