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This thrilling novel and its many adaptations have captured the imaginations of countless audiences throughout the 20th century. The mystery classic featuring the "ghost" of the famed Paris landmark tells a gripping tale of human desire, fear, and violence before it resolves itself in a shocking and tragic confrontation.

The evils of greed and ambition overwhelm love, innocence, and the bonds of kinship in this dark tragedy concerning the secret marriage of a noblewoman and a commoner.

This religious classic has brought understanding and comfort to millions for centuries. Written in a candid and conversational style, the topics include liberation from worldly inclinations, preparation and consolations of prayer, and eucharistic communion.

The true story of an individual's struggle for self-identity, self-preservation, and freedom, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl remains among the few extant slave narratives written by a woman. This autobiographical account chronicles the remarkable odyssey of Harriet Jacobs (1813-1897) whose dauntless spirit and faith carried her from a life of servitude and degradation in North Carolina to liberty and reunion with her children in the North.Written and published in 1861 after Jacobs' harrowing escape from a vile and predatory master, the memoir delivers a powerful and unflinching portrayal of the abuses and hypocrisy of the master-slave relationship. Jacobs writes frankly of the horrors she suffered as a slave, her eventual escape after several unsuccessful attempts, and her seven years in self-imposed exile, hiding in a coffin-like "garret" attached to her grandmother's porch.

Hypocrisy, greed, and blackmail abound in this powerful dark comedy, in which the elderly head of a family attempts to thwart his rapacious relatives' schemes to claim his fortune.

The first of three plays based on the life of the 15th-century monarch sets the stage for the War of the Roses, while internecine quarrels hasten England's loss of French territories.

It is universally acknowledged that Tolstoy, author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, was as much a master of the short story as he was of the full-length novel. This original collection features some of his most hard-to-find tales including the posthumously published "Alyosha the Pot," the two-part novella "The Forged Coupon," and "After the Dance," aka "After the Ball."

This lighthearted, fast-paced tale, originally published in 1856, recounts a loveable rascal's attempts at forgery, his romance with a counterfeiter's daughter, and his role in an unconventional inheritance.

The basis for Lawrence of Arabia, this firsthand account of the Arab Revolt offers a colorful, poetic narrative and paints a fascinating portrait of the Middle East during World War I.

A cynical Southern lawyer and his suffragette cousin become rivals for the attentions of a charismatic speaker in this compelling tale of politics, feminism, and a nascent lesbian attraction.

These short works of decadent horror were written by a pioneer of supernatural fiction. The title story, a tale of mysterious suicides, scandalized Victorian London with its sexuality and paganism.

The great American humorist applied his celebrated wit and imagination to the spinning of these lesser-known tales about time travel, mental telepathy, instantaneous communication, alternative histories, and utopian worlds.

Landmark Harlem Renaissance work combines poetry, drama, and storytelling to contrast African-American life in the rural South with that of the urban North. "I love it passionately." - Alice Walker.

Originally completed in the year 1002 and not meant for the public eye, this engrossing collection of anecdotes, observations, and gossip by a court lady to the Empress Teishi is a remarkable portrait of court life during the height of Japan's Heian period.

The memoirs of a Jamaican nurse, famed for her work among the sick and wounded of the Crimean War, offer the unique perspective of a Victorian-era black woman at a battlefield's front line.

Writings by the pioneering feminist include Woman in the Nineteenth Century, selections from Summer on the Lakes, contributions to The Dial, dispatches from revolutionary Italy, and unpublished journals.

Famed for his autobiographical Confessions of an English Opium Eater, De Quincey extended his sensational accounts of drug addiction with the brief essays of Suspiria de Profundis ("Sighs from the Depths).

Rollicking 1873 tale portrays post-Civil War corruption of Washington, D.C. The Gilded Age became synonymous with the era''s excesses, and its subtitle ¿ "A Tale of Today" ¿ remains relevant.

Three of Austen''s smaller works, worthy of reading for both pleasure and study: Lady Susan, in which a widow seeks an advantageous second marriage; and the unfinished novels The Watsons and Sandition.