The following is a list of recently released ebooks from various Gutenberg projects, including Project Gutenberg US, PG Australia, Faded Page, and Standard Ebooks.
“Ellen Adair” is a poignant work of social realism by Frederick Niven that explores the complexities of class, vanity, and moral decline in early 20th-century Edinburgh. The novel centers on the eponymous Ellen Adair, a young woman whose beauty and longing for a more glamorous life lead her away from her modest, lower-middle-class upbringing. Unlike her industrious and grounded sister, Ellen is captivated by the superficial allure of society and the attentions of men, a path that ultimately leads to a tragic loss of reputation and a descent into the city’s underbelly.
Through a meticulous depiction of the Scottish urban landscape and the rigid social structures of the era, Niven crafts a compelling psychological study of a family in crisis. The narrative offers a stark look at the limited options available to women of the period and the devastating consequences of societal judgment.
The Prisoner in the Opal was serialised in The Pall Mall Magazine and published in book form in 1928. It is the third full-length novel in Mason’s Inspector Hanaud series, and the only one to feature the occult as a significant plot point.
Publisher's Summary: When George Abbershaw is invited to Black Dudley Manor for the weekend, he has only one thing on his mind - proposing to Meggie Oliphant. Unfortunately for George, things don't quite go according to plan. A harmless game turns decidedly deadly and suspicions of murder take precedence over matrimony. Trapped in a remote country house with a murderer, George can see no way out. But Albert Campion can.
Inspector Alan Grant searches for the identity of a man killed in the line at a theater and for the identity of the killer—whom no one saw. A long line had formed for the standing-room-only section of the Woffington Theatre. London’s favorite musical comedy of the past two years was finishing its run at the end of the week. Suddenly, the line began to move, forming a wedge before the open doors as hopeful theatergoers nudged their way forward. But one man, his head sunk down upon his chest, slowly sank to his knees and then, still more slowly, keeled over on his face. Thinking he had fainted, a spectator moved to help, but recoiled in horror from what lay before him: the man in the queue had a small silver dagger neatly plunged into his back. With the wit and guile that have made Inspector Grant a favorite of mystery fans, the inspector sets about discovering just how a murder occurred among so many witnesses, none of whom saw a thing.
In this volume closing arguments for Jodl continue and end on Day 182; closing arguments for Seyss-Inquart begin on Day 182 and end on Day 183; closing arguments for Borman begin and end on Day 183; closing arguments for Von Papen begin on Day 183 and end on Day 184; closing arguments for Speer begin and end on Day 184; closing arguments for Neurath begin on Day 184 and end on Day 185; closing arguments for Fritzsche begin on Day 185 and end on Day 186; and closing arguments for Hess begin and end on Day 186.
Closing arguments for the prosecutor, U.S.A., begin and end on Day 187; closing arguments for the prosecutor, United Kingdom, begin on Day 187 and end on Day 188; closing arguments for the prosecutor, France, begin and end on Day 189; and closing arguments for the prosecutor, U.S.S.R., begin on Day 189.
The return of Ruth, how Maidlin grew up - and just what was Biddy's secret?
Reginald Wellard, a gentle, self‑effacing countryman who has unexpectedly written a novel, struggles to understand both his sudden literary success and his quietly enigmatic wife, Sylvia.
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