The following is a list of recently released ebooks from various Gutenberg projects, including Project Gutenberg US, PG Australia, Faded Page, and Standard Ebooks.
It's mid-19th century India, and Romulus Brook of the Tatta Lancers, illegitimate son of an English gentleman and a gypsy, accepted by the Lancers only because of his brother. He falls in love with Sukey Webb, daughter of the colonel, and they are to marry when Rom is betrayed into the hands of the Indian tribes who call him the Fox and have a price on his head. By his cunning, Rom talks himself out of a death sentence and into slavery and with his servant Hamyd, establishes evidence of his death for the benefit of Sukey and the betrayer, becomes a high power among the Moslems of India and Africa, and learns that his brother, Gerald, had been the informer and had married Sukey. Rom and Hamyd have their opportunity for revenge many years later when they take Gerald and Sukey on a game hunt in Africa, put Gerald through strenuous mental torture, secure his confession—and Sukey. A multi-patterned story, sufficiently strenuous to satisfy his audience.—Kirkus Reviews
After a woman in rural Mississippi dies, her husband and five children begin an arduous journey to convey her coffin back to her hometown.
The genesis of a monumental piece of music is described in the life of its composer.
A vicar attempts to unravel the mystery of a murder that took place in his study, while his neighbor—an elderly spinster—takes an interest.
Four children camping on an island in the Lake District encounter adventures with tomboyish sisters who claim the island as their own.
A young amateur detective investigates a new friend’s abusive guardian.
A young amateur detective investigates a supposed haunting.
The sixteen-year-old daughter of a prominent attorney undertakes an investigation to search for a missing will.
A young amateur detective attempts to recover her friend’s stolen diamonds.
A collection of short stories by Daphne du Maurier.
A detective becomes embroiled in a series of murders and intrigues, all seemingly related to a mysterious figurine.
A gentleman detective works to exonerate a woman accused of poisoning her ex-lover.
A colorful frontiersman and his southern belle wife migrate to Oklahoma during the 1889 land rush to start a new life.
A middle-aged governess tries to find her purpose in life.
A young man in Roaring Twenties London endures ups and downs in varied situations and relationships.
A land surveyor accepts an appointment in a distant town, but is surprised to find that he is unwanted there.
A philosophical reflection on how the end of the world would unfold based on hypothetical variables and relevant knowledge and historical context.
An African-American boy comes of age in a small town in Kansas.
A young woman comes of age in the American Midwest at the turn of the 20th century.
A young Russian man walks from Manchuria to Seoul to reclaim an old debt.
Comprising incidents of the Canadian rebellion in 1838, trial of the author in Canada, and subsequent appearance before her Majesty’s court of Queen’s Bench, in London, imprisonment in England, and transportation to Van Dieman’s Land. also, an account of the horrible sufferings endured by ninety political prisoners during a residence of six years in that land of British slavery, together with sketches of the island, its history, productions, inhabitants, &c. &c.—the title page
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