Set in the Kingdom of Denmark, "Hamlet" dramatizes the revenge Prince Hamlet exacts on his uncle Claudius for murdering King Hamlet, Claudius's brother and Prince Hamlet's father, and then succeeding to the throne and taking as his wife Gertrude, the old king's widow and Prince Hamlet's mother. Cover by @vkbloodgood
Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England between 1792 and 1797, and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. The novel follows the young ladies to their new home, a meagre cottage on a distant relative's property, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak.
"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.
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 olde...
Anne of Green Gables recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, a young orphan girl mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who have a farm on Prince Edward Island and who had intended to adopt a boy to help them.
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...
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 Hertf...
"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.
Cuando su familia queda empobrecida tras una especulación financiera desastrosa, Agnes Grey decide colocarse como institutriz para contribuir a los escasos ingresos familiares y demostrar su independencia. Pero su entusiasmo se apaga rápidamente al tener que luchar contra los difíciles hijos de los Bloomfield y el dol...
El libro VII de la República comienza con la exposición del conocido mito de la caverna, que utiliza Platón como explicación alegórica de la situación en la que se encuentra el hombre respecto al conocimiento, según la teoría explicada al final del libro VI. Información del libro: Nombre del libro: El mito de...
"El Signo de los Cuatro" es la segunda novela protagonizada por Sherlock Holmes, escrita por Sir Arthur Conan Doyle en 1890. En esta segunda entrega, a diferencia de la primera, Estudio en Escarlata, la acción y las investigaciones tienen lugar íntegramente en Londres. Trata de la petición de una mujer a Sherlock Hol...
Catherine Morland, es una muchacha que no parece haber nacido para ser la protagonista de una novela: belleza común, familia normal... y una gran amante de la lectura. Sin embargo, el Destino la enfrentará a situaciones de la 'vida en sociedad' que le ayudaran a conocer el carácter de las personas y de verdaderas amis...
La historia nos cuenta los hechos ocurridos cronológicamente luego del término de la novela Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer. Huckleberry Finn, el mejor amigo de Tom Sawyer, es cuidado y protegido por la viuda de Douglas, pero al mismo tiempo, se dedica a sus juegos de siempre ayudando a Tom en su banda de ladrones. Sin em...
