Classics to Read Over Time

by Dickens, Charles

Book - 2003

Pip, an orphan in Victorian England, is plucked from a life of poverty and informed he is to be raised and educated as a gentleman. Pip, an orphan in Victorian England, is plucked from a life of poverty and informed he is to be raised and educated as a gentleman. Show less

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Tess of the D'Urbervilles

by Hardy, Thomas

Book - 2003

When heroine Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles, meeting her "cousin" Alec proves to be her downfall. When heroine Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles, meeting her "cousin" Alec proves to be her downfall. Show less

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Middlemarch

by Eliot, George

Book - 1994

In 19th-century England, Dorthea Brooke's wishes to defy social conventions are inhibited by the strict nature of her surroundings. In 19th-century England, Dorthea Brooke's wishes to defy social conventions are inhibited by the strict nature of her surroundings. Show less

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The Odyssey

by Homer

Book - 2006

One of the oldest surviving works of literature widely read to this day, Homer's "Odyssey" tells the story of Odysseus, Greek hero and king of Ithaca, as he voyages back home following the cessation of the Trojan War. One of the oldest surviving works of literature widely read to this day, Homer's "Odyssey" tells the story of Odysseus, Greek hero and king of Ithaca, as he voyages back home following the cessation of the Trojan War. Show less

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Atlas Shrugged

by Rand, Ayn

Book - 1957

Follow industrialist Hank Rearden and railroad executive Dagny Taggart as they struggle to keep the country afloat and unravel the mysteries that confront them. Follow industrialist Hank Rearden and railroad executive Dagny Taggart as they struggle to keep the country afloat and unravel the mysteries that confront them. Show less

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Moby-Dick

by Melville, Herman

Book - 2005

Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby-Dick" follows Captain Ahab's obsession with finding and killing the great white whale that took off his leg. Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby-Dick" follows Captain Ahab's obsession with finding and killing the great white whale that took off his leg. Show less

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Dune

by Herbert, Frank

Book - 2005

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, "Dune" is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world ...Show more Set on the desert planet Arrakis, "Dune" is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the "spice" melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for. Show less

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The Count of Monte Cristo

by Dumas, Alexandre

Book - 2003

Edmund Dantes, unjustly convicted of aiding the exiled Napoleon, escapes after 14 years of imprisonment and seeks revenge in Paris. Edmund Dantes, unjustly convicted of aiding the exiled Napoleon, escapes after 14 years of imprisonment and seeks revenge in Paris. Show less

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The Brothers Karamazov

A Novel in Four Parts and An Epilogue

by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

Book - 2003

The murder of brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov changes the lives of his sons irrevocably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father imm...Show more The murder of brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov changes the lives of his sons irrevocably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan, the intellectual, driven to breakdown; the spiritual Alyosha, who tries to heal the family's rifts; and the shadowy figure of their bastard half-brother, Smerdyakov. Show less

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