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This carefully crafted ebook: "Sentimental Education (Autobiographical Novel)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Sentimental Education is an autobiographical novel. The story focuses on the romantic life of a young man at the time of the French Revolution of 1848. The novel describes the life of a young man (Frédéric Moreau) living through the revolution of 1848 and the founding of the Second French Empire, and his love for an older woman. Flaubert based many of the protagonist''s experiences (including the romantic passion) on his own life. The novel''s tone is by turns ironic and pessimistic; it occasionally lampoons French society. The main character, Frédéric, often gives himself to romantic flights of fancy.Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was an influential French writer who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism of his country. He is known especially for his debut novel, Madame Bovary and for his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Temptation of Saint Anthony (Historical Novel)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.The Temptation of Saint Anthony is a historical novel. It takes as its subject the famous temptation faced by Saint Anthony the Great in the Egyptian desert, a theme often repeated in medieval and modern art. It is written in the form of a play script. It details one night in the life of Anthony the Great where Anthony is faced with great temptations, and it was inspired by the painting, which he saw at the Balbi Palace in Genoa.Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was an influential French writer who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism of his country. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary and for his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.

This carefully crafted ebook: "Wilkie Collins: The Complete Short Stories" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Wilkie Collins (1824–1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. His best-known works are The Woman in White, No Name, Armadale, and The Moonstone. Table of Contents: After The Dark The Ostler Mr. Wray''s Cash Box The Queen of Hearts A House To Let The Haunted House ("The Ghost in the Cupboard Room") My Miscellanies No Thoroughfare Miss or Mrs? "Blow up with the Brig!" The Hidden Cash The Perils of Certain English Prisoners The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices The Last Stage Coachman The Fatal Cradle The Frozen Deep and Other Stories The Captain''s Last Love The Dead Hand The Devil''s Spectacles The First Officer''s Confession Farmer Fairweather Fatal Fortune Fie! Fie! Or The Fair Physician Love''s Random Shot The Midnight Mass Nine O''Clock A Passage in the Life of Mr. Perugino Potts The Haunted Hotel My Lady''s Money Who Killed Zebedee Little Novels The Poetry Did It A Sad Death and A Brave Life The Twin Sisters Volpurno - Or The Student John Steadiman''s Account (The Wreck of The Golden Mary) A Message from The Sea The Seafaring Man The Dead Alive

Sentimental Education is an autobiographical novel. The story focuses on the romantic life of a young man at the time of the French Revolution of 1848. The novel describes the life of a young man (Frédéric Moreau) living through the revolution of 1848 and the founding of the Second French Empire, and his love for an older woman. Flaubert based many of the protagonist''s experiences (including the romantic passion) on his own life. The novel''s tone is by turns ironic and pessimistic; it occasionally lampoons French society. The main character, Frédéric, often gives himself to romantic flights of fancy. Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was an influential French writer who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism of his country. He is known especially for his debut novel, Madame Bovary and for his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.

This carefully crafted ebook: "Bouvard and Pécuchet" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Bouvard et Pécuchet details the adventures of two Parisian copy-clerks, François Denys Bartholomée Bouvard and Juste Romain Cyrille Pécuchet, of the same age and nearly identical temperament. They meet one hot summer day in 1838 by the canal Saint-Martin and form an instant, symbiotic friendship. The work resembles the earlier Sentimental Education in that the plot structure is episodic, giving it a picaresque quality. Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) was an influential French writer who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism of his country. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary and for his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.

