"The House of the Scorpion" is an adventure novel which speaks about cloning, humanity, ecology, technology's development and science. The plot is settled in the nearby future in which cloning became a part of everyday life.The novel has four part which keep up with the growth of the main character Matt Alacran. He was a … [more]
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The Animal Farm
Author: George Orwell
"The Animal Farm" despite containing animal character and being declared as a fairytale in the subtitle can be perceived as a twist of something ideal, a vision of something beautiful and positive into everything opposite.It was written in 1944 when it was read as a critic of the Soviet Union and the October Revolution which … [more]
Common Sense
Author: Thomas Paine
"Common Sense" is a pamphlet on the topic of American independence, originally written by Thomas Paine in 1775. The pamphlet covers the topics of the illogical and sinful nature of allowing a monarchy to rule, the necessary nature of government, the need for America to rebel against the chains of British tyranny and the need for … [more]
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Author: Maya Angelou
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" is the first in a seven-volume series of autobiographies by the American author and poet, Maya Angelou in 1969. Angelou began the book when she was challenged by her friend, fellow author James Baldwin and editor Robert Loomis to write an autobiography that would also function as a piece of … [more]
North and South
Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
"North and South" is a novel by the English author, Elizabeth Gaskell that was originally published in serial installments in the Dickens' magazine, "Household Words" between September 1854 and January 1855. Notable for it's focus on the industrial revolution and the oppression and ill-treatment of factory workers during that … [more]
The Magus
Author: John Fowles
"The Magus" is a 1965 novel by the British author John Fowles. It was the first novel written by Fowles, although it was not the first that he had published. The novel was ranked as number 93 on the Modern Library 100 Best Novels in 1999 and number 67 on a BBC reading survey called The Big Read in 2003.The novel revolves … [more]
The War of the Worlds
Author: H. G. Wells
The War of the Worlds was published by H. G. Wells in 1898. It was first published in serial form in the Pearson's Magazine of the U.K. Then it was published by Cosmopolitan Magazine in the United States. The War of the Worlds was a ground breaking science fiction novel. The novel fell under the category of Scientific Romance … [more]
Far From the Madding Crowd
Author: Thomas Hardy
"Far From the Madding Crowd" is a novel by the English writer Thomas Hardy that was originally published in 1874. First published as a monthly serial in Cornhill Magazine, the novel was credited to anonymous. It was critically adored which lead Hardy to publish it under his own name a year later.The novel revolves around a … [more]
The Death of Ivan Ilych
Author: Leo Tolstoy
"The Death of Ivan Ilych" is a novella written by Leo Tolstoy and published in 1886. The novella is considered one of his masterpieces and was written shortly after his religious conversion in the 1870's. The story in the novella is that of a man named Ivan Ilych, who lives an unremarkable, average life, slowly climbing the … [more]
Northanger Abbey
Author: Jane Austen
Although "Northanger Abbey" was completed in 1803, it was not published until after Jane Austen's death in 1818. The book is about a young, naive girl from the country who is determined to find the kind of romance she reads about in Gothic romances. Since she can't possibly become the heroine of the novels at home she is … [more]
The Woman In White
Author: Wilkie Collins
"The Woman In White" is a 1859 novel by the English author, Wilkie Collins. The novel, which predates Sherlock Holmes by decades, is considered to be one of the first mystery novels ever written. It was first published in the serial format in Charles Dickens' magazine, "All the Year Round" and "Harper's Weekly" before being … [more]
To The Lighthouse
Author: Virginia Woolf
"To The Lighthouse" is a novel written by Virginia Woolf that was originally published in 1927. The novel's main purpose was to relate deep philosophical insights about the complexity of the human experience. A key example of the literary technique of multiple focalizations, the novel mainly focuses on internal introspection and … [more]