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The jungle books (Recorded Books classics library)
By Rudyard Kipling. 1981
The Aspern papers
By Henry James. 1986
Julianna and her niece are marking time in a villa in Venice. A literary editor obsessed with the work of…
a long-dead poet, Jeffrey Aspern, comes into their lives to try to ferret out his papers. 1986.Washington Square (Recorded Books classics library)
By Henry James. 1997
Set in the exacting social landscape of New York City at the turn of the twentieth century, "Washington Square" is…
the tale of a wealthy but shy young woman caught between conflicting family expectations. 1997.Rip Van Winkle and the legend of Sleepy Hollow
By Washington Irving. 1993
Two stories from the Catskill Mountains: one featuring a man who sleeps for twenty years, waking to a much-changed world;…
and the other, a superstitious schoolmaster who encounters a headless horseman. 1993.The house of the seven gables (Recorded Books classics library)
By Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1993
The House of Seven Gables, a fixture in Hawthorne's Salem, serves as the ancestral home of the fictional Pyncheon family,…
whose distinguished legacy is tainted by pious thievery. When country cousin Phoebe arrives at the house, she is like a cool breeze, refreshing a room that has been sealed for too long. 1993.The hunchback of Notre Dame (Recorded Books classics library)
By Victor Hugo. 1991
Written in 1831 before Hugo was forced to flee from Louis Napoleon's France. In this novel, Hugo paints a vivid…
portrait of medieval Paris. Quasimodo, the one-eyed, hunchbacked refugee; Esmeralda, the dancing gypsy girl, threatened by the gallows; and a world where chaos is in charge - Hugo captures them all in this timeless, almost Gothic, piece of literature. 1991. Uniform title: Notre-Dame de Paris.Hans Brinker or The silver skates (Recorded Books classics library)
By Mary Mapes Dodge. 1996
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.Père Goriot (Recorded Books classics library)
By Honoré De Balzac, A. J Krailsheimer. 2006
At the shabby boarding house in the rue Neuve-Sainte-Geneviève, petty Madame Vauquer and her tenants wonder at the plight of…
the aging resident Goriot. Once a well-heeled merchant, Goriot was - at first - afforded special treatment from the Madame. But now something is clearly amiss in his financial affairs, and his increasingly tawdry appearance makes him a subject of ridicule in the household. Some think he lost in the markets, others see him as a lecherous patron of prostitutes, but one thing is clear: his selflessness and complete devotion to his two daughters. 2006, c1835. Uniform title: Père Goriot.Candide
By Voltaire. 1759
This tale begins with the hero, Candide, being expelled from the Westphalian castle of Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh for making love to…
the Baron's daughter, Cunegonde. So begins a series of disastrous misadventures on a fantastic odyssey for Candide, Cunegonde and Dr Pangloss. 1759.On the eve: a novel (Penguin classics)
By Gilbert Gardiner, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev. 1972
Nana
By George Holden, Émile Zola. 1972
La bete humaine (Penguin Classics)
By Émile Zola, Leonard William Tancock. 1977
Did possessing and killing amount to the same thing deep within the dark recesses of the human beast? On one…
level a tale of murder, passion and possession, it is also a compassionate study of individuals derailed by atavistic forces beyond their control. 1977.The landleaguers (Pocket Classics Ser.)
By Anthony Trollope. 1991
When Englishman Philip Jones buys two estates in the "wild and distant" country of Ireland, he thinks he has made…
a wise investment. But when his son, Fabian, makes a seemingly harmless conversion to Catholicism, he finds that there is a high price to pay on his purchase, not least of which is the unity and happiness of his family. 1991.Lourdes
By Émile Zola, Ernest A Vizetelly. 1894
In this depiction of a pilgrimage to Lourdes, Zola created a novel of vivid characters and subtle commentary on suffering…
and the belief in miracles as the last desperate refuge from pain. Based on his own trip to the fabled grotto, the novel follows a simple five-part structure corresponding to the five-day train trip from Paris to Lourdes and back. Zola’s observational powers are at their best as he moves from character to character describing in great detail the physical effects of their illnesses, their hopes, beliefs, fears, and above all endurance. 1894.Rachel Ray (The World's classics)
By Anthony Trollope, P D Edwards. 1988
A love story set in and around a small town in the South Hams of Devonshire which, despite the idyllic…
surroundings, provides citizens as implacably factious as any of the author's social groups. The zest and intensity of their religious, political, commercial and class warfare make it a lively comedy. 1988.Germinal (Penguin classics ; #L45)
By Émile Zola. 1954
Written to draw attention to the misery prevailing among the poor in France during the Second Empire, this novel depicts…
the grim struggle between capital and labour in a coalfield in northern France. Yet, through the blackness of this picture, humanity is constantly apparent. Senior High. 1954.Joseph Andrews
By Henry Fielding, Robert Francis Brissenden. 2003
Joseph Andrews, first published in 1742, is in part a parody of Samuel Richardson's Pamela. But whereas Richardson's novel is…
marked by the virtues of female chastity and the triumph of steadfast morality, Fielding's Joseph Andrews is peopled with lascivious women, thieves, hypocrites, and general fools. As we follow the characters in their travels, what unfolds is a lively panoramic satire of mid-Georgian England. 1977.An eye for an eye (The World's classics)
By Anthony Trollope, Andrew Sutherland. 1992
Fred Neville, heir to an earldom, resolves to enjoy a year in Ireland with his regiment, and falls in love…
with a beautiful Irish girl with a mysterious background. His family oppose the match, and he seduces his wild Irish girl. The scene is thus set for a tragic outcome that far exceeds the adventures Fred had in mind. 1992.The castle of Otranto
By Horace Walpole, W S Lewis, E J Clery. 1996
On the day of his wedding, Conrad, heir to the house of Otranto, is killed in mysterious circumstances. Fearing the…
end of his dynasty, his father, Manfred, determines to marry Conrad’s betrothed, Isabella, until a series of supernatural events stands in his way. 1996.