"Trent's Last Case" is actually the first novel in which the title character, gentleman sleuth Philip Trent, appears. A whodunit murder mystery novel, «Trent's Last Case» is unique in that it is more a spoof of the genre than a serious detective story. Trent, not particularly adept at detective work, falls in love with one of the suspects and in investigating the murder of a wealthy business tycoon at his mansion naturally comes t ...
Elizabeth Gaskell's «Wives and Daughters» was originally published serially in «Cornhill Magazine» between August 1864 and January 1866. The work, which was left unfinished at the time of Gaskell's death in 1865, was completed by Frederick Greenwood. The novel is chiefly concerned with Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a widowed Doctor, who upon visiting the Hamleys of Hamley Hall finds a substitute for her mother in Mrs. Hamley. «Wiv ...
The following text has been drawn from Sir Richard Burton's exhaustive translation of «The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night», more commonly known as «The Arabian Nights». The story of «The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor» tells the tale of Sinbad who ventures out to sea, at first to acquire wealth, but afterwards in search of adventure. During these voyages he encounters many obstacles including giant animals, monsters, and savage ...
"The Enchanted April" is the story of four women who spend a month vacationing in Italy at the Tuscan Villa, San Salvatore. Together these women rent an Italian castle on the Mediterranean coast and experience a reawakening in life through their shared experiences there. Readers will delight in reading «The Enchanted April,» a truly inspiring tale and one of Elizabeth Von Arnim's best. ...
Considered to be one of Sherwood Anderson's greatest works, «Winesburg, Ohio» is the portrayal of a fictitious American town and its inhabitants. «Winesburg, Ohio» is a collection of connected short stories depicting a variety of themes of rural American life. Heralded for its beautiful realism, «Winesburg, Ohio», is a classic collection of American stories whose influence upon American literature is considered to be nothing short of profou ...
"The Wings of the Dove", considered to be one of Henry James's great masterpieces, is the story of Milly Theale, an American Heiress with a serious illness. The narrative of the work is chiefly concerned with Milly's struggle to «achieve, however briefly and brokenly, the sense of having lived» and the impact that struggle has on those around her. A semi-biographical tale of James's own cousin, Minny Temple, «The Wings of the ...
The sequel to «The Rainbow», D. H. Lawrence's «Women in Love» follows the continuing lives and loves of Gudrun and Ursula Brangwen. This is the story of two sisters, Ursula, a teacher, and Gudrun, an artist, living in the midlands of England during the early 20th century who meet two men who live nearby, Rupert Birkin and Gerald Crich, and soon get involved with them romantically. Controversial during its time, «Women in Love» is a tragic t ...
The persuasion of «Persuasion» is the persuasion of Anne Elliot by a family friend that the young man that she is in love with is an inappropriate match for her. Instead of following her heart Anne follows the advice of the family friend and lets her love go. Seven years passes and Anne, who is still alone, finds a second opportunity for true love when the man returns from sea. «Persuasion,» Jane Austen's last completed novel, is the story ...
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" is the impassioned story of Lilia Herriton, an English widow who while traveling with her friend Caroline Abbott in Italy falls in love with a much younger Italian man. Put at odds with her dead husbands family over this relationship, which they see as a betrayal to their sons memory, Lilia is torn between an idealized and romantic Italian culture and the more conservative morals and values of English society. ...
