Benjamin Farjeon: 45 books

One of British author Benjamin Farjeon's most popular and critically acclaimed works, Great Porter Square is a beguiling mystery that unfolds on a sprawling scale which calls to mind the work of other Victorian novelists such as Charles Dickens. Packed with plot twists that are revealed at a leisurely piece, it is an immersive reading experience that you won't soon forget.

This riveting mystery from Benjamin Farjeon features a unique protagonist: a 12-year-old girl named Gracie Death. When her father suddenly disappears, many of the household responsibilities fall on the shoulders of the plucky but ill Gracie as the family struggles to make ends meet. Will she ever find out what happened to her dad?

"That an innocent girl has been done to death," said the Advocate, "is most unfortunately true, and as true that a man who inspires horror is charged with her murder. You have been told that you have but to glance at him to assure yourself of his guilt. These are lamentable words to...

Young lovebirds Kingsley and Nansie want nothing more than to be together forever, but Nansie's father does not approve of the match. Though he feels he is only looking out for his beloved daughter's best interests, his refusal sets off a chain reaction that quickly spirals out of control.

A British novelist, playwright, printer and journalist. Mr. Farjeon's style is remarkable for its vivid realism. The London "Athenæum" in a long and appreciative review styles him "a master of realistic fiction." On account of his sentiment and minute characterization he is regarded...

Great Porter Square: Volume 2 By Benjamin Leopold Farjeon

Great Porter Square: Volume 1 By Benjamin Leopold Farjeon

Great Porter Square: Volume 3 By Benjamin Leopold Farjeon

We regret to learn that since this book was sent to press in this country, its gifted author has passed away in London at the ripe age of 70 years. It seems appropriate and indeed necessary to preface "The House of the White Shadows," on its appearance in America, with a brief account of...

On a bright, snowy night in December, some years ago, Dr. Spenlove, having been employed all the afternoon and evening in paying farewell visits to his patients, walked briskly toward his home through the narrowest and most squalid thoroughfares in Portsmouth. The animation of his movements may be...

In the heart of a very maze of courts and lanes Stoney-alley proclaims itself. It is one of multitude of deformed thoroughfares, which are huddled together--by whim, or caprice, or in mockery--in a populous part of the City, in utter defiance of all architectural rules. It is regarded as an incontrovertible...

From a peculiar restlessness in my wife's movements, I gathered that she was considering some scheme which threatened to disturb the peaceful surroundings of my life. Upon two or three occasions lately she had reproached me for not being sufficiently lofty in my social views, and although the tone in...

MRS. JAMES PREEDY, lodging-house keeper, bred and born in the vocation, and consequently familiar with all the moves of that extensive class of persons in London that has no regular home, and has to be cooked for, washed for, and generally done for, sat in the kitchen of her house, No. 118, Great Porter...

At six o'clock in the evening of the first day of March, in the year of Grace, 1898, Abel Death, a man of middle age, with a face appropriate to his name--which should never be given to any living human being--was sitting at his desk, employed in the task of writing the last of a number of letters,...