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Romeo and Juliet por WilliamShakespeare
Romeo and Juliet
WilliamShakespeare
  • LECTURAS 4,186,186
  • Votos 52,501
  • 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
Jane Eyre (1847) por CharlotteBronte
Jane Eyre (1847)
CharlotteBronte
  • LECTURAS 1,864,234
  • Votos 24,796
  • 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.
Oliver Twist (1837) por CharlesDickens
Oliver Twist (1837)
CharlesDickens
  • LECTURAS 338,411
  • Votos 5,943
  • Partes 52
The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Naively unaware of their unlawful activities, Oliver is led to the lair of their elderly criminal trainer Fagin.
Moby-Dick; Or, the Whale (1851) por HermanMelville
Moby-Dick; Or, the Whale (1851)
HermanMelville
  • LECTURAS 257,361
  • Votos 3,450
  • Partes 138
"Moby-Dick" tells the adventures of wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whaleship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab has one purpose on this voyage: to seek out Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white sperm whale. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg, which now drives Ahab to take revenge.
Great Expectations (1861) por CharlesDickens
Great Expectations (1861)
CharlesDickens
  • LECTURAS 1,399,929
  • Votos 12,053
  • Partes 60
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...
Sense and Sensibility (1811) por JaneAusten
Sense and Sensibility (1811)
JaneAusten
  • LECTURAS 595,639
  • Votos 10,971
  • Partes 50
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 (1865) por LewisCarroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
LewisCarroll
  • LECTURAS 1,238,959
  • Votos 13,041
  • Partes 12
"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.
Pride and Prejudice (1813) por JaneAusten
Pride and Prejudice (1813)
JaneAusten
  • LECTURAS 10,285,041
  • Votos 219,594
  • 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.