Bøger i Mint Editions--Literary Fictio serien

After being shot by cupid¿s arrow, a socialite man is forced to turn his life around to win the heart of his new love. Max Beerbohm¿s, The Happy Hypocrite is a short work of humorous fiction. George is a deceitful socialite man, but when his lover rejects his immoral behavior, George is forced adopt a charade that will even convince himself.

On the beautiful island of Mauritius, Paul and Virginia lead a simple lifestyle in harmony with nature. Slaveowners, they aspire to treat their slaves with as much dignity and respect as possible, much to the chagrin of their more traditional neighbors. Paul and Virginia is a novel by Bernardin de St. Pierre.

When an unmotivated, care-free man drinks and parties with strangers in the mountains, he falls asleep, waking up twenty years later in post-revolution America. Set in New York both before and after the American Revolution, Washington Irving's classic tale Rip Van Winkle explores a symbolic and surreal narrative of change and happiness.

Captain MacWhirr, a practical man with absolutely no sense of imagination, sets a path to sail right into a typhoon, despite the objections of his first mate and crew. Said to be based off an event in the life of highly esteemed author Joseph Conrad, Typhoon is a high-stakes adventure novel with satirical elements.

During Napoleon's expedition in Egypt, a young soldier falls captive to Ottoman forces. Miraculously, he manages to escape, taking with him a horse and a limited assortment of supplies and weapons. On his journey through the desert, he takes refuge in a cave, where he tames and befriends a panther. A Passion in the Desert is a masterful short story by French author Honoré de Balzac.

Trapped in a loveless marriage, Victomtesse de Beauseant lives her life as a recluse, until Gaston, a young man recovering from illness, falls in love with her. Set in a small, provincial town in Normandy, France, The Deserted Woman by Honoré de Balzac depicts the touching, but tragic love story of a young man and a woman stuck in a marriage.

Sarrasine, a young sculptor, wins a competition before traveling to Rome, where he attends an opera performance starring the beautiful Zambinella. He falls in love with her immediately and becomes increasingly obsessed with courting her and idealizing her body, unaware of the secret she lives with. Sarrasine is a novel of romance and mystery by Honoré de Balzac.

After years of traveling the world's oceans, Captain Davy Quiggin, known to all as Capt'n Davy, has come home to the Isle of Man to marry his sweetheart, Ellen Kinvig. After years of waiting, and a wedding to mark the occasion of Davy's return, the couple parts ways after only ten days of matrimony. Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon, a romantic comedy set within the beautiful, wild landscape of the Isle of Man, is a novella that measures the distance between love and marriage, as well as questions the societal institutions that too often drive us apart.

A blind woman lives with her young son and her elderly father on profitable land they no longer own. A desperate man on his deathbed confesses his sins to a priest. In The Blind Mother and The Last Confession, a stunning pair of novellas, famed British author Hall Caine explores spirituality, guilt, fate, and cruelty to illuminate not only humanity's place in nature, but the complex psychologies that make whole worlds within us.

A poor domestic servant endures love and loss, while remaining loyal to her mistress. A Simple Soul, by Gustave Flaubert, is a compassionate look at a modest woman, who makes the most of her limited resources. The author delivers a beautiful story marked by the protagonist's sweet and selfless nature.

> is the origin story of a strange man named Carwin, the villain in Charles Brockden Brown's novel, > Carwin is a master manipulator, first conning his own family and then a wealthy patron in this masterpiece of Gothic fiction. Carwin's ability to speak in two different voices adds a sinister quality to the psychologically intense story.

Looking for work as a theatrical carpenter, Jerry O'Sullivan moves from his native Dublin to London. Bringing his wife Katey with him, he soon discovers the promise of the metropolis too often fails to materialize, leaving men of good intention to suffer from poverty and the temptations of the bottle. The Primrose Path is the debut novel of Bram Stoker.

When Adolphe, an introverted young man, decides to seduce a married woman that is ten years his senior, they begin a passionate love affair, breeding jealousy, scandal, and illicit devotion. Benjamin Constant's Adolphe is a French romance that has earned acclaim for its scandalous plot and emotion-provoking characters.

Olivia Pentland is an unsatisfied woman. Feeling trapped in her marriage and overwhelmed by her life, she observes the ebb and flow of Durham¿s upper-class as familiar faces return home. Early Autumn is Louis Bromfield¿s award-winning exploration of familial bonds shattered and rebuilt against an inevitable and ever-changing society.

