The Picture of Dorian Grey

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea 20000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne. The story of Captain Nemo and his incredible underwater machine, the Nautilus. A submarine of considerable modern content (mysterious secret power plants, able to sustain underwater travel for extraordinarily long periods of time, complete living quarters, etc.), ...

A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens. British barrister Sydney Carton lives an insubstantial and unhappy life. He falls under the spell of Lucie Manette, but Lucie marries Charles Darnay. When Darnay goes to Paris to rescue an imprisoned family retainer, he becomes entangled ...

The War of the Worlds The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells The Martians unchain a direct assault to our planet, with hundreds of invulnerable ships. The invasion takes place all over the world, and all the major cities are destroyed one after one; even the atomic bomb can't ...

Journey to the Center of the Earth A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne (1864) Prof. Lindenbrook leads his intrepid party on an expedition to the centre of the earth, via a volcano in Iceland, encountering all manner of prehistoric monsters and life-threatening hazards on the way.

The Lost World The Lost World, by Arthur Conan Doyle. Explorer Professor Challenger is taking quite a beating in the London press thanks to his claim that living dinosaurs exist in the far reaches of the Amazon. Newspaper reporter Edward Malone learns that this claim originates from a ...

The American The American, by Henry James (1877) Christopher Newman finds himself left without Claire, the woman of his dreams. Although he might finally have won her by blackmailing her aristocratic family, his character keeps him from doing so, and Claire becomes a nun.

Far From The Madding Crowd Far From The Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy. In 19th c. Wessex, women are not supposed to be as independent as Bathsheba Everdene. Her willful behavior has unexpected results in the lives of three men who love her.

The Secret Garden The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. When Cholera takes the parents of Mary Lennox, she is shipped from India to England to live with her Uncle Craven. Archibald Craven's house is dark, drafty, with over 100 rooms built on the edge of the moors. ...

The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.A disfigured man, known as the Phantom who loves to strike fear in the minds of the Paris Opera House staff, comes to a young singer, Christine Daae, and tutors her voice. He falls in love with Christine ...

The Moon and Sixpence Charles Strickland is a wealthy banker, but is possessed with an unquenchable desire to create art. In his quest to persue his artistic vision, he leaves behind those closest to him. Based on the life of Paul Gauguin, this book chronicles the powerful forces of ...