Penrod

Mischievous 11-year-old navigates boyhood adventures in early 1900s America

Fiction   1.6K reading

The Woman-Haters

A hermit and a runaway find healing and love on an island

Humor   1.6K reading

Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer

Satirical essays predicting John Partridge's death, mocking astrology

Humor   1.6K reading

Ajax, for example

Web development techniques for creating asynchronous web applications

Humor   1.6K reading

The Mirror of Kong Ho

Humorous reflections of a fictional Chinese traveler in early 20th-century England

Humor   1.6K reading

The Royal Picture Alphabet

Victorian educational book teaching letters through royal-themed illustrations

Humor   1.6K reading

Love and the Ironmonger

A fairy tale of romance, societal expectations, and self-discovery in Victorian England

Humor   1.6K reading

Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be

Comprehensive biographical dictionary of notable figures and aspirants until 1914

Humor   1.5K reading

Right Ho, Jeeves

Bertie Wooster navigates mishaps with help from his valet, Jeeves

Humor   1.5K reading

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 4.

Young boy's antics continue, involving a cave and newfound maturity

Fiction   1.5K reading