Le Mort D'Arthur Vol I  |
| Thomas Malory (1399 - 1471) |
Le Morte d'Arthur is a classic tale of loyalty, love, and death. Malory assembles some French and English Arthurian romances, along with some additions of his own. The outline of the story will be familiar to many, it is the source for many modern Arthurian authors, but modern retellings present only a fraction of the original Malory. First printed in 1485 it is likely it will be as well known and loved in another 500 years. |
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| Oliver Twist |
| Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) |
Oliver Twist, the book that spawned many a modern film and musical. Born into poverty and orphaned, Oliver is sent to work in a squalid workhouse, he eventually flees this only to land himself in a world of crime and prostitution. Pickpockets, thieves, and prostitutes - this was the startling reality for the young boy, Oliver. A story that shocked society when it was first published, still horrifying today. A riveting read, Dickens at his legendary best. |
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| Persuasion |
| Jane Austen (1775 - 1817) |
The Elliot family is titled and fit naturally into fashionable English society. So when Anne Elliot falls in love with Frederick Wentworth, a young naval officer of little means, she is eventually persuaded by her friend Lady Russell to terminate the engagement. But persuasion can be a double-edged sword. Eight years later, at 27, she is seemingly faced with no future prospects, destined for spinsterhood. What happens when Anne and Frederick meet again? Persuasion is Jane Austen's last completed novel. A brilliant satire where vanity and pretension know no bounds. |
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| Robinson Crusoe |
| Daniel Defoe (1660 - 1731) |
Published in 1719 and sometimes regarded as the first novel in English. A fictional autobiography of an English castaway who spends 28 years on a remote island, encountering savages, captives, and mutineers before being rescued. Novelist James Joyce said: "He is the true prototype of the British colonist... The whole Anglo-Saxon spirit is in Crusoe: the manly independence, the unconscious cruelty, the persistence, the slow yet efficient intelligence, the sexual apathy, the calculating taciturnity". |
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| The Decameron, Volume 1 |
| Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 1375) |
The Decameron is a collection of 100 very readable novellas finished in 1353. It is known for its bawdy tales that span the spectrum from erotic to tragic. The tales are told by a party of ten fleeing the black plague, on each of 10 days they each tell a tale on a particular theme. The stories remain compelling for the modern reader while providing a unique window into medieval life. |
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| The History of Herodotus Vol 1 |
| Herodotus (484BC - 425BC) |
The Histories is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BCE it tells the story of the war between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states in the 5th century BCE. The histories includes the Battle of Thermopylae where 1400 Greeks under King Leonidas of Sparta sacrificed themselves to delay a Persian army of at least hundreds of thousands, an act that sealed the eventual fate of the Persians. |
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| The History of Herodotus Vol 2 |
| Herodotus (425BC - 425BC) |
The Histories is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BCE it tells the story of the war between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states in the 5th century BCE. The histories includes the Battle of Thermopylae where 1400 Greeks under King Leonidas of Sparta sacrificed themselves to delay a Persian army of at least hundreds of thousands, an act that sealed the eventual fate of the Persians. |
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