This carefully crafted ebook: "Salammbô - A Historical Novel (Complete Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Salammbô is a historical novel about a priestess and the daughter of Hamilcar Barca, an aristocratic Carthaginian general. Salammbô is the object of the obsessive lust of Matho, a leader of the mercenaries. With the help of the scheming freed slave, Spendius, Matho steals the sacred veil of Carthage, the Zaïmph, prompting Salammbô to enter the mercenaries'' camp in an attempt to steal it back. The Zaïmph is an ornate bejewelled veil draped about the statue of the goddess Tanit in the sanctum sanctorum of her temple: the veil is the city''s guardian and touching it will bring death to the perpetrator. The novel is set in Carthage during the 3rd century BC, immediately before and during the Mercenary Revolt which took place shortly after the First Punic War. Flaubert''s main source was Book I of Polybius''s Histories. It required a great deal of work from the author, who enthusiastically left behind the realism of his masterpiece Madame Bovary for this tale of blood and thunder. The book, which Flaubert researched painstakingly, is largely an exercise in sensuous and violent exoticism. It was another best-seller and sealed his reputation. The Carthaginian costumes described in it even left traces on the fashions of the time. Nevertheless, in spite of its classic status in France, it is not widely known today among English speakers. Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) was an influential French writer who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism of his country. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary and for his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Temptation of Saint Anthony - A Historical Novel (Complete Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Temptation of Saint Anthony is a historical novel. It takes as its subject the famous temptation faced by Saint Anthony the Great in the Egyptian desert, a theme often repeated in medieval and modern art. It is written in the form of a play script. It details one night in the life of Anthony the Great where Anthony is faced with great temptations, and it was inspired by the painting, which he saw at the Balbi Palace in Genoa. Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) was an influential French writer who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism of his country. He is known especially for his first published novel, Madame Bovary and for his scrupulous devotion to his style and aesthetics. The celebrated short story writer Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert.

"This carefully crafted ebook: "Madame Bovary - Bilingual Edition (English / French)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Madame Bovary is the French writer Gustave Flaubert''s debut novel. The story focuses on a doctor''s wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Though the basic plot is rather simple, even archetypal, the novel''s true art lies in its details and hidden patterns. Flaubert was a notorious perfectionist and claimed always to be searching for le mot juste (""the precise word""). Madame Bovary takes place in provincial northern France, near the town of Rouen in Normandy. The story begins and ends with Charles Bovary, a stolid, kindhearted man without much ability or ambition.Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) was an influential French writer who was perhaps the leading exponent of literary realism of his country. The celebrated short story writer Maupassant was a protégé of Flaubert."

This carefully crafted ebook: "P. C. WREN Ultimate Collection: The Complete BEAU GESTE TRILOGY + 4 Novels & 42 Short Stories of the Foreign Legion" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Table of Contents:The Beau Geste TrilogyBEAU GESTEBEAU SABREURBEAU IDEALNovels:SNAKE AND SWORDTHE WAGES OF VIRTUEDRIFTWOOD SPARSCUPID IN AFRICA (The Baking of Bertram in Love and War)Short StoriesSTEPSONS OF FRANCE:Ten little LegionariesÀ la Ninon de L''EnclosAn Officer and—a LiarThe Dead HandThe GiftThe DeserterFive Minutes"Here are Ladies"The MacSnorrt"Belzébuth"The Quest"Vengeance is Mine..."Sermons in StonesMoonshineThe Coward of the LegionMahdev RaoThe Merry LiarsGOOD GESTES:What''s in a NameA Gentleman of ColourDavid and His Incredible JonathanThe McSnorrt ReminiscentMad Murphy''s MiracleBuried TreasureIf Wishes were HorsesThe Devil and Digby GesteThe MuleLow FinancePresentimentsDreams Come TrueFLAWED BLADES: Tales from the Foreign LegionNo. 187017BombsMastic--and DrasticThe Death PostE TenebrisNemesisThe Hunting of HenriPORT O'' MISSING MEN: Strange Tales of the Stranger RegimentThe Return of Odo KlemensThe Betrayal of Odo KlemensThe Life of Odo KlemensMoon-riseMoon-shadowsMoon-setPercival Christopher Wren (1875-1941) was an English writer, mostly of adventure fiction. He is remembered best for Beau Geste, a much-filmed book of 1924, involving the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. This was one of 33 novels and short story collections that he wrote, mostly dealing with colonial soldiering in Africa. While his fictional accounts of life in the pre-1914 Foreign Legion are highly romanticized, his details of Legion uniforms, training, equipment and barrack room layout are generally accurate, which has led to unproven suggestions that Wren himself served with the legion.

