Literature (187 pages found in this category)


The First Men in the Moon

Scientific romance by H. G. Wells first published in 1901, about two men who travel to the Moon using an anti-gravity substance known as cavorite.

The Flashman Papers

Series of novels and short stories by George MacDonald Fraser, about a cowardly British soldier who had been the school bully in the 1857 novel Tom Brown's Schooldays.

The Flowering of the Strange Orchid

Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1894. A collector of orchids grows an unknown species which develops aerial rootlets that attach themselves to his skin and suck his blood.

The Flying Man

Short story written by H. G. Wells first published in 1895, about a British soldier who, trapped on a ledge, improvises a parachute to escape.

The Green Child

Only completed novel by the English anarchist poet and critic Herbert Read, based on the 12th-century legend of two green children who mysteriously appeared in the English village of Woolpit.

The Grisly Folk

Short story by H. G. Wells published in 1921, speculating about the early encounters between Neanderthals and modern man.

The Hammerpond Park Burglary

Short story by H. G. Wells published in 1894, about a burglary that begins badly but is eventually successfully concluded.

The Happy Turning

Collection of nine cheerfully optimistic essays written by H. G. Wells, published in 1945, describing his dreamworld.

The Haunted Dolls’ House

Horror story by M. R. James published in 1925, about the contents of a doll's house that come to life.

The Inchcape Rock

Ballad written by the English poet Robert Southey. Published in 1802, it tells the story of a 14th-century attempt by the Abbot of Arbroath (“Aberbrothock”) to install a warning bell on Inchcape, a notorious sandstone reef about 11 miles (18 km) off the east coast of Scotland.