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 Efficiency Expert |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 - 1950) |
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| The Invisible Man |
| H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946) |
A mysterious stranger arrives in a small village in West Sussex. A large brimmed hat sits atop his head, he wears large goggles on his bandaged face, a long, thick coat envelops his body, and his hands are gloved. Beneath his attire, he has through scientific experimentation, rendered himself invisible. Whilst working on an antidote, he is empowered by his invisibility - mischief, mayhem and murder ensues. But how do you catch a person who cannot be seen? |
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| The Mystery of Edwin Drood |
| Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870) |
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| The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) |
Eternal youth and beauty is a temptation hard to resist. But at what price? .The subject of a painting and admired for his beauty, Dorian Gray trades his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Amidst a lifestyle of hedonism and secret lives, he nonetheless manages to maintain the persona of a very proper gentleman in the eyes of society. But his portrait tells a very different story.... Brilliant. Very interesting reading. |
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| The Scarlet Letter |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) |
Set in 17th century Boston, a puritan community, Hester Prynne gives birth to a daughter, Pearl, after committing adultery. Refusing to name her lover, she is forced to wear the scarlet letter "A" as punishment for her secrecy and adulterous crime. Shamed by the community, Hester attempts to create a new life. Hester Prynne is the first true heroine of American fiction. The Scarlet Letter is Nathaniel Hawthorne's masterpiece. |
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| The Sleeper Awakes |
| H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946) |
A man in the 1890s falls asleep for two hundred and three years. When he awakes, he learns that his investments have accumulated to make him the richest and most powerful man on Earth. The new London has completely transformed into a place that horrifies him and that it is his name that is used to maintain an oppressive hierarchical society where a large proportion of people are uneducated and impoverished. He is the man with the power to change things....... |
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