Books Tagged ‘Literature’ - Page 2
Ethan Frome
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
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Subject: Plays
William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist. His plays are constantly studied, performed an...
Tags: Poetry, Fiction, Literature, Plays, Collections
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
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 Divine Comedy
Subject: Poetry
The Divine Comedy is a long Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed in 1320, a year before his death in 1321. It is widely considered to be the pr...
Tags: Poetry, Philosophy, Fiction, Literature, Religion
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
David Copperfield
Subject: Fiction
David Copperfield is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens. The novel features the character David Copperfield, and is written in the first person, as a description of his life un...
Tags: Classics, Fiction, Novels, Historical, Literature
Wuthering Heights
Subject: Fiction
Wuthering Heights is a novel by Emily Brontë published in 1847 under her pseudonym “Ellis Bell”. It is her only finished novel. Wuthering Heights and Anne BrontëR...
Tags: Classics, Gothic, Fiction, Literature, Romance