Classic Novels (English)

Shipwrecked and cast adrift Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput an island inhabited by little people whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. Swift’s savage satire view mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished presenting us with an uncompromising reflection of ourselves.The story starts in London on Tuesday October 1 1872. Around the World in Eighty Days gripped audiences on its publication and remains hugely popular combining exploration adventure and a thrilling race against time. It is one of Verne’s most acclaimed works.Buck a sturdy crossbreed canine (Half St. Bernard half Shepard) is a dog born to luxury and raised in a sheltered Californian home. But then he is kidnapped and sold to be a sled dog in the harsh and frozen Yukon Territory. Passed from master to master Buck embarks on an extraordinary journey proving his unbreakable spiritHolmes and Watson are faced with their most terrifying case yet. The legend of the devil-beast that haunts the moors around the Baskerville family’s home warns the descendants of that ancient clan never to venture out in those dark hours when the power of evil is exalted.Following Sherlock Holmes through a series of his investigations with Watson is really engaging. Most of them always start with some form of peculiar detail and then turns around to change around just from the little details that he observes. That is the charm of Sherlock Holmes and it keeps us wondering what his next step is and how each case will end. Its a very enjoyable readWhen Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house he makes horrifying discoveries about his client and his castle. In the ensuing battle of wits between the sinister Count Dracula and a determined group of adversaries Bram Stoker created a masterpiece of the horror genre.Immortalized in these famous stories G.K. Chesterton’s endearing amateur sleuth has entertained countless generations of readers. For his admirers know Father Brown’s cherubic face and unworldly simplicity his glasses and his huge umbrella disguise a quite uncanny nderstanding of the criminal mind at work.Kate Wiggin devoted her adult life to the welfare of children in an era when children were commonly thought of as cheap labor. Kate Douglas Wiggin tells the story of Rebecca Rowena Randall & her two stern aunts in the fictional village of Riverboro Maine. Rebecca’s joy for life inspires her aunts but she faces many trials in her young life gaining wisdom and understanding.Intended at first as a simple story of a boy’s adventures in the Mississippi Valley - a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - the book grew and matured under Twain’s hand into a work of immeasurable richness and complexity. The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River.