Text of the short story "Queen Tita's Wager" by William Black. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "The Revenge of Her Race" by Mary Beaumont, a British author. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Text of the short story "The Riding-Whip" by George Gissing. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Read the full text of "The Woodlanders", a novel of betrayal and moral compromise, by Thomas Hardy.

Read the full text of the classic "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte.

Read the full text of all three volumes of "The French Revolution" by Thomas Carlyle. This extensive work covers the revolution from 1789-1795.

Read the full text of "The Warden" which is the first book in Anthony Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire series of six novels.

Read the full text of the semi-autobiographical novel "The Way of All Flesh" by Samuel Butler. Follow four generations of the Pontifex family struggle with strained relationships, especially between Ernest Pontifex and his father.

Read the full text of "The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of Temperament" by Thomas Hardy. The novel tells the story of a sculptor's search for the ideal woman.

This article discusses Charles Dickens's life at the time he wrote David Copperfield.

Read the full text of the novel "Thyrza" by George Gissing about a young woman being courted by three gentlemen.

Read the full text of "Born in Exile" by George Gissing about an intellectually superior man born into a lower class environment. The novel is said to mirror the author's early life.

Read the full text of "The Unclassed" by George Gissing about a teacher and the friendship he forms after answering an advertisement.

Read the full text of "Veranilda" by George Gissing published after his death.

Read the full text of "Under the Sun" by Juliana Horatia Ewing on this site.

"The master of an evocative, strangely poetic universe," Jorge Luis Borges is praised in this article for his contributions to the literary world.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A pictorial history flipchart with information about the life of Florence Nightingale and her work in the Crimea War.

One of the most famous of Wilkie Collins' novels was The Moonstone. Read all about the work and its major characters in this informative site.

Brief biography of Charles Dickens contains information about his life and career as a writer.

Brief biography of Mary Ann Evans, who wrote under the pen name George Eliot, including information about her life and career as a writer.

Resource provides a brief biographical overview of Edward Lear including information on his life and links to selected poems. A column of links to additional reading information on Lear is also provided.

Text of the short story "The Land of Lost Toys" by British author Juliana Horatia Ewing. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)

Read the short story "Christmas Crackers" by Juliana Horatia Ewing.

Read the short story "A Christmas Tree" by Charles Dickens about an older man reminiscing about childhood Christmases.