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A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Ebenezer Scrooge believes money is the only thing worth worshipping—until three terrifying spirits visit his bedroom on Christmas Eve. A single night of supernatural reckoning will force him to confront his miserable past and glimpse the desolate future waiting if he doesn't change his cold heart.
A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
by Charles Dickens
Bah humbug! A wealthy, bitter man confronts his lifetime of cold cruelty when the ghosts of Christmas take him on a terrifying journey through time. Witness the redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge and discover the true meaning of generosity before the final chime of midnight.
A Doll's House : a play
by Henrik Ibsen
Behind the cheerful façade of their marriage, Nora Helmer is treated as a beautiful, expensive pet, not a person. Witness the moment a woman realizes she must slam the door on duty and reputation to finally find herself.
A Modest Proposal
by Jonathan Swift
Facing rampant starvation and destitution, one economist suggests an ingenious, profitable solution: turning excess children into culinary delicacies. Witness the chilling, statistical logic of satire at its absolute sharpest.
A Room with a View
by E. M. Forster
While visiting Florence, young Lucy Honeychurch witnesses an impulsive kiss that challenges her rigid Edwardian sensibilities. Upon returning to England, she must navigate societal pressures and choose between a conventional marriage and the true passion she discovered abroad.
A Study in Scarlet
by Arthur Conan Doyle
A baffling murder in an empty London manor introduces Dr. Watson to the eccentric genius who will change his life—and the course of criminal investigation forever. Witness the birth of 221B Baker Street and the debut of the world's first and greatest consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes.
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
It is the age of resurrection and retribution: a condemned French aristocrat and a brilliant, broken English lawyer find their lives tangled by dangerous love as the shadows of the Terror gather. When the streets of Paris run red with blood, one man must make the ultimate sacrifice to save the soul of another.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
To save his soul, Huck Finn has to decide if he’ll betray his best friend—an escaped slave—or go straight to Hell. Set adrift on the Mississippi, this iconic journey is the hilarious and heartbreaking core of the American spirit.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
A curious tumble down the rabbit hole lands Alice in a chaotic, subterranean world where logic is fluid and every creature is barking mad. Follow her through impossible tea parties and croquet matches with the only goal: keep your head.
Anna Karenina
by graf Leo Tolstoy
A brilliant society woman sacrifices her entire world for a forbidden, feverish love affair, setting her on a devastating collision course with Moscow's rigid morality and fate itself. Witness the ultimate portrait of passion and ruin beneath the unforgiving gaze of Tsarist Russia.
Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
An elderly brother and sister planned on adopting a quiet boy to help with farm chores, but instead received Anne—a talkative, fiery girl whose imagination is only matched by her fierce independence. Prepare for the arrival of the world's most dramatic redhead, ready to rename every tree and scandalize the entire town of Avonlea.
Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem
by Unknown Author
A mighty Geatish warrior sails across the sea to destroy the monstrous Grendel, who has been terrorizing the Danish kingdom. This ancient epic poem is a foundational text of English literature, exploring themes of heroism, duty, and the tragic confrontation with fate.
Beyond Good and Evil
by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Nietzsche argues that our most cherished moral convictions are dangerous prejudices, demanding that philosophers become investigators and doctors of culture. Step beyond the comfortable binary of good and evil to discover the relentless Will to Power driving all human valuation.
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens
A suffocating legal fog has settled over England, paralyzing every life tangled in the devastating, generations-long Chancery lawsuit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce. As the consequences spill from the courts into the slums and the highest society, one inspector races against time to solve a secret that threatens to undo them all.
Candide
by Voltaire
If this is truly the best of all possible worlds, why is everything so terrible? Journey with the eternally optimistic Candide across a globe ravaged by war, disease, and absurd cruelty, until he finally learns the only philosophy that matters: we must cultivate our garden.
Cranford
by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
A sequestered village where the unmarried gentlewomen practice an art called "elegant economy" and the greatest excitement is the proper serving of tea. Discover the enduring warmth and quiet humor of a community determined to protect its delicate dignity from the marching pace of the nineteenth century.
