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"Moby Dick" by Herman Melville is a literary masterpiece that follows the obsessive quest of Captain Ahab to hunt down the great white whale, Moby Dick. Set in the 19th century, the novel explores themes of obsession, revenge, and the human struggle ...

Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" follows the lives of the Bennet sisters in 19th-century England, primarily focusing on Elizabeth Bennet. The story revolves around themes of social class, marriage, and the consequences of pride and prejudice. Thro ...

The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. Set in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, who concei ...

The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The st ...

George Orwell's "1984" portrays a dystopian society where Winston Smith rebels against the oppressive Party. Through constant surveillance and manipulation of history, the Party suppresses individuality and independent thought. Winston's defiance and ...

Jane Eyre was immediately recognised as a work of genius when it appeared in 1847. It was the first published novel of Charlotte Brontë's. Orphaned into the household of her Aunt Reed at Gateshead, subject to the cruel regime at Lowood Charity School ...

Overworked, mistreated animals on a farm revolt and take control over it. They set out to create an ideal space brimming with the ideas of progress, justice, and equality only to result in an equally problematic environment. This makes the backdrop o ...

Dealing with split personalities, Dr. Jekyll battles with himself to overcome the evil Mr. Hyde. An old friend of Dr. Jekyll's, a lawyer Gabriel John Utterson, investigates odd occurrences that are linked to Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll is determined to stop ...

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a true classic of American literature. This ebook edition of the beloved, timeless classic also features previews of No Place Like Oz and Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige—edgy, reimagined sequels to L. Frank Baum's ori ...

The last major work produced by Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1953. Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman, has gone 84 days without catching a fish. Confident that his bad luck is at an end, he sets off al ...