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  • MOBY DICK
    MELVILLE, HERMAN
    “Moby Dick” is the work of American writer and poet, Herman Melville (1819-1891). The novel narrates the story of Ahab, Captain of the whaler Pequod and his quest to kill the great white whale that gives the novel its name, as revenge for sinking his previous vessel and losing one of his legs. “Moby Dick” has remained to this day as one of the great American novels, becoming a ...
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  • METAMORPHOSIS
    FRANZ KAFKA
    “The Metamorphosis” is arguably Franz Kafka's most recognized literary work. Published in Germany in 1915 as Die Verwandlung, this dark short novel or novella, has made its way as one of the most important works of literary fiction of the 20th Century. Gregor Samsa, a traveling salesman living with his family in Prague, wakes up one day to find himself transformed, without rhym...
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  • A STUDY IN SCARLET
    CONAN DOYLE, ARTHUR
    The novel “A Study in Scarlet” introduced the most famous literary creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930), the detective Sherlock Holmes. After many rejections, it was published in 1887 in Beeton's Christmas Annual, later it was published again as a book in 1888. This story will mark the first appearance of many of the characteristics and quirks of the amazing crime-s...
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  • FAIRY TALES
    ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN
    Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish writer and poet known today especially for his short stories and “Fairy Tales”. As a young man, he started writing the stories he heard as a child, slowly developing the characteristic dark humour and surprising twists and turns of his most famous works. The cultural impact of Andersen's “Fairy Tales” is truly incommensurable. Th...
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  • GREAT EXPECTATIONS
    DICKENS, CHARLES
    “Great Expectations” (published in 1854) is considered one of Charles Dickens' (1812-1870) greatest and more sophisticated works. The novel narrates the story of Phillip Pirrip, an orphan blacksmith apprentice whose life aspiration is to become a gentleman and part of the nobility. Although the novel can be categorized as a coming-of-age story, the work also shows elements of s...
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  • A TALE OF TWO CITIES
    DICKENS, CHARLES
    “A Tale of Two Cities” was written by English author Charles Dickens (1812-1870) in 1859. The book stands out not only for being one of Dickens' most accomplished and famous works, but also because it was one of the few historical fiction novels he ever wrote. The book narrates the dawn of the French Revolution in the 18th Century, alternating the action between London and Pari...
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  • TALES FROM THE JAZZ AGE
    FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT
    F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an American writer and one of the most important voices of American literature in the 20th century. He is mainly known for his novels, the most famous among them being “The Great Gatsby” (1925), but he also wrote several notable short stories. “Tales of the Jazz Age” (1922) is a collection of short stories, previously published in different l...
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  • THE SCARLET LETTER
    HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL
    “The Scarlet Letter” is a novel written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne and published in 1850. The story takes place in the Puritan Boston of the mid 17th century and revolves around a woman named Hester Prynne, who conceived a child out of wedlock and was forced to wear a scarlet letter “A” (Adulteress), which condemns her to a life of struggle and humiliation. The stor...
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  • DUBLINERS
    JAMES JOYCE
    “Dubliners” is a collection of short stories written by Irish author James Joyce (1882-1941) and published in 1914. “Dubliners” was conceived during a very complex time for Ireland and Irish nationalism and Joyce used these 15 stories to stage a sort of moral chapter of Ireland's history as a way of proposing change, by subverting the stagnation of his countrymen. “Dubliners” o...
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  • PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
    JANE AUSTEN
    “Pride and Prejudice” is the second published novel of English writer Jane Austen (1775-1817). The novel tells the story of how the arrival of two rich and eligible bachelors, Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy, affects the lives of the five unmarried Bennet sisters, especially Jane and Elizabeth, the main protagonists. “Pride and Prejudice” remains to this day one of the most important...
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  • JANE EYRE
    BRONTE, CHARLOTTE
    “Jane Eyre” was the first novel of English writer and poet Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855). The novel narrates the life of Jane Eyre, the titular character, and her emotional journey to womanhood as a governess in Thornfield Hall. Charlotte Brontë used the story of Jane Eyre as a canvas for emotional discovery and spiritual sensibility, reaching depths previously reserved almost e...
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  • WHITE FANG
    LONDON, JACK
    “White Fang” is the main character and title of the novel published in 1906 by the American writer Jack London (1876-1916). The story takes place during the Klondike Gold Rush at the end of the 19th century, in the Yukon Territory in Canada. Narrated almost entirely from the viewpoint of White Fang (a dog-wolf crossbred) the story focuses on his journey from cub to maturity, hi...
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  • ROMEO AND JULIET
    SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
    “Romeo and Juliet” (1597), written by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), is probably one of the most recognizable and adapted love stories of all time: the tragedy of two star-crossed lovers, both members of warring families and doomed from the start to a forbidden love. The plot was inspired by an Italian tale but later expanded by Shakespeare with subplots and more characters. ...
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  • THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
    WILDE, OSCAR
    “The Picture of Dorian Gray” was written by Irish author Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). A young man named Dorian Gray is swayed by the hedonistic worldview of his new social circle and begins to live the life of a libertine in constant search for pleasure. The novel explores very complex philosophical themes, such as the duplicity of the human soul and the reverence for beauty and pl...
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  • TO THE LIGHTHOUSE
    WOOLF, VIRGINIA
    “To the Lighthouse” is the fifth novel by English modernist writer Virginia Woolf (1882-1941). Published in 1927, the novel narrates the visits of the Ramsay family to the Isle of Skye in Scotland between 1910 and 1920. The story follows the tradition of modernist literature, focusing on philosophical introspection and stream of consciousness narration over plot. Virginia Woolf...
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  • HAMLET
    SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
    “Hamlet” was probably written between 1599 and 1602, and is—along with Romeo and Juliet—perhaps one of the most famous works of William Shakespeare (1564-1616). The tragedy takes place in Denmark and tells the story of the descent into madness of prince Hamlet, in the search for revenge for the death of his father, by the hands of his uncle Claudius. A story of betrayal, conspi...
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  • MACBETH
    SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
    “Macbeth” is one of William Shakespeare's (1564-1616) most famous and important tragedies. It was written before 1606, the year of its first performance, and was somewhat inspired on the historical accounts of the life of Macbeth, King of Scotland. The play weaves a tale of betrayal, murder and treachery while searching for power, as its protagonist kills and lies his way to th...
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  • ALICE IN WONDERLAND
    CARROLL, LEWIS
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  • KING LEAR
    SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
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  • HORROR STORIES
    POE, EDGAR ALLAN
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