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A desperate student decides one brutal murder will prove his intellectual superiority and reshape the world. Instead, his crime traps him in a feverish descent where the detective pursuing him is far less dangerous than the crushing weight of his own conscience.
Doctrina Christiana
by Unknown Author
This historic text, the first book ever printed in the Philippines (1593), provides the foundational teachings of Catholic doctrine and prayers in Spanish, Tagalog, and Chinese. It is a vital document illustrating the methods of early Spanish colonial religious instruction and linguistic history in the region.
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Certain that the world needs a knight, a Spanish gentleman mounts his steed to rescue maidens and battle giants—who are usually just windmills. This glorious, heartbreaking quest for chivalry invented the modern novel and redefined what it means to be truly sane.
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
From the shadows of the Carpathian mountains, an ancient evil awakens, setting sail for Victorian London. The diaries and letters chronicle the terrifying realization that an aristocratic predator walks among them, feeding on innocence and life itself.
Dubliners
by James Joyce
Fifteen stark portraits reveal the quiet desperation and stifled dreams beneath the surface of early 20th-century Dublin. Joyce captures the psychological paralysis of a city desperate for escape, punctuated by devastating moments of sudden, failed epiphany.
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Victor Frankenstein succeeds in stitching together life, only to recoil from the thinking, grotesque horror he created. Now, the relentless pursuit begins, pitting the hubris of man against the fury of a being demanding love, or utter ruin.
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Obsessed with unlocking the secret of life, Victor Frankenstein succeeds in animating a colossal, intelligent creature. Horrified by his own creation, Victor abandons the monster, setting in motion a tragic cycle of vengeance, loneliness, and destruction.
Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Victor Frankenstein steals the divine spark to reanimate dead matter, only to recoil from his grotesque triumph. When a brilliant creator abandons his desperate, intelligent child, the pursuit of scientific glory quickly becomes a murderous tragedy.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
by Maisie Ward
Forget the myths of the great, jolly paradox-slinger; here is the intricate, deeply personal account drawn from a lifetime of private letters and confessions. Maisie Ward, his friend and publisher, finally reveals the monumental, contradictory man behind the legendary wit.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891
by Various
Step straight into the first week of 1891, where serialized mysteries unfolded and morality tales shaped young minds across America. Experience the weekly thrill—from thrilling naval adventures to parlor room poetry—that captivated Victorian youth.
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
Abandon your humble beginnings for a sudden, anonymous fortune and the impossible heart of an icy heiress. Pip learns too late that the most glittering expectations are often built on the darkest secrets.
Grimms' Fairy Tales
by Jacob Grimm
Forget the sugar-coated endings; these are the original, stark parables of wicked stepsisters, cunning beasts, and grim folkloric justice. Enter the foundational, often brutal world that birthed every modern fairy tale and shaped the deepest currents of human imagination.
Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World
by Jonathan Swift
Stranded on impossible shores, Lemuel Gulliver discovers societies ruled by six-inch bureaucrats, towering giants, and, finally, terrifyingly rational horses. This is the ultimate travelogue that holds up a scathing mirror to the hypocrisy and absurdity of mankind.
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Denmark is a prison where a ghostly father demands vengeance against the newly crowned, treacherous king. Before the curtain falls, Prince Hamlet must decide if the cost of justice is his own sanity.
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
A voyage up the treacherous Congo River becomes a psychological descent into the brutal core of empire and the soul of man. Journey toward the terrifying, whispered legend of Mr. Kurtz, and confront the primal darkness waiting there.
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
by Henry Fielding
Cast out from his adopted home, the charming and reckless Tom Jones navigates the English countryside, encountering rogues, philosophers, and relentless sexual temptation. This sprawling comic masterpiece reveals that sometimes the most virtuous heart belongs to the least respectable man.
How to Observe: Morals and Manners
by Harriet Martineau
Forget superficial sightseeing; Martineau offers the definitive 19th-century toolkit for the scientific traveler, teaching you to observe beyond customs and systematically decode the hidden moral structure of any society through its laws, architecture, and daily etiquette.
