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Pride and Prejudice par OldTexts
Pride and Prejudice
OldTexts
  • LECTURES 105,848
  • Votes 3,067
  • Parties 61
Written by Jane Austen and published in 1813.
Treasure Island (1883) par RobertLouisStevenson
Treasure Island (1883)
RobertLouisStevenson
  • LECTURES 156,294
  • Votes 3,100
  • Parties 34
Treasure Island follows young Jim Hawkins, who finds himself owner of a map to Treasure Island, where the fabled pirate booty is buried; honest Captain Smollett, heroic Dr. Livesey, and the good-hearted but obtuse Squire Trelawney, who help Jim on his quest for the treasure; the frightening Blind Pew, double-dealing Israel Hands, and seemingly mad Ben Gunn, buccaneers of varying shades of menace; and, of course, garrulous, affable, ambiguous Long John Silver, who is one moment a friendly, laughing, one-legged sea-cook . . .and the next a dangerous pirate leader. The unexpected and complex relationship that develops between Silver and Jim helps transform what seems at first to be a simple, rip-roaring adventure story into a deeply moving study of a boy’s growth into manhood, as he learns hard lessons about friendship, loyalty, courage and honor—and the uncertain meaning of good and evil.
Gulliver's Travels (1726) par JonathanSwift
Gulliver's Travels (1726)
JonathanSwift
  • LECTURES 124,340
  • Votes 1,823
  • Parties 42
Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, better known simply as Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of the "travellers' tales" literary sub-genre.
Annabel Lee (1849) par EdgarAllanPoe
Annabel Lee (1849)
EdgarAllanPoe
  • LECTURES 18,918
  • Votes 1,689
  • Parties 1
"Annabel Lee" is the last complete poem composed by American author Edgar Allan Poe. Like many of Poe's poems, it explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman. Cover by: @KatrinHollister
David Copperfield (1850) par CharlesDickens
David Copperfield (1850)
CharlesDickens
  • LECTURES 74,354
  • Votes 2,225
  • Parties 66
The story traces the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David was born in Blunderstone, Suffolk, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, in 1820, six months after the death of his father. David spends his early years with his mother and their housekeeper, Peggotty. When he is seven years old, his mother re-marries Edward Murdstone. David is given good reason to dislike his stepfather and has similar feelings for Murdstone's sister Jane, who moves into the house soon afterwards. Murdstone thrashes David for falling behind in his studies. Following one of these thrashings, David bites him and soon afterwards is sent away to a boarding school, Salem House, with a ruthless headmaster, Mr. Creakle. There he befriends James Steerforth and Tommy Traddles.