"Captains Courageous" is the story of Harvey Cheyne, the spoiled son of a millionaire, who while aboard a luxury liner falls overboard. When Harvey is rescued by a passing fishing schooner Harvey asks the captain to return him to port. The captain refuses Harvey's request and instead puts him to work as a member of the crew. Captains Courageous is the story of an arrogant young man, who through hard work learns the value of a job well ...
"Poor Folk", one of Dostoyevsky's greatest narratives is the story of two lower class people who fall in love. However, because of their extreme poverty they are too poor to even marry. Dostoyevsky's «Poor Folk» is an epistolary novel, or one told through a series of letters between the characters. It is gripping in its portrayal of the suffering, humiliation, and isolation that the poorest members of any society are forced to end ...
P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975) was a beloved British humorist whose writing career spanned nearly every literary mode. His discerning wit and effortless prose gained him international praise. In his delightful series of Psmith novels, Wodehouse tracks the adventures of an adroit dandy, unfazed by even the most tumultuous situations. The Psmith tales are classics of British comic melodrama, sending the reader through a lighthearted world with an uns ...
Considered by many as a masterpiece, John Dos Passos «Three Soldiers» is an authentic portrait of the horrible conditions of the First World War. As the title would suggest it is the story of three soldiers caught up in the machinery of war. «Three Soldiers» is a gripping and psychological portrait of the terror of war and the consequences for its participants. ...
"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a cla ...
I am glad that I am alive, if, for no other reason, because of the joy of reading this book.'—Jack London. First published in 1915, «Victory» follows the character Axel Heyst, a Swede who renounces the world and lives on a remote island in the Malay Archipelago. He is shaken from his self-imposed isolation, however, after a chance encounter with Lena, a young Englishwoman in a touring ladies' orchestra. Axel comes to her aid when she i ...
First published in 1869, this deliberately written work follows the ambitions and whims of the young Frederic Moreau as he travels from his provincial hometown to the enticing metropolis of Paris. Though he survived the Revolution of 1848, Moreau is still prone to all the mistakes and petty concerns of a young man of the middle class: he develops an infatuation for a married woman, Madame Arnoux, and falls in and out of love with her throughout ...
"The Wisdom of Father Brown" is the second in a series of Gilbert K. Chesterton's much-loved Father Brown mystery short story collections. In this volume are the following twelve tales: The Absence of Mr. Glass, The Paradise of Thieves, The Duel of Dr. Hirsch, The Man in the Passage, The Mistake of the Machine, The Head of Caesar, The Purple Wig, The Perishing of the Pendragons, The God of the Gongs, The Salad of Colonel Cray, The Stra ...
Booth Tarkington was an American novelist, dramatist and short story writer who attained enormous popularity during his lifetime. He was awarded with two Pulitzer Prizes (1918, 1921), a Gold Metal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, in addition to many honorary doctorates. Today, Tarkington is most notable for his «American boy» stories, especially the Penrod books. This trilogy was extremely successful, bringing the author notoriety ...
