The story of how the convict Jean-Valjean struggled to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity, in a world brutalized by poverty and ignorance, became the gospel of the poor and the oppressed.
American, Daisy Miller, visits Europe with her mother and finds that her freshness and innocence are misinterpreted as immodesty and forwardness. This brings her into conflict with the differences in the two cultural traditions, inviting shock and disaster.
Paul Dombey, an arrogant and cruel merchant, realizes too late that he should have been more compassionate to his children.
The Three Musketeers come together again to battle injustices as civil war threatens the throne of France.
This novel continues the story of Richard Hannay, taking him from convalescence following the Battle of Loos, back to London for a vital meeting at the Foreign Office, and thence on a top-secret mission across war-torn German-occupied Europe. A classic espionage and adventure novel set during...
When the fun-loving and imaginative Sara of Montgomery spends the winter with the king's family in the old-fashioned town of Carlisle, she comes up with a great idea to entertain the children. And when Sara returns home, she has introduced still more people to the magic in her heart.
The Half-Hearted tells the story of Lewis Haystoun, a dilettante and coward. At a Scottish country house party hosted by Lady Manorwater, Lewis falls for Alice Wishart, one of the guests. Lewis answers the call to adventure finally and sets off to Kashmir in search of 'success, enterprise, new...
Focused upon the trials for murder of John Porteous and of Effie Deans in 1736 and 1737, this novel also spans the 80 years of the life of David Deans whode death takes place in 1751. The text raises the problem of a judicial system that does not produce justice.
Rafael Sabatini wrote his stories of The Historical Night's Entertainment to thrill and delight his readers with accounts of bizarre and extraordinary episodes. Based on real events, Sabatini has brought to them his own masterly embellishments, adding all the liveliness and excitement of fiction...
Henry Fielding (1707–1754) began his career as a novelist in 1740 with the publications of Shamela and then Joseph Andrews, with which he anticipates his masterpiece, Tom Jones.Thomas Keymer is Elmore Fellow and Tutor in English at St. Anne’s College, Oxford. Alice Wakely teaches at the...