A story of great adventure where Phileas Fogg takes a wager to go around the world in no more than 80 days. Fogg risks his entire fortune pursuing this attempt and encounters many amazing adventures with his valet, Jean Passepartout, along the way.An epic novel of Russian society in the early nineteenth century. Follow the fates and personal entanglements of several aristocratic families as Napolean's Army marches on Russia.A collection of the first twelve stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective.Jonathan Harker is sent to Transylvania on business where he has a terrifying encounter with Count Dracula. He escapes only to run into Dracula in his new home, London. Dracula attacks Harker's fiancee and her friend, and so Harker and a group of other brave souls must attempt to destroy Dracula.Victor Frankenstein revels in his triumph as he successfully reanimates a dead body, only to be wracked by guild for creating such a monster. Frankenstein flees his home only to return and find the monster gone. A series of tragic events follows as the misunderstood monster seeks friendship and love, including the murder of Frankenstein's brother. A mysterious stranger, Griffin, comes to town wrapped entirely in bandages. Strange robberies and other incidents begin occurring after the stranger's arrival. The man has rented a room in the inn to use as a lab to develop a formula to reverse his invisibility. While growing increasingly agitated, Griffin encounters a doctor whom he reveals himself to. The doctor recognizes Griffin's insanity and attempts to have him locked away.The story of D'Artagnan, who sets out to Paris with only an old horse, his father's letter of recommendation, and a recipe for a miracle wound-healing salve. While trying to join the King's Musketeers, D'Artagnan manages to insult three of the musketeers and is challenged to duels. The four end up joining ranks and become inseparable friends as they attempt to save the king.The Time Traveller is an amateur inventor that creates a machine capable of moving back and forth in the fourth dimension. Travelling into the future, he encounters the Eloi, a race of humans devolved to the point of being incapable of self sufficiency. Though they appear to live a utopian existence, there is more than meets the eye.Adventure After being kidnapped by his father for the money he made in his last adventure with Tom Sawyer, Huck manages to escape and make his way down the river. Soon he meets an escaped slave, Jim, and the duo make their way up the river in search of freedom and adventure.A collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller from Ancient Greece. Containing some of the most well known fables of all time, this collection wanders through many moral lessons and crude and witty jokes.Newland Archer is a gentleman in Old New York society, where one must adhere to strict social codes or risk ostracism. Archer is married to May, an unimaginative, shallow young woman whose upbringing has made her the perfect, inoffensive wife. However, Newland becomes enthralled with the independence of May's scandalous cousin, the Countess Olenska.Though this classic text is one of the oldest books on military strategy in the world, many still look to it today for not only military situations but across a broad range of applications, especially in business and management.A look at the matured philosophy of Nietzsche presented through nearly 300 aphorisms. Nietzsche explores such themes as dogmatism in philosophers and religion, our bizarre psychological make-up, moral codes and nationalism.One's first obligation is to do what is right rather than follow the law dictated by the majority. When a government is unjust, people should refuse to follow the law. A person is not obligated to devote his life to eliminating evils from the world, but he is obligated not to participate in such evils.House of Mirth An Ideal Husband The Island of Doctor Moreau An expedition led by Professor Otto Lidenbrock follows a coded message to make their way towards the center of the earth. Along their way they encounter many dangerous situations and odd creatures.Leaves of Grass The New Arabian Nights Oliver is an orphan leading a demoralized life. He is passed from orphanage to workhouse where he flees an abusive master for the streets of London. There is sucked into Fagin's gang. People plot to hide the truth about Oliver's parents and plan his downfall. In the end will compassion and truth surmount selfishness and deceit?Dorian Gray wishes that he can trade his soul to stay as young as he looks in a portrait of himself. Influenced into a hedonistic lifestyle by Lord Henry, Dorian slips further and further away from his youthful innocence. As Dorian commits to an increasingly immoral lifestyle, he retains his beauty while his portrait bares the full toll that is taken upon his soul.The story of Mr and Mrs Bennet, their five daughters, and the romantic adventures occurring at their residence. Mrs Bennet is trying to marry off her daughters at any cost to avoid the estate passing to Mr Bennet's cousin. With the arrival of bachelors Charles Bingley and Fitzwilliam Darcy, the story traces the romance, tragedy and triumph of the characters.Adulteress Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A on her chest to mark her shameful crime. Hester refuses to bare the name of her lover. Meanwhile, her husband seeks revenge against her unknown lover. Matters come to a head when the husband discovers the identity of the lover.It was the best of times, it was the worst of times in London and Paris around the time of the American and French Revolutions. The novel follows the hardships and triumphs of several people as they struggle through this period of great social upheaval.Henry David Thoreau's account of the two years that he spent living in a small cabin he built in the woods next to Walden Pond. Thoreau considers many topics from money to nature to spirituality. A life of simplicity is a recurring theme throughout the book.The Martians launch an invasion of Earth, fleeing their own planet because its resources are depleted. They sweep across the countryside, destroying or capturing everything in their path. Their advance seems unstoppable, will humanity be able to resist?The Adventure of the Devils Foot The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Alices Adventures in Wonderland A novel of tragedy that follows the affair between Anna Karenina and Count Vronsky. Anna's husband, Karenin, ultimately finds out about the affair. Anna is brought down by others' passions and power over her.Anne of Green Gables Antony and Cleopatra The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Breaking Point A Christmas Carol The Comedy of Errors Crime and Punishment Eight Cousins The Emerald City of Oz A Fair Penitent The Fall of the House of Usher Great Expectations Hamlet The Importance of Being Ernest Recent immigrants confront the harsh realities of the brutal living conditions of early 20th century America. The family struggles with poverty and despicable working conditions. The novel's goal was to promote socialism, though it's most noted as being the impetus for massive improvements in conditions at meat packing plants.The Lair of the White Worm The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The Marvelous Land of Oz The Metamorphosis Moby Dick Othello Romeo and Juliet Sense and Sensibility A Son of the Gods Tales from the Jazz Age Tales of Unrest Tao Te Ching Treasure Island Uncle Toms Cabin The Underground City What Every Woman Knows The Winters Tale

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