English Books

A Norman knight, a Welsh heiress, and a kingdom in transition meet in Scott’s richly staged tale of loyalty and political change.

A reclusive outsider, a family feud, and a threatened wedding collide in Scott’s compact tale of injustice and revenge.

Isabella Beeton’s celebrated household manual combines recipes, menus, domestic advice, and practical guidance for running a Victorian home.

A secret courtship unfolds through poetry, wit, and intermediaries in Wang Shifu’s celebrated Yuan dynasty drama.

A wandering physician travels through late Qing China, witnessing local injustice and social decay with compassion and sharp political insight.

A domestic Christmas tale in which jealousy, mistaken appearances, and a mysterious visitor test the meaning of trust at home.

Sara Crewe’s imagination becomes her refuge when a privileged schoolgirl is suddenly treated as an orphaned servant.

Essays, anecdotes, and philosophical reflections unfold around an imaginary breakfast table, where ordinary conversation opens onto mind, memory, and society.

A murder trial exposes how racial classification, inherited privilege, and a single switch in infancy can overturn an entire community’s idea of identity.

Emma Bovary tries to live the passionate life promised by romantic fiction, while marriage, debt, desire, and provincial judgment close in around her.

A family inheritance brings two opposing temperaments together: generous idealism on one side, suspicion and self-righteousness on the other.

A country clergyman accused of theft becomes the center of a moral crisis involving conscience, reputation, poverty, and the judgment of a close-knit society.

When Gregor Samsa wakes transformed into an insect, his family’s dependence on his wages turns overnight into fear, shame, and abandonment.

At a troubled Scottish abbey, reform, superstition, political change, and romantic adventure collide as an old order begins to disappear.

Public-domain classic by Mencius: Mencius, a Chinese philosophy first published in -300.

Public-domain classic by Robert Louis Stevenson: The Beach of Falesá, a adventure fiction first published in 1893.

Public-domain classic by Robert Louis Stevenson: The Body Snatcher, a gothic fiction first published in 1884.

Public-domain classic by Wilkie Collins: The Haunted Hotel, a mystery novel first published in 1878.

Public-domain classic by George MacDonald: The Light Princess, a fairy tale first published in 1864.

Public-domain classic by Joseph Conrad: The Nigger of the Narcissus, a sea novel first published in 1897.

Public-domain classic by Robert Louis Stevenson: The Pavilion on the Links, a mystery adventure first published in 1880.

Public-domain classic by George MacDonald: The Princess and Curdie, a children's fantasy first published in 1883.

Public-domain classic by George MacDonald: The Princess and the Goblin, a children's fantasy first published in 1872.

Public-domain classic by Joseph Conrad: The Secret Sharer, a psychological fiction first published in 1910.