Walter Besant: 58 books

When Sydney Smith, towards the close of his life, considered the changes which had passed over the country within his recollection, he said that he wondered how the young men of his time had managed to preserve even a decent appearance of cheerfulness. Sydney Smith died in 1845, just at the beginning...

Get carried away by this enchanting romance set on the remote Isles of Scilly. The beautiful young girl Armorel has lived a sheltered life -- until the day that she saves two men lost at sea in a daring rescue. One of the boat's occupants, artist Roland Lee, is enraptured by Armorel's beauty and sensitivity,...

The Revolt of Man was written during a certain summer holiday; day by day chapter by chapter, was read out, as it was finished, to two ladies. It is needless to say that their comments on the progress of events were often most valuable. Above all I may now acknowledge their advice as to the conclusion...

I have more than once told the story of the only remarkable thing which ever happened to me in the course of a longish life, but as no one ever believed me, I left off telling it. I wish, therefore, to leave behind me a truthful record, in which everything shall be set down, as near as I can remember...

The ten years' partnership of myself and my late friend Mr. James Rice has been terminated by death. I am persuaded that nothing short of death would have put an end to a partnership which was conducted throughout with perfect accord, and without the least difference of opinion. The long illness which...

Those who begin to consider the subject of the working woman discover presently that there is a vast field of inquiry lying quite within their reach, without any trouble of going into slums or inquiring of sweaters. This is the field occupied by the gentlewoman who works for a livelihood. She is not...

Young Will Halliday is heir to one of the largest shipping fortunes in England, but he decides to forsake a life of affluent leisure to pursue his dream of becoming a musician. When some greedy relatives learn of the rift between Will and his father, they conspire to wrest control of the rest of the inheritance from the budding violinist.

“The Inner House”, which has been described as “a proto-Brave New World,” explores the consequences of artificially prolonged human life. On June 20, 1890, Professor Schwarzbaum announces at the Royal Institute and in various newspapers all over the world that he has invented an elixir which prevents ageing in the human body.

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