The Classics
9 historias
Jo's boys por hafia2015
hafia2015
  • WpView
    LECTURAS 2,612
  • WpVote
    Votos 47
  • WpPart
    Partes 22
Louisa May Alcott continues the story of her feisty protagonist Jo in this final novel chronicling the adventures and misadventures of the March family. Entertaining, surprising, and overall a joy to read, Jo's Boys is nevertheless shaded by a bittersweet tone, for with it Alcott brought her wonderful series to an end. Proudly witnessing the coming-of-age of rebellious Dan, sailor Emil, and musician Nat, Jo and her husband, Professor Bhaer, preside over their school while encountering shipwreck, storm, disappointment, and murder. Sometimes this book makes you cry and sometimes makes you laugh. If you are reading it for the first time it introduces you to a new world, the world of wonder
Jane Eyre (1847) por CharlotteBronte
CharlotteBronte
  • WpView
    LECTURAS 1,874,561
  • WpVote
    Votos 25,151
  • WpPart
    Partes 41
"Jane Eyre" follows the emotions and experiences of its eponymous character, including her growth to adulthood, and her love for Mr. Rochester, the byronic master of fictitious Thornfield Hall.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) por ArthurConanDoyle
ArthurConanDoyle
  • WpView
    LECTURAS 149,383
  • WpVote
    Votos 3,528
  • WpPart
    Partes 15
Black Beauty (1877) por AnnaSewell
AnnaSewell
  • WpView
    LECTURAS 229,756
  • WpVote
    Votos 7,649
  • WpPart
    Partes 49
"Black Beauty" is narrated as an autobiographical memoir told by the titular horse named Black Beauty—beginning with his carefree days as a colt on an English farm with his mother, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country. Along the way, he meets with many hardships and recounts many tales of cruelty and kindness.
The Raven (1845) por EdgarAllanPoe
EdgarAllanPoe
  • WpView
    LECTURAS 21,137
  • WpVote
    Votos 911
  • WpPart
    Partes 1
"The Raven" tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student, is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. Sitting on a bust of Pallas, the raven seems to further instigate his distress with its constant repetition of the word "Nevermore". Cover by @Lujayna
The Black Cat (1843) por EdgarAllanPoe
EdgarAllanPoe
  • WpView
    LECTURAS 13,647
  • WpVote
    Votos 465
  • WpPart
    Partes 1
Cover done by ds_22_me
Wuthering Heights (1847) por EmilyBronte
EmilyBronte
  • WpView
    LECTURAS 1,995,790
  • WpVote
    Votos 21,845
  • WpPart
    Partes 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.
Pride and Prejudice (1813) por JaneAusten
JaneAusten
  • WpView
    LECTURAS 10,472,178
  • WpVote
    Votos 222,602
  • WpPart
    Partes 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.
Little Women (1880) por LouisaMayAlcott
LouisaMayAlcott
  • WpView
    LECTURAS 683,266
  • WpVote
    Votos 16,022
  • WpPart
    Partes 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.