An Outcast of the Islands - Joseph ConradJoseph Conrad ( December 3, 1857 August 3, 1924) was a Polish-born British novelist. Born Jozef Teodor Nalecz Konrad Korzeniowski on December 3, 1857 in Berdyczow, in what is now Ukraine, he was brought up in Russian-occupied Poland. His father, an impove
The Patriot - Antonio FogazzaroAntonio Fogazzaro ( March 25, 1842 March 7, 1911) was an Italian novelist born in Vicenza from a rich family. In 1864 he got a law degree in Torino. In Milano he followed the "scapigliatura" movement. In 1869 he was back in Vicenza to work as lawyer, but
Red Men and White - Owen WisterOwen Wister ( July 14, 1860 July 21, 1938) was an American writer who wrote western novels. Owen Wister was born of old money in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a number of place names around Philadelphia trace to the Wister family. He attended schools in
Sir George Tressady - Mary Augusta WardMary Augusta Ward ( June 11, 1851 March 26, 1920), was a novelist. Born Mary Augusta Arnold in Hobart, Tasmania, she grew up in a literary environment with a father who was a professor of literature and as a young lady married Thomas Ward, a writer/editor
Tales from the Telling House - Richard Doddridge BlackmoreRichard Doddridge Blackmore ( June 7, 1825 January 20, 1900), one of the most famous English novelists of the his generation, was born at Longworth, Berkshire, of which parish his father was vicar. Like John Ridd, the hero of " Lorna Doone," he was educat
The Time MachineThe Time Machine is a novel by H. Wells, first published in 1895, later made into two films of the same name. This book is generally credited with the introduction of time travel using a time machine. The Book Wells had considered the notion of time trave - H. G. Wells