Huntingtower is a novel written by John Buchan in 1922. The first of his three Dickson McCunn books, it is set near Carrick in south-west Scotland around 1920. The hero is a 55-year-old grocer Dickson McCunn, who has sold his business and taken early retirement. As soon as he ventures out to explore the world, he is swept out of his bourgeois rut into bizarre and outlandish adventures, and forced...

The Half-Hearted is the one most influenced by John Buchan's study of Greek tragedy. It is a haunting, heartbreaking novel of romance and duty, where the social expectations of the main characters shape the paths they tread. Thwarted happiness is painful to read at any time, but when it is described under the masterful hand of a clear-sighted writer, the reader's protesting heart is wrung...

Collection of ten short stories set within the connecting narrative of The Queen of Hearts. Dedicated to Emile Forgues. 'The Queen of Hearts' is the school nickname of Jessie Yelverton who arranges to stay for six weeks with her elderly guardian, Griffith, a retired lawyer. Griffith lives with his two brothers, Owen the clergyman and Morgan the doctor, in an isolated house in South Wales....

Greenmantle is the second of five novels by John Buchan featuring the character of Richard Hannay, first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Mr Standfast (1919); Hannay's first and best-known adventure, The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), is set in the period immediately preceding the war. Hannay is called...

Miss Arnott's Marriage is one of the much under-rated Richard Marsh's long stories. The plot revolves around the events which occur after Violet Arnott's husband, Bob Champion (not the Grand National winner, obviously!)  is sent to prison.  Violet decides to revert to her maiden name and forget about her wayward spouse.  Initially, her task seems to be made easier as she comes...

In the year 1860, the reputation of Doctor Wybrow as a London physician reached its highest point. It was reported on good authority that he was in receipt of one of the largest incomes derived from the practice of medicine in modern times. One afternoon, towards the close of the London season, the Doctor had just taken his luncheon after a specially hard morning's work in his consulting-room,...

Armadale (1866) is a mystery novel by Wilkie Collins. The novel has a convoluted plot about two distant cousins both named Allan Armadale. The father of one had murdered the father of the other (the two fathers are also named Allan Armadale). The story starts with a deathbed confession by the murderer in the form of a letter to be given to his baby son when he grows up. Many years pass. The son,...

Man and Wife was Wilkie Collins’ ninth published novel. It is the second of his novels (after No Name) in which social questions provide the main impetus of the plot. Collins increasingly used his novels to explore social abuses, which according to critics tends to detract from their qualities as fiction. The social issue which drives the plot is the state of Scots marriage law; at the time...

No Name (1862) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century novel revolving around the issue of illegitimacy. It was originally serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine All the Year Round before book publication. The story begins in 1846, at Combe-Raven in West Somerset, the country residence of the happy Vanstone family. In the first scene, the reader is introduced to Mr. Andrew Vanstone, Mrs. Vanstone,...

After Dark is a collection of six short stories by Wilkie Collins, first published in 1856. It was the author's first collection of short stories. Five of the stories were previously published in Household Words, a magazine edited by Charles Dickens. The stories are linked by a narrative framework. At the beginning and end of the book are "Leaves from Leah's Diary": William Kerby, a travelling...

The Law and the Lady is a detective story, published in 1875 by Wilkie Collins. It is not quite as sensational in style as The Moonstone and The Woman in White. Valeria Brinton marries Eustace Woodville despite objections from Woodville's family leading to disquiet for Valeria's own family and friends. Just a few days after the wedding, various incidents lead Valeria to suspect her husband is...

The Beetle (or The Beetle: A Mystery) is an 1897 horror novel by the British writer Richard Marsh, in which a polymorphous Ancient Egyptian entity seeks revenge on a British Member of Parliament. It initially out-sold Bram Stoker's similar horror story Dracula, which appeared the same year. The story is told from four points of view, which generally flow from each other with limited scene...

The Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. It first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine in August and September 1915 before being published in book form in October that year by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. It is the first of five novels featuring Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and a miraculous knack for getting...

Hãy Cứu Em - Rescue Me, một cuốn sách đem lại nhiều điều bất ngờ thú vị cho những cô gái độc thân. Cô 33 tuổi, chưa kết hôn và bị nhét vào một chiếc váy phù dâu màu hồng Bubble Yum. Và cả thị trấn đều muốn sắp xếp cho cô gặp...

Những Người Khốn Khổ là tiểu thuyết của văn hào Pháp Victor Hugo, được xuất bản năm 1862. Tác phẩm được đánh giá là một trong những tiểu thuyết nổi tiếng nhất của nền văn học thế giới thế kỷ 19. Những Người Khốn Khổ là câu chuyện về xã hội...

Những Người Khốn Khổ là tiểu thuyết của văn hào Pháp Victor Hugo, được xuất bản năm 1862. Tác phẩm được đánh giá là một trong những tiểu thuyết nổi tiếng nhất của nền văn học thế giới thế kỷ 19. Những Người Khốn Khổ là câu chuyện về xã hội...

Chắc hẳn khi cầm cuốn sách này trên tay, bạn sẽ nghĩ rằng mình khoan vội đọc vì bạn chưa phải là Giám đốc hay Nhà quản lý, cũng như vì bạn đang không hoạt động trong lĩnh vực kinh doanh, nhưng những giá trị của cuốn sách hoàn toàn có...

Rất nhiều người ngỡ rằng ước mơ là những gì xa xôi, ngoài tầm tay với; là những viễn cảnh xa rời thực tại; là kết quả của sự thăng hoa từ cảm xúc và trí tưởng tượng của những người có tâm hồn lãng mạn. Thậm chí, có người còn...

La Symphonie Pastorale của tác giả André Gide có nhiều bản dịch tiếng Việt, trong đó bản dịch của Mai Kim Ngọc lấy tên Bản Đàn Thôn Dã, bản dịch của Ðoàn Văn Khanh lấy tên Khúc Nhạc Đồng Quê, còn một bản dịch nữa của Bùi Giáng thì...

Những Người Khốn Khổ là tiểu thuyết của văn hào Pháp Victor Hugo, được xuất bản năm 1862. Tác phẩm được đánh giá là một trong những tiểu thuyết nổi tiếng nhất của nền văn học thế giới thế kỷ 19. Những Người Khốn Khổ là câu chuyện về xã hội...