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Vanity Fair follows the lives of Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley amid their friends and families during and after the Napoleonic Wars. The two women are ostensibly friends, who are always in opposition to one another.

Spanning a period of 10 to 15 years, the story follows Maggie's relationship with her older brother Tom, and her romance with Philip Wakem (a sensitive and intellectual friend) and with Stephen Guest (a vivacious young socialite).

When Gertrude meets a rough-hewn miner, she falls into a whirlwind romance. But soon after her marriage she realises the difficulties of living off his meagre salary. Gradually, Mrs. Morel's affections shift to her two sons.

Valeria discovers Eustace's secret after just marrying him. She sets out to save their happiness by finding the truth.

This novel follows the protagonist, young Nicholas Nickleby, who must find a way to support his mother and younger sister after the untimely death of his father.

The Golden Bowl is a complex, intense study of marriage and adultery that completes what some critics have called the "major phase" of James' career.

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum addiction and its effect on his life.

Martin Chuzzlewitt falls in love with Mary, an orphan girl who was hired to take care of his wealthy grandfather. When Martin's grandfather learns of his love, Martin is ejected from his home.

Little Dorrit was born in the prison. She grows up as a girl who is the emotional and practical center of her family. Arthur Clennam encounters her after returning home from a 20-year absence, ready to begin his life anew.

The story centers on Maggie, a young girl from the Bowery, in New York City. She is seduced by one of her brother's friends and is seen as effectively ruined.

This book is the third and last of The d'Artagnan Romances. Aramis, one of the Three Musketeers, plots to replace Louis XIV with his long-imprisoned twin brother, Philippe.

The story is set in the small town of Gopher Prairie, a fictionalised version of Lewis' hometown. It relates the life and struggles of Carol Kennicott as she comes into conflict with the small-town mentality of the residents of Gopher Prairie.

Andersen's fairy tales have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness. The stories are readily accessible to children, but present lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well.

Gargantua and Pantagruel is a pentalogy of novels written in the 16th century telling the adventures of two giants, Gargantua and his son Pantagruel.

When Barnaby and his mother's peaceful village life is interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious stranger, they flee to London. On their way, they encounter a group of rioters who trick Barnaby into joining them.

Dombey and Son features many Dickensian themes, such as arranged marriages, child cruelty, betrayal, deceit, and relations between people from different British social classes.

Rachel Verinder, a young English woman, inherits a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday, but that night the diamond is stolen from her bedroom. A period of turmoil, unhappiness, misunderstandings, and ill luck ensues.

The Memoirs of General William T. Sherman began with the year 1846 (when the Mexican War began) and ended with a chapter about the military lessons of the Civil War.

The Tarzan Collection includes the first five Tarzan novels, including Tarzan of the Apes, The Return of Tarzan, The Beasts of Tarzan, The Son of Tarzan, and Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar.

As Tristram Shandy narrates his life story, he is unable to explain anything simply. Throughout his memoir, Tristram as narrator struggles to marshal his material and finish the story of his life.

Evelina is the unacknowledged daughter of a dissipated English aristocrat. She must learn to navigate the complex layers of eighteenth-century society and catch the attention of a distinguished nobleman to begin a romantic relationship.

Sherlock Holmes receives a mysterious cipher message from an agent of Professor Moriarty. Together Holmes and Watson decipher Moriarty's message which relates that a man named John Douglas is in danger.

The Last of the Mohicans details the transport of Alice and Cora Munro to a safe destination at Fort William Henry. Among the caravan guarding the women are the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, Major Heyward, and the Indians Chingachgook and Uncas.

Walter Hartright, a young art teacher, encounters and gives directions to a mysterious and distressed woman dressed entirely in white, lost in London; he is later informed by policemen that she has escaped from an asylum.

The three most fundamental works on war are Sun Tzu's "The Art of War," Machiavelli's "The Prince," and Clausewitz's "On War." This collection is the ultimate guide to military strategy for strategic thinkers, generals, and heads of state.

The story begins with Folly, praising herself endlessly, arguing that life would be dull without her. Praise of Folly is a satirical attack on superstitions and other traditions of European society and the Western Church.

Samuel Pickwick suggests that he and three other "Pickwickians" should make journeys to places remote from London and report on their findings to the Pickwick Club. This results in one of the most famous legal cases in English literature.