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Henry James (18431916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism This brilliant satire of the women's rights movement in America...

John Galsworthy (18671933) was an English novelist and playwright "Fraternity" is his early satire of middleclass complacency and artistic aspiration This work stands as one of his best novels outside "The Forsyte Saga"...

Thomas Hardy (18401928) was an English novelist and poet In the novel "Far From the Madding Crowd" an independent Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area...

John Sheppard was a notorioEnglish robber and thief of early 18thcentury London Born into a poor family, he was apprenticed as a carpenter but took to theft and burglary in 1723 He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped from prison, making him a notoriopublic figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes...

Thomas Hardy (18401928) was an English novelist and poet "The TrumpetMajor" is one of Hardy's most underrated and unpredictable works Anne Garland, who lives with her widowed mother in a mill, has three suitors : the squire's nephew Festand the miller's two sons, Robert and John...

Henry James (18431916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism "The Portrait of a Lady" is the awesome story of a spirited young American woman, Isabel Archer...

Henry James (18431916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism Roderick Hudson, egotistical, beautiful and an exceptionally gifted sculptor...

John Galsworthy (18671933) was an English novelist and playwright "Love moves the world." And this statement was reflected on the pages of the novel "Freeland" And no matter where the love storyset in bright living room or in a solitary mansion feelings and experiences of Galsworthy characters are equally deep and sincere...

Thomas Hardy (18401928) was an English novelist and poet "The Return of the Native" illustrates the tragic potential of romantic illusion and how its protagonists fail to recognize their opportunities to control their own destinies...

Dickens' genifor creating eccentric yet entirely captivating characters found its fullest expression in his third novel, Nicholas Nickleby, published in 1839 The narrative follows Nicholas as he escapes from the influence of his villainouncle and the wicked schoolmaster Wackford Squeers, stumbles into a theatrical career, and pursues his fortune through numeroadventures...

F S Fitzgerald (18961940) was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age Embellished with the author's lyrical prose, "The Beautiful and Damned" is the story of Harvardeducated, aspiring aesthete Anthony Patch and his beautiful wife, Gloria, As they await the inheritance of his grandfather's fortune, their reckless marriage sways under the influence of alcohol and avarice...

Rudyard Kipling (18651936) was an English journalist, shortstory writer, poet, and novelist Kate Sheriff, a young American woman, knew without a shadow of a doubt what her calling was She was to move to India where she would dedicate herself to improving the condition of Indian women...

John Galsworthy (18671933) was an English novelist and playwright The part of "The Forsyte Chronicles" tells about a new generation that has arrived to divide the Forsyte clan with society scandals and conflicting passions...

Nathaniel Hawthorne (18041864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer Hawthorne's awesome novel of Americans abroad, the first novel to explore the influence of European cultural ideas on American morality...

Thomas Hardy (18401928) was an English novelist and poet This is Hardy's powerful and sympathetic study of the heroic but deeply flawed Henchard is also an intensely dramatic work, tragically played out against the vivid backdrop of a closeknit Dorsetshire town...

Nathaniel Hawthorne (18041864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer "Mosses from an Old Manse" is Nathaniel Hawthorne's interesting story collection, which the was named in honor of The Old Manse, where Hawthorne and his wife lived for the first three years of their marriage...

Henry James (18431916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism "The Tragic Muse" is wide, cheerful panorama of English life follows the fortunes of two wouldbe artists : Nick Dormer, who throws over a political career in his efforts to become a painter, and Miriam Rooth, an actress striving for artistic and commercial success...

Thomas Hardy (18401928) was an English novelist and poet Ethelberta reinvents herself to disguise her humble origins, launching a brilliant career as a society poet in London Turning the maledominated literary world to her advantage, she happily exploits the attentions of four very different suitors...

Henry James (18431916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism "Confidence" is a great novel which centers on artist Bernard Longueville, scientist Gordon Wright, and the sometimes inscrutable heroine, Angela Vivian...

John Galsworthy (18671933) was an English novelist and playwright One of his notable works is the novel "Beyond" Together with his heroes the author goes to spheres of unrestrained feelings Love is depicted as an all consuming power, before which man is powerless...

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 1864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer This volume includes such amazing three amazing stories "Fanshawe", "The SnowImage" and "The New Adam and Eve"...

Nathaniel Hawthorne (18041864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer He also wrote great stories for children based on Greek myth and legend They are incomparable retellings of themes which the Greek dramatists used in creating their immortal plays and literature...

Thomas Hardy (18401928) was an English novelist and poet Jude Fawley's hopes of a university education are lost when he is trapped into marrying the earthy Arabella, who later abandons him...

F S Fitzgerald (18961940) was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age "The Last Tycoon" is a magnificient story of doomed love set against the extravagance of America's booming film industry...

William Sydney Porter known by his pen name O Henry, was an American short story writer His stories are known for their surprise endings This is collection of great stories includes "Strictly Business", "The Gold That Glittered", "Babes In The Jungle", "The Day Resurgent", "The Fifth Wheel" and many others...

William Sydney Porter known by his pen name O Henry, was an American short story writer His stories are known for their surprise endings "Roads Of Destiny" is a story about love triangle An inventor, is in love with a beautiful woman, but his brother also loves her...

John Galsworthy (18671933) was an English novelist and playwright The part of "The Forsyte Chronicles" tells about a new generation that has arrived to divide the Forsyte clan with society scandals and conflicting passions...

At the height of his career Charles Dickens wrote a series of sketches, mostly set in London, which he collected as The Uncommercial Traveller In the persona of "the Uncommercial," Dickens wanders the city streets and brings London, its inhabitants, commerce, and entertainment vividly to life...

Dickens' genifor creating eccentric yet entirely captivating characters found its fullest expression in his third novel, Nicholas Nickleby, published in 1839 The narrative follows Nicholas as he escapes from the influence of his villainouncle and the wicked schoolmaster Wackford Squeers, stumbles into a theatrical career, and pursues his fortune through numeroadventures...