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The Mysteries of Udolpho

Ann Ward Radcliffe's Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho narrates the story of young orphan girl being captivated in a haunted castle. Emily Aubert, becomes orphan and had no way other than to live with her merciless aunt Madame Cheron. Montoni, husband of Cheron persuading her to marry Morano. Emily was forced to travel with Montoni and subseque..

The Lady of the Lake

by Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott's narrative poem The Lady of the Lake narrates the six days of actions in 6 cantos titled as The Chase, The Island, The Gathering, The Prophecy, The Combat, and The Guard-Room. The scene of the Poem is laid chiefly in the vicinity of Loch Katrine, in the Western Highlands of Perthshire...

The Return of the Native

by Thomas Hardy

The Return of the Native is a tragic novel written by Thomas Hardy exploring the conflicts between ironical characters. Eustacia character has been portrayed by Hardy as woman who does not adhere to conventional definition of Victorian women. Her passions, desires, affairs are ironical to Clym's character of a modest man who belives in moral values..

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government

by Jefferson Davis

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881) is a book written by Jefferson Davis, who served as President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Davis wrote the book as a straightforward history of the Confederate States of America and as an apologia for the causes that he believed led to and justified the Am..

The Monk: A Romance

by Matthew Gregory Lewis

The Monk: A Romance is one of the most controversial novels which needed the complete rewriting in the subsequent editions by the author Matthew Gregory Lewis. The Monk narrates the story of evil minded priest Ambrosio, whose desire for physical needs resulting in controversial affairs and crimes including raping his own sister...

Indian Fairy Tales

by Joseph Jacobs

Indian Fairy Tales is a collection of tales of India collected, compiled and edited by popular American folklorist Joseph Jacobs. He has collected and published fairy, folk tales from around the world titled as English Fairy tales, Celtic Fairy Tales, Fables of Aesop, and European Fairy tales to name a few of his works. This collection contains mor..

Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories

by Julian Hawthorne

Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories is a collection of popular mystery stories from around the world compiled by American novelist Julian Hawthorne. Some of the notable stories in this volume includes Washington Irving's Adventure of the Black Fisherman, Edgar Allan Poe's The Gold Bug, Ambrose Bierce's The Man and the Snake, F..

The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's tragicomedy The Tempest narrates the story of a magician Prospero and his powers to create illusions in human minds including natural disasters. Deserted in an Island along with his 3 years old daughter Miranda, Prospero gets the right time after a decade to take revenge on his brother Antonio and his friend Alonso. The conspiracy Ant..