Mansfield Park  |
| Jane Austen (1775 - 1817) |
At the age of ten, Fanny Price is sent by her poor family to live with her rich uncle and aunt, Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram and their four children at Mansfield Park. Living in a world where wealth and status matter, Fanny is often left to feel inferior but in turn develops into a virtuous young woman of high character. When the dazzling Mary Crawford and her brother Henry arrive in the area, drama and disruption soon follow. All at Mansfield Park succumb to their charms and ways, all except for Fanny Price. Mansfield Park showcases once again, Jane Austen's brilliance. |
 Download this book (384 KBytes) Search at Barnes & Noble ... |
| Others who downloaded this book also downloaded ... |
|
| Mr. Britling Sees it Through |
| H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946) |
Publishers Weekly #1 Best Seller for 1917.
"Beyond question the greatest novel of the year" -- New York Times 1916
Tells the story of how Mr. Britling makes it though World War I.
|
| Download this book (393 KBytes) Search at Barnes & Noble ... |
| Others who downloaded this book also downloaded ... |
|
| Nicholas Nickleby |
| Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) |
An idealistic young man, the title character of Nicholas Nickleby is left to find work and to support and protect his mother and sister after his father's death leaves them penniless. After his cold-hearted Uncle Ralph turns down his pleas for help, Nicholas Nickleby is left to find his own way, opening him up to all manner of queer folk, rogues and scoundrels. Dickens shows himself not only to be a literary genius but a comic one as well. |
| Download this book (770 KBytes) Search at Barnes & Noble ... |
| Others who downloaded this book also downloaded ... |
|
| Tess of the D'Urbervilles |
| Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928) |
The novel tells the story of Tess whose fate is changed when her ne'er-do-well father tries to improve the family fortune via a misguided association with a local well to do family. Hardy's writing produces such empathy for Tess that one is compelled to continue reading even though it is unbearable to imagine where the story will go. |
| Download this book (391 KBytes) Search at Barnes & Noble ... |
| Others who downloaded this book also downloaded ... |
|
| The Horse-Stealers & Other Stories |
| Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904) |
Chekhov is now the most popular playwright in the English-speaking world after Shakespeare, but many think that his short stories are his greatest achievement. Raymond Carver said: 'Chekhov's stories are as wonderful (and necessary) now as when they first appeared. ...he produced masterpieces, stories that shrive us as well as delight and move us, that lay bare our emotions in ways only true art can accomplish.' Chekhov's stories are ranked No.9 on Time magazine's list of the "10 Greatest Books of all time", January 2007. |
| Download this book (171 KBytes) Search at Barnes & Noble ... |
| Others who downloaded this book also downloaded ... |
|
| The Inspector-General |
| Nikolai V. Gogol (1809 - 1852) |
The Inspector-General is a satirical masterpiece portraying greed, stupidity, and the endemic corruption of power in tsarist Russia. It caused such uproar when published in 1836 that only the personal intervention of Tsar Nicholas I allowed it to be staged. Although it used the forms, elements, and premises of plays written before, it marks the beginning of a new tradition. Widely adapted. Seemingly the clear inspiration for the hotel inspector episode of the TV series, Fawlty Towers. |
| Download this book (86 KBytes) Search at Barnes & Noble ... |
| Others who downloaded this book also downloaded ... |
|
| The Portrait of a Lady Vol 2 |
| Henry James (1843 - 1916) |
Generally regarded as the masterpiece of his early writing The Portrait of a Lady has young American Isabel inheriting a large amount of money and gaining freedom to travel the continent. Here she falls under the influence of two expatriate Americans who want her money. The work has met continuing critical acclaim and remains the most popular of James' longer works. |
| Download this book (273 KBytes) Search at Barnes & Noble ... |
| Others who downloaded this book also downloaded ... |
| <<1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 >> |
