Eugenia Dovedale's father had been High Steward to the Marquis of Buckbury and after her father's unexpected death, Eugenia had to leave 'Paragon' the family's beautiful and much...

"Viola Brookfield has not a care in the world until the awful day when her parents are tragically killed in a road accident, leaving her all alone in the world.So when her Aunt...

The Earl of Wentworth has a fiery and unpredictable temper and is about to fight a duel in Hyde Park with a Frenchman who has insulted him, when he is restrained by his friend,...

Lady Dorianna Dale is packing her trousseau for her illustrious Society wedding to the rich Lord Buxton.She does not love him, she cannot bear him to touch her and she hates the...

"There is nothing for it – we will have marry for money!The Strathcarrons have lived in splendour in Lednock Castle in Scotland for many generations, but the family fall on hard...

Charles, Lord Hartley, was at his wits end. He had spent a fortune on his cousin John, and still the embittered John demanded more money.Charles knew he needed an heiress and he...

The Marquis and Marquise de Castillon together with their young son, Jean-Pierre, were forced to flee France for England when the French Revolution broke out in 1789.Jean-Pierre...

Lady Tamina Braithwaite is excited and happy to be secretly engaged to the handsome politician, Edmund Newson.However she is devastated when she discovers he is already betrothed...

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (Greenwich, 1 April 1875 – Beverly Hills, February 10, 1932) was a writer, journalist, playwright and screenwriter.Together with Arthur Conan...

"Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" (1853) is a short story by the American writer Herman Melville. At the start of his story the lawyer already employs...