ballerina - h.s

In which a boy admires a dancer from the dance school in front of his bedroom. © ClaviaButera | 2015

THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK (Completed)

Alexandre Dumas elaborated on the story in the novel The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later, the final installment of his D'Artagnan saga: here the prisoner is forced to wear an iron mask and is Louis XIV's identical twin. Dumas also presented a review of the popular theories about the prisoner extant in his time...

Anna Karenina

"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 h...

Magic for Marigold (1929)

*** This story belongs to Lucy Maud Montgomery. I don't own anything.

Emily of New Moon (1923)

(Book 1 of Emily Starr trilogy) Emily Starr never knew what it was to be lonely -- until her beloved father died and her snobbish relatives are taking her to live with them at New Moon Farm. *This story belongs to L. M. Montgomery. I don't own anything.

Nobody's Girl (1893)

Journey of an orphan girl to find her relatives in Maraucourt. *This story belongs to Hector Malot. I don't own anything.

The Secret Garden (1911)

Selfish and spoilt Mary was sent to Yorkshire. She hated it. But when she finds the way into a secret garden, a change comes over her life. *This story belongs to Frances Hodgson Burnett. I don't own anything.

Black Beauty (1877)

"Black Beauty" is narrated as an autobiographical memoir told by the titular horse named Black Beauty—beginning with his carefree days as a colt on an English farm with his mother, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country. Along the way, he meets with many hardships and reco...

A Little Princess

By Frances Hodgson Burnett

Heidi

Written by Johanna Spyri in 1889/1880. Heidi is a beloved book for children and has since been read and enjoyed for more than a century.

Frankenstein

Emma by Jane Austen

Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The story takes place in the fictional village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfield, Randalls, and Donwell Abbey and involves the relationships among individuals in those locations consisting of "3 or 4 famil...

Othello

Othello (The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603. It is based on the story Un Capitano Moro ("A Moorish Captain") by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565. The story revolves around its two central characters: Othello, a...

Ivanhoe: A Romance by Sir Walter Scott

First published in 1820. Public Domain. Daring sword fights. Heroes in disguise. Maidens in distress. What's not to love? A treatise on social classes and racial and religious prejudice in the 12th Century.

Grey's Tribute

The characters are highly complex and they exist in a world that values strength over compassion, only the strong survive. The life inside the pack mimics that of a real wolf pack with a strict hierarchy that is established through fighting and power. It is also comparable to a medieval court, the king holds his divin...

The Taming of the Shrew

"The Taming of the Shrew" depicts the courtship of Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate shrew. Initially, Katherina is an unwilling participant in the relationship, but Petruchio tempers her with various psychological torments-the "taming"-until she becomes a compliant and obedient...

King Lear

"King Lear" is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all.

The Merchant of Venice

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.

Ulysses (Completed)

"Ulysses" chronicles the passage of Leopold Bloom through Dublin during an ordinary day, 16 June 1904. Ulysses is the Latinised name of Odysseus, the hero of Homer's poem Odyssey, and the novel establishes a series of parallels between its characters and events and those of the poem. Cover by the wonderful @Azurina77.

Pride and Prejudice

Written by Jane Austen and published in 1813.

Virginia Woolf's Suicide Letters

Poetry by Sylvia Plath

Simply a collection of poems by my favorite poet and author, the lovely Sylvia Plath (1932-1963). **None of these poems belong to me (obviously).**