Fiction: narrative themes

Spoon River Anthology, by Edgar Lee Masters, is a collection of short free-form poems that collectively describe the life of the fictional small town of Spoon River, named after the real Spoon River that ran near Masters'' home town.

Set in late-19th century Germany, ''The Awakening of Spring'' concerns teenagers who are discovering the inner and outer tumult of sexuality.

Ten years after events of ''Riders of the Purple Sage'', the wall to Surprise Valley has broken and Jane Withersteen is forced to make a big decision.

Anne Shirley has now been married to Gilbert Blythe for 15 years, and the couple have six children: Jem, Walter, Nan, Di, Shirley, and Rilla.

A truly classic gothic horror novel for the ages.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a semi-autobiographical novel by James Joyce.

The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England.

Two men switched at birth discover the truth about their heritage and neither will ever be the same.

Under pressure from the reading public, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle brought his famous detective back from the dead in ''The Return of Sherlock Holmes''.

After being thrown overboard, Tarzan finds himself in the coastal jungle where he was brought up by the apes.

Rilla of Ingleside is the final book in the Anne of Green Gables series, but was the sixth of the eight "Anne" novels.

Of Human Bondage is one of the greatest novels ever written.

A heartwarming, homey tale of the Basset family, who were "poor in money, but rich in love.

A 14-year-old country girl, Polly Milton, visits her friend Fanny Shaw and her wealthy family in the city for the first time.

A 14-year-old country girl, Polly Milton, visits her friend Fanny Shaw and her wealthy family in the city for the first time.

This novel is set in the fictitious Midlands town of Middlemarch during the period 1830-32.

‘The Lady of the Camellias’ is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, subsequently adapted for the stage (becoming known as ‘Camille’ in the English-speaking world), and then becoming the opera ‘La Traviata.

Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime.

''Demian'' is a psychological masterpiece of modern literature.

The Heroic Slave was Frederick Douglass'' only piece of fiction.

A young woman weeps at the edge of a river, into which she throws torn-up letters, rings, and other tokens of love.

The book''s stirring opening happens on the eve of the coup d''état, involving an idealistic young village couple joining up with the republican militia in the middle of the night.

The fictional town of Cranford is closely modeled after Knutsford in Cheshire England, which Elizabeth Gaskell knew well.

The powerful story of Benjamin Button, who starts his life as an old man and gradually becomes younger, is one of F.

James Playfair must break the Union blockade of Charleston, South Carolina to trade supplies for cotton and more importantly to rescue a man being held prisoner by the Confederates.

Kate hat alles hinter sich gelassen um in Wilmington zu studieren und ein neues Leben anzufangen.

Ce livre est une création de Manuel Garcia, une véritable mine de plaisirs interdits et de rencontres passionnées, spécialement conçue pour satisfaire les appétits érotiques les plus audacieux des lecteurs gays adultes.

Scopri Relazione Lesbica, il nuovo romanzo erotico di Lara Steele che ti catturerà con la sua intensità e passione.

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"In Modo Familiare" di Lara Steele è un'avvincente storia d'amore e desiderio che cattura il lettore fin dalle prime righe.

With an introduction by the Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James.

The First Mistake is the stunning second novel from The Other Woman author Sandie Jones, who delivers twist after heart-stopping twist, in this addictively readable domestic suspense about a wife, her husband, and her best friend.

Winner of the International Dublin Literary Award'Remarkable .

From the author of Station Eleven, Emily St.

The New York Times bestselling book behind the HBO Series from J.

Chris Kraus' The Bastard Factory tells the story of an entire epoch: a drama of betrayal and self-delusion spanning the years 1905 to 1975, taking us from Riga and Moscow, Berlin and Munich, all the way to Tel Aviv.

From the international bestselling Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Wolves of Rome is a historical thriller about two brothers and the betrayal of Teutoburg Forest that devastated the Roman Empire.

Relationships come together, fall apart and are reinvented over time in this warm-hearted novel by the world's favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel.

In Daddy's Girls, Danielle Steel's thought-provoking novel, three sisters discover the truth about their past and the importance of their unique bond.

Child's Play is a powerful family drama about the highs and lows of motherhood from Danielle Steel, the world's favourite storyteller.

From the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga, comes the story of an undocumented immigrant who becomes the only witness to a crime and must face an impossible moral dilemma.

Far From the Madding Crowd was the first of Hardy's novels to give the name of Wessex to the landscape of south-west England and is set against the backdrop of the unchanging natural cycle of the year.

Drawing on her own experience, Anne Bronte exposes the isolated world of a nineteenth-century governess in her debut novel, Agnes Grey.

With precise plotting underpinned by a wise understanding of human nature, George Eliot's most autobiographical novel gives a wonderful evocation of rural life and the complicated relationship between siblings.

A deeply moving and insightful story set in contemporary Tokyo.

A beguiling novel about three women struggling to determine their own lives in contemporary Tokyo.

'A tender, unsentimental exploration of the bittersweet joys of lifelong companionship' - Daily MailEven the longest marriages have their secrets .

Patrick Melrose Volume 2 contains the final two novels in Edward St Aubyn's BAFTA award-winning Emmy nominated semi-autobiographical series, filmed for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic Patrick.

Patrick Melrose Volume 1 contains the first three novels in Edward St Aubyn's BAFTA award-winning and Emmy nominated semi-autobiographical series, filmed for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic Patrick.

The Rookery, city of secrets, lies and magic, is facing destruction.