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The lion in winter

Estranged spouses King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine battle over which of their sons should ascend the English throne, while King Philip of France plots to make their arguments moot.

The idiot

Prince Myshkin, a good yet simple man, is out of place in the corrupt world obsessed by wealth, power, and sexual conquest created by Russia's elite ruling class, as he becomes caught in the middle of a violent love triangle with two women who become rivals for his attention.

The sun also rises

2022
"Hemingway's classic novel of post-war disillusionment--the emblematic novel of the Lost Generation"--Provided by publisher.
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Middlemarch

a study of provincial life
2022
"Dorothea is bright, beautiful and rebellious. Lydgate is the ambitious new doctor in town. Both of them long to make a positive difference in the world. But their stories do not proceed as expected and both they, and the other inhabitants of Middlemarch, must struggle to reconcile themselves to their fates and find their places in the world. This novel contains all of life, the rich and the poor, the conventional and the radical, literature and science, politics and romance, but above all it gives us a vision of what lies within the human heart"--Provided by publisher.

Emma

2014
A novel of Regency England that centers upon a self-assured young lady who is determined to arrange her life and the lives of those around her into a pattern dictated by her romantic fancy.

Dracula

2018
Having discovered the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.

The thirty-nine steps

2018
Richard Hannay, who, despite claiming to be an "ordinary fellow," is caught up in the dramatic and dangerous race against a plot to devastate the British war effort.

The secret agent

a simple tale
2018
In turn-of-the-century London, an undercover, counter-revolutionary mole provokes a radical group he has penetrated into an act of violence that will bring about its own destruction.

The phantom of the Opera

2018
A viscount seeks to unravel the mystery of the Paris Opera House and rescue the woman he loves from the threat of the phantom of the Opera.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

and other stories
2018
A collection of six stories by nineteenth-century author Robert Louis Stevenson, including his classic "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde," exploring the nature of good and evil.

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