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Uncle Tom's cabin: or, Life among the lowly (A Harper classic)
By Harriet Beecher Stowe. 1965
First published in 1852, abolitionist Stowe's depiction of the moral injustice of slavery and the evils of materialism. Tom saves…
little Eva's life, and years later she tries to help him gain his freedom. Eventually, Tom's protection of runaway Eliza costs him his life at the hands of the brutal ex-Yankee Simon Legree. 1965.Persuasion
By Jane Austen. 1818
Anne Elliot has been persuaded to break off her engagement, but meets Wentworth again after some time, and the story…
is concerned with the gradual revival of his passion for her. 1818.The picture of Dorian Gray (Penguin classics)
By Oscar Wilde, Robert Mighall. 1890
"If it were I who was to be always young, and the picture that was to grow old...I would give…
my soul for that!" The wish uttered by Dorian Gray as he gazes on his portrait forms the basis of this story, of a gilded and spoilt hedonist who is willing to sell his soul for his beauty. 1890.Les misérables
By Victor Hugo, Norman Denny. 1982
Jean Valjean, a poor French peasant, is imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread. After escaping, he devotes his life…
to noble causes until once again he becomes the victim of cruel circumstances. Originally published in 1862. 1982. Uniform title: Misérables.The hunchback of Notre Dame (Tor Classics Ser.)
By Victor Hugo. 1996
Treasure island (Saddleback classics #Set I)
By Robert Louis Stevenson, Janice Greene. 1999
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her…
son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger. Adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's work, published in 1883. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.The red badge of courage (Saddleback classics #Set I)
By Stephen Crane, Emily Hutchinson. 1999
Henry Fleming, an unsophisticated country boy, enthusiastic to serve his country, enlists with the Union forces at the beginning of…
the Civil War. At first, the shock of war causes him to retreat and his heroic vision of himself fades. In the next battle, however, his courage revives as he carries forward the regiment's colours in a crucial advance. Adaptation of the American classic by Stephen Crane, originally published in 1895. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Saddleback classics #Set Ii)
By Robert Louis Stevenson, Janice Greene. 1999
A kind and well-respected doctor can turn himself into a murderous madman by taking a secret drug he has created.…
Adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", first published in 1886. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.The adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Saddleback classics #Set I)
By Mark Twain, Joanne Suter. 1999
Wuthering Heights (Purnell de luxe classic.)
By Emily Brontë. 1965
This 19th century classic, set in the Yorkshire moors, is about Heathcliff, a foundling raised in the Earnshaw home. He…
passionately loves Catherine and dedicates his life to the realization of that love, and revenge on those who oppose him. First published in 1847. (Reissue) 1965.Tess of the D'Urbervilles: a pure woman (Everyman's library ; #33)
By Thomas Hardy. 1891
When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of…
their family fortune, meeting her 'cousin' Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man, Angel Clare, seems to offer her love and salvation, but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent in the hope of a peaceful future. 1871.Hard times
By Charles Dickens. 1854
Hard Times was one of Dickens' later novels and portrays the author's somewhat cynical view of life as a dreary…
sort of underworld with artificially contrived happy endings that are not to be believed. Hard Times is sympathetic to the lot of the oppressed worker. Originally published in 1854.The old curiosity shop (Everyman Dickens Ser.)
By Charles Dickens, Paul Schlicke. 1995
The last of the Mohicans (Oxford World's Classics Ser.)
By James Fenimore Cooper. 1994
A story of the French and Indian War at Fort William Henry in 1757. Around this historical event, Cooper built…
a fiction based on the adventures of Leatherstocking and his Indian friends. Sequel to "The Deerslayer". 1826.Great expectations (Penguin Popular Classics Ser.)
By Charles Dickens. 1994
A mysterious benefactor provides Philip Pirrip, a young boy adopted by a blacksmith and his wife, with the chance to…
escape his poor upbringing. Aspiring to be a gentleman, and encouraged by the expectations of wealth, he abandons his friends and moves to London. 1861.The Pickwick papers
By Charles Dickens. 1963
Mr. Samuel Pickwick, general chairman of the Pickwick Club, and three other members constitute a corresponding society in order to…
report about their journeys, adventures and observations of character and manners. First published in 1837. 1963.Pride and prejudice (Classics Library)
By Jane Austen. 2002
The entertaining novel has been popular since its original publication in 1813. The observation and characterization are more important than…
the plot, which deals with the five daughters of an English country family and their romantic affairs. 2002.Jude the obscure
By Thomas Hardy. 1895
Dramatizes the conflict between the carnal and the spiritual life of Jude Frawley, a stone mason's apprentice, who yearns to…
be a priest. A tale of doomed love and unfulfilled promise that revolves around Jude, his cousin Sue Bridehead and his academic mentor Phillotson. First published in 1895.The professor (Penguin Popular Classics Ser.)
By Charlotte Brontë, Heather Glen. 1989
This first novel by the famous author of "Jane Eyre," is based on Bronte's experience as a young woman studying…
in Belgium, where she fell hopelessly in love with a married teacher. Many scholars acknowledge it as a study for her later novel, "Villette." 1989.The mill on the Floss (Penguin Popular Classics Ser.)
By George Eliot. 1994
Maggie Tulliver, whose father owns a mill on the River Floss, and her brother Tom are united by a strong…
bond. But when Maggie is pursued by the son of the lawyer who ruined their father, Tom forbids their friendship. Later, Maggie falls in love with the fiancé of her cousin Lucy Deane. Repenting, her life is made desperately unhappy. 1860.