Tolstoys tumultuous tale of passion and self-discovery marks a turning point in the authors career. His compelling, emotional saga recounts the effects of nonconformist behavior ?? a society womans adulterous affair and a landowners unconventional quest for a meaningful existence ?? against a backdrop of late 19th-century Russia.
A beloved classic since its initial publication in 1947, this vivid, insightful journal is a fitting memorial to the gifted Jewish teenager who died at Bergen-Belsen, Germany, in 1945. Born in 1929, Anne Frank received a blank diary on her 13th birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam. […]
The Secret Garden, a classic loved for more than seventy-five years, is all that its title implies. It is, as one might imagine, a mystery. But it is also a love story and the love is as passionate and fervent as one could imagine. It is a story of the love of nature, of science […]
Here, for a change, is a fish tale that actually does honor to the author. In fact The Old Man and the Sea revived Ernest Hemingways career, which was foundering under the weight of such postwar stinkers as Across the River and into the Trees. It also led directly to his receipt of the Nobel […]
THE FIRST BODY IS A MYSTERY. Shes young. Shes beautiful. And her corpse, laid out in the office of Boston medical examiner Kat Novak, betrays no secrets – except for a matchbook clutched in one stiff hand, seven numbers scrawled inside. THE NEXT BODY IS A WARNING. When a second victim is discovered, Kat begins […]
Sometimes only remembered for the epic motion picture and “Frankly … I dont give a damn,” Gone with the Wind was initially a compelling and entertaining novel. It was the sweeping story of tangled passions and the rare courage of a group of people in Atlanta during the time of Civil War that brought those […]
The masterpiece of one of the greatest American writers of all time. East of Eden is an epic tale of good vs. evil with many biblical references and parallels. The story is ultimately that of goods triumph over evil and the human wills ability to make that happen.
One of the best-known, most frequently performed of modern plays, displaying Ibsens genius for realistic prose drama. A classic expression of womens rights, the play builds to a climax in which the central character, Nora, rejects a smothering marriage and life in “a doll??s house.”
From its spectacular opening??the astonishing scene in which drunken Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a passing sailor at a county fair??to the breathtaking series of discoveries at its conclusion, The Mayor of Casterbridge claims a unique place among Thomas Hardy??s finest and most powerful novels. Rooted in an actual case of wife-selling […]
For the first time in a decade, Willy Wonka, the reclusive and eccentric chocolate maker, is opening his doors to the public–well, five members of the public to be exact. The lucky five who find a Golden Ticket in their Wonka chocolate bars will receive a private tour of the factory, given by Mr. Wonka […]
In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Truman Capote created a woman whose name has entered the American idiom and whose style is a part of the literary landscape. Holly Golightly knows that nothing bad can ever happen to you at Tiffanys; her poignancy, wit, and na??vet?? continue to charm. This volume also includes three of Capotes […]
Anne Shirley has come a long way since her days as a mischievous orphan living in the house at Green Gables. She is now eighteen and headed to faraway Redmond College in Kingsport. Annes college years are sure to be full of fun, but they will also be a time for soul-searching and big decisions. […]