'The novel's dark energies - concerned with histories of gender, property, desire, and institutionalization - carry it forth into our present moment. It remains indispensable reading' Claire Connolly from her preface to The Real CharlotteIn 1894, the London evening newspaper the St James's Gazette announced 'a real acquisition', a new novel from the publishers Ward and Downey. The Real Charlotte was the first collaborative success of many for Some...

'The stories are rich in dialogue - indeed on many pages there is only dialogue - while the quick exchange of words beats out the rhythm of history on the move' CLAIRE CONNOLLY from her preface to The Experiences of an Irish R. M.The stories in Experiences of an Irish R. M. are almost entirely concerned with the doings of Skebawn in south-western Ireland and its surroundings. At the centre is the figure of Major Yeates, the Irish Resident Magistra...

The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them are Somerville & Ross - the writing pseudonym for Edith Somerville & Violet Florence Martin Sidney Benson Thorp.

A comprehensive collection of classic works from some of Ireland’s finest authors, adapted as full-cast BBC radio dramasIreland has a long tradition of storytelling, from ancient myths and mediaeval folk tales to 21st century bestsellers, Nobel Prize laureates and Booker Prize winners. Though small in size, the country has produced an extraordinary array of influential, groundbreaking writers who have shaped the literary landscape worldwide.This extensive a...

The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them are Somerville & Ross - the writing pseudonym for Edith Somerville & Violet Florence Martin Sidney Benson Thorp.

This file includes: The Amateur Cracksman, Dead Men Tell No Tales, Mr. Justice Raffles, No Hero, Raffles, The Shadow of the Rope, Stingaree, and A Thief in the Night. According to Wikipedia: "Ernest William Hornung (June 7, 1866 – March 22, 1921)... was an English author, most famous for writing the Raffles series of novels about a gentleman thief in late Victorian London. Hornung was the third son of John Peter Hornung, a Hungarian, and was born in Middlesbrough, England. He was educated ...

“As the straight-man narrator, observer, and regular butt of hundreds of hilarious trials and mishaps, Major Yeates never ceases to be surprised, is usually not amused, and can't stop himself from loving his Irish neighbors.”-500 Great Books by Women.

Famous for his A. J. Raffles series of detective stories, E. W. Hornung wrote novels and short stories that explored scientific and medical developments, commenting on important themes of guilt, class and the unequal role of women in society. This comprehensive eBook presents Hornung’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Bea...

“ONE OF THE GENRE’S EARLIEST, AND FINEST, DETECTIVE STORY WRITERS”—New York Times year-end list of classic crime reissues.A murderer is identified by a team of oxen. A dead man rises from a watery grave to indict his killer. A phantom hearse gliding through Melbourne’s slums foretells violent death. A seamstress turns detective to avenge her friend’s homicide. A locked-tent mystery.Such are the themes of Mary Fortune’s ingenious an...

The stories in "Further Experiences of an Irish R.M." continue to explore the humorous and sometimes poignant experiences of Major Sinclair Yeates, the Resident Magistrate (R.M.), as he navigates the complexities of rural Irish life. Set against the backdrop of late 19th-century Ireland, the narratives often feature eccentric characters, local customs, and the clash of English and Irish cultures.Edith Somerville and Violet Martin, who wrote under the pen name Martin Ross, were known for th...

Classic ghost stories to send a chill down your spine!There are few pleasures more enduring than a ghost story read as the light fails. In this carefully gathered anthology, the great nineteenth and early twentieth-century masters turn parlours, railway cuttings, lonely rooms and old houses sinister.A signalman hears a warning that may come too late. A scholar finds that curiosity can carry a terrible price. Travellers, servants, widows and solitary witness...

This expansive collection gathers E. W. Hornung's nineteen novels, more than forty short stories, and his war poems and memoirs, revealing the full range of a writer too often remembered only for A. J. Raffles. Its contents move from late-Victorian crime and gentlemanly decadence to colonial adventure, social comedy, romance, and the moral disillusionments of war. Hornung's prose is elegant, ironic, and briskly plotted, situated between the detective tradition of Conan Doyle and the fin-de...