This carefully crafted ebook: "Collected Works of P. C. WREN: 4 Novels & Stories from the Foreign Legion" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Percival Christopher Wren (1875-1941) was an English writer, mostly of adventure fiction. His novels and short stories mostly deal with colonial soldiering in Africa. While his fictional accounts of life in the pre-1914 Foreign Legion are highly romanticized, his details of Legion uniforms, training, equipment and barrack room layout are generally accurate, which has led to suggestions that Wren himself served with the legion.Table of Contents:The NovelsSNAKE AND SWORDTHE WAGES OF VIRTUEDRIFTWOOD SPARSCUPID IN AFRICA (The Baking of Bertram in Love and War)Short StoriesSTEPSONS OF FRANCETen little LegionariesÀ la Ninon de L''EnclosAn Officer and—a LiarThe Dead HandThe GiftThe DeserterFive Minutes"Here are Ladies"The MacSnorrt"Belzébuth"The Quest"Vengeance is Mine..."Sermons in StonesMoonshineThe Coward of the LegionMahdev RaoThe Merry Liars

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Collected Works of John R. Coryell (Including Complete Detective Nick Carter Series)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.John R. Coryell (1848–1924) was a prolific dime novel author. He wrote under many pseudonyms, one of them being Nicholas Carter, probably the best known. Nick Carter is a fictional character, invented by John R. Coryell and Ormond G. Smith, who began as a thriller novel private detective and has appeared in a variety of formats over more than a century. His father, Sin Carter, was also a detective and he taught young Nick some investigation techniques from early ages. After his father''s death during one case, Nick takes over the investigation and continues to work as a detective. A master of disguise, Nick Carter spends most of the time under cover and keeps a low profile, based in an apartment on Madison Avenue in New York.Table of Contents:The Crime of the French CaféNick Carter''s Ghost StoryThe Mystery of St. Agnes'' HospitalThe Solution of a Remarkable CaseWith Links of Steel (The Peril of the Unknown)A Woman at Bay (A Fiend in Skirts)The Great Spy System (Nick Carter''s Promise to the President)

This carefully crafted ebook: "NICK CARTER MYSTERIES - 7 Detective Books Collection (The Crime of the French Café, The Great Spy System, With Links of Steel, The Mystery of St. Agnes'' Hospital, Nick Carter''s Ghost Story…)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Nick Carter is a famous private detective, a fictional character invented by John R. Coryell and Ormond G. Smith. This private detective from thriller classics has appeared in a variety of formats over more than a century. His father, Sin Carter, was also a detective and he taught young Nick some investigation techniques from early ages. After his father''s death during one case, Nick takes over the investigation and continues to work as a detective. A master of disguise, Nick Carter spends most of the time under cover and keeps a low profile, based in an apartment on Madison Avenue in New York.Table of Contents:The Crime of the French CaféNick Carter''s Ghost StoryThe Mystery of St. Agnes'' HospitalThe Solution of a Remarkable CaseWith Links of Steel (The Peril of the Unknown)A Woman at Bay (A Fiend in Skirts)The Great Spy System (Nick Carter''s Promise to the President)

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE SOLUTION OF A REMARKABLE CASE - The Murder in Forty-Seventh Street (Thriller Classic)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. "Eugenie La Verde was lying upon her bed, clad in the soft wrapper which the maid had helped her to don before leaving her on the preceding night. Her face was distorted and swollen almost beyond recognition, and in spots was highly discolored, where the blood had coagulated beneath the skin. Her mouth was open, and her eyes were wide and staring, even yet filled with an expression of the horror through which she had passed just before her death. Her delicate hands, pretty enough for an artist''s model, were clenched until the finger-nails had sunk into the tender flesh and drawn blood. The figure bore every evidence of a wild and terrific struggle to escape from the grasp in which she had been seized, while the dull blue mark around her throat told only too plainly how her death had been accomplished." (Excerpt)Nick Carter is a famous private detective, a fictional character invented by John R. Coryell and Ormond G. Smith. This private detective from thriller classics has appeared in a variety of formats over more than a century. His father, Sin Carter, was also a detective and he taught young Nick some investigation techniques from early ages. After his father''s death during one case, Nick takes over the investigation and continues to work as a detective. A master of disguise, Nick Carter spends most of the time under cover and keeps a low profile, based in an apartment on Madison Avenue in New York.

