"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" traces the intellectual and religio-philosophical awakening of young Stephen Dedalus as he begins to question and rebel against the Catholic and Irish conventions with which he has been raised. He finally leaves for abroad to pursue his ambitions as an artist.

The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit, originally serialised in The London Magazine during 1905 and first published in book form in 1906. It has been adapted for the screen several times, of which the 1970 film version is the best known. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography credits Oswald Barron, who had a deep affection for Nesbit, with having provided the plot. The setting is thought to be inspired by Edith's walks to Chelsfield railway station close to where she lived, and her observing the construction of the railway cutting and tunnel between Chelsfield and Knockholt. Contents

Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) is a collection of fairy tales first published in 1812 by the Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm. The collection is commonly known in English as Grimms' Fairy Tales.

Intrigue, revenge, disastrous results. One of Shakespeare's masterpieces that deals with race, class, and the deadly sin of envy.

VANITY FAIR by William Makepeace Thackeray Published 1848 Summary: The novel deals mainly with the interwoven fortunes of two women, the wellborn, passive Amelia Sedley and the ambitious, essentially amoral Becky Sharp, the latter perhaps the most memorable character Thackeray created. The adventuress Becky is the novel's central character and the person around whom all the actors revolve. Amelia marries George Osborne, but George, just before he is killed at the Battle of Waterloo, is ready to desert his young wife for Becky, who has fought her way up through society to marriage with Rawdon Crawley, a young officer from an aristocratic family. Crawley, disillusioned, finally leaves Becky, and in the end virtue apparently triumphs when Amelia marries her lifelong admirer, Captain William Dobbin, and Becky settles down to genteel living and charitable works. The rich movement and colour of this panorama of early 19th-century society make Vanity Fair Thackeray's greatest achievement; the narrative skill, subtle characterization, and descriptive power make it one of the outstanding novels of its period.

From This World to That Which is to Come. This Christian story is delivered under the resemblance of a dream in which a man sets out on a dangerous journey out of the City of Destruction and fights his way through many stumbling paths to arrive at the Celestial City (The City of God). The story covers topics such as the process of conviction, what God does behind the scene, what depression does to you spiritually and the difficulties on the path to Christ. Read Part 2 of the Pilgrim's Progress here: https://www.wattpad.com/story/205549348?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details_button&wp_uname=CayleyIsh&wp_originator=CoHyAMctqFY9l%2BAnns08GjDGMgPlg4%2BP7cVTbIiEEAJ%2FqM3WQk0bveputXn56zz3bY1y3cd5jwhYNh9oXjc2joyMsiF2wKEof9c5aKWG35VW7LFI%2BnLLyuvQs82on0si The Pilgrim's Progress is written by John Bunyan and can be found at http://www.covenantofgrace.com/pilgrims_progress.htm All rights are reserved for the Convenant of Grace organization.

The Statement of Randolph Carter, by H.P. Lovecraft. This short story was written in December 1919, and was first published in the May 1920 issue (No. 13) of the amateur press journal the Vagrant.

Memory, by H.P. Lovecraft. This flash fiction short story was written in 1919, and was first published in the June 1919 issue (No. 2) of The United Co-operative.

A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson, by H.P. Lovecraft. This short story was written in 1917, and first published in the September 1917 issue (No. 2) of the United Amateur.

The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells first serialised in 1897 in the UK by Pearson's Magazine and in the US by Cosmopolitan magazine. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories that detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of both an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and of his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians. The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon.