The Return of the Native [Thomas Hardy]
The "native" is Clym Yeobright, who comes home from a cosmopolita... [continue]
Gulliver's Travels [Jonathan Swift]
First published in 1726 to 'vex the world rather than divert it' ... [continue]
A Christmas Carol [Charles Dickens]
Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by his long dead business partner on ... [continue]
The Secret Agent [Joseph Conrad]
It is London in 1886, Mr Verloc owns an adult bookstore but finds... [continue]
House of Mirth [Edith Wharton]
Lily Bart, beautiful, witty, and sophisticated, is accepted by "o... [continue]