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James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a semi-autobiographical novel chronicling the spiritual and intellectual awakening and rebellion of Stephen Dedalus against the conventions into which he was born. A Portrait of the Artist a...

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Written by Mary Shelley (1797-1851), Frankenstein is the best-selling horror classic about an experiment that goes horribly wrong, and a monster who swears revenge on his creator. Swiss student Victor Frankenstein uncovers the secret to bringing l...

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Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales have delighted generations of readers since they were first published starting in 1835. The Ultimate Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales brings together many of Andersen's best-known and loved works including...

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"e;Sherlock Holmes was transformed when he was hot upon such a scent as this. Men who had only known the quiet thinker and logician of Baker Street would have failed to recognize him. His face flushed and darkened. His brows were drawn into tw...

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The real evils, indeed, of Emma's situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself . . . Jane Austen's classic novel begins with twenty-one-year-old Emma Woodhouse happily pres...

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Persuasion is the last novel written by Jane Austen before her death in 1817. (It was published in December of that year.) Set partially in Bath, a city with which Austen was intimately acquainted, Persuasion is the story of Anne Elliot, whose rej...

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Sense and Sensibility is the first published novel by Jane Austen. Originally published under the pseudonym "e;A Lady,"e; Sense and Sensibility tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, who, upon the death of their fath...

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Raised at Mansfield Park by her rich aunt and uncle, Fanny Price does not have high hopes or great marital prospects. When the fashionable and exciting siblings Henry and Mary Crawford arrive to stay near Mansfield Park, Fanny and her cousins' liv...

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Written by S. R. Crockett in 1899, The Black Douglas is the story of William, Earl of Douglas's struggle to keep his lands in the hand of the Douglas clan. With enemies like King James II of Scotland and his uncle, the Red Douglas, closing in, Wil...

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Striking, sophisticated and witty, Lily Bart lives a life of expensive taste and civilised society in turn of the century New York. But nearing thirty and still unmarried, Lily's place in society becomes uncertain without a husband to maintain her...

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Ethan Frome, a lonely and downtrodden farmer, lives alone with his sickly, judgmental wife Zeena and her cousin Mattie, who helps around the house. Ethan and Mattie have feelings for one another, but are trapped in the hopelessness of their situat...

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Originally published in 1893, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets tells the story of the impoverished Johnson family and their experiences living in the squalid Bowery neighborhood of New York City. When the eldest of the Johnson children, Maggie, commi...

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Fairy Tales brings together many of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm's best-known and loved works, including "e;Rapunzel,"e; "e;Hansel and Gretel,"e; "e;Little Red Riding Hood,"e; and "e;Snow White and Rose Red."e; HarperPer...

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She follows the journey of Horace Holly and his ward, Leo Vincey, to a lost African kingdom where they meet the Amahagger people and the mysterious queen, Ayesha, who reigns as "e;She"e; or "e;She-who-must-be-obeyed."e; HarperPeren...

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This purportedly true story, recorded by English author Daniel Defoe, tells of the strange life of Moll Flanders, a woman who lives in sin and wickedness, surviving only on her beauty, cleverness, and deceit. Finding herself in the role of mistres...

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Throughout the turbulent period of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, the fortunes and futures of the prominent Bolkonsky, Rostov, Bezukhov, Kuragin, and Drubetskoy families are affected by their allegiances and alliances.Intertwining a historical acc...

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Years after being rescued from the deserted island, Robinson Crusoe's life is much different from the one he knew during his solitary years as a cast away-he has a loving wife, small children, and a successful career as a plantation owner. But, wi...

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Captain Ahab's quest for the white whale is a timeless epic-a thrilling tale of vengeance and obsession, and a searing parable about humanity lost in a universe of moral ambiguity. Far ahead of its own time, Moby-Dick is perhaps the greatest sea s...

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The mischievous Tom Sawyer and his friends, Jim, Becky, and Huckleberry Finn, find adventure and intrigue everywhere they go in this classic American novel. Together, Tom and his friends embark on treasure hunts, escapades down the Mississippi Riv...

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Shirley tells the story of conflicted mill-owner Robert Moore, whose desire to restore his family honour and fortune is in direct conflict with that of his heart. Set during the Napoleonic War in a period of economic unrest, Shirley is the tale of...

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Anne Bronte's first published novel, Agnes Grey tells the story of one woman's search for love and happiness within the boundaries of pre-Victorian society. Forced by her family's declining circumstances to find employment, Agnes Grey takes the on...

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Tom Canty, a hopeful young pauper with an alcoholic and abusive father, has a chance encounter with the young Prince of Wales, Edward VI, outside of the palace. Discovering an uncanny resemblance to each other, the two boys switch clothes and live...

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When Tito Melema meets Romola, the daughter of a blind scholar, he quickly makes it his goal to marry her. For her part, Romola is enchanted by Tito during their courtship, but soon after they marry, she discovers life with Tito is more difficult ...

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The most controversial of the Bronte sisters' novels, Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the story of Helen Graham, a woman who, unique for her time, acts in her own best interest to rise above her personal circumstances to secure a bett...

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With the Roman poet Virgil as his guide, Dante passes through the nine circles of hell to salvation. As the two make their descent through the underworld, the severity of sin being punished increases, such that those in the ninth and deepest pitth...

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Critically acclaimed author James Joyce's Dubliners is a collection of short stories depicting middle class life in Dublin in the early twentieth century. At the heart of each story is a character's moment of self-realization which serves to furth...

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Published in 1859, The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin introduced the theory of natural selection to a newly-receptive public. As a young naturalist on the second voyage of HMS Beagle (1831-36), Darwin collected many plant and animal specimens...

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After his ship springs a leak during a voyage, a sailor details the amusingly bizarre dangers that one can face when transporting a cargo of cats across the open seas. This light-hearted short story by Ambrose Bierce was originally published in Th...

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The Red Fairy Book is the second of Andrew Lang's twelve Fairy Books, which were published between 1889 and 1910. A collection of fairy and folk tales from around the world, The Red Fairy Book includes "e;The Twelve Dancing Princesses,"e; ...

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The Lilac Fairy Book is the last of Andrew Lang's twelve Fairy Books, which were published between 1889 and 1910. A collection of fairy and folk tales from around the world, The Lilac Fairy Book includes "e;The False Prince and the True,"e...

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