Written in 1831 before Hugo was forced to flee from Louis Napoleon's France. In this novel, Hugo paints a vivid portrait of medieval Paris. Quasimodo, the one-eyed, hunchbacked refugee; Esmeralda, the dancing gypsy girl, threatened by...
Manners and customs
- Author:Hugo, VictorSummary:
- Author:Wharton, EdithSummary:
Lily Bart enjoys an equitable standing within the New York City elite. Although she desires a comfortable life and has received generous proposals from wealthy suitors, Lily remains single with hope for an honest and loving marriage....
- Author:WELLS, H. G.Summary:
Mr Polly is a middle-aged man, tired of his wife's nagging and his dreary job as a gentleman's out fitter in a small town. Facing bankruptcy, he concludes that the only way to escape his frustrating existence is by burning his...
- Author:L'AMOUR, LouisSummary:
The story of the rock-hard men who ripped fortunes out of the rock-hard mines in the old West.
- Author:Buck, Pearl S.Summary:
In this Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of China, farmer Wang Lung glories in the soil he works. Nearby, the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers--but they will soon meet their downfall.
- Author:RAPHAEL, FredericSummary:
Adam Morris, Alan Parks, Mike Clode, Anna Cunnginham, Barbara Ransome and the others leave Cambridge University to discover varying degrees of satisfaction, success and material comfort. But over all of them lies the common memory of...
- Author:Klassen, JulieSummary:
In an abandoned gatehouse on an old estate, Mariah Aubrey lives in seclusion. She supports herself by writing novels in secret--at a time when such writing is considered improper and unladylike. Soon the wealthy and ambitious Captain...
- Author:Galsworthy, JohnSummary:
The three novels that make up this trilogy have long been recognized as masterpieces of 20th-century literature, and Galsworthy as one of its leading exponents. But don't let that be the reason you put off listening to this wonderful...
- Author:Galsworthy, JohnSummary:
The three novels that make up this trilogy have long been recognized as masterpieces of 20th-century literature, and Galsworthy as one of its leading exponents. But don't let that be the reason you put off listening to this...
- Author:Messud, ClaireSummary:
Friends at Brown University, Marina, Danielle, and Julius are still looking to make their marks as they approach their 30s. Marina lives with her celebrated parents on the Upper West Side while trying to complete her book. TV producer...
- Author:Murakami, HarukiSummary:
A collection of off-the-wall short stories by Japan's leading contemporary novelist. An elephant vanishes; hunger drives a couple to rob McDonalds; an insomniac wife wakes in a different world. Murakami is a cult figure throughout...
- Author:Stehelin, Paul H.Summary:
This is the true story of the Stehelins, a prestigious family from Normandy, France, who came to Nova Scotia in the early twentieth century to carve out a new life in the wilderness. The family's achievements were legendary--they built...
- Author:STEVENSON, Robert LouisSummary:
Three men down on their luck in Tahiti agree to ship out on a vessel whose officers have died of smallpox. Their desperate venture inspires them to a further idea: they will steal the schooner and its cargo of champagne, sell them, and...
- Author:Steel, DanielleSummary:
An enthralling novel set in early 19th-century England, Paris, and New York, featuring an indomitable young heroine who rises from ruin to become the toast of Paris, by way of the chic bordello she establishes for the most powerful men...
- Author:CARLYLE, LizSummary:
By day, Sidonie Saint-Godard is a quietly elegant young widow who teaches deportment to the unpolished daughters of London's nouveau riche. By night, she is someone altogether different -- the notorious Black Angel.
- Author:Lewis, C. S.Summary:
This definitive collection of short fiction explores enduring spiritual and science fiction themes such as space, time, reality, fantasy, God, and the fate of humankind.
- Author:Mallory, SarahSummary:
Lord Darrington is not a man to be welcomed into a house of unprotected women! Even in the wilds of Yorkshire, Beth Forrester has heard tales of the incorrigible rake that make her toes curl. When he finds out about the dark secret she...
- Author:Fitzgerald, F. ScottSummary:
This collection of four of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most memorable short stories begins with 'The curious case of Benjamin Button,' in which the protagonist is born an old man and ages in reverse until he becomes a baby, and then finally...
- Author:Fitzgerald, ScottSummary:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, originally published in Colliers Magazine on May 27th, 1922. The story follows Benjamin's life from his birth in 1860. However he is no ordinary child, as he...
- Author:Gordimer, NadineSummary:
Mehring, a rich industrialist, has all the privileges and possessions that South Africa has to offer, but his possessions refuse to remain objects. Gordimer offers a fascinating study of the forces and relationships that seethed in...
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