"The Hound of the Baskervilles" is a mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The story is one of the most famous cases of the detective Sherlock Holmes. The novel is set in the moorlands of Devonshire, England, and revolves around the legend of a supernatural hound that haunts the Baskerville family.

The novel begins with the death of Sir Charles Baskerville, whose mysterious demise is attributed to the ancient curse that has plagued the Baskerville family for generations. Dr. John W...

Sometimes you need to let your wolf guide you.

After surviving an attack by his friend and fellow beta, Tala tries to pick up the pieces of his old life. Things have changed. His body isn’t what it was, and the only light in his darkness is the healer working on him.

Ambitious wolf shifter Caitlin gets the chance to work as a healer for the Ghuardian. While trying to prove her worth, she finds herself falling for one of her patients—something no healer should ever give in to.

As the both...

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"The Idiot" is a novel by American humorist John Kendrick Bangs. The story revolves around the character of Smith, an ordinary man who suddenly becomes a genius after being struck by lightning. The book satirizes the obsession with intelligence and the notion that being a genius automatically leads to success and happiness.

As Smith navigates his newfound genius, he realizes that it is not all it's cracked up to be. His intelligence becomes a burden, alienating him from his friends and family...

"Bat Wing" is a mystery-adventure novel written by Sax Rohmer, first published in 1921. Set in London and Egypt, the story revolves around Paul Harley, a private detective, who is drawn into a series of perplexing events involving a valuable blue diamond known as the "Blue Water." The diamond has a curse associated with it, and its possession is believed to bring bad luck and tragedy.

Harley's investigation takes him into a world of international intrigue, ancient curses, and dangerous crimin...

All the sawmill’s forest is lost in devastating fires. After years of drought, a period of torrential rain breaks out. The barren slopes no longer hold water, and a black tidal wave rages through the river valley.

Eleven-year-old Mindra and her invalid grandmother are the last inhabitants of a village near the abandoned sawmill, high on the mountainside.

She rescues some survivors, who become her new family.

The world is tipping and they must make it on their own.

"A Tale of Two Cities" is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The story revolves around the lives of two men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who are physically alike but lead vastly different lives. Charles is a French aristocrat who chooses to live in England and becomes embroiled in the revolution, while Sydney is a dissipated lawyer who is drawn to Charles' wife, Lucie Manette.

The novel begins with the famous opening lines, "It ...

"The Third Circle" is a short story written by Frank Norris. It tells the story of a young couple, Isabel and Harney, who are struggling to make ends meet in San Francisco. Harney is a clerk in a law firm and Isabel is a dressmaker. They dream of a better life and plan to marry as soon as they can afford it.

One day, Harney meets a wealthy and influential man named Trant, who invites him to join a secret society called "The Third Circle". The society is made up of wealthy and powerful men who...

Sixties. Netherlands. An artists commune in an old castle.

The children live a completely enclosed life of their own, never leaving the estate, without television, radio or newspapers. Hanny, the gardener and Trude, the cook take care and teach them chores in the kitchen and work in the garden. Dries and the immense library are their teachers in basic skills and art at their own little school.

Trude’s son Budi, beautiful, highly gifted, classic soprano and inexhaustible, grows up uninhibite...

Botchan is a modern young man from the Tokyo metropolis, sent to the ultra-traditional Matsuyama district as a Maths teacher after his the death of his parents. Cynical, rebellious and immature, Botchan finds himself facing several tests, from the pupils - prone to playing tricks on their new, naïve teacher; the staff - vain, immoral, and in danger of becoming a bad influence on Botchan; and from his own as-yet-unformed nature, as he finds his place in the world. One of the most popular nove...