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
by Charlotte Brontë
She is poor, obscure, plain, and small—yet Jane Eyre possesses a soul that burns hotter than any social constraint. Witness the autobiography of a woman who fights fiercely for independence, self-respect, and a love that defies convention.
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo
A stolen loaf of bread damns one man to a lifetime of relentless pursuit, forcing him to seek redemption across the slums and revolutionary barricades of 19th-century Paris. This sweeping epic exposes the brutal costs of poverty and the transcendent power of human compassion.
Leviathan
by Thomas Hobbes
To escape the terrifying war of all against all, Hobbes argues that citizens must willingly trade every freedom for the absolute, unquestionable power of the sovereign. This chilling 17th-century masterpiece is the radical blueprint for how society surrenders fear for peace.
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
Four spirited sisters face poverty and the constraints of society, armed only with their dreams, determination, and fierce love for one another. Follow Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy as they navigate the bittersweet path from childhood games to the serious business of becoming women.
Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy
by Louisa May Alcott
Four very different sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—navigate the challenging passage from girlhood to young womanhood, determined to forge their own paths despite poverty and societal expectation. Witness their shared struggles for independence and happiness in this enduring portrait of sisterhood, ambition, and sacrifice.
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
A Scottish general meets three witches whose dark prophecy drives him and his queen toward an act of bloody, irreversible regicide. Experience the terrifying psychological cost when supreme power demands sleepless nights and visions of perpetual guilt.
Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning transformed into a monstrous vermin, and his biggest problem isn't the shell—it's how he'll pay the rent. Experience the chilling, absurdist fable of duty, alienation, and the ultimate horror of becoming utterly unwanted.
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
Can high ideals survive the claustrophobic pressures of a small town? Experience the intertwined fates of doctors, clergymen, and idealists grappling with disastrous marriages and the relentless compromise of ordinary life.
Moby Dick; Or, The Whale
by Herman Melville
Obsession wears the face of Captain Ahab, who vows to chase a legendary white beast across the seven seas. Board the *Pequod* for a terrifying journey where one man’s consuming vengeance threatens to swallow the entire world.
Moby Multiple Language Lists of Common Words
by Grady Ward
If you need the very scaffolding of global language, look no further than this staggering linguistic toolkit. It compiles millions of standardized words, proper names, and common phrases across forty languages, essential for writers, programmers, and polyglots alike.
My Life — Volume 1
by Richard Wagner
Witness the birth of a towering, divisive genius, recounted in his own self-mythologizing, unapologetic voice. Trace the composer’s revolutionary flight from Dresden, his penniless artistic wanderings, and the tumultuous affairs that fueled his earliest operatic masterpieces.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
by Frederick Douglass
This is the unvarnished account of a man born into darkness, detailing the savage realities of slavery from the field to the overseer's whip. It is a testament to the power of self-emancipation, written by the fugitive whose voice became the fiercest weapon against American hypocrisy.
On Liberty
by John Stuart Mill
The true test of a free society is not its laws, but its tolerance for the dissenting voice. Mill sets the precise, unforgettable standard for when the collective can—and absolutely cannot—intervene in the life of the individual.
Paradise Lost
by John Milton
Witness the epic rebellion that hurled Lucifer from Heaven and the subsequent, tragic temptation that damned humanity in Eden. This is the magnificent, searing account of how Paradise was lost and Hell found its king.
Peter Pan
by J. M. Barrie
He steals shadows and teaches children to fly to a dangerous, magical island filled with pirates and fairies. This classic tale whispers the painful truth: eternal childhood is beautiful, terrifying, and always slipping away.
Photography self taught
by Lloyd I. Snodgrass
Master the mechanics of your camera and liberate your eye from automatic settings. This comprehensive guide proves that the greatest photographers are those who teach themselves the fundamentals.
Poison shadows
by William Le Queux
The enemy is not across the border—they are hidden deep within London's high society, armed with silent toxins and stolen state secrets. Only one man stands a chance of exposing this treacherous plot before the poisoned shadows consume the nation.
