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FRANKENSTEIN
Mary Shelley
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Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus, generally known simply as Frankenstein, is a novel written by Mary Shelley. Shelley started writing when she was 18 and the novel was published when she was 21. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the second edition..[more]
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Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
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Originally named "First Impressions", this renowned work of Jane Austen follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, moral rightness, education and marriage in her aristocratic society of early 19th century England...[more]
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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
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This novella by Charles Dickens is about miserly, cold, unfeeling, old and curmudgeonly Ebenezer Scrooge. The story deals with his holiday conversion and redemption after being visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve....[more]
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Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
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"Great Expectations" is written in the style of bildungsroman, which follows the story of a man or woman in their quest for maturity, usually starting from childhood and ending in the main character's eventual adulthood. This is the story of the orphan Pip, writing about his life from his early childhood until adulthood and attempting to become a gentleman along the way...[more]
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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While a baby's birth may not seem like anything out of the ordinary, Benjamin's was indeed remarkable, for he was born an old man. Complete with a long beard and white hair, the infant Benjamin was already talking with his father on the day he made his debut in the world. An odd and intriguing fable, this 1922 tale is one of F.Scott Fitzgerald's most unusual and memorable.[more]