The protagonist, Tom Jones, is introduced to the reader as a ward of a liberal Somerset squire, appearing a generous...

"The Turn of the Screw" is the classic ghost story for which James is most remembered. Set in a country...

Tells of the diverse events which befall Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus in Dublin on 16 June 1904, during which...

The story of Tom, Simon Legree, and oppressed slaves in the Antebellum South.

"When timid and plain Catherine Sloper acquires a dashing and determined suitor, her father, convinced that the young man is...

Set in a provincial town in the early 19th century, 'Wives and Daughters', Elizabeth Gaskell's last novel, is a subtle...

Educated beyond her station, Grace Melbury returns to the woodland village of little Hintock and cannot marry her intended, Giles...

A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends; and when the family dines alone, the fore or...

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella written by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and published...

After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from her native England to the fictional French-speaking city of...