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This book contains tales and poems by Edgar Allan Poe that became innovative literature discoveries at the time and extremely popular in its genre

Molly Gibson, a young and naive girl, the only daughter of a widowed doctor living in a provincial English town in the 1830s. Mr. Gibson decides to remarry. For the sake of her father, Molly does everything to get along with her stepmother. Molly finds an ally in her stepsister Cynthia. The two girls are complete opposites. But Cynthia and her mother conceal a secret from their past.

It is the story of the sailor Ishmael about the obsessive pursuit of Ahab, the captain of the whaling ship Pequod, after a white sperm whale. The dramatic conflict between man and nature has captivated readers of this epic saga for the second century in a row.

David Herbert Lawrence (1885–1930) in the semi-auto-biographical novel Sons and Lovers (1913) touched on the topic of ambiguous relationships with parents.

Tess of the d’Urbervilles — a novel by the English writer Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), first published in 1891. One day, the head of the Darbeyfield family learns that their family comes from the ancient knightly family d’Urberville. He quits his job and spends most of his time in local pubs. Tess, the eldest daughter, becomes the support of the family.

The novel Glimpses of the Moon (1922) by American author Edith Wharton tells the romantic adventures of Nick Lansing and Susy Branch. They have agreed to get married and spend a year at the expense of their wealthy friends, spending their honeymoon in their mansions and villas. But if one of them meets a suitable match, they may end their marriage. This is a comedy of errors that will charm all fans of Wharton’s work.

The Buccaneers (1937), Edith Wharton’s last novel, was left unfinished.
The novel is set in the 1870s. Several wealthy American families have ambitions to gain even higher social status by marrying off their daughters to aristocrats. The money of the young women’s parents is very attractive to impoverished but titled Englishmen to maintain their version of wealth.

«Persuasion» is the last novel completed by the esteemed English writer Jane Austen (1775–1817). It was published at the end of 1817, six months after her death.

Tender Is the Night (1934) is the last novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.

The action of the novel takes place on the French Riviera, where a glamorous couple, Dick and Nicole Diver, rent a villa and invite friends. Dick is a promising young psychiatrist, and Nicole was his patient. One of the guests, Rosemary, is delighted with the Divers, but senses that something is wrong with the couple. The other guests witness Nicole’s nervous breakdown....

The second volume of the four-volume illustrated books by Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) includes the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles and 12 short stories. The legend of the fearsome, diabolical hound that haunts the Baskervilles has turned into a terrifying reality. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson try to save the last descendant of this family—Sir Henry.

Anne of Ingleside is a novel by the Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942), which is a continuation of the novel Anne’s House of Dreams. The children of the happy couple of Anne and Gilbert grow up, study, and find friends—and, they can always be comforted and encouraged by their parents. And, at the end of the novel, the couple is going to celebrate their fifteenth wedding anniversary, which is a nice occasion that calls for a “second honeymoon.”

Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopia by George Orwell, written in 1948, published in 1949, and is relevant as never before. Today, in the era of the Internet, the social media are monitoring our every gesture, purchase, action, and comment online. They are constantly present in our lives and predict our every desire, our choices being carefully followed. Political organizations also play upon the feelings of network users. Big Brother is no longer a writer’s fiction, but the framework of the modern world.

The Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho by the English writer Anne Radcliffe (1764–1823) is set in the 16th century in Southern France and Northern Italy.
In the second part of the novel, Emily, now an orphan, is forced to live with her aunt, Madame Cheron. The aunt marries Montoni, a nobleman from Italy. He wants his friend Count Morano to become Emily’s husband. Finding Morano almost broke, Montoni takes Emily and her aunt to his castle, Udolfo. Montoni is trying to force his wife to transfer the property to him. Madame Cheron dies. Emily manages to escape...

The Professor is the first novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë’s (1816–1855). Young William Crimsworth is forced to look for work. After an unsuccessful experience as a clerk, and following a friend’s advice, William takes up teaching English. He unexpectedly falls in love with one of his students.

Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopia by George Orwell. The main character of the novel, Winston Smith, is a censor at the Ministry of Truth. All its employees and he are watched by Big Brother; everyone is spying upon everyone else; even at home, citizens are followed through special screens. Today, in the age of the Internet, the social media are monitoring our every gesture, purchase, action, and online comment. They are constantly present in our lives and anticipate our every desire, our choices being carefully monitored.

The Strange High House in the Mist is a collection of several mystical stories by the American writer H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937). In the story of the same name, Thomas Olney is intrigued by a strange house on a cliff overlooking the ocean. Local residents are afraid of this place, which no one visits. With great difficulty, Olney climbs the rock, approaches the house and meets the mysterious man who lives there.

The mysterious murder that Sherlock Holmes investigates in the novel The Valley of Fear is connected with ancient events in a distant land. The victim of the persecution manages to happily avoid death, but on his way there is a genius of the criminal world Professor Moriarty.

In the novel The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), the dramatic story of Michael Henchard is described. The life path of Henchard—The Man of Character—was determined by fate at the moment of anger and a cruel joke in his youth. Despite the achievements of all subsequent years of life, a shameful act weighs on him and leads to an inevitable collapse.

Orlando is a poet and English nobleman during the reign of Elizabeth I. He undergoes a mysterious sex change at the age of 30, and continues to live for over 300 years without aging.
Throughout his/her life, Orlando meets famous figures in English literary history.

Agnes Grey (1847) by English writer Anne Brontë is the story of a governess. The novel is based on the author’s own five-year experience. Like Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, the work describes the difficult lives of poor girls who are forced to work for other families.

The novel «Mansfield Park», the third published novel of Jane Austen (1775–1817), belongs to the mature period of her work.

The novel The Beautiful and Damned (1922) by F. Scott Fitzgerald begins shortly before World War I. Anthony Patch, a twenty five-year-old Harvard University graduate, returns to New York. He is the likely heir to his grandfather’s vast fortune. Anthony meets the beautiful Gloria Gilbert. They fall madly in love and decide to get married. But Gloria and Anthony’s marital happiness is short-lived, as each person’s selfishness comes to the fore.

The wealthy Vanstone family from the novel No name has two daughters—Norah and Magdalen. Suddenly, their parents die in a train accident. It suddenly turns out that the daughters are illegitimate, they have no name, no rights, no property. All the property is inherited by an uncle, who refuses to provide any support to the orphaned nieces.

«Northanger Abbey» is a novel by the English writer Jane Austen (1775–1817), written in the Gothic style fashionable at the time with irony characteristic of the author.

The Forsyte Saga brought the English writer John Galsworthy (1867–1933) the Nobel Prize in Literature (1932).

The Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho by the English writer Anne Radcliffe (1764–1823) is set in the 16th century in Southern France and Northern Italy.
In the first part of the novel, the reader learns about Emily St. Aubert, a young Frenchwoman, the only child in a once wealthy family. After the death of her mother, she accompanies her father on a journey. She meets Valancourt, a handsome man, and falls in love. Emily’s father dies, and Emily, now an orphan, is forced to live with her aunt, Madame Cheron.

«Emma» is the fourth novel penned by the esteemed English writer Jane Austen (1775–1817).

The Financier is a novel by Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945), based on a true story. It is the first part of the «Trilogy of Desire.» Frank Cowperwood, the son of a banker, starts his own business. He married a wealthy widow. Over time, Cowperwood began to misuse municipal funds with the help of the city treasurer. When the Great Chicago Fire causes a stock market crash, he goes bankrupt, and his fraud is exposed. Frank has an affair with Aileen Butler, the daughter of one of his business partners. Aileen promises to wait for him after his imprisonment.

Gone with the Wind is a novel by the American writer Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949), written in 1936.

Hearts of Three novel is a gem of the creative work of the American classic writer Jack London (1876–1916).

The daughters of the Marquis Mazzini, Emilia and Julia, are beautiful and educated maidens. Julia falls in love with the young and handsome Italian Count de Verez, but her father wants to marry her to the Duke de Luovo. Julia tries to escape with her lover on the night before the wedding. By chance, she learns the terrible secrets of the Mazzini family..