Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
- Humorous Lives: Fictional Memoirs
- Fictional Lives Through History
- Dramatic Lives: Fictional Biographies
- Classics of Personal Journeys
Lay Down Your Arms
Die Waffen Nieder, in English: Lay Down Your Arms is a fictional biography, which describes four wars from the perspective of a soldier's wi…
Tattlings of a Retired Politician
"The letters (non-partisan) of Hon. William Bradley, Ex-Governor and former veteran of practical politics, written to his friend and pr…
Mary: A Fiction
Mary: A Fiction, published in 1788, is a tragic story that decries marriages not based on love. It can be considered an example of feminist …
The American Diary of a Japanese Girl
This is the fictional diary of a young Japanese woman, first published in installments before being published in a single volume. The book d…
When the World Shook
A fictional memoir of Humphrey Arbuthnot of Devonshire, we are taken on a voyage to the island of Orofena, in the South Seas, together with…
The Story of a Modern Woman
“The Story of a Modern Woman” (1894) is a work of feminist social realism. In its time it was one of the most famous and influential novels …
Fish Preferred
Fish Preferred is the third Wodehouse novel set at Blandings Castle, and the first to feature such memorable characters as the Honorable Gal…
The Romance of an Old Fool
A light-hearted account of a successful middle aged widower who chances to visit the small town in which he grew up to renew old acquaintanc…
Mary of Burgundy
Fifteenth century Europe was a time of political upheaval and uncertainty. Mary of Burgundy of the House of Valois ruled over a collection o…
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Join Bill Morison on his journey through corporate America, as he learns about auditing insurance and just how irritating people can be. Thi…
The Type-Writer Girl
(under the pseudonym Olive Pratt Rayner)"There is no more pathetic figure in our world to-day than the common figure of the poor young …
The Confession of a Child of the Century
In this autobiographic novel, an aging man reflects on his past. We are witness to the relationships he has along the way, his mistakes, and…
The Wing of Azrael
Mona Caird, a British writer and feminist, criticized in numerous non-fiction writings the state of marriage as it existed in her time. Her …
Agnes Sorel
The Hundred Years' War: a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Plantagenet, rulers of the Kingdom of England, against…
With Her in Ourland
Third in the trilogy of the feminist classics, after Moving the Mountain and Herland. It was published serially in Perkins Gilman's periodic…
Write Now!
Piers Langland is a mild mannered paint salesman with one burning passion. He aspires to be a famous author. Each November he looks forwar…
Rulers of Kings
When a child is born, its temperament and character are unknown. The effects of nature versus nurture, of heredity and of circumstance are a…
Kibun Daizin
This is the story of a brave, skillful and ambitious boy who sets out to become the wealthiest man of Japan. He succeeds in doing just that …
The Mill on the Floss
The novel details the lives of Tom and Maggie Tulliver, a brother and sister growing up on the river Floss near the village of St. Oggs, evi…
The Giant's Robe
Mark Ashburn is a young teacher at St. Peter's Public School for boys, although he isn't particularly fond of boys. His dream is to make his…