Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 — 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. While being a gothic mystery novel, "Rodney Stone" contains so much more! This book has a fantastic coming-of-age story set in the world of boxing fights in England during the Napoleonic Wars. The plot also has some attributes of an adventure genre, including a haunted house and a false murder accusation.
This collection of eight short stories written during his "Klondike" period, has become a trademark of London's work. The title story follows the trek of a prospector across the Canadian tundra. Other stories include and Love of Life The Story of Keesh; A Day's Lodging Negore, he Coward; The Sun Dog Trail; The Unexpected;The White Man's Way, Brown Wolf.
Thomas Hardy was an English novelist and poet. A Pair of Blue Eyes - third published novel, but not his third novel. This is because the very first novel he completed, he never published, and in fact he destroyed the manuscript. This is the story about the love triangle of a young woman, Elfride Swancourt, and her two suitors from very different backgrounds.