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Romeo and Juliet por WilliamShakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
WilliamShakespeare
  • LECTURAS 4,184,975
  • Votos 52,490
  • Partes 27
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers. Cover done by @zuko_42
Emma (1815) por JaneAusten
Emma (1815)
JaneAusten
  • LECTURAS 1,391,803
  • Votos 14,737
  • Partes 55
Emma Woodhouse, aged 20 at the start of the novel, is a young, beautiful, witty, and privileged woman in Regency England. She lives on the fictional estate of Hartfield in Surrey in the village of Highbury with her elderly widowed father, a hypochondriac who is excessively concerned for the health and safety of his loved ones. Emma's friend and only critic is the gentlemanly George Knightley, her neighbour from the adjacent estate of Donwell, and the brother of her elder sister Isabella's husband, John. As the novel opens, Emma has just attended the wedding of Miss Taylor, her best friend and former governess. Having introduced Miss Taylor to her future husband, Mr. Weston, Emma takes credit for their marriage, and decides that she rather likes matchmaking.
Little Women (1880) por LouisaMayAlcott
Little Women (1880)
LouisaMayAlcott
  • LECTURAS 678,219
  • Votos 15,882
  • 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.
The Merchant of Venice por WilliamShakespeare
The Merchant of Venice
WilliamShakespeare
  • LECTURAS 84,644
  • Votos 1,448
  • Partes 21
Though classified as a comedy in the First Folio and sharing certain aspects with Shakespeare's other romantic comedies, "The Merchant of Venice" is perhaps most remembered for its dramatic scenes, and is best known for Shylock and the famous "Hath not a Jew eyes?" speech.
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) por OscarWilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
OscarWilde
  • LECTURAS 1,224,521
  • Votos 16,278
  • Partes 21
"The Picture of Dorian Gray" tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty and becomes infatuated with him, believing his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new hedonism, Lord Henry suggests the only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfilment of the senses.
Jane Eyre (1847) por CharlotteBronte
Jane Eyre (1847)
CharlotteBronte
  • LECTURAS 1,863,139
  • Votos 24,758
  • 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.
Frankenstein (1818) por MaryShelley
Frankenstein (1818)
MaryShelley
  • LECTURAS 282,780
  • Votos 6,908
  • Partes 28
"Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" is about an eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
Wuthering Heights (1847) por EmilyBronte
Wuthering Heights (1847)
EmilyBronte
  • LECTURAS 1,979,359
  • Votos 21,528
  • 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.
Anna Karenina por LeoTolstoy
Anna Karenina
LeoTolstoy
  • LECTURAS 1,423,371
  • Votos 29,546
  • Partes 239
"Anna Karenina" is the tragedy of married aristocrat and socialite Anna Karenina and her affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. The story starts when she arrives in the midst of a family broken up by her brother's unbridled womanizing—something that prefigures her own later situation, though with less tolerance for her by others.
Pride and Prejudice (1813) por JaneAusten
Pride and Prejudice (1813)
JaneAusten
  • LECTURAS 10,265,926
  • Votos 219,232
  • 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.