Exceedingly bright and just a tad bit salacious, Martin Arrowsmith is a man on two missions. The first, make a name for himself at medical school in order to become recognized in the broader scientific community. The second? Pursue every woman who will give him the opportunity to do so. Arrowsmith is an award-winning novel by Sinclair Lewis.

Firecrackers: A Realistic Novel (1925) is a novel by Carl Van Vechten. Published in the same year as F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and Anita Loos' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Van Vechten's novel has been recognized as an important document of the Jazz Age, a decade of bohemian excess and artistic experimentation that changed the shape of American and European culture. "You must think of a group of people in terms of a packet of firecrackers. You ignite the first cracker and the flash fires the fuse of the second, and so on, until, after a series of crackling detonations, the whole bunch has exploded, and nothing survives but a few torn and scattered bits of paper, blackened with powder." In Van Vechten's novel, an explosive group of friends welcomes a handsome young man into their midst. Gunnar O'Grady, an athlete and a jack of all trades, soon becomes an object of obsession for men and women alike. As he tries to satisfy their needs and desires while working to support himself, he begins to question the meaning of friendship itself. Firecrackers: A Realistic Novel, Van Vechten's fourth novel, is a fascinating work of fiction from a man who was always one step ahead of the rest. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Carl Van Vechten's Firecrackers: A Realistic Novel is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Peter Whiffle (1922) is a novel by Carl Van Vechten. Framing himself as his character's literary executor, Van Vechten provides a satirical self portrait of his unusual life in the arts through the lens of a man whose sole gift is to identify and move with the avant-garde. Peter Whiffle is a writer who never writes. Throughout his travels, he claims to be researching for an important work of literature but mostly provides humorous portraits of some of the greatest artists, dancers, and writers of his time. In this way, he proves himself much more of a mirror than a window--like Van Vechten likely sensed of his own writing, Whiffle is a man who reflects the success and genius of others much more than he offers his own. Travelling between New York City and Europe, Whiffle becomes a figure who defines his generation through keen wit and tongue-in-cheek wisdom, a tour guide to a vast land of cultural creation and bohemian excess. Peter Whiffle, Van Vechten's debut novel, is a fascinating work of fiction from a man who was always one step ahead of the rest. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Carl Van Vechten's Peter Whiffle is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Sally Nicholas is a pretty and popular American woman working as dance partner for hire. Orphaned, she and her brother, Fillmore, has been on their own for years. However, on Sally¿s twenty-first birthday, her life is changed when she learns that she and her brother have inherited a fortune, which they now have access to. Fillmore, who is overly ambitious, and impulsive intends on investing his money in schemes that promise fast wealth, in hopes to accumulate an even bigger fortune. Sally is more of a dreamer. She wants to move into her own apartment, maybe start her own business, but first is set on visiting Europe. Though she plans the trip for her fiancé to join her, he claims to be on the verge of pure genius and is too busy to travel. Disheartened, but not deterred, Sally travels off to Europe. Because of her status as a wealthy and beautiful American, many British men throw themselves at Sally¿s feet, hoping to be her suitor. Sally¿s attention, however, is only won by an awkward redheaded man named Ginger. Concerned by the man¿s history of employment, or rather, his string of briefly kept jobs, Sally tries to take Ginger under her wing and help him find a suitable job. Though, between helping Ginger, keeping an eye on her brother, and nurturing the dreams of her fiancé, Sally finds that even her best intentions go awry and struggles to start managing her own life before she helps others. The Adventures of Sally is widely praised for its convincing and vivid main character, especially since she is one of the few female protagonists utilized in P.G Wodehouse¿s work. With excellent prose and witty word play, The Adventures of Sally is a fun romantic comedy sure to make a lasting impression. This edition of P.G Wodehouse¿s The Adventures of Sally features a new, eye-catching cover design and is printed in a stylish font, making it both accessible and modern.

In the town of Socartes, an impoverished orphan falls in love with a blind boy. Unlike the other townspeople, who ridicule Marianela for her unattractive features, Pablo finds beauty in her ability to sing. When his father plans to have a doctor restore his eyesight, Pablo promises Marianela they will still get married. Marianela is a novel by Benito Pérez Galdós.