Jim Locke
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book III
The five-volume work chronicling the adventures of father Gargantua and son Pantagruel is a vehicle for Rabelais' satire of sixteenth-centur…
This Finer Shadow
"This Finer Shadow" by Harlan Cozad McIntosh is a novel written in the early 20th century. The book intricately explores themes of…
We
"We" is comprised of two parts. The first ten chapters (sections) where he traces his steady and remarkable genius for flying are …
Doctor Luttrell's First Patient
Doctor Markus Luttrell and his new wife Olivia, a former governess, are trying to start building their nest. Problems arise when doctor Lutt…
Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem
Imperium in Imperio is a historical fiction novel by Sutton Griggs, published in 1899. The novel covers the life of Belton Piedmont, an educ…
William The Outlaw (Abridged)
This 1927 abridged book contains seven of the ten hilarious adventures by the world's most misunderstood eleven-year-old English boy. - Summ…
Ireland Under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Volume 3
This final volume focuses on the chaos resulting from the various ethnic, social, political, and religious groups after the Restoration of 1…
Mr. Weston's Good Wine
This 1927 novel describes an evening in 1923 when Mr. Weston, who is apparently a wine merchant, but is evidently God, visits the fictional …
Paul Clifford
Most men who with some earnestness of mind examine into the mysteries of our social state will perhaps pass through that stage of self-educa…
Our Friend The Charlatan
Dice Lashmore will do everything he can in in his quest to become rich. The key is, of course, finding a rich wife. This book describes his …
In Old Plantation Days
With this collection of short stories, Dunbar sought to draw on the success of his dialect poems by recreating and portraying the southern p…
Smoke Bellew
Smoke Bellew, or really Jack London, leaves his less than satisfying writing job in San Francisco for the opportunity to search for gold in …
Sons of Fire
"He was a stranger in Matcham, a 'foreigner' as the villagers called such alien visitors. He had never been in the village before, knew…
Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Volume 1
His life was like a full five-act play—prophetic prologue and stately epilogue, and swelling scene imposed upon swelling scene, until the ta…
Epochs of American History: Formation of the Union 1750-1829
The second volume follows the principles of growing social and political ideals in the transition from colony to independent nation.
Antic Hay
The epigram to this work from Christoher Marlowe applies to the plot of this story: "My men like satyrs grazing on the lawns / Shall wi…
The Fortunes of Nigel
During the turbulent moment in English history involving King James 1 and 6, Nigel Olifaunt, a Scottish lord, seeks to protect his family ho…
Psychology of the Unconscious
Jung says in his subtitle that this work is a study of the transformations and symbolisms of the libido and a contribution to the history of…
Cock-House at Fellsgarth
A classic English Public School story with all the usual suspects: unruly juniors, wise upper form boys, and an outcast. Summary by Von
For Your Sweet Sake
This work is a collection of lyric poems - Summary by Jim Locke