Classic fiction: general and literary

Embark on an unforgettable journey of betrayal, love, revenge, and redemption with The Count of Monte Cristo, the timeless masterpiece that has captivated readers for generations.

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Embark on an epic journey through the darkest depths of betrayal to the heights of triumph in Alexandre Dumas' masterpiece, now beautifully formatted for your digital library.

The road to your success is not a highway.

Two people, who have been renamed Eiros and Charmion after death, discuss the manner in which the world ended.

The road to your success is not a highway.

A special edition of The Time Machine by H.

London, 1920s.

A deeply engaging portrait of village life with a matchless cast of characters, Leadon Hill bursts with all the light exuberance of Richmal Crompton's Just William.

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The Odyssey is an epic poem, written by the ancient Greek Philosopher Homer, and is considered to be the second oldest piece of western literature still in existence.

Virginia Woolf's third novel, "e;Jacob's Room"e; (1922) differs from its two predecessors in its experimental, abstract approach to writing.

Based loosely on Louisa May Alcott's own upbringing, Little Women follows the lives of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March.

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A young man searches for meaning, creates art, and grapples with fame in this semiautobiographical Beat Generation classic by the author of On the Road.

Experiencing a story read out loud is one of the oldest forms of entertainment there is.

In Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, Professor Otto Lidenbrock discovers secret directions to the earth's core in runic code in an ancient manuscript.

In The Tell-Tale Heart the narrator strives to convince the reader of his sanity, while describing a murder he committed.

In the days when hunger could be cultivated and practiced as an art form, the individuals who practiced it were often put on show for all to see.

"e;Eight brief, pleasantly convoluted mysteries that resemble Sherlock Holmes stories without Sherlock .

A deluxe Harper Perennial Legacy Edition, with an introduction from Margot Livesey, award-winning and New York Times best-selling author of The Flight of Gemma HardyA compelling historical novel of two families wrestling with questions of honor, class, loyalty, democracy, and independence during the American Revolution, now available in a Harper Perennial Modern Classics Legacy Edition.

Lily Bart enjoys an equitable standing within the New York City elite.

Explores the Romantic conviction that there were ''too many'' novels and shows how this belief transformed the publication of fiction.

Dans un village de Norvège, perdu au milieu des glaces et des neiges, Minna, la fille du pasteur, éprouve une étrange attirance pour Séraphîtüs.

Jazz pianist Evan Horne, settled into the San Francisco jazz scene, takes a gig in Los Angeles, where he's offered his most unusual job yet.

Best known for its influence on literary greats such as C.

The year is 1922, and young Nick Carraway moves to the village of West Egg, where he discovers that his neighbor is the eclectic millionaire Jay Gatsby.

I know what it is to feel lonely and helpless and to have the whole world against me, and those are things that no men or women ought to feel.

Warm and delightfully festive, this charming and long forgotten holiday classic was inspired, in part, by Dickens' A Christmas Carol and other celebrations of old-time Yule.

The time is fast approaching when we can create new creatures from scratch and even human beings, but one must always remember that even though science can create the body from the raw materials available, science cannot create that which makes one unique.

Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with her cousin Edmund as her sole ally.

In Louisa May Alcott's An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, the Basset family kitchen is full of the bustle of preparation for the Thanksgiving day dinner.

"e;Three Stories and Ten Poems"e; is the 1923 literary debut of the famous and influential American writer, Ernest Hemingway.

Rip Van Winkle is a short story by the American author Washington Irving first published in 1819.

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the tale of an ancient curse suddenly given a terrifying modern application.

Una and her younger sister Hal have been abruptly summoned to live in New Delhi by their diplomat father Sir Edward Gwithiam.

A deluxe Harper Perennial Legacy Edition, with an introduction from Simon Van Booy, nationally best-selling author of Fathers Day and The Illusion of SeparatenessA compelling historical novel of a young mans rise from poverty to wealth in a small provincial town during the Industrial Revolution, now available in a Legacy Edition from Harper Perennial Modern Classics.

The novel follows young Thea Konborg's growth from provincial Midwesterner to acclaimed international opera singer.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a short story by F.

Experiencing a story read out loud is one of the oldest forms of entertainment there is.

Considered to be one of Virginia Woolf's most popular novels, Mrs.

`every heart imagines itself the first to thrill to a myriad sensations which once stirred the hearts of the earliest creatures and which will again stir the hearts of the last men and women to walk the earth' What is a life?