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE IRON HEEL (Political Dystopian Classic)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.The year is 2600 AD or 419 B.O.M. (the Brotherhood of Man) when Anthony Meredith, a scholar from the future, comes across an important manuscript of Avis Everhard written around 1912-1932 when "Iron Heel" came to power in USA. "Iron Heel" is an oligarchic regime where the power and money is concentrated in the hands of a few rulers and Avis and her husband Ernest are involved in a conspiracy to overthrow it. Although Meredith knows the fate of Avis and Ernest but what they saw and suffered would shake you to the core. This novel is a prophetic dystopia that is said to have inspired George Orwell, the author of 1984, who described Jack London as having made "a very remarkable prophecy of the rise of Fascism". Orwell believed that Jack London''s understanding of contemporary politics had made him a better prophet "than many better-informed and more logical thinkers."Jack London (1876–1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of unionization, socialism, and the rights of workers. He wrote several powerful works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, and The War of the Classes. Some of his most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote of the South Pacific in such stories as "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen", and of the San Francisco Bay area in The Sea Wolf.

This carefully crafted ebook: "TALES OF THE GOLD RUSH" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.The collection contains some of the greatest novels and stories written by Jack London. All of them are tales of the Great Gold Rush, inspired by and based on author''s own experience working as a gold miner in Klondike.Content:NovelsThe Call of the WildWhite FangBurning DaylightShort StoriesSon of the WolfThe White SilenceThe Son of the WolfThe Men of Forty MileIn a Far CountryTo the Man on the TrailThe Priestly PrerogativeThe Wisdom of the TrailThe Wife of a KingAn Odyssey of the NorthThe God of His Fathers: Tales of the KlondykeThe God of His FathersThe Great InterrogationWhich Make Men RememberSiwashThe Man with the GashJan, the UnrepentantGrit of WomenWhere the Trail ForksA Daughter of the AuroraAt the Rainbow''s EndThe Scorn of WomenJack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. His amazing life experience also includes being an oyster pirate, railroad hobo, gold prospector, sailor, war correspondent and much more. He wrote adventure novels & sea tales, stories of the Gold Rush, tales of the South Pacific and the San Francisco Bay area - most of which were based on or inspired by his own life experiences.

This carefully crafted ebook: "JERRY & MICHAEL – Adventures of Two Dogs (Children''s Book Classic)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Jerry of the Islands: A True Dog Story – Jerry is an Irish terrier who finds himself on the island of Malaita, after the ship he was on got attacked. Jerry is accepted by the local tribe, but when the tribe''s sorcerer decides to sacrifice him, he manages to avoid it and his adventure begins.Michael, Brother of Jerry – Michael, an Irish terrier, was born and raised in the Solomon Islands. Working as a slave hunter aboard a schooner, Michael is accidentally left on the beach, and his journey around the world begins with the new owner.Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. His amazing life experience also includes being an oyster pirate, railroad hobo, gold prospector, sailor, war correspondent and much more. He wrote adventure novels & sea tales, stories of the Gold Rush, tales of the South Pacific and the San Francisco Bay area - most of which were based on or inspired by his own life experiences.

