Ex-convict Jean-Valjean struggles to find redemption after his release for a 19 year prison sentence for stealing food for his starving family.
A masterly evocation of the state and psychology of imprisonment, Little Dorrit is one of the supreme works of Dickens's maturity.
Jo March and her husband, Professor Bhaer, aim to make their school for boys a joyous, comfortable, and educational environment.
Jim, the first mate aboard the Patna, dreams youthful dreams of heroism and of the daring act that will prove his courage. But when the ship collides with a mysterious obstacle, Jim panics and jumps free. This single act of cowardice drives him to self-enforced exile.
Being a continuation in what is known as The D'Artagnan Romances, this is the third part of The Vicomte de Bragelonne.
Emma Bovary and her reviled husband are at breakfast on the morning of Emma's last day alive. As they bicker, scenes from Emma's past are called to mind and played out with all the passion for which Flaubert's novel is famous.
Marching Men is a chronicle about the plight of the working man in an industrial society.
Chronicles Martin Chuzzlewit's experiences as a student of architecture and a pioneer in the American West.
Set in San Francisco, this is the story of Martin Eden, an impoverished seaman who pursues, obsessively and aggressively, dreams of education and literary fame.
A man capitalizes on his remarkable resemblance to another man to steal the other's life and identity.