A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralised by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same period. It follows the lives of several characters through these events.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry “Huck” Finn and his friend, Thomas “Tom” Sawyer, have each come into a considerable sum of money as a result of their earlier adventures...
The Incredible Journey
The Incredible Journey
One day, after John Longridge leaves for a two-week duck hunting trip, the animals, feeling the lack of their human helpers, set out to try to find their owners, the Hunters.
Adam of the Road
Adam of the Road
Adam is an eleven-year-old boy who wants to become like his father, Roger, and to do so he tries to be the best minstrel in England.
Across Five Aprils
Across Five Aprils
Jethro has three brothers, Bill, John and Tom. John, Tom, and their cousin Eb are eager to fight for the Union in build-up to civil war.
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The Hobbit
The Hobbit
Gandalf tricks Bilbo into hosting a party for Thorin and his band of dwarves, who sing of reclaiming the Lonely Mountain and its vast treasure from the dragon Smaug.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
In April 1687, 16 year-old Katherine Tyler (known throughout the story as Kit Tyler) leaves her home in Barbados after her grandfather dies and a 40-year-old man tries to marry her...
Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain
The story begins in the Boston, Massachusetts silversmith shop of Ephraim Lapham, where protagonist Johnny Tremain is a promising apprentice...