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Pembroke Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman · 1894 · 330p · ≈ 11h · Challenging "Pembroke begins with a heated political argument between Barney Thayer and Cephas Barnard, the father of Barney's betrothed, Charlotte Barnard. The angry Cephas throws his prospective son-in-law out of the house and, because of his immense pride, Barney refuses to apologize, even though it means he cannot marry Charlotte. The Thayers and Barnards become locked in a clash of wills, and the broken… Shares: 19th Century Fiction, Literature - Classics, Classics

Morgante Luigi Pulci · 1955 · 1179p · ≈ 39h · Challenging A classic picaresque epic detailing the thrilling exploits of Orlando, Morgante is a tale of war and of the calamities that befall the romantic hero, his fellow knights, and their sovereign, Charlemagne. After encountering the fierce Morgante, Orlando converts the giant, who then becomes his squire and trusted companion. This annotated English translation will lead to a new appreciation of Luigi… Shares: Continental European, Literature - Classics, Literary Criticism

Wilhelmine Moritz August von Thümmel · 1777 · 134p · ≈ 4h · Demanding The Wilhelmine period or Wilhelmian era () comprises the period of German history between 1888 and 1918, embracing the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II in the German Empire from the death of Kaiser Friedrich III until the end of World War I and Wilhelms abdication during the November Revolution. Shares: Literature - Classics, Novels, Literary Criticism

The wild Irish girl Lady Morgan · 1806 · ★ 4.0 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Challenging An English lord's son is sent to the family's Irish estate in disgrace and falls in love with the daughter of the prince his ancestors dispossessed. Lady Morgan published it in 1806, was denounced as seditious, and gave Ireland its first national novel; the wild Irish girl herself became a costume women wore. Shares: 19th Century Fiction, Novels, Literary Criticism

Братья Карамазовы Fyodor Dostoyevsky · 1880 · ★ 4.4 · 534p · ≈ 17h · Challenging The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky’s crowning achievement, is a tale of patricide and family rivalry that embodies the moral and spiritual dissolution of an entire society (Russia in the 1870s). It created a national furor comparable only to the excitement stirred by the publication, in 1866, of Crime and Punishment. To Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov captured the quintessence of Russian… Shares: 19th Century Fiction, Literature - Classics, Classics

Romance of Tristan Béroul · 2019 · 237p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares: Continental European, Literary Criticism

The Flirt Booth Tarkington · 1913 · 172p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Valentine Corliss walked up Corliss Street the hottest afternoon of that hot August, a year ago, wearing a suit of white serge which attracted a little attention from those observers who were able to observe anything except the heat. The coat was shaped delicately; it outlined the wearer, and, fitting him as women's clothes fit women, suggested an effeminacy not an attribute of the tall Corliss.… Shares: Literature - Classics, Literary Criticism, Classics

Martin Bircks ungdom Hjalmar Söderberg · 1904 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Challenging "Hjalmar Soderberg's partly autobiographical second novel was originally published in 1901, and traces the development of the title character from a seemingly idyllic Stockholm childhood to maturity as a thirty-year-old man, an introspective outsider, critical of society, constantly searching for the truth but going through a gradual process of disillusionment. He dreams of being a poet, but is… Shares: Literature - Classics, Classics

Butcher's Crossing John Williams · 1960 · ★ 4.2 · 265p · ≈ 8h · Moderate In the 1870s, Will Andrews, fired up by Emerson to seek "an original relation to nature," drops out of Harvard and heads west. He washes up in Butcher's Crossing, a small Kansas town full of restless men looking for ways to make money and ways to waste it. One of these men regales Will with tales of the immense buffalo herds hidden away in the Colorado Rockies and convinces him to join an… Shares: Literature - Classics, Classics

Perilous Cemetery Nancy Black · 2019 · 421p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Published in 1994: In The Perilous Cemetery adventure, Gawain is required to fight the devil himself. In repayment for having cured a young woman of madness, the devil keeps her entombed in a grave by day and requires her by night to fulfil his sexual desires. Shares: Continental European, Literary Criticism

Philaster, or, Love lies a bleeding Francis Beaumont · 1634 · 68p · ≈ 2h · Demanding This book is perfectly adapted and layout for a pleasant reading on a tablet, smartphone or computer. To improve your reading experience, this digital version has been edited and formatted according to the requirements of this platform. Shares: Literature - Classics, Literary Criticism, Drama

Prolegomena ad Homerum, sive, De operum Homericorum prisca et genuina forma variisque mutationibus et probabili ratione emendandi Friedrich August Wolf · 1795 · 298p · ≈ 9h · Demanding Shares: Literature - Classics, Novels, Literary Criticism

Fröken Julie August Strindberg · 1880 · ★ 3.4 · 84p · ≈ 2h · Challenging In a post-Apartheid kitchen, a single night, both brutal and tender, unfolds between a black farm laborer, his master's daughter, and the woman who has raised them both. John and Mies Julie spiral into a deadly battle over power, sexuality and memory. Shares: Continental European, Race Relations, Drama

Cha guan She Lao · 1980 · 150p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares: Literary Criticism, Drama

Meditaciones del Quijote José Ortega y Gasset · 1914 · ★ 2.0 · 194p · ≈ 6h · Challenging 247 pages ; 18 cm Shares: Literature - Classics, Literary Criticism

East of Eden John Steinbeck, David Wyatt & Susan Shillinglaw Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this powerful, often brutal novel, follows the interwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. Here Steinbeck created some of his most memorable characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of… Shares: Classics

Lord of the Flies William Golding, Lois Lowry & Jennifer Buehler Lord of the Flies is the 1954 debut novel of British author William Golding. The plot concerns a group of prepubescent British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves that lead to a descent into savagery. The novels themes include morality, leadership, and the tension between civility and chaos. Shares: Classics

The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas · 1964 · ★ 4.5 · 242p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to use the treasure to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Shares: Classics

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