On the shelf
Books.
The Ambassadors
Henry James's great late novel of Europe, self-discovery, missed chances, and the cost of a truly examined life.
$8.50
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James’s gothic novella traps a young governess, two children, and a country house inside one of literature’s most unnerving studies in ambiguity, repression, and dread.
$6.50
Benito Cereno
An American sea captain boards a distressed Spanish vessel and observes its enigmatic commander amid strange shipboard circumstances.
$6.50
Billy Budd
A sailor on a British warship during the Napoleonic Wars faces an accusation from the ship's master-at-arms.
$6.50
Omoo
Omoo recounts a sailor's experiences during a Pacific whaling voyage and his subsequent time among Polynesian islands.
$7.50
Mosses from an Old Manse
This volume gathers tales and sketches by Nathaniel Hawthorne written during his years at the Old Manse in Concord.
$7.50
The House of the Seven Gables
The House of the Seven Gables is a polished DotBooks classic novel for readers who want character, atmosphere, and enduring literary appeal in a clean digital edition.
$7.50
The Custom of the Country
Edith Wharton's brilliant social novel follows ambition, marriage, money, and status in Gilded Age America and Europe.
$8.00
Summer
The novel follows a young woman's experiences and relationships over the course of one summer season.
$6.50
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome lives with his wife and her cousin in an isolated New England farmhouse during a long winter.
$6.50
The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton’s great novel of New York society follows Lily Bart through wealth, scrutiny, desire, and social ruin with wit, elegance, and devastating precision.
$8.00
