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The people and majestic scenery of North Carolina serve as a finely drawn backdrop to Madam Carroll's effort to appear as young to her husband as he believes her to be. This, coupled with her caring for the Major through his growing senility, depicts a story of true devotion.

An orphan, reared in a workhouse, runs away to London where he is captured by a gang of thieves. The leering Artful Dodger, the murderous Bill Sikes and the master thief Fagin are just some of the unforgettable characters in thsi heart-rendering tale.

A forerunner of Ulysses, this autobiographical novel deals with Stephen Dedalus' childhood, adolescence and early manhood. His growing rebellion against Catholicism and his family background, his first love affairs and his interest in art, literature and aesthetics are explored in stream-of-consciousness sequences.

Set in upstate New York on a comfortable estate, the law-abiding family of Mr. Wharton suddenly finds the Revolutionary War at its door. They are an American family with friendly British ties, but they have kept their dual loyalties from affecting their peaceful life, until a secret visit from Wharton's own son, Henry, changes everything

American novelist and short-story writer Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 - June 24, 1909) was known for her "local color" works set in or near South Berwick, Maine, which in in the 19th century was a New England seaport in decline. This gentle, often comic collection includes: "A White Heron", "The Dulham Ladies", "The Guests of Mrs. Timms", "Miss Peck's Promotion", "Miss Tempy's Watchers", and "The Town Poor".

The Norman-Saxon conflict is vividly described with battle scenes, medieval pageantry, and romantic escapades. The hero Sir Wilfred Ivanhoe, the lovely brave Jewess Rebecca, Richard the Lion-Hearted, and Robin Hood and his merry band are just a few of the chivalrous characters.

"The Jelly Bean", "The Camel's Back", "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "Mayday", and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" comprise this collection of humorous, strange, and sometimes terrifying tales.

"Indian Summer of a Forsyte", an interlude, recounts the lyrical last days of old Jolyon Forsyte as he basks in the glow of his visits with the beautiful Irene. In Chancery deals with Soames' divorce and marriage to a French woman, Annette, and the love story of Irene and young Jolyon.

These two novellas by LeFanu are full of suspense and horror. Green Tea relates the story of an English cleric's bout with a malignant spectral presence, while Squire Toby's Will is a chilling tale of sibling rivalry over a disputed inheritance.

Gentle, charming, sensitive Anne Elliott is persuaded to break her engagement to Captain Wentworth. Eight years later they meet again. Has their love survived?

As the result of Victor Frankenstein's creation of a monster out of the remains of human corpses, a series of horrifying events occur. But who is responsible: the creature or his creator?

Plain Alice suffers in silence while the much sought after Major cavorts with the beautiful Gerorgiana Wanless.

Hyacinth Robinson, drawn into the London underworld of revolutionary politics, vows to assassinate an enemy of the people. His exposure to the Princess Casamassima's world of art, nobility, and beauty leads him to lose faith in his cause.

We meet Jacob as a small boy; follow him through Cambridge, sharing his thoughts on philosophy and literature; and enjoy his travels and romances in Greece. Then we learn how others see him. The remarkable imagery in Virginia Woolf's classic makes some sections of this book seem almost poetical.

As the starving people rise up against the ruling class during the French Revolution, there are vivid descriptions of the storming of the Bastille and the death cells of the aristocrats who have been doomed to the guillotine. The sinister Madame Defarge, charming Charles Darnay and herioc Sidney Carton are but a few of this beautiful novel's unforgettable characters.

The discovery of an irregularity in the marriage of a newly hired assistant headmaster and matron at Dr. Wortle's school tests the character of all involved and takes this story from the British countryside across the pond to the Wild West. Caution, this story includes some racial epithets that some of today's listeners may find offensive. Also included with this book is Trollope's charming short story, "Malachi's Cove".

The adjustment of a marriage in aristocratic society in the early 1800s is told with abundant humor. A young coupel falls passionately in love, but soon the realities of married life bring them and their dreams back down to earth. The author, Emily Eden, has often been compared to Jane Austen but with Eden's work showing perhaps a morel realistic look at the ups and downs of the human condition. And if you just look closely, you might see some characters who possibly later influenced Oscar Wilde.

Twain's classic tale of a young boy and his runaway slave friend, Jim, is still one of the best novels about human nature ever written. Readers will delight in the many wonderful episodes, including a deadly feud, the comic grumblings of the Duke and the King and Tom Sawyer's grand scheme to rescue Jim from captivity.

This is a rollicking, fast-paced Western setting double-crossing mayhem set against the colorful background of the Yukon gold rush.