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The Mystery of the Yellow Room
The Mystery of the Yellow Room, by Gaston Leroux, is thought to be the first example in literature of a ‘locked room mystery’, in which an attempted murder occurs, but there has been no obvious way...
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Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen’s, Northanger Abbey, is a novel about Catherine Morland and her family friends who visit Bath, a town in England. Catherine occupies herself seeing friends and going to balls. She makes...
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Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad‘s, Heart of Darkness, is set during the period of the oppresive colonization of Africa. Africa at the time was known as the Dark Continent (hence ‘Heart of Darkness’) as vast swathes of...
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Paradise Lost
John Milton’s, Paradise Lost, is considered to be the first epic work of English literature written in the classical style. It is the work of a man who thought of himself as the intellectual heir to...
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Songs of Innocence and Experience
Songs of Innocence and Experience, by William Blake, is the distillation of his ideas that innocence and experience were “the two contrary states of the human soul,” and that real innocence was only...
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The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux, tells the story of Christine Daae, a girl who was brought up in the Paris Opera house. Her musician father dies abruptly. Before dying he told her that he...
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The Age of Innocence
Edith Wharton’s, The Age of Innocence, is a novel about old New Yorker Society. The story focuses on Newland Archer who is a wealthy and well-bred man who is engaged to be married to the beautiful...
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The Wit and Humor of America Vol 01
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this first book of the series 53 short stories and poems have been collated from 44 authors. It is a delightful read / listen, so grab this as...
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne’s, Around the World in Eighty Days, is a classic adventure novel about the intrepid Phileas Fogg and his recently employed French servant, Passepartout and their attempts to win a bet to...
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Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse
Anna Sewell’s, Black Beauty, is an autobiographical story told by a high-bred horse which undergoes many adventures and encounters both cruelty and kindness. It is a moving account of the horses life...
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