A Hardy Norseman by Edna Lyall

This is the fascinating advnture tale of Vikings and Norsemen by Edna Lyall.
Edna Lyall was the pseudonym used by Ada Ellen Bayley. Bayly was born in Brighton, the youngest of four children of a barrister. At an early age, she lost both her parents and she spent her youth with an uncle in Surrey and in a Brighton private school. Bayly never married and she seems to have spent her adult life living in with her two married sisters and her brother, a clergyman in Bosbury in Herefordshire. In 1879, she published her first novel, Won by Waiting, under the pen name of "Edna Lyall" (apparently derived from transposing letters from Ada Ellen Bayly). The book was not a success. Success came with We Two, based on the life of Charles Bradlaugh, a social reformer and advocate of free thought. Her historical novel In the Golden Days was the last book read to John Ruskin on his deathbed. Bayly wrote eighteen novels.

A Butterfly on the Wheel by C. Ranger Gull

This is a classic detective and tale of romance.  Throw in some adventure and suspense, and it's a Gothic romance with a twist.

Mary Marie by Eleanor Hodgman Porter

Short novel from 1920 about divorce. The narrator is an exuberant, indiscreet teenage girl who is excited by the novelty of her parents' divorce and is keen to scrutinize everything to do with it. Obviously, this "Isn't divorce fun?" stuff isn't intended to wear long. It's a think-of-the-children book, but Porter isn't too glib  and gives things an appearance of unfolding naturally. The ending is rather unique and almost shocking.  Well worth the read.

Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Nicholas Nickleby; or, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a novel by Charles Dickens. Originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839, it was Dickens's third novel. The novel centres on the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies.  

Nicholas Nickleby is Charles Dickens's third published novel. He returned to his favourite publishers and to the format that was considered so successful with The Pickwick Papers. The story first appeared in monthly parts, after which it was issued in one volume. The style is considered to be episodic and humorous, though the second half of the novel becomes more serious and tightly plotted. Dickens began writing 'Nickleby' while still working on Oliver Twist and while the mood is considerably lighter, his depiction of the Yorkshire school run by Wackford Squeers is as moving and influential as those of the workhouse and criminal underclass in Twist.

'Nickleby' marks a new development in a further sense as it is the first of Dickens's romances. When it was published the book was an immediate and complete success and established Dickens's lasting reputation.

The cruelty of a real Yorkshire schoolmaster named William Shaw became the basis for Dickens's brutal character of Wackford Squeers. Dickens visited Shaw's school and based the school section of Nicholas Nickleby on his visit.

A  Son of Perdition by Fergus Hume

An occult mystery and romance by Fergus Hume.  This is slightly different type of books for Fergus Hume.  The ocult comes into play in the romance, making for an exciting and an unusual story by this master of the mystery.