Subject for the ‘Fiction’
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant
Subject: Fiction
“I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt. ” These words of Maupassant to Jose Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, i...
Tags: Short Stories, Fiction, Literature, France
Edith Wharton
Subject: Fiction
Ethan Frome is a 1911 book by American author Edith Wharton. It is set in the fictitious town of Starkfield, Massachusetts. In one of American fiction’s finest and most in...
Tags: Academic, Historical, Literature, Romance
Oliver Twist
Subject: Fiction
The story centres on orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. After escaping, Oliver travels to London, where he meets the ̶...
Tags: Fiction, Novels, Historical, Literature
Candide
Subject: Fiction
Candide, ou l’Optimisme is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. It begins with a young man, Candide, who is livi...
Tags: Humor, Philosophy, Fiction, Literature
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Subject: Fiction
Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is presented as an autobiography of the ti...
Tags: Classics, Adventure, Fiction, Literature
Anna Karenina
Subject: Fiction
Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Many writers consider Anna Karenina the greatest work of literature ever, and T...
Tags: Fiction, Historical, Romance, Russia
Sense and Sensibility
Subject: Fiction
Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, published in 1811. It tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor (age 19) and Marianne (age 16½) as they come of age. They ...
Tags: Classics, Fiction, Historical, Literature
The Jungle
Subject: Fiction
The Jungle is a 1906 novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair (1878–1968). The novel portrays the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the U...
Tags: Politics, Fiction, Historical, Literature