The Scarlet Plague is a post-apocalyptic tale set in 2073, sixty years after an uncontrollable epidemic, the Red Death, has depopulated the planet. James Howard Smith is one of the few survivors of the pre-plague era left alive in the San Francisco area, and he travels with his grandsons Edwin, Hoo-Hoo, and Hare-Lip, who live as primeval hunter-gatherers in a heavily depopulated world. Smith, whom they call "Granser", decides to tell them the story of the disease alternately referred to as scarlet plague, scarlet death, or red death.Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. His amazing life experience also includes being an oyster pirate, railroad hobo, gold prospector, sailor, war correspondent and much more. He wrote adventure novels & sea tales, stories of the Gold Rush, tales of the South Pacific and the San Francisco Bay area - most of which were based on or inspired by his own life experiences.

Francis Morgan is a son of wealthy New York industrialist caught up in his father''s business. One day he finds out that he is a descendant of the notorious pirate Henry Morgan who left a rich heritage behind him, that no-one ever found. Eager to locate the treasure of his ancestor, Francis takes a trip to Central America, and on the way he meets his distant cousin, also Henry Morgan. Together, they will find dangerous adventures, unknown lands, and love.Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. His amazing life experience also includes being an oyster pirate, railroad hobo, gold prospector, sailor, war correspondent and much more. He wrote adventure novels & sea tales, stories of the Gold Rush, tales of the South Pacific and the San Francisco Bay area - most of which were based on or inspired by his own life experiences.

This carefully crafted ebook: "MARTIN EDEN (Modern Classics Series)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Martin Eden is a tale about a young sailor struggling to become a writer. Eden is trying to rise above his destitute, proletarian circumstances through an intense and passionate pursuit of self-education, hoping to achieve a place among the literary elite. His principal motivation at first is his love for Ruth Morse. Because Eden is a rough, uneducated sailor from a working-class background and the Morse''s are a bourgeois family, a union between them would be impossible unless and until he reached their level of knowledge and refinement. Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. His amazing life experience also includes being an oyster pirate, railroad hobo, gold prospector, sailor, war correspondent and much more. He wrote adventure novels & sea tales, stories of the Gold Rush, tales of the South Pacific and the San Francisco Bay area - most of which were based on or inspired by his own life experiences.

Charlie Chan is a Chinese American detective who lives on Hawaii and works for the Honolulu Police Department, but often travels around the world investigating mysteries and solving crimes.The House Without a Key – Member of Boston society who has lived in Hawaii for a number of years is murdered. The victim''s nephew, a straitlaced young Bostonian bond trader, could be of some assistance to detective Charlie Chan in solving the mystery.The Chinese Parrot – A valuable string of pearls is purchased by a wealthy and eccentric financier. Jeweler''s son and Charlie Chan also travel from Hawaii to California with the pearls and come across a few mysterious deaths.Behind That Curtain – Sir Frederic Bruce, former head of Scotland Yard, is investigating a murder of a London solicitor from 15 years ago. A long-cold trail takes him to California, where detective Charlie Chan gets mixed up in the case.The Black Camel – A Hollywood star Shelah Fane is stopping in Hawaii after she finished shooting a film in Tahiti, but gets murdered in a rental house in Waikiki. Charlie Chan investigates amid public clamor demanding that the murderer must be found.Charlie Chan Carries On – Inspector Duff from Scotland Yard is pursuing a murderer on an around-the-world voyage. While his ship is docked in Honolulu, the detective is shot and wounded, and Chan takes his place on the cruise.Keeper of the Keys – Charlie Chan is back in California where he meets a world-famous soprano, Ellen Ladona, who is murdered not too long after the meeting. Chan is expected to solve the mystery and he does not have to look far for suspects.Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) was an American novelist best known for his mystery novels, especially those featuring Chinese American detective Charlie Chan.

In the middle of winter a young novelist William Magee travels to a summer tourist town seeking for solitude and inspiration for his greatest novel yet. He gets to the Baldpate Mountain resort, and even though the hotel is closed he makes an arrangement with the caretaker and gets the key to the hotel. But soon after he gets in, he finds out that he is not the only one there, for there are seven keys to the place and seven people with various stories of why they are there. Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) was an American novelist and playwright best known for his mystery novels. His first novel Seven Keys to Baldpate was a major success and it was adapted into several movies and plays. Even greater success came with his series of detective novels featuring Chinese American detective Charlie Chan. Many of his novels were made into movies.