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
She is too sharp for her own good, and he is far too proud for polite society. Misunderstandings abound until Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy realize the true danger lies not in their differences, but in their own steadfast judgment.
Puvis de Chavannes
by François Crastre
Explore the life and work of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, the French Symbolist painter whose quiet, monumental style bridged Academic tradition and Modernism. This essential biography traces how his influential murals shaped generations of artists, from Gauguin to Picasso.
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
In Verona, ancient hatred clashes with breathless, instant romance between two innocent heirs. Against the demands of their feuding houses, their desperate, secret love will sacrifice everything for a single, fatal night of peace.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
by Honoré de Balzac
In the dangerous, high-stakes world of 19th-century Paris, the criminal mastermind Vautrin attempts to manipulate the destiny of the beautiful courtesan Esther van Gobseck. This novel reveals the tragic intersection of hidden criminal plots and the relentless brutality faced by those striving for social ascent in the Comédie humaine.
Second Treatise of Government
by John Locke
Before any king can rule or Parliament can legislate, they must answer the fundamental question: When is a people justified in taking back their power? This intellectual blueprint for modern democracy defines natural rights and establishes the criteria by which citizens may dissolve their government and judge their own rulers.
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
When poverty forces the Dashwood sisters to seek advantageous marriages, one clings to passionate sensibility while the other relies on cautious sense. Austen expertly maps the perilous social terrain of love, illustrating which sister’s approach to romance truly endures.
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete
by T. Smollett
He is the ultimate confidence man: a silver-tongued scoundrel who uses high society manners to mask a soul determined to swindle and deceive his way across Europe. Follow Count Fathom’s elaborate, wickedly funny adventures as Smollett chronicles the dark, cynical underside of 18th-century morality.
The Adventures of Roderick Random
by T. Smollett
Follow the mischievous and unlucky Roderick Random as he navigates the unforgiving streets of London, enduring brutal apprenticeships, military service, and life at sea. This bawdy and satirical picaresque details the harsh realities of 18th-century society with biting wit.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Step into the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London where consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his steadfast partner Dr. Watson tackle fifteen of the era's most baffling cases. Experience the razor-sharp logic and brilliant deductions that cemented Holmes's reputation as the world's greatest sleuth.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete
by Mark Twain
Skip school, fake your own death, and find buried treasure—all before puberty hits. Join the iconic, mischievous Tom Sawyer and his friend Huck Finn for the quintessential American tale of adventure on the Mississippi.
The Blue Castle: a novel
by L. M. Montgomery
Valancy Stirling was a proper spinster until a terminal illness gave her the courage to be gloriously improper. She trades suffocating duty for wild freedom, finding that breaking the rules might be the only way to finally build her dream castle.
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A drunken patriarch is murdered, and his three sons—a mystic, a skeptic, and a brute—each carry the crushing weight of suspicion and spiritual guilt. Prepare for the ultimate Russian inquiry into patricide, faith, and the terrifying freedom of the human soul.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
Enter the crucible where language was forged, containing every betrayal, every comic misunderstanding, and every star-crossed love affair. This is the definitive collection of human nature, drama distilled to its perfect, timeless essence.
The Confessions of St. Augustine
by Bishop of Hippo Saint Augustine
The journey of a genius hedonist to profound faith, laid bare with astonishing psychological clarity. Witness the birth of the modern self as one of history's greatest minds grapples with desire, destiny, and divine grace.
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
Betrayed on the eve of his wedding, a simple sailor spends decades plotting the ultimate retribution from the depths of a political prison. He returns as the fabulously wealthy Count, determined to dismantle his enemies' lives, brick by careful brick.
The Enchanted April
by Elizabeth Von Arnim
Four unhappy London women pool their money to rent a medieval Italian castle for the month of April, desperate for an escape from their dreary lives and stale marriages. Under the rejuvenating beauty of the Mediterranean sun, they begin to rediscover themselves and the possibility of genuine happiness.
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
by T. Smollett
A sickly, irritable Welsh patriarch decides to tour Britain with his eccentric, argumentative household, resulting in a flurry of utterly conflicting letters home. This epistolary masterpiece captures 18th-century travel in all its muddy, misanthropic, and gloriously satirical chaos.
