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The Scarlet Letter [Full 1850 Text] de DeathCycle
The Scarlet Letter [Full 1850 Text]
DeathCycle
  • Leituras 21,895
  • Votos 280
  • Capítulos 26
The full text of The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I did not write this. Full credits go to Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Wuthering Heights (1847) de EmilyBronte
Wuthering Heights (1847)
EmilyBronte
  • Leituras 1,979,085
  • Votos 21,508
  • Capítulos 34
Wuthering Heights is a wild, passionate story of the intense and almost demonic love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, a foundling adopted by Catherine's father. After Mr Earnshaw's death, Heathcliff is bullied and humiliated by Catherine's brother Hindley and wrongly believing that his love for Catherine is not reciprocated, leaves Wuthering Heights, only to return years later as a wealthy and polished man. He proceeds to exact a terrible revenge for his former miseries. The action of the story is chaotic and unremittingly violent, but the accomplished handling of a complex structure, the evocative descriptions of the lonely moorland setting and the poetic grandeur of vision combine to make this unique novel a masterpiece of English literature.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) de RobertLouisStevenson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886)
RobertLouisStevenson
  • Leituras 183,789
  • Votos 3,859
  • Capítulos 10
Pride and Prejudice (1813) de JaneAusten
Pride and Prejudice (1813)
JaneAusten
  • Leituras 10,259,255
  • Votos 219,082
  • Capítulos 61
The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) de LewisCarroll
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871)
LewisCarroll
  • Leituras 71,928
  • Votos 1,987
  • Capítulos 12
"Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" is the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The themes and settings of Through the Looking-Glass make it a kind of mirror image of Wonderland: the first book begins outdoors, in the warm month of May (4 May), uses frequent changes in size as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of playing cards; the second opens indoors on a snowy, wintry night exactly six months later, on 4 November (the day before Guy Fawkes Night), uses frequent changes in time and spatial directions as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of chess.
Great Expectations (1861) de CharlesDickens
Great Expectations (1861)
CharlesDickens
  • Leituras 1,399,357
  • Votos 12,015
  • Capítulos 60
On Christmas Eve, around 1812, Pip, an orphan who is about six years old, encounters an escaped convict in the village churchyard while visiting the graves of his mother, father, and siblings. The convict scares Pip into stealing food and a file to grind away his shackles, from the home he shares with his abusive older sister and her kind, passive husband Joe Gargery, a blacksmith. The next day, soldiers recapture the convict while he is engaged in a fight with another convict; the two are returned to the prison ships from which they escaped...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) de LewisCarroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
LewisCarroll
  • Leituras 1,238,779
  • Votos 13,040
  • Capítulos 12
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as children.
Little Women (1880) de LouisaMayAlcott
Little Women (1880)
LouisaMayAlcott
  • Leituras 678,103
  • Votos 15,881
  • Capítulos 47
"Little Women" follows the lives of four sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March – and is loosely based on the author's childhood experiences with her three sisters.
Northanger Abbey (1818) de JaneAusten
Northanger Abbey (1818)
JaneAusten
  • Leituras 208,534
  • Votos 6,074
  • Capítulos 32
Northanger Abbey follows seventeen-year-old Gothic novel aficionado Catherine Morland and family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen as they visit Bath. It is Catherine's first visit there. She meets new friends, such as Isabella Thorpe, and goes to balls. Catherine finds herself pursued by Isabella's brother, the rough-mannered, slovenly John Thorpe, and by her real love interest, Henry Tilney. She also becomes friends with Eleanor Tilney, Henry's younger sister. Henry captivates her with his view on novels and his knowledge of history and the world. General Tilney (Henry and Eleanor's father) invites Catherine to visit their estate, Northanger Abbey, which, from her reading of Ann Radcliffe's Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho, she expects to be dark, ancient and full of Gothic horrors and fantastical mystery.
Moby-Dick; Or, the Whale (1851) de HermanMelville
Moby-Dick; Or, the Whale (1851)
HermanMelville
  • Leituras 257,109
  • Votos 3,446
  • Capítulos 138
"Moby-Dick" tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab to take revenge.