The Collected Works of William Hope Hodgson contains over 40 novels and short stories of different genres, mainly horror, dark fantasy and science-fiction, supplemented with several poems and with the introduction by H. P. Lovecraft.Introduction:The Weird Work of William Hope HodgsonNovels:The Boats of the Glen CarrigThe House on the BorderlandThe Ghost PiratesThe Night LandShort Stories:Carnacki, the Ghost FinderThe Gateway of the MonsterThe House Among the LaurelsThe Whistling RoomThe Horse of the InvisibleThe Searcher of the End HouseThe Thing InvisibleThe Haunted JarveeThe FindThe HogSargasso Sea StoriesFrom the Tideless Sea Part OneFrom the Tideless Sea Part TwoThe Mystery of the DerelictThe Thing in the WeedsThe Finding of the GraikenMen of the Deep WatersOn the BridgeThe Sea HorsesThe DerilictMy House Shall Be Called the House of PrayerThe Captain of the Onion BoatThe Voice in the NightThrough the Vortex of a CycloneThe Shamraken Homeward-BounderCaptain Gault, Being the Exceedingly Private Log of a Sea-CaptainThe Case of the Curio DealerThe Red HerringThe Drum of SaccharineOther StoriesJack Grey, Second MateDemons of the SeaOut of the StormA Tropical HorrorThe Stone ShipThe Real ThingEloi Eloi Lama Sabachthani (The Baumoff Explosive)Poetry:The Voice of the OceanGrey Seas are Dreaming of My DeathShoon of the DeadMadre Mia

This meticulously edited collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:"The Boats of the Glen Carrig" – The ship "Glen Carrig" gets lost at sea when it strikes "a hidden rock" and several survivors escape the wreck in two lifeboats. But that is when their agony actually begins, as they become exposed to the Sargasso Sea, also known as "cemetery of the oceans"."The Ghost Pirates" – Jessop is the only survivor of the final voyage of the Mortzestus, rescued from drowning by the crew of the passing Sangier. He begins to recount how he came to be aboard the ill-fated Mortzestus, the rumors surrounding the vessel and the unusual events that rapidly increase in both frequency and severity. He describes his confusion and uncertainty about what he believes he has seen, at times fearing for his own sanity."Sargasso Sea Stories" is the group of short stories which are set around the Sargasso Sea:From the Tideless Sea Part OneFrom the Tideless Sea Part TwoThe Mystery of the DerelictThe Thing in the WeedsThe Finding of the Graiken"Men of the Deep Waters" is a collection of short stories about the deep waters of mysterious seas, and the great deep of life:On the BridgeThe Sea HorsesThe DerilictMy House Shall Be Called the House of PrayerThe Captain of the Onion BoatThe Voice in the NightThrough the Vortex of a CycloneThe Shamraken Homeward-Bounder"Captain Gault, Being the Exceedingly Private Log of a Sea-Captain" is a collection of short stories about the law breaking captain with many tricks in the bag:The Case of the Curio DealerThe Red HerringThe Drum of SaccharineOther Sea Stories:Jack Grey, Second MateDemons of the SeaOut of the StormA Tropical HorrorThe Stone ShipThe Real Thing

On the third day of their fishing holiday to the remote Irish village, two friends stumble upon the ruins of a strangely shaped house on a large lake. They discover the moldering journal of the Recluse, an unidentified man who recorded his last days in the house before its destruction. He started the diary to record the strange experiences and horrors occurring in and around the house.

Jessop is the only survivor of the final voyage of the Mortzestus, rescued from drowning by the crew of the passing Sangier. He begins to recount how he came to be aboard the ill-fated Mortzestus, the rumors surrounding the vessel and the unusual events that rapidly increase in both frequency and severity. He describes his confusion and uncertainty about what he believes he has seen, at times fearing for his own sanity.