The Count of Monte Cristo

The story is set in 1815, beginning on the day the merchant ship Pharaon arrives in Marseille. The ship's young, talented first mate, Edmond Dantès, is universally beloved and poised to become captain at just nineteen years old. Furthermore, he is happily engaged to marry the beautiful Catalan woman, Mercédès.

Pride and Prejudice

The novel opens in the English countryside with the Bennet family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet and their five unmarried daughters: Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia. Mrs. Bennet’s sole obsession in life is finding wealthy husbands for all her girls. Excitement ripples through the neighborhood when Mr. Charles Bingley, a wealthy, amiable, and charming young bachelor, rents the n…

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The Three Musketeers

The story is set in 1625 during the reign of King Louis XIII and follows d'Artagnan, an ambitious, impoverished young nobleman from Gascony. Armed with a letter of introduction to M. de Tréville, the captain of the King's Musketeers, d'Artagnan leaves his family home in the countryside and rides to Paris to seek fame, fortune, and a career in the military. Upon arriving in Paris, d'Artagnan…

Great Expectations

The story is set in mid-19th-century England and is narrated by Pip (Philip Pirrip), an orphan raised by his abusive, sharp-tongued older sister and her kindhearted husband, the humble village blacksmith Joe Gargery. While visiting the lonely churchyard marshes as a young boy, Pip has a terrifying encounter with Abel Magwitch, an escaped convict who forces Pip to steal food and a metal file …

Great Expectations

The story is narrated by Philip Pirrip, known as Pip, an orphan living in the marshlands of Kent with his harsh sister and her kind-hearted, illiterate husband, the blacksmith Joe Gargery. One terrifying day in a graveyard, a young Pip is forced to help an escaped convict, Abel Magwitch, by bringing him food and a file to remove his shackles.

The Iliad

The epic poem is set during the final, tenth year of the legendary Trojan War. The Greek (Achaean) army is camped outside the walls of Troy, fighting to rescue Helen, the wife of King Menelaus, who was abducted by the Trojan prince Paris. The story centers on Achilles, the greatest and fiercest warrior of the Greek army. Early in the campaign, a bitter dispute erupts between Achilles and Aga…

The Jungle Books

The narrative centers on Mowgli, an Indian boy who, as a toddler, escapes from the clutches of Shere Khan, a fierce, man-eating Bengal tiger, during a jungle hunt. The child wanders into the territory of a wolf pack in the Seonee hills. Mother Wolf adopts the human toddler—whom she names Mowgli (meaning "The Frog")—and raises him alongside her own cubs. When the pack gathers at Council R…

Wuthering Heights

The novel is set against the dark, isolated backdrop of the Yorkshire moors and is framed as a tale told by the housekeeper, Nelly Dean, to a new tenant named Mr. Lockwood. The story begins years earlier when Mr. Earnshaw, the owner of the remote estate Wuthering Heights, travels to Liverpool and returns home with a starving, dark-haired homeless orphan boy whom he names Heathcliff. Mr. Earn…

The Prince

The Prince (Italian: Il Principe) is a 16th-century political treatise written by the Italian diplomat, philosopher, and historian Niccolò Machiavelli. Written in 1513 (though published posthumously in 1532), it is widely regarded as one of the most influential and controversial works of political philosophy ever created. Instead of offering an idealistic blueprint of how rulers should beha…