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Dark Night of the Soul narrate the journey of the soul to mystical union with God. The soul experiences two necessary purgations on the path to Divine union: the sensory and spiritual parts of the soul.

The Upanishads are ancient Sanskrit texts of spiritual teaching and ideas of Hinduism. They are the part of the oldest scriptures of Hinduism, the Vedas, which deal with meditation, philosophy, and spiritual knowledge.

Turgenev wrote Fathers and Sons as a response to the growing cultural schism between liberals of the 1830s and the growing nihilist movement. Both the nihilists and the liberals sought Western-based social change in Russia.

The Blazing World is a satirical, utopian kingdom that can be accessed through the North Pole. A young woman enters this world, becomes the empress of a society composed of talking animals, and organizes an invasion back into her world.

Manfred's son is set to be married but dies on the day of the wedding. Manfred believes this event is the beginning of an ancient prophecy telling of Manfred's downfall.

A stranger spends his time mixing chemicals, trying to reverse the affects of invisibility. But when his money runs out, the man soon discovers that he is ill-equipped on his own, and that he must place his trust in others if he is to survive.

Au Bonheur des Dames follows widower Octave Mouret, who's aim is to overwhelm the senses of his female customers, forcing them to spend by bombarding them with an array of buying choices and by juxtaposing goods in intoxicating ways.

A Study in Scarlet opens with Holmes and Watson meeting each other for the first time. Soon they are involved in a murder-mystery involving kidnapping, enslavement and revenge that will test the limits of Holmes' skills.

Mrs. Dalloway details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional high-society woman in post-First World War England. She gradually comes to admire a stranger's act, which she considers an effort to preserve his happiness.

Professor George Challenger reveals his discovery of living dinosaurs in South America, and invites a reporter on a trip to prove his story. The explorers encounter iguanodons, are attacked by pterodactyls, and captured by a race of ape-men.

Booker T. Washington grew up as a slave child during the Civil War. He describes what he overcame to get an education, and his work helping black people and other disadvantaged minorities learn useful, marketable skills to elevate themselves.

Two young boys are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper, and Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII. After a chance encounter, Prince Edward decides to switch places with Tom, so that he can experience life as a London pauper.

When the crew abandon ship, the Robinson family soon find themselves on a desert island. The book covers more than ten years on the island. Throughout their adventures the Robinson's wonder if they will ever again rejoin the rest of humanity.

The narrative describes Olaudah Equiano's time spent in enslavement, and documents his attempts at becoming an independent man through his study of the Bible, and his eventual success in gaining his own freedom and in business thereafter.

During the reign of Louis XI, the gypsy Esmeralda captures the hearts of many, especially Quasimodo and his guardian Frollo. What follows is a story of love, jealousy, attempted murder, and a struggle to escape the clutches of the king's men.

From the Earth to the Moon tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts and their attempts to build a giant space gun to launch three people in a projectile with the goal of a Moon landing.

Edna struggles with her role as a housewife, and yearns for social freedom. On a quest of self discovery, Edna flees her domestic role in search of love and spiritual freedom in a world that isn't ready for her.

The Divine Comedy describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise and represents the soul's journey towards God. This edition includes the complete texts of Dante's Inferno, Purgatoria, and Paradiso.

A young biracial man witnesses a lynching, that convinces him to pass as white to secure his safety and advancement, but he feels as if he has given up his dream of "glorifying" the black race by composing ragtime music.

The tales in The Jungle Book are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The best-known fables revolve around the adventures of Mowgli, an abandoned man-cub who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle.

David Copperfield begins, like other novels by Dickens, with a bleak picture of childhood in Victorian England followed by young Copperfield's slow social ascent, as he painfully provides for his aunt, while continuing his studies.

Our Mutual Friend follows the mental state of a man about to commit the greatest of crimes. The novel combines savage satire with social analysis and centres on what money can make of life."

Books 31-45 discuss the Macedonian and other eastern wars from 201 to 167 BC. Livy details the Battle of Cynoscephalae, the repeal of Lex Oppia, the victory of Cato in Hispania, the War against Nabis, and much more.

The narrator visits a small coastal town in Maine to finish writing her book. Her friendship with Mrs. Todd strengthens over the course of the summer, and the narrator's appreciation of the Maine coastal town increases each day.

Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that promotes actions that maximize well-being for the affected individuals. It has been applied to the ethics of global poverty, raising animals for food, and avoiding existential risks to humanity.

As a young adult, Clyde must take menial jobs as a soda jerk, then as a bellhop to support his family. At the hotel, he is introduced to bouts of social drinking and sex with prostitutes.