The Girl with the Golden Eyes
by Honoré de Balzac
Set in the decadent Paris of the 1830s, this novella follows the obsessive love affair of a powerful Marquis with the stunningly beautiful and mysterious Paquita. Balzac explores themes of aristocratic power, forbidden passion, and the destructive consequences of unchecked desire as the protagonist desperately seeks to possess the unattainable source of his infatuation.
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Welcome to West Egg, where mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby throws the most extravagant parties in a desperate attempt to lure back one lost love. The American Dream is alive—and tragically fragile—under the merciless glow of the green light across the bay.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Something monstrous stalks the foggy expanse of Dartmoor, its howls echoing the legend of a centuries-old familial curse. When death strikes the ancestral estate, the game is afoot for the world's only consulting detective, challenging him to pit cold logic against a terrifying supernatural beast.
The Iliad
by Homer
The rage of Achilles determines the fate of armies, a fury so consuming it threatens to unravel the ten-year siege of Troy. Witness the ancient, bloody testament to doomed glory and the terrible price mortals pay when gods pick sides.
The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
by Oscar Wilde
Two separate gentlemen invent the perfect, yet nonexistent, identity of "Ernest" to escape their social duties and win the hearts of women obsessed with that name. Oscar Wilde’s devastatingly witty farce proves that the only thing more ridiculous than being earnest is the serious pursuit of triviality.
The King in Yellow
by Robert W. Chambers
A single, scandalous play drifts through Belle Époque society, whispering promises of artistic genius to those who dare read its forbidden second act. Beware the pallid mask and the sight of Carcosa, for the words themselves carry a contagious, beautiful insanity.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving
The gentle, secluded valley of Sleepy Hollow harbors a terrifying secret: the ghost of a Hessian soldier who rides nightly searching for his lost head. When the superstitious schoolmaster Ichabod Crane encounters this midnight specter, he learns that some legends are far too real.
The Odyssey
by Homer
A king battles divine wrath and mythical beasts for ten years after Troy falls, desperate to see his wife and son again. Experience the foundational epic of homecoming, where survival is only the beginning of the long, bloody fight to reclaim his throne.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
He wished for eternal youth, and now a magical portrait bears the stain of every wicked deed he commits while his own face remains flawless. What happens when the only evidence of your monstrous soul is the one thing you desperately try to keep hidden?
The Practice of the Presence of God
by Brother of the Resurrection Lawrence
A 17th-century lay brother reveals the astonishing spiritual secret he discovered while working in the monastery kitchen. True devotion is found not in grand prayer, but in the humble, constant awareness of the divine in every single task.
The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli
Forget morality: this infamous instruction manual details the ruthless, pragmatic steps necessary to conquer a state and hold absolute authority. Machiavelli’s brutal counsel confirms the terrible truth—it is far safer to be feared than to be loved.
The Republic
by Plato
Before Utopia was a dream, it was a rigorous argument built upon the definition of justice itself. Plato guides us from the shadows of illusion to the radical proposal of the Philosopher King, demanding that only the wisest may rule.
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Exposed before Puritan Boston, Hester Prynne wears the embroidered "A" of adultery, transforming her public shame into defiant strength. The true torment lies not on the scaffold, however, but in the hidden, psychological decay of the respected men who judge her.
The Souls of Black Folk
by W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois first articulated the essential heartbreak of the American experience: the "double consciousness" of being Black in a white world. This lyrical, devastating 1903 masterpiece challenges the foundation of democracy and forecasts a century of racial struggle.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
A respected doctor searches for the ultimate liberation, attempting to chemically separate the good from the evil in his own soul. But when his savage, unrestrained self takes physical form as the terrifying Mr. Hyde, the line between man and monster dissolves completely.
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
by Christopher Marlowe
For knowledge that transcends humanity, Doctor Faustus signs away eternity with his own blood. Witness the terrible splendor of a man who conquered the world, only to realize too late the true price of his boundless ambition as the reckoning approaches.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
A Kansas cyclone drops Dorothy and Toto into a dazzling world of Munchkins, witches, and talking animals. To find the path back home, she must follow the yellow brick road alongside three companions searching for the very things they already possess: a heart, courage, and a brain.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2
by Edgar Allan Poe
Unearth the brilliant horrors lurking in the deepest recesses of the human mind, where sanity is merely a suggestion. This definitive collection holds the chilling, atmospheric masterpieces that forever shaped the landscape of American Gothic.
The Yellow Wallpaper
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Confined to a decaying nursery for her own "rest cure," a young woman's mind begins to fixate on the hideous, sickly patterns of her wallpaper. Her forced silence curdles into a dangerous obsession as she realizes there is a creeping, captive figure trapped just behind the yellow pattern.
The divine comedy
by Dante Alighieri
Plunge into the absolute architecture of the afterlife as the poet Dante descends through Hell and ascends to Paradise, mapping the entire geography of sin and salvation. This definitive epic forever changed how humanity viewed the structure of the cosmos and the journey of the eternal soul.
The lesser Key of Solomon, Goetia, the book of evil spirits
by Unknown Author
A chilling grimoire that catalogs the names, seals, and precise methods for summoning seventy-two spirits of the infernal realm. Behold the legendary keys to command, containing forbidden knowledge that demands absolute reverence—and courage.
The vagabond lover
by Charleson Gray
Some men chase fortunes; he only chases the next mile marker, leaving a trail of broken promises and passionate nights behind him. Dare to fall for the kind of man who can never be yours.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Hear the mad wisdom of Zarathustra, the hermit who proclaims the death of God and the necessary rise of the Overman. This poetic prophecy is a burning manifesto for those willing to shatter old values and become the terrifying architects of their own destiny.
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
A tattered map promising Captain Flint's legendary hoard falls into the hands of young Jim Hawkins, launching him onto a perilous quest for buried gold. The greatest danger, however, is not the high sea, but the magnificent and terrifying mutineer, Long John Silver.
Twas the Night before Christmas: A Visit from St. Nicholas
by Clement Clarke Moore
The air is thick with mystery and the sudden clatter of reindeer hooves on the roof. Before the dawn breaks, experience the magic that transformed a simple holiday tradition into the quintessential American Christmas dream.
Twenty years after
by Alexandre Dumas
Twenty years have passed, and the inseparable musketeers find themselves drawn into the civil wars of France and England, fighting for opposing crowns. D'Artagnan must reunite his old guard before the dark, vengeful legacy of Milady shatters their brotherhood forever.
Ulysses
by James Joyce
It is the legendary chronicle of one ordinary June day in 1904 Dublin, where the search for lunch and a funeral transforms into the foundational myth of the modern world. Surrender to this stream-of-consciousness epic, a magnificent, bawdy voyage through the minds of three unforgettable characters.
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau
Escape the frantic machinery of modern life and learn what it truly means to live simply. Here is the potent, enduring argument for why individual conscience must always supersede the law of the land.
War and Peace
by graf Leo Tolstoy
Spanning the crucial years of the Napoleonic Wars, this epic follows five interconnected Russian families as their lives are irrevocably changed by conflict and passion. Tolstoy masterfully explores profound philosophical questions about free will, historical determinism, and the true meaning of love.
White Nights and Other Stories
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
What happens when a lifelong recluse finally meets the woman of his dreams during four nights where the sun never truly sets? This collection is a study in the exquisite, shattering pain of romantic longing and the cruel beauty of fleeting hope.
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
An obsessive passion between Catherine Earnshaw and the foundling Heathcliff tears apart families across the savage Yorkshire moors. Their volatile love story is a gothic masterpiece of revenge, madness, and enduring obsession that crosses the very boundaries of the grave.
池北偶談
by Shizhen Wang
Dive into this sprawling collection of anecdotes, where official court whispers mingle with chilling ghost stories and elegant literary criticisms. For the curious mind, this is the most intimate and fascinating window into the complex tapestry of 17th-century Qing Dynasty life.
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