Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
Gay-Neck
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Dhan Gopal Mukerji
First published in 1927, Mukerji's charming historical fiction novel was designated a Newbery Honor book in 1928. It follows the north-India…
Don Sebastian; or, The House of the Braganza
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Anna Maria Porter
Romantic history of the fictional Don Sebastian, which was suggested to the author by a plaque commemorating a mysterious "Portuguese s…
Where the Blue Begins
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Christopher Morley
In his collection Plum Pudding, Christopher Morley included two pieces about an unprepossessing mutt named “Haphazard Gissing I” with a gift…
Kibun Daizin
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Gensai Murai
This is the story of a brave, skillful and ambitious boy who sets out to become the wealthiest man of Japan. He succeeds in doing just that …
Rulers of Kings
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Gertrude Atherton
When a child is born, its temperament and character are unknown. The effects of nature versus nurture, of heredity and of circumstance are a…
Mary of Burgundy
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George Payne Rainsford James
Fifteenth century Europe was a time of political upheaval and uncertainty. Mary of Burgundy of the House of Valois ruled over a collection o…
My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's
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Marietta Holley
. . . a voice kept a sayin' inside of me, "Josiah Allen's wife, write a book givin' your views on the great subject of Wimmen's Rites.&…
The Desultory Man
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George Payne Rainsford James
This early novel by James is written in the first person by "James Young", and tells of his early experiences of the deaths of his…