This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

"The Dark Forest" from Hugh Walpole. New Zealand-born English novelist (1884-1941).

"The Cathedral" from Hugh Walpole. New Zealand-born English novelist (1884-1941).

"The Duchess of Wrexe" from Hugh Walpole. New Zealand-born English novelist (1884-1941).

Excerpt from The Secret City: A Novel in Three Parts
There are certain things that I feel, as I look through this bundle of manuscript, that I must say. The first is that of course no writer ever has fulfilled his intention and no writer ever will; secondly, that there was, when I began, another intention than that of dealing with my subject adequately, namely that of keeping myself outside the whole of it; I was to be, in the most abstract and immaterial sense of the word, a voice, and that simply because this business of seeing Russian psychology through English eyes has no excuse...

"Fortitude" from Hugh Walpole. New Zealand-born English novelist (1884-1941).

"The Captives" from Hugh Walpole. New Zealand-born English novelist (1884-1941).

"Jeremy" from Hugh Walpole. New Zealand-born English novelist (1884-1941).

"The Prelude to Adventure" from Hugh Walpole. New Zealand-born English novelist (1884-1941).

The green mirror, a quiet story by Hugh Walpole. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1917 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.