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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
33 days •
ⓘ 1876 • Travel back to the 19th century in St. Petersburg, alongside the Mississippi River, and join Sid, Huck, Aunt Polly, and of course the mischievous Tom Sawyer.
Father Goriot
Honoré de Balzac
37 days •
ⓘ 1835 • In a Parisian society driven by ambition and greed, a father bankrupts himself for his two daughters as a mysterious criminal corrupts a naive law student.
Fathers and Sons
Ivan Turgenev
24 days •
ⓘ 1862 • The Kirsanov household will soon be turned upside down by the arrival of Bazarov and his bold new ideas.
The Mill on the Floss
George Eliot
87 days •
ⓘ 1860 • In this, one of Eliot's most moving works, fiercely intelligent Maggie Tulliver is forced into conflict with her family as her desires clash with their expectations.
New Hampshire
Robert Frost
10 days •
ⓘ 1923 • A treasured collection of Frost's poetry including "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", "Nothing Gold Can Stay", "Fire and Ice".
One Thousand and One Nights
Various
61 days •
ⓘ 800 • To forestay a vengeful king bent on executing her as soon as possible, Scheherazade the vizier's daughter entices him with a new tale every night - but withholds the ending until the next day.
The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain
26 days •
ⓘ 1881 • The classic tale of a prince and a beggar who, upon finding they are identical, switch places in a joke that winds up changing their lives.
Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
54 days •
ⓘ 1811 • Sisters Marianne and Elinor Dashwood together navigate the pathways of society, status, and money to seek out personal happiness and love.
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
29 days •
ⓘ 1881 • Sail away with Long John Silver and Jim in this classic tale of buccaneers and buried gold.
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
235 days •
ⓘ 1869 • Follow the fates and fortunes of five Russian families as they live through the violence and upheaval of Napoleon's invasion in this epic masterpiece.
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