Inventors (1571 pages found in this category)


The Treasure in the Forest

Short story written by H. G. Wells and published in 1897, about the fate of two men who steal a treasure map from a Chinaman.

The Treasure of Abbot Thomas

Horror story by M. R. James, first published in 1904, about a treasure guarded by creatures of the night.

The Triumphs of a Taxidermist

Humorous short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1894.

The Truth About Pyecraft

Short story by H. G. Wells published in 1903, about a fat man who loses so much weight that he begins to float.

The Turn of the Screw

Horror novella by Henry James, first published in 1898, about a governess who comes to believe that the house where she works is haunted.

The Uncommon Prayer-Book

Horror story by M. R. James published in 1925, about the theft of a number of prayer-books repeatedly found to be open at a particular psalm, despite being stored in a locked and disused church.

The Unlucky Theatre

Ghost story about a haunted theatre by the English writer Elliott O'Donnell, first published in 1959.

The Valley of Spiders

Short story by H. G. Wells published in 1903, about three men who are attacked by giant spiders while pursuing a half-caste girl through a desolate valley.

The Vote (newspaper)

Suffragette newspaper published from 1909 until 1933.

The Walking Horse locomotive

Lancashire’s first steam locomotive, built by Robert Daglish in 1812 at the Haigh Foundry for colliery owner, John Clarke; it entered service the following year.