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Great Expectations (1861) by CharlesDickens
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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...
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by CharlesDickens
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The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events. The most notable are Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. Darnay is a former French aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Carton is a dissipated English barrister who endeavors to redeem his ill-spent life out of his unrequited love for Darnay's wife. Cover art done by @orangedusk
Frankenstein (1818) by MaryShelley
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"Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" is about an eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
Mutant 74 by notorious_
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Humankind has abandoned Earth, leaving behind the devastation of all-out nuclear war and Mutants. The Mutants have a purpose: to preserve humanity and restore the Earth to its former glory. After a century of rest, they will wake, rebuild, and await the return of humankind--that is, if they survive the perils of space, but this is not their story. This is the story of a Mutant that wakes up fifty-three years too early, setting foot onto a feral Earth with still-festering wounds from the war. They remember nothing, and know only what the inked tattoo on their wrist reads: Mutant 74 --- REWRITTEN Past Life Achievements: #1 Hot in Sci-Fi Highest rank in Sci-Fi: #5 (Thank you readers!) A Wattpad featured story.