Novels Books
Jane Eyre
Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre is a Gothic romance novel by Charlotte Bronte, published in London in 1847. It follows the willful and passionate orphan Jane through her neglected childhood, her education at a strict girls..
Great Expectations
Charles DickensGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens follows the life of Pip, an orphan who is a semi-autobiographical representation of Dickens himself. The novel is considered a bildungsroman, or a coming of age s..
Pride and Prejudice
Jane AustenA masterpiece of English literature, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice follows the life of Elizabeth Bennet as she maneuvers the obstacles of society: manners, morality, education and marriage in earl..
The Call of the Wild
Jack LondonCall of the Wild by Jack London is about a dog named Buck who was living a mellow life in California at the story's opening, but who's kidnapped and taken to Alaska to work as a sled dog in the Klondi..
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Secret Garden (1911) is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is the story of little Mary Lennox, a girl who'd grown up in India spoiled by her servants, whose primary job it was to be seen and n..
Wuthering Heights
Emily BrontëEmily Brontë went to her grave the year after her first and only novel was published in 1847, and since wasn't a hit that year, she would never know what an enduring masterpiece of Gothic fiction Wuth..
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles DickensThe classic opening line "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." is familiar to most everyone, but not everyone has braved Dickens' masterpiece A Tale of Two Cities. If you haven't re..
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor DostoyevskyFyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881), is the Russian author famous for exploring psychological and existential depths in his work, most notably in The Brothers Karamazov and this here Crime and Punishment. I..