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Excerpt from The Passion of Paul MarillierA girl! A woman-child! You know better, Paul, than to think that I should think a young girl capable of carrying out the plans I have formed, the improvements I have designed. She will marry some thoughtless lad of her own age, and they will spend their life in London and come down once a year for the shooting. And that will be the end of the honour and glory of Blundell Court.Sir David shook back his ...

Excerpt from Blake of OrielAh, ah, said the furniture dealer, not attending articularly. Hadn't we better wait for the ladies.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing...

Excerpt from Reparation: A NovelThe lithe, smooth-faced, astute looking middle aged man in orthodox London costume, tall hat, frock coat, immaculate gloves and boots, had apparently little in common with the roughly-clad country lad whom he addressed. Yet the relation ship was of the closest, for they were father and son.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbook...

Excerpt from Roy's RepentanceIT was in the year of grace, 1868, that the Rever end Michael Profeit, vicar of St. Helen's, Felstoke, Somersetshire, conceived the brilliant idea of taking private pupils. He had a large house, a capable wife, a great many university distinctions, and no children he was the very man to be a tutor. His parish was small, his pay moderate his parishioners were poor and ignorant, but neither so poor nor so ignorant as...

Excerpt from Cynthia's IdealShe always said so, whether she cared or not. It was a formula, expressing to some extent the trend of her mind, which was of the rebellious, recalcitrant order. She did not mean by it that she was either so callous or so unreasonable as many of her schoolmates and teachers thought her, only that she was impervious to argument when she happened to desire very greatly her own way.About the PublisherForgotten Books pu...

Excerpt from An Open Foe, Vol. 2 of 3: A RomanceEight O'clock precisely, said the General with a bend of his stately gray head. Are you ready, Jessie Come then, my dear.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, pres...

Excerpt from The Chase: A Tale of the Southern StatesCharles looked at the young exquisite, with his tiny coat, and hair fresh from the curling-irons, and repressed a smile as he assured himself by unmistakable points of resemblance that this little product of civilisation was really the young lady's brother.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis boo...

Excerpt from Daunay's Tower: A NovelDaunay's Tower, looked up and down the solid mass of masonry with a half-puzzled, half-indignant air. She had come all the way from her house on Cross Fell, at half-past ten o'clock on a stormy night, and now it seemed as though the place were deserted, as though she might wait and wait in vain for the commission with which, as she understood, she was to be charged.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishe...

Excerpt from Seventy Times Seven, Vol. 2 of 3: A NovelCrash - the tumbler had somehow slipped from Max's hand, and the hot liquid was run ning over the carpet.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the...

An Open Foe - Vol. 1 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1884.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes thes...

An Open Foe - Vol. 2 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1884.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes thes...

An Open Foe - Vol. 3 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1884.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes thes...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Excerpt from Christine: A Novel Christine read and looked very grave. She saw at once that a misfortune had occurred which it would take many years to remedy, if, indeed, it were ever remedied at all. There was no question of a reduction to beggary, but what was involved was the ease and comfort of her mother's life. It would be almost impossible for Mrs. Lingard and her daughters to live as they had done here tofore and Christine looked forw...

Excerpt from Christine: A Novel Christine read and looked very grave. She saw at once that a misfortune had occurred which it would take many years to remedy, if, indeed, it were ever remedied at all. There was no question of a reduction to beggary, but what was involved was the ease and comfort of her mother's life. It would be almost impossible for Mrs. Lingard and her daughters to live as they had done here tofore and Christine looked forw...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

Excerpt from The Chase: A Tale of the Southern StatesCharles looked at the young exquisite, with his tiny coat, and hair fresh from the curling-irons, and repressed a smile as he assured himself by unmistakable points of resemblance that this little product of civilisation was really the young lady's brother.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis boo...

Excerpt from Brooke's DaughterLesley was overjoyed by the news. She had lately come to suspect something strange, something abnormal, in her own position. She had remained at school when other girls went to their homes she never had been able to am swer questions respecting her relations and their belongings. Her mother, indeed, she knew for she sometimes spent a portion of the holidays with Lady Alice at a quiet watering place in France or It...