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David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
152 days
1850 • Follow a young man’s journey to becoming a successful novelist amidst an unforgettable cast of characters in this semi-autobiographical work.
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
159 days
1877 • Unhappily married Anna Karenina finds love with the handsome Count Vronsky, but also scorn and tragedy in this unforgettable story.
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
40 days
1850 • In 17th century Puritan Boston, Hester Prynne is found guilty of adultery. She raises her daughter while seeking repentance and dignity, while her long-lost husband seeks revenge.
The Mill on the Floss
George Eliot
87 days
1860 • In this, one of Eliot's most moving works, fiercely intelligent Maggie Tulliver is forced into conflict with her family as her desires clash with their expectations.
Fathers and Sons
Ivan Turgenev
24 days
1862 • The Kirsanov household will soon be turned upside down by the arrival of Bazarov and his bold new ideas.
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
40 days
1813 • First impressions are misleading in this classic, funny, and memorable story of the tumultuous romance of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy.
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Tales
Edgar Allan Poe
15 days
1843 • A collection of stories by Poe including The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, The Premature Burial and more.
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
19 days
1774 • The semi-autobiographical collection of letters of Werther, a sensitive artist who falls in love with Charlotte only to find she is already engaged.
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
79 days
1866 • Impoverished student Raskolnikov coolly contemplates the murder of his pawnbroker as his intellect and morals clash in this classic psychological study.
Father Goriot
Honoré de Balzac
37 days
1835 • In a Parisian society driven by ambition and greed, a father bankrupts himself for his two daughters as a mysterious criminal corrupts a naive law student.
Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray
117 days
1847 • Follow the exploits of Amelia Sedley and Becky Sharp as they rise and fall through society in this sharp attack of a hypocritical and money-mad society.
Tom Jones
Henry Fielding
113 days
1749 • Tom Jones, a foundling with a mysterious past, is banished to London to find love, adventure, danger, and more in this classic comic novel of 18th century life.
The Portrait of a Lady
Henry James
85 days
1881 • American Isabel Archer arrives in Europe determined to shape her own life. But soon she is drawn into the cruelty of the Old World in this story of love and betrayal.
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