Adventure, crime, and war

10 books

After DarkWilkie Collins · 1856A collection of linked short stories by Victorian novelist Wilkie Collins, framed by the diary of Leah, wife of a traveling portrait painter forced to stop working due to failing eyesight. He tells tales of the people he meets to earn a living.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Danger! and Other StoriesArthur Conan Doyle · 1918A 1918 collection of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. The title story, narrated by a foreign naval captain, is a warning tale, written before World War I, in which eight submarines starve Britain into surrender by attacking its shipping.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

New Arabian NightsRobert Louis Stevenson · 1882A collection of short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson, published in 1882, featuring tales of adventure and mystery, including "The Suicide Club" and "The Rajah's Diamond," which follow Prince Florizel of Bohemia's escapades in London.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Round the Fire StoriesArthur Conan Doyle · 1908A 1908 short story collection by Arthur Conan Doyle gathering tales of the grotesque and the terrible, intended to be read aloud on winter evenings around the fire, as explained in the author's preface.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Captain of the Polestar, and Other TalesArthur Conan Doyle · 1890An 1890 short story collection by Arthur Conan Doyle. The title novella, told as a ship's doctor's journal, follows a whaling captain who pushes his vessel dangerously far into Arctic ice in pursuit of whales, followed by ten other tales.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Eyes of AsiaRudyard Kipling · 1917A 1917 collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling, presented as letters and accounts from Indian soldiers and others experiencing World War I, including a wounded Rajput officer recovering in an English hospital writing home about war and English society.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long AgoArthur Conan Doyle · 1910A 1910 collection of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle set in ancient times. The title story depicts the Roman viceroy of Britain receiving orders to withdraw all legions from the island as barbarian threats close in on the empire.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Merry Men, and Other Tales and FablesRobert Louis Stevenson · 1887An 1887 short story collection by Robert Louis Stevenson, gathering tales and fables including "The Merry Men," set on a storm-battered Scottish island, along with "Will o' the Mill," "Markheim," "Thrawn Janet," "Olalla," and "The Treasure of Franchard.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Queen of HeartsWilkie Collins · 1859Wilkie Collins' 1859 novel is set in the remote South Wales estate known as The Glen Tower. The narrative follows the lives of three brothers as they grapple with their isolated environment and the secrets hidden within their old family home.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Secret SharerJoseph Conrad · 1910The Secret Sharer, Joseph Conrad's 1910 novella, follows a newly appointed ship captain anchoring in the Gulf of Siam who discovers another vessel nearby and takes an extraordinary, secretive risk during his first command.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية