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Classics
Here are some of the great classics of Literature that happen to be favorites of mine and webpages about them.
Historical:
The Scarlet Pimpernel
By: Baroness Orczy
A story about a daring Englishman who risks his life to save those of the condemned French aristocracy while competing with a member of the French Public Safety committee named Chauvelin for the love of Marguerite St. Just and his life.
The Count of Monte Cristo
By: Alexander Dumas
The story of Edmond Dantes, self-styled Count of Monte Cristo. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengence, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate. Later he experiences an ultimate amount of discomfort with the hubristic implication of his own actions.
Ivanhoe
By: Sir Walter Scott
Les Miserables
By: Victor Hugo
The story of Inspector Javert's pursuit of escaped convict Jean Valjean in what is the ultimate story of suffering and redemption.
Romantic:
Jane Eyre
By: Charlotte Bronte
The story of a young woman who goes to Thornfield Hall to become a governess. For more information.
Pride and Prejudice
By: Jane Austen
The story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. During their long aquaintancy circumstances arise that force growth of character... eventually turning his pride and her prejudice into love..
Emma
By: Jane Austen
The best of Jane Austen's books by far...................This is the story of a young woman by the name of Emma Woodhouse, who, in trying to make a match for her friend Harriet, wound up in a mess she'd never dreamed of. And there's Mr. Knightly, a true friend who could see her faults and tell her of them like no one else. It takes Emma the thought of losing the one she loves to another, for her to realize how she feels.
The Inheritance
By: Louisa May Alcott
The story of an orphaned girl named Edith Adelone who lives with the Hamilton family as a companion to the daughter, Amy, and finds her true Inheritance.
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