The Hound of Baskervilles

The Hound of Baskervilles, is the third detective novel to feature Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Like the previous completions, it originally appeared in The Strand Magazine, however this novel was serialized and is one story, unlike The Adventures and The Memoirs. The story is mostly set in England's West countryside as Holmes investigates a mysterious supernatural hound.

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The Refugees is the 1893 historical fiction novel by the Author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The two principle protagonists are Amory de Catinat and Amos Green, A Huguenot guardsman and an American respectively. The plot revolves around the marriage of King Louis XIV's marriage to Madame de Maintenon as well as the revoking of the Edict of Nantes and the eventual emigration of the Huguenots to America. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged from classic works of fiction,...

Revolutionary Documents is a collection of American Documents. They are in the spirit of revolution with a distinctly American perspective. From the Declaration of Independence from an English Colony and the founding of the Constitution with the Bill of Rights to the Texas Declaration of Independence and eventual Secession. The Documents included: Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 Articles of Confederation, March 1, 1781 Constitution of the United States, June 21, 1788 The Texas Declaration of Independence: March 2, 1836 Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the...

The Kama Sutra is an ancient Hindu Indian Sanskrit text Authored by Vatasyayana. It is to this day considered one of the premier works on human sexuality. While a portion of the text is dedicated to sexual intercourse, a majority of the text discusses virtuous love and living with a partner by sustaining a connection and desire. This translation is one of the original by Sir Richard Francis Burton with help by Bhagwan Lal Indraji. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Carefully selected, each work is unabridged...

The Yellow Wallpaper is the 1892 short story by the classic American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman. It is one of the most notable modern feminist literary works. The story is told in first person as journal entries by a woman whose physician husband forbids her to work because of her "temporary nervous depression - a slight hysterical tendency." The story culminates with the chronical of her descent into psychosis caused by the deeds of her husband and the revelation about postpartum. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a notable American feminist. While she was most famous for her writings, both...

Herland is the utopian novel by the predominant feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman published in 1915. It is among the classic utopian and dystopian novels of the early twentieth century. The plot involves three explorers that discover a previously uncharted land filled only with women. The society is free from war, conflict, and inequity. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a notable American feminist. While she was most famous for her writings, both fiction and non-fiction, on feminism and social reform, she was also a poet, artist, magazine editor, lecturer, and social reformer. She was a great...

Moving the Mountain is the utopian novel by the predominant feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman published in 1915. It is among the classic utopian and dystopian novels of the early twentieth century. The plot involves two siblings meeting after 25 years outside Tibet. The protagonist returns to America to discover it has changed into a society unrecognizable from before. It is described as "beyond Socialism," a strain of nationalism. Themes such as "new humanitarianism," eugenics, renewable resources are discussed in restructuring